Course organizer Spira

Page reviewed:  13/05/2025

This page has information for course organizers at the LTV faculty.

Information about

Call for funding of subject courses
The call is open between 2 October and 14 November 2025.

Here is information about the current calls for funding of subject courses. Please note that there are two calls – one from the Research School Spira and one from The SLU and Sparbanken Skåne Centre for Sustainable Primary Production (PrimCen). General criteria for financing of PhD subject courses, application form and a template for course syllabus are found below.

The application round  applies to activities and courses organized from July 2026 to December 2027.

Welcome to send your application to forskarutbildning-ltv@slu.se no later than 14th of November.

 

Fun-LTV decides about course syllabuses for the LTV Faculty.

Material should be sent to the secretary two weeks before the meeting date forskarutbildning-LTV@slu.se.

Some tips and advice when developing a new postgraduate course

SLU template for course syllabus

If you have any questions, please contact the directors of PhD studies, Helene Larsson Jönsson helene.larsson.jonsson@slu.se and Hanna Fors hanna.fors@slu.se, or coordinator for research school Spira Åsa Lankinen asa.lankinen@slu.se.

Registration in Ladok of participating students.

  • List of participants are sent to forskarutbildning-ltv@slu.se after passed deadline.
  • The list must include name and social security number or for those students that are not admitted to SLU or has got a Swedish social security number: name, date of birth (year-month-date) and gender.

Reporting of approved students

  • List of approved students to be reported in Ladok is submitted to forskarutbildning-ltv@slu.se when the course is completed.
  • The date of approval and name of examiner must be added in the document.

When the course is completed, a course report is sent to Fun, containing:

  • a list of registered and approved students and their home university,
  • course scheme,
  • financial reporting according to SLU's full cost calculation,
  • summary of the course evaluation, and if applicable
  • note on possible cooperation with another department within SLU or another university.

The report must be sent to forskarutbildning-ltv@slu.se within 3 months after the course is completed.

The course report is discussed at the next Fun meeting. After approval, the financial report is passed to FUR in the case of basic courses and to LTV's financial support in the case of subject courses belonging to the research school. The money will soon after be paid to the department.

Evald Doctoral Courses is a SLU university common system for evaluations of doctoral student courses.

You will find more information about Evald Doctoral Courses on this link.

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