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Laws and regulations

There's several laws, regulations and policies that determine what rights and responsibilities you have at the University of Gothenburg.

Laws and local governance documents

Higher education in Sweden is regulated by different types of laws. However, the universities and university colleges can regulate a lot on their own. At the University of Gothenburg, there are local governance documents pertaining to first-, second-, and third-cycle programmes. These are decisions made by the University Board, Vice-Chancellor or some other decision-making body. They are intended to govern the University's activities in a common and normative way.

Laws that govern the higher education

Examples of laws that concern students:

The University's governance documents

A selection of the rules and procedures that affect you as a student.

Rules

Rules on tuition fees (in Swedish only) (pdf 0,1 mb)
Rules for studies at first- and second-cycle studies (pdf 0,2 mb)
Rules for programme syllabuses at first and second cycle levels (pdf 0,2 mb)
Rules for course syllabuses at first and second cycle levels (pdf 0,1 mb)
Rules and regulations for first and second-cycle examinations (pdf 0,5 mb)
Rules and regulations for student influence (pdf 0,2 mb)
System of qualifications (pdf 0,4 mb)
Work environment policy (in Swedish only) (pdf 0,1 mb)

 

Procedures

Procedure for handling complaints from students (pdf 0,5 mb)
Administrative procedure for reporta relating to suspicions of disciplinary offences (pdf 0,2 mb)
Administrative procedure regarding harassment, sexual harassment and victimisation (pdf 0,7 mb)

 

More about the policy documents

If you have questions, please contact the responsible body for each document. You can find a list of all governance documents at the University on the webpage Styrdokument at gu.se (in Swedish only).

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