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Here you can read about how the faculty works to establish and discontinue third cycle programmes and how this work assures and enhances the quality of education. Lund University has a general right to issue degrees in the third cycle, which entails full freedom to decide in which subjects to provide third cycle education. These decisions are taken by the faculty board, which is also responsible f
Here you can read about how the faculty works with the evaluation of third cycle education. Besides the evaluation of the faculty’s degree programmes, the way in which the faculty works with quality assurance and quality enhancement of third cycle education is also systematically evaluated. This is done according to a specific plan.Courses offered within the framework of a programme are evaluated
Here you can read about how the faculty follows up, develops and communicates quality assurance work and its results. The faculty works systematically on identifying strengths and weaknesses in its quality assurance work and on solving challenges, implementing development measures and following up on the results of quality assurance work. This work is coordinated by the research programmes board.
Here you can read more about the results of the evaluation of the faculty’s governance and organisation of third cycle education. Results of the evaluation The primary results of the evaluation comprise the established and revised policy documents regarding the faculty’s quality assurance work and the educational activity at the faculty. Policy documents regarding quality assurance and quality enh
Here you can read a compilation of the outcome of the organisational dialogue about equal opportunities, sustainable development and the doctoral student’s perspective. The dialogue was held in September 2020 between representatives of the faculty, the departments and the doctoral students. This year’s evaluations focused on the three assessment areas of equal opportunities, sustainable developmen
Course title in Swedish: "Forskarhandledning vid naturvetenskapliga fakulteten – en grundläggande introduktion". Your name (required) Your date of birth (required) Your position (required) For example: researcher, professor, senior lecturer etc. Your email address (required) Year of your PhD thesis defence (required) Do you work at Lund University? (required) Yes No Name of your employer Which dep
The course syllabus was approved by the Faculty of Science’s Study Programmes Board on 3 October 2019 and was most recently revised on 25 May 2022. The revised syllabus applies as of the autumn semester 2022. The course is conducted by the faculty’s teaching support unit, PLUS, and is part of the Faculty of Science’s qualifying teacher training. The course corresponds to two weeks’ work. Learning
The Library of Science consists of four subject libraries:Biology LibraryGeolibraryLibrary of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringPhysics and Astronomy LibraryThe Library of Science provides you with personal support and services for your research and teaching. You will have access to resources such as books and journals in printed and electronic formats, databases and reference literature. The libr
https://www.science.lu.se/internal/organisation-and-governance/faculty-organisation/library-science - 2025-07-17
On courses and course syllabi in generalPursuant to the University’s regulations for third cycle education, a course is to have an approved course syllabus. At the Faculty of Science, the Research Programmes Board is responsible for approving course syllabi. Read the board’s administrative procedure for information on how new course syllabi are processed and established.Lund University’s regulatio
The Faculty of Science offers a six-year career programme for associate senior lecturers within the faculty. The career programme provides opportunities for you to develop in your role as a researcher, teaching staff member, supervisor and academic leader. The aim of the programme is to ensure that you are qualified for a promotion to senior lecturer and well prepared for a long career in academia
https://www.science.lu.se/internal/employment/career-programme-associate-senior-lecturers - 2025-07-17
The course syllabus was approved by the Faculty of Science’s Study Programmes Board on 25 May 2022. The course is conducted by the faculty’s teaching support unit, PLUS, and is part of the faculty’s BUL career development programme for associate senior lecturers. The course corresponds to three weeks’ work. Learning outcomes The course aims to introduce the participants to the theories of bifocal
The course syllabus was approved by the Faculty of Science’s Study Programmes Board on 25 May 2022. The course is conducted by the faculty’s teaching support unit, PLUS, and is part of the Faculty of Science’s qualifying teacher training. The course corresponds to one week of work. Learning outcomes The aim of the course is to provide enhanced knowledge about how equal opportunities, sustainabilit
Course code: NMN008F The course syllabus was approved by the Faculty of Science’s Study Programmes Board on 13 March 2025. The course is based on the Association of Swedish Higher Education’s (SUHF) framework for qualifying training in teaching and learning in higher education and is conducted by the faculty’s teaching support unit, PLUS. The course corresponds to three weeks of work and comprises
Course name in Swedish: Högskolepedagogik – en veckas självstudier. Name (required) Employee email (required) Position (required) Doctoral student Postdoctoral research fellow Lecturer Senior lecturer Professor Other Other position Organisation (required) Centre for Environmental and Climate Science Centre for Mathematical Sciences Department of Biology Department of Chemistry Department of Geolog
Staff, students and other stakeholders are to be able to easily access information about the faculty’s quality enhancement work and its results. In order to provide support for the communication of this information, the Faculty of Science has approved a communication plan for quality assurance and quality enhancement within first and second-cycle courses and study programmes for the period 2019–20
This page contains information about how the faculty works to follow up and evaluate the quality of the courses and programmes, and the quality enhancement work as a whole. About organisational discussions The annual organisational discussions between the faculty management, departmental management and students’ unions form a hub for the work to follow up and evaluate the quality of the courses an
Each programme syllabus includes an appendix, referred to as "Programme Structure and Course Requirements", which outlines how students are expected to achieve all learning outcomes upon completing the programme. This appendix provides an overview of the programme structure and course requirements, detailing compulsory courses, elective courses, optional courses, and the degree project.The appendi
Below, you can read about the faculty’s quality review work and approval of first and second cycle course syllabi. Responsibility and instructions for syllabiAll teaching at higher education institutions takes the form of courses. Each course is to have a course syllabus. This also applies to placements, project work and degree projects.The faculty’s Study Programmes Board has produced instruction
The faculty board has collective responsibility for securing and enhancing the quality of the faculty’s courses and programmes. Each year, the board receives a report from the Study Programmes Board, which runs and coordinates the enhancement work for first and second-cycle courses and programmes.Evaluation of the Faculty's work 2024The faculty conducted an overall evaluation of the faculty's qual
On this page, you can read more about how the faculty works on surveys aimed at students and alumni. The results are important in raising the quality of programmes and courses. Student and alumni surveys The Faculty of Science undertakes surveys aimed specifically at the faculty’s students and alumni. The results of these surveys, as well as university-wide surveys, form an important basis for the
