Mid Sweden University is now conducting a comprehensive evaluation of research and postgraduate education. The process itself should be quality-driven and based on the researchers' participation. The evaluation will be carried out in two stages during 2021 until 2023.
The purpose of the evaluation is to provide an overall picture of the current situation in research and third-cycle courses and study programmes at Mid Sweden University, but also receive recommendations for continued development of both research and third-cycle cources and study programmes.
The implementation shall contribute to reflection and in-depth analysis of the current state of research. The implementation shall also support the development of short- and long-term goals.
Stage 1 took place in 2021-2022. In the first stage, the research at Mid Sweden University’s research centre, including subject research and third-cycle cources and study programmes was evaluated. The evaluation was conducted as a peer review with internationally composed panels. Final reports from the expert panels can be found at The Registrar's office, registration number MIUN 2020/438.
Stage 2 will take place in 2022-2023. In the second stage, all other subject research at the university will be evaluated. The evaluation will be carried out as a peer review with internationally composed panels.
ARC21 will affect a large number of employees. These are the key functions that lead the work.
Here you will find decisions, action plans, instructions and other documents about ARC21.
The Research Council has decided that there will be some adjustments in the timetable and structure for part two of the research evaluation ARC21. For example, digital pre-meetings will be conducted in the expert panels to ensure that site visits are as good as possible.
5/9/2022
At the same time as the first round of ARC21 is being evaluated, it is time to launch the second part of the evaluation.
2/9/2022
FSCN's research has been evaluated and we get good reviews from the expert panel for ARC21. They think that FSCN is a globally recognized leader in forest products science and engineering research as evidenced by a large number of high-quality publications in the field.
12/21/2021
The first part of the research evaluation, ARC21, has been completed and when the Research Council discussed the outcome, the bottom line was that most things worked well and that the good records from the expertpanels considered.
12/15/2021
Part two of the process of evaluating research and postgraduate education will be postponed.
10/20/2021
On Friday, the site visits in ARC21 ended and both the Vice-Chancellor and the pro Vice-Chancellor state that there are good reasons to look forward to the expert panels' reports in one month.
10/4/2021
The page was updated 5/5/2022
