Buildings, IT, environment and safety

Umeå University is recruiting and inviting international students and international staff and visiting research fellows, which sets demands on the university to be able to offer housing to these individuals. The university’s objective is for new students and staff to be able to take on their work or student life in Umeå without the stress of trying to find housing.

This rule contains provisions for public order, safety and security on the University’s premises, for the renting or booking of premises, for placarding or posting of notices, and for digital information screens.

Security in the use of the University’s IT resources

This document describes the overall rules that apply to Umeå University IT resources as well as the responsibilities held by staff, students and other authorised persons when using them.

This document contains the rules for managing the costs incurred for those employees whose duties require a mobile phone contract.

This document contains targeted goals and overall activities for Umeå University's environmental sustainability work for 2021–2023 with the aim set for 2030. The action plan emphasises environmental sustainability, but the key areas Education and students and Research and utilisation take an overall approach based on the 2030 Agenda and the sustainable development goals.

This environmental policy describes the main focus for the University’s employees and students with regard to consideration of the environment and sustainable development in the University’s activities. Through this policy, the University ultimately aims to contribute to achieving the global sustainable development goals in Agenda 2030.

This regulation, which is aimed at both managers and employees, describes the process for Umeå University’s systematic environmental management and sustainability work. The regulation shall meet the need for support and governance arising from the requirements of the Ordinance (2009:907) on Environmental Management in Government Agencies, as well as other environmental legislation of relevance to the University.

This policy document defines Umeå University’s organisation and division of responsibility for crisis preparedness and crisis management.

These instructions specify how gases, flammable products and pressurised equipment must be handled.

This rule describes how local agencies at Umeå university must work to maintain, evaluate, and improve, the radiation protection at the local agency to comply with Swedish laws and regulations.

This document describes the Radiation Protection Organization at Umeå University. It describes the division of responsibilities and labor regarding the radiation protection. This document is a part of the Radiation Protection Management System at Umeå University.

This decommission plan describes the division of responsibilities and labor regarding the decommissioning of facilities at Umeå university that have been used for work involving open radioactive sources.

This rule describes what is needed to comply with Swedish laws and the regulations from the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority when purchasing radioactive sources. This document also describes the documentation, and the communication with Umeå university’s radiation protection organization, that is needed to comply with the university’s regulations for radiation protection.

This document constitutes the code of rules and procedures regarding the disposal of radioactive waste at Umeå University.

This policy describes the main focus with regard to safety work for Umeå University. The policy covers employees and organisational operations at the University, as well as service providers, externally engaged consultants and partners.

This procedure describes roles and responsibilities and the manner in which the University’s organisation is to work with non-proliferation and export controls on military equipment and dual-use products (hereafter referred to jointly as “strategic products”).

This policy describes how social media should be used at Umeå University (UmU) when the media channel has been established in the name of UmU