The Faculty Board held its final meeting of the spring term on Wednesday, 18 June 2025. The following decisions were made:
- Guidelines for appointment as professor and promotion to professor at the Faculty of Science
- Updated guidelines for appointment as senior lecturer and promotion to senior lecturer at the Faculty of Science
- Amendment to the programme syllabus for the Master’s programme in Bioinformatics
- New specialisation in Life Sciences within the Master’s programme in Computational Science
- Discontinuation of the following Master’s programmes:
- NAASK: Atmospheric Science and Biogeochemical Cycles
- NANGE: Physical Geography and Ecosystem Analysis
- NAGEM: Geomatics
- NADAV: Computer Science
- NAFYS: Physics
- NASLV: Synchrotron Radiation-Based Science
- NANKE: Nanochemistry
- NAPRV: Protein Science
- Revision of the faculty’s funding allocation model for education
- New resource allocation model for research and third-cycle (doctoral) education
The decision regarding the new resource allocation model for research and third-cycle education was supplemented with a request for an analysis of forthcoming retirements and the implications of the current ceiling on academic appointments. This analysis is to be presented at the Faculty Board meeting in December.
A significant portion of the remainder of the meeting was devoted to information and discussion concerning Science Village. Else Lytken, Head of the Department of Physics, began by reporting on the ongoing assignment to explore the future development of physics research and education at Lund University. Knut Deppert and Charlotte von Brömssen from the Science Village Stage 2 project group followed with an update on the investigation into the critical mass required for further establishment in Science Village. The project group will soon present a report outlining what is needed to achieve critical mass in Science Village, beyond the establishment of NanoLab Science Village (Stage 1). This report will serve as a basis for decisions in the Faculty of Science and LTH boards on the continued process later this autumn. At the 18 June meeting, the need for clear cost estimates for Stages 1 and 2 was also highlighted, as well as the potential need for an additional board meeting in the autumn.
Also read: Update from the Science Village Establishment Project Group – Stage 2
Deputy Dean Karin Rengefors provided information on the current review of the scope of third-cycle education. The analysis aims, among other things, to ensure maintained educational quality and sufficient volume and breadth within the doctoral programmes.
Finally, the Board received an update from LUNA (the student union) on the ongoing handover to next year’s full-time student representatives. Max Larsson Rydström, the newly elected President of LUNA, introduced himself.
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