As a student representative on the Department Board, you will participate in the body's meetings where decisions are made regarding, among other things, the budget, course syllabuses and guidelines for conducting written exams including e-exams.

As a student representative in the Equal Opportunities Group, you contribute to combating discrimination and promoting equal rights regardless of gender, transgender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion or belief, disability, sexual orientation or age.

The Faculty of Social Sciences' recruitment group for professors (RG-P) is responsible for the preparation of employment cases in accordance with the Faculty of Social Sciences' supplementary guidelines to the university's employment regulations. The Recruitment Group for Professorial Matters is responsible for preparing the following types of cases: - appointment as professor (including visiting professor and adjunct professor) - promotion from senior lecturer to professor - employment as associate senior lecturer Other cases of a similar nature may also arise. In addition to the above responsibilities, the Faculty Board or the Faculty Management may instruct recruitment groups to act as working groups for matters within the area of responsibility. This may include, for example, referrals, proposals for guidelines, nominations, responses to surveys or similar. Ordinary meetings are held almost exclusively on Wednesdays between 13.00 and 16.00. About 1-3 times per semester the group also holds full-day meetings/extra half-day meetings for interviews.

Under the fields of study there are a number of faculties, 9 in total across the university. The faculties deal with different subject areas and decide on curricula and resource allocation between the faculty's subordinate departments. The work is governed by a faculty board whose chair is called the dean. The assignment also gives you extra points when applying for exchange studies. Meetings are held almost exclusively on Thursdays between 09:15-12:00. The academic year usually with a boarding school and this year the boarding school takes place between September 4-5 at another location. The meetings are preceded by a pre-meeting (Monday of the week of the the Board meeting at 09:00) with all student representatives, the Board's secretary and the dean. During the pre-meeting, which lasts about 30 minutes, the secretary goes through the agenda and the representatives can ask questions and raise their views. This is is a good opportunity to raise issues before decisions are made at the Board.

As a student representative on the Department Board, you participate in the body's meetings where decisions are made regarding, among other things, course syllabi and reading lists, the department's finances and activities. Meeting time is estimated at two hours per meeting.

The Education Committee will work to promote quality in education at undergraduate and postgraduate level, with the exception of courses included in the teaching programs, and in contract education that takes place within the faculty. An important task for the Education Committee is that the education evaluations for which the faculty is responsible are carried out according to the faculty's and UU's model and that the annual follow-up of educational activities is carried out and submitted to the Faculty Board. Other matters for the committee can be, for example, revision of education plans, referrals and other quality issues. The meeting time is estimated at about 2 hours per meeting.

As a student representative on the Department Board, you participate in the body's meetings where decisions are made regarding, for example, course syllabi and reading lists, and where other matters are discussed. You may also be consulted on matters concerning quality development, and be invited to pedagogical discussions and planning meetings. The last spring meeting is held after the end of the semester, due to the admission of doctoral students. The Board meets three times per semester, normally on Wednesday mornings. The meetings are 1-1 ½ hours long with no more than the same amount of preparation time (usually much less).

The Faculty of History and Philosophy's recruitment group is responsible for the preparation of applications for docentorship, teaching excellence and promotion in accordance with the Faculty of History and Philosophy's supplementary guidelines to the university's employment regulations (HISTFILFAK 2020/66). The faculty's delegation regulations state where the decision-making authority lies in matters relating to promotion. Meeting time is estimated at 1-3 hours per meeting. Pre-meetings include reading documents that are sent out one week before each meeting.

The student representatives, together with a panel of four experts, will evaluate the Department of Informatics and Media's educational environment. The panel will be provided with the department's self-evaluation and other documentation well in advance of the planned panel visit (approximately 1-2 months before the visit). The panel visit will take place on December 1-3, 2025 and will be on site in Uppsala. The first day is dedicated to interviews with faculty and students at the institution. Day two will be devoted to starting the writing of the report. On the morning of day three, there will be a seminar where the panel will present and discuss their preliminary conclusions to representatives of the department and the faculty. The panel's work will then conclude with the submission of their final report approximately two weeks later. The student representatives should NOT study at the Faculty of Social Sciences.

The Program Council usually meets once or twice a semester to discuss issues related to the Master's Programme in Languages. The program has three common courses that are optional to choose within the program and in addition to them, students have different specializations at one of the four departments of the Faculty of Linguistics. The program council is attended by the directors of studies from the faculty and the heads of the different specializations and/or the teachers of the common courses.