Useful websites, applicable rules and legislation, etc

Here links for the most important rules, regulations and guidelines which can be relevant to PhD students are provided. Please note that you need to be logged in to Medarbetarportalen to visit some of websites below.  

General useful websites

The Doctoral student pages on Medarbetarportalen have lots of useful information regarding the study plan, financing, benefits, conditions and much more. See:

https://mp.uu.se/web/info/anstallning/anstallningsvillkor/doktorander or https://mp.uu.se/web/info/forska/forskarutbildning (Login required)

The Doctoral Boards website has information on current PhD student issues, the Boards acitivities and contact information for the different Faculty Doctoral Councils. Visit:

https://dn.uppsalastudentkar.se/

The Swedish Council for Higher Education has an information page on research studies. Visit:

http://www.studera.nu/startpage/doctoral-studies/doctoralstudies/

Uppsala University’s 'HR-guide' has information on salary development for PhD students, benefits, etc. Visit:

https://mp.uu.se/web/info/stod/hr-guide (Login required).

Swedens United Student Unions, Sveriges förenade studentkårers (SFS) PhD student Committee:

http://www.sfs.se/doktorandkommitte

On The Legal, Financial and Administrative Services Agency’s (Kammarkollegiet), insurance for PhD students (cf above, under Scholarships and other forms of financial support), see: http://www.kammarkollegiet.se/en/insurance-students-and-state-employees/student-insurance/health-and-parental-insurance-doctoral

Legislation and rules

The University’s operations are subject to many different Acts and Ordinances. The most important legislative regulations concerning PhD students and the University’s obligations concerning such are found in the Higher Education Act (högskolelagen; 1992:1434) and the Higher Education Ordinance (högskoleförordningen; 1993:100). The official languages for these are Swedish. However, there are unofficial translations available on the Swedish Council for Higher Education’s website, specifically at:

https://www.uhr.se/en/start/laws-and-regulations/Laws-and-regulations/

Annex 2 to the aforementioned ordinance contains degree descriptions (examensbeskrivningar) for the licentiate and doctoral degrees, which contain the applicable goals and requirements for each degree. General information on the legislation can be found at:

http://english.uka.se/student-rights/laws-and-regulations.html

There are many other relevant rules and guidelines. Many of the rules in the Higher Education Act and -Ordinance have been implemented in the different Syllabuses and Study Plans, especially in the General Syllabus for the research subject.

Uppsala University has a collection of goals and rules for Third-cycle (i.e. research-level) education:

http://regler.uu.se/Listsida/?kategoriId=139

There you will find, among other things, the documents Guidelines for Third-cycle Education at Uppsala University (UFV 2009/1993) and Admissions Ordinance for Studies at the Graduate Level Uppsala University (UFV 2006/1972), which contain many important rules that concretize the rights and obligations of PhD students.  

Guidelines for the use of occupational health care at Uppsala University, are currently only available in Swedish, but can be found at:

https://mp.uu.se/documents/432512/2457508/Revid-Riktlinje_FHV.pdf/f52febf6-89d5-45ec-87fe-681cfb8aebbb  and via: https://mp.uu.se/web/info/anstallning/stod-arbetsmiljohalsa/halsa/foretagshalsovard

For information on the General Study Syllabus and Individual Study Plan, visit:  

https://mp.uu.se/web/info/anstallning/anstallningsvillkor/doktorander/den-individuella-studieplanen (login required) and the guidelines for third-cycle education at Uppsala University mentioned above.