How does UTN work?

UTN is the student union for students studying engineering or science in Uppsala. UTN consists of, among other things, 20 sections that build the organisation.

Organisational map of the different parts of UTN.

The union council

The union council (FUM) is the highest decision-making body of the Uppsala Union of Engineering and Science Students. The sections' representatives in the council decide on UTN's activities, future and opinions. Here, the decisions that have the most impact on the organisation's activities are made. All members have the right to have their voice heard and take part in the most important gatherings of the union.

The union council has 33 members from all 20 sections of the union. The mandates are allocated proportionally according to the number of members in the sectional associations. Each section has one guaranteed mandate in the council.

The union council is chaired by the presiding committee of the council and usually meets six times a year. During the council, decisions are made on the activities and future of the union, among other things, the council decides on the union's operational plan and budget, but also on the union's opinions on various issues. The council also appoints a number of positions of trust, including the union's president, vice president, the board, the nomination committee, commissioner for the board of the university, Techna's presidium and auditors.

All members of the union have the right to attend and speak at meetings. In addition, all members have the right of motion and interpellation.

Fullmäktiges sammanträden VT24:

FUM 2024:1 - 21-22 februari

FUM2024:2 - 16-17 april

FUM2024:3 - 14-15 maj

Motions and interpellations

A motion is a proposal for something that you wish to be raised and decided on in the council during a meeting. This has historically involved everything from bylaw changes and the start-up of sections, to the fact that the union should buy in a fire engine. Motions can be submitted by individual members or by a group of members.

Want to write a motion? See the template for a motion here.

Motions must be submitted to the speaker of the union council at least 21 days before the meeting at which you wish the motion to be considered. Keep an eye out for the documents that come out 10 days before the meeting after the board's motion response. It is important that you read it before the meeting so that you are ready when the discussion starts.

An interpellation is a question directly posed to the board, related to their activities. The process is very similar to that of the motions regarding which deadlines apply.

Do you want to represent your section on the council? Contact your section association to find out how to run for office. If you want to know more about us and the work of the council, please contact talman@utn.se.

Colin Andersson

Speaker

talman@utn.se

Oskar Perers

Deputy speaker

vtalman@utn.se

Rikard Broman

Deputy secretary

fum-vsek@utn.se

Line Altzén

Secretary

fum-sek@utn.se

Board

The Board of the Uppsala School of Technology and Science consists of seven members; chairman, vice-president and five non-profit students. The board is elected by the council in April each year and leads the tactical operations as well as executes the decisions made by the council. The management team, in turn, is elected by the Board of Directors and consists of ten people who have taken study breaks to work on different areas to make your study time better. In addition to the Bureau (read more about the Bureau below), the Board consists of five members, who study alongside their involvement in UTN's Board of Directors.

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UTN's board. From left: Signe Jönsson, Erik Edlund, Dante Wensby, Tim Nedergård and Maja Eneström.

Presidium

The presidium consists of the president and vice president, who are members of both the board and the management team. Together, the president and vice president are responsible for leading UTN's management team.

President is the main representative of the organisation and the board, both to its own organisation and to the outside world. The president also works with education-related issues, mainly linked to the university's management.
Vice president works primarily with the organisation's finances and internal operations management. The vice president is the deputy to the president and acts in his role when he is not available.

Tim Nedergard

President

ordf@utn.se
070-308 95 21

Nelly Lindroth

Vice President

ekonomi@utn.se
070-308 95 22

The management team

UTN's management team is elected by the board and works full-time to improve the operations of the union and your time of study. The management group is divided into two groupings:

The monitoring unit, which mainly works with education-related issues or the study social environment. The monitoring unit consists of the union's president together with the four student liaison officers.

The financial unit, which handles the other continuous activities relating to, among other things, finance, business connections, internationalisation, information dissemination and party activities. The finance unit consists of the union's vice president, head of corporate relations, project manager for Utnarm, project manager of the union house project, information officer and the head of pub crew.

Student liaison officers

UTN's student liaison officers work with monitoring and improving the faculty's education and students' study experience.

Maria Gregertsen

Student Liaison Officer Head of Academic Affairs - Engineering

utb-t@utn.se

Anna Enerud

Student Liaison Officer Head of Academic Affairs - Science

utb-n@utn.se

Benjamin Eneslätt

Student Liaison Officer Head of Academic Affairs – PhD programmes and Affiliations

utb-f@utn.se

Malin Jansson

Student Liaison Officer Head of Student Welfare Affairs

soc@utn.se

Information Officer

The union's Information Officer is responsible for the union's marketing in order to provide a fair and comprehensive picture of the union's activities. The information officer is also involved in coordinating the recruitment of members of the union, administering the union's website and providing support to those involved in matters related to marketing.

Head of Pub crew

The Head of Pub crew is primarily responsible for the activities that the pub crew carries out, such as Thursday pubs and rentals. In office, the head of pub crew is a great support for UTN's all involved in general, and bar and kitchen managers in particular, when it comes to kitchen, bar and alcohol management.

Head of Corporate Relations

UTN's Head of Corporate Relations facilitates and assists in cooperation with external parties within the organisation. The purpose of these collaborations is to create conditions for meetings between students and the business world as well as to create forums for various forms of sponsorship for UTN's activities.

Project manager of the union house project

Projektledare för Utnarm

Projektledaren för Utnarm leder arbetet med UTN:s karriärmässa som går av stapeln i november varje år och till sin hjälp har denne Utnarmkommittén. Med två eventveckor och en mässdag skapas möten mellan tusentals studenter och utvalda aktörer inom näringslivet.

Evelina Andersson

Information Officer

info@utn.se

Simon Palm

Project Manager for Utnarm

projektledare@utnarm.se
070-308 95 25

Johanna Björk Wallius

Head of Corporate Relations

na@utn.se
070-308 95 27

Sebastian Grönlund

Head of Pub crew

klubbmastare@utn.se
076-863 58 10

Scott Green

Projektledare för kårhusprojektet

karhus@utn.se

Standing committees and councils

UTN's standing committees and councils are forums that provide an opportunity for students to discuss issues they have in common. The purpose of these is to bring together people with similar tasks.

The standing committees is a platform for the sections to discuss issues they have in common, such as educational, and study-social issues. The representatives can help each other, exchange experiences and find opportunities for cooperation. It is also a hub between the sections and UTN centrally, where mainly the student liaison officers can discuss issues and anchor UTN's opinion among the students. The standing committees also act as an information flow.

The councils works in a similar way, but there are also some councils that are not attached to the sections, but to the union centrally.

The Standing Committee of Student Welfare, The Reception Council