Science academic area and Faculty of Science

The Science Academic Area conducts research and offers education in mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, earth science, environmental science and related areas.

The Science Academic Area shall

  • promote freedom of basic research,
  • conduct internationally prominent research and education,
  • provide education based on results from, and in close contact with, scientific research,
  • contribute to the development of society by meeting its need for scienticific knowledge and skills,
  • foster an efficient and rational, collegial way of working.

Science Academic Area's strategic plan 2023–2026 Pdf, 197 kB.

Organisation

The Faculty of Science at Stockholm University consists of four sections with a total of 14 departments and four centres/institutes. The Faculty also operates at four research stations distributed across the country.

Board of Science

The Board of Science is the decision-making body of the Faculty of Science. The board is ultimately responsible for education at undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate level, as well as for the research conducted within the faculty, follwing the amendments of the Higher Education.

Board of Science 2024 – 2026

Heads of the Departments and Directors at the Science Academic Area

Committees and preporatory boards

The Board of Science makes decisions concerning many different subject areas. Before a decision can be made, the matter is prepared by one of the Faculty's committees and preporatory groups.

For more information, please visit the Swedish website.

Departments

The Faculty consists of four sections with 14 departments. In addition, there are institutes/centres and activities at various field stations.

Our departments

Office of Science

The Office of Science is part of the university administration and receives its assignment from the Board of Science.

The objective of the Office of Science is to provide operational support to the Board of Science and its preparatory bodies and working groups, as well as the departments/equivalents included in the area. The office has an important role in providing support to the Science Academic Area's management, its heads of departments and directors. The Office also aims to operate as a link between the Area's departments/equivalents and the general administration.

The needs of the Board of Science largely determine the available functions at the Office of Science. The Office of Science shall create favourable conditions for the Area's education, research and collaboration with society by being a functional support mainly concerning the Area's, as well as the Faculty's:

  • finance and budgetary work,
  • agreements (signed by the President or the Dean),
  • education at first, second and third cycle level,
  • recruitment and promotion of teachers,
  • communication.

The Office of Science prepares matters and implements and disseminates decisions of the Board of Science. The Office of Science must ensure that matters and decision-making processes are handled with legal certainty. The Office's staff also participates in university-wide development projects in collaboration with other administrative units. Work at the Office of Science shall be characterised by high quality, high availability and efficient use of time and other resources.

Office of Science's staff

Decisions and protocols

Protocols for the Board of Science 2024 (in Swedish).

ON protokoll 241128 Pdf, 187.7 kB.

Please note that the protocals are only available in Swedish. If you are interested in previous protocols, please contact the Central Registry via registrator@su.se.

Financial frameworks and educational commitments

Here you can download the Faculty of Science's decision on financial frameworks and educational commitments as a pdf file (in Swedish). For further questions, please contact the Office of Science.

ON beslut om ekonomiska ramar och utbildningsåtaganden för 2025 Pdf, 1.3 MB.

Procedures for preparation of contracts and agreements

The procedures described below are primarily aimed at handling grant agreements exceeding SEK 6,000,000 and assignment agreements exceeding SEK 500,000. These types of agreements are normally drawn up by the counterparty and must be signed by the President in accordance with the university's delegation of authority. The document also contains a description of the procedure for agreements drawn up at one of the faculty's departments and which must be signed by the President.

Rutiner för beredning av avtal och överenskommelser (in Swedish)

Delegation of authority

Delegation of authority for the Science Academic Area 2024–2026

The document sets out the delagation of authority for the Science Academic Area from 2024 onwards.

Delegationsordning för det Naturvetenskapliga området 2024–2026 (in Swedish). Pdf, 234.6 kB.

Delegation of decisions in employment matters in the Science Academic Area

The Board of Science decides on appointments and promotions, with the exception of appointments of professors, adjunct professors and visiting professors, and promotions to professor, which are decided by the President. Board of Science is responsible for the preparation of faculty employment and promotion matters and decides on the employment profile, expert procedure and appointment of experts.

The President has delegated the Dean to lead and distribute the work and decide on the terms of employment for staff at the Area's departments.

Delegation av beslut i anställningsärenden inom det naturvetenskapliga området (in Swedish). Pdf, 411.4 kB.

Quality work

Stockholm University’s quality system for education comprises six sub-areas. Each sub-area includes a number of activities which contribute to ensuring and enhancing the quality of courses and study programmes. Based on specific quality criteria originating from ESG, the university has developed its own system for reviewing study programmes and courses every six years.

Results of evaluations

For further information, please e-mail utbildning@science.su.se.

Guidelines for employment and recruitment

Here you can find documents and guidelines concerning the employment of teachers at the Faculty of Science.

Application for promotion in science

Promotion applications at the Faculty of Science will be handled via the University's recruitment system Varbi. This means that applicants for promotion should no longer send their application to the registrar, but apply via a personal link provided by the Office of Science. To obtain the link, please contact Mikael Stenberg or Daria Zheltukhina Nyholm

Please note that the application must be written in English.

Promotion from assistant professor to associate professor

Promotion from associate professor to professor

Regarding the courses University Pedagogics I and University Pedagogics II
The promotion board at the Faculty of Science has previously assessed that courses University Pedagogics I (3 credits) and University Pedagogics II (4,5 credits), together correspond to 15 credits in teaching and learning in higher education, a requirement for promotion to professor. The Board of Science decides that this assessment will no longer apply to applications submitted after June 30, 2023 (delegated decision, Dean of the Faculty of Science, 2021-11-02).

Guidelines for undergraduate and graduate studies

For a full list of guidelines for undergraduate and graduate studies, please visit the Swedish webpage.

For questions regarding education, please contact utbildning@science.su.se.

For questions regarding dissertation and dissertation form, please contact disputation@science.su.se.

License Permit Office

All research involving animals is managed by the License Permit Office. More information on legislation, authorisation, responsibilities and training can be found here:

Contact

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Last updated: 2024-12-10

Source: Office of Science