Educational Board of Engineering (TUN)
The information is from Rules of Procedure for the Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology.
Tasks
The tasks of both NUN and TUN are:
- to initiate and contribute to the formulation of overall visions and plans, and to implement the Disciplinary Domain Board’s decisions on the long-term development of educational programmes and freestanding courses;
- to monitor various aspects of quality in the education and individual programmes, take decisions on measures and procedures to improve quality, and report to the Disciplinary Domain Board;
- to take the initiative on matters concerning updates to teaching methods and examinations, study completion and results, student recruitment and marketing;
- to take the initiative on general issues concerning national and international educational collaborations;
- to structure and update programmes in response to internationalisation, research, and the needs of industry and society;
- to formulate and revise goals for the respective programmes and follow up on those goals;
- to monitor and support the work of the programme directors and programme boards and, where required, take decisions concerning their duties;
- to prepare proposals for new educational programmes;
- to establish new courses;
- where necessary, to take decisions to revise syllabi, study plans and course syllabi for programmes and freestanding courses within the scope of each Educational Board (the Disciplinary Domain Board approves syllabi and study plans for newly established programmes; syllabus for freestanding course must have been approved by the programme board concerned;);
- to appoint examiners;
- to collaborate with other educational boards
Composition
Chair (T), six teachers, three industry representatives, five students. Alternates:
Three teachers and three students.
- the faculty members should provide a broad representation of departments and subject areas in terms of each board’s educational responsibilities;
- no faculty member is permitted to be a director of studies, a programme director or a subject coordinator;
- at least one faculty member should have been appointed distinguished university teacher;
- typically three minuted meetings are held per semester;
- the faculty’s senior faculty administrators and one representative of the Council for Educational Development (TUR) with the right to speak at meetings participate in the meetings.
Faculty and industry representatives are appointed by the Disciplinary Domain Board (for byelections, by the Working Committee) on the recommendation of N and T, following consultation with the Deputy Dean of Education. Each board appoints a deputy chair from among its members.
The term of office is three years as of 1 January 2022.
Minutes
Please contact the secretary if you wish to consult the minutes of any meeting.
Members
- Jan Andersson, chair, (dep. of Cell an Molecular Biology)
- Johan Chau Söderström (dep. of Physics and Astronomy)
- Magnus Johansson (dep. of Cell and Molecular Biology)
- Erland Strömstedt (dep. of Electrical Engineering)
- Sofia Wagrell (dep. of Civil and Industrial Engineering)
- Karin Thomas (dep. of Electrical Engineering)
- Niklas Wahlström (dep. of Information Technology)
- Katarina Hedman, (external member, AstraZeneca)
- Anna Andersson (external member, ABB)
- Vacant (external member)
- Ebba Kylhed (student representative)
- Malin Burklint (student representative)
- Isa Guterstam (student representative)
- Carl Wallskog (student representative)
- Robin Forslund (student representative)
Deputy members:
- Magnus Jacobsson (dep. of Mathematics)
- Pia Lindberg (dep. of Chemistry - Ångström Laboratory)
- Henrik Sjöstrand (dep. of Physics and Astronomy)
- Kajsa Norin (student representative)
- Soujud Ali Ali Bennis (student representative)
- Julie Wåhlin (student representative)
Programme Board
Each programme has a Programme Board led by the Programme Manager.
The main tasks of the Programme Board are to enhance the quality of the programme and promote its development, and to act as an advisory body to the Programme Manager on his/her tasks.