Faculty Board (FS)

The Faculty Board is the highest preparatory body for the faculty. The board is responsible for education, research, and collaboration with society and industry. The Faculty Board is also responsible for strategies and goals within the framework of the university's vision. As a student representative on the Faculty Board, you can influence the faculty's scientific, content-related, and quality-related matters, as well as the allocation of resources.

Purpose of the Body: The Faculty Board decides on the faculty's budget and operational plan, strategies and goals for operations, overarching policy documents, educational plans, degree rights, etc.

Participants: The Faculty Board consists of twelve members. The dean serves as the chair, and the pro-dean is the vice-chair. Other members include six teacher representatives (with one substitute) elected within the faculty, two external members appointed by the rector, and three student representatives appointed by the Linnaeus Student Union for one year at a time.

Meeting Frequency: The board meets four times in the spring and three times in the fall. Meetings take place alternately in Kalmar or Växjö. The October meeting is usually a two-day offsite retreat at another location.s. 

Common Agenda Items:

• Educational plans, new and revised
• Educational offerings (once per year)
• Approval of general study plan, doctoral education
• Employment profiles for the announcement of professors
• Budget decisions for the faculty, education, and research
• Honorary doctors (once per year)
• Quality matters in education and research
• Strategies and goals

• Rektors besluts- och delegationsordning
• Dekans beslut- och delegationsordning
• Lokala regler för utbildningsprogram på grundnivå och avancerad nivå vid Linnéuniversitetet
• Local regulations for courses and examination at the first- and second-cycle levels
  

Considerations: The meetings are generally full-day events.

Secretary:  Anette Lindahl Alrutz