Ref:
TEKNAT 2009/245
Agreement concerning
Doctoral Candidate Education
Industrial Doctoral Candidate
Template in Swedish approved by the Faculty of Science and Technology 13 October
2009 and translated into English
UPPSALA UNIVERSITET
AVTAL ANGÅENDE UTBILDNING AV DOKTORAND INDUSTRIDOKTORAND
2009-04-28
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1. Parties
Party 1: Uppsala University, the Department of XXXXX (hereinafter referred to as UU)
Party 2: YYY (hereinafter referred to as the Company)
have reached the following agreement on the training of a Doctoral Candidate employed
at the Company.
2. The Doctoral Candidate
NN (civic registration number) is applying for admission for an education at research
level at the Department (hereinafter referred to as the Doctoral Candidate). Research
studies should be conducted at least at half-time for a maximum of four years following
acceptance to the licentiate degree course of studies and a total of eight years following
acceptance for the doctoral examination.
3. Nature of studies and tutoring
The Doctoral Candidate will be studying [title of studies]. The intended examination is
specified in the individual course of study (appendix). The Tutor at the Department is
Professor NN. The Assistant Tutor at the Department is NN. The Tutor and Contact
Person at the Company is NN.
4. Scope of the Agreement
The agreement consists of this Agreement, together with the individual course of study,
which is the basis for admission to the research education. Follow-ups are conducted
each year of the individual course of study.
5. The Company´s undertakings
The Doctoral Candidate is employed by the Company. The Company is responsible for
the Doctoral Candidate's salary during the Agreement period and the Doctoral
Candidate shall have the right to devote at the least (XX percent) of his/her working
time during the agreement period to his/her research at the Department. No deductions
from the Doctoral Candidate's ordinary salary paid by the Company will be made.
In addition, the Company undertakes to cover any expenses incurred to the Doctoral
Candidate relating to travel, accommodation and other costs associated with
participation in courses, conferences and such like in agreement with the Department
and to see to that the Doctoral Candidate has adequate insurance cover even during the
part of the work set aside for studies.
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To meet costs in connection with the Doctoral Candidate’s tutoring and workplace as
well as the Department’s infrastructure, the Company undertakes to give a grant to the
Department of SEK xxx per year. The grant shall be requisitioned by the Department
four times per year.
6. The Department´s undertakings
For Doctoral activities at the Department, the Department undertakes to provide the
customary resources including premises, technical equipment and to ensure that the
conditions of service are in accordance with applicable working environment and other
provisions within the educational sector.
If the Department uses the Doctoral student for work assignments other than his/her
own research studies and the length of the educational period is thereby extended, the
Department will be responsible for the additional costs.
7. Duration of Agreement and cancellation
This Agreement enters into force when it has been signed by all parties and the Doctoral
Candidate has been admitted to research studies at the Department and is valid until ddmm-yyyy.
The Agreement expires when the studies are completed and the intended examination in
accordance with section 2 is thereby achieved. In the event the Doctoral Candidate
graduates earlier than expected, the Agreement shall cease to have effect at the end of
the term in which the public defense takes place. If the Doctoral Candidate’s research
studies are delayed due to reasons specified in Chapter 6, section 36, paragraph 3 of the
Higher Education Ordinance (1993:100), the Agreement is extended for the equivalent
amount of time.
If anything happens so that one of the parties cannot fulfil its part of the agreement, e.g.
the Doctoral Candidate quits of his/her own volition, the right of access to tutoring and
other resources will be removed, etc. either party has the right to terminate the
Agreement with three months' notice. If either party is substantially in breach of the
Agreement and has not, upon written request, taken remedial action within 30 days, the
other party owns the right to terminate the Agreement with 5 days notice. Before
cancellation, the parties shall, in writing, propose measures to eliminate any nonconformances relating to the Agreement.
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8. Publication
The parties are in agreement that the doctoral studies shall result in a thesis and that the
Doctoral Candidate has the right to publish the results of the studies in accordance with
customary academic praxis. The Company's right to protection of Company secrets
must however be observed.
At the request of the Company, it should be possible to postpone publication or other
dissemination of project results for a period no greater than three months following
request for publication so that protection of industrial property rights for the project
results can be obtained.
The research results may be freely utilised for teaching purposes and in the parties'
research and development work.
9. Confidentiality
The parties are in agreement that the principle of public access applies for the
Department. Exceptions from this are only permitted to the extent that the Official
Secrets Act allows.
With the above restriction, information concerning the Company which becomes known
by the Department as a consequence of this Agreement which is not already publicly
known or otherwise known by the Department, shall be treated as confidential and shall
not, without Company's written consent, be communicated to third parties or used for
any other purposes other than for the implementation of the undertakings in accordance
with this Agreement.
The above applies during the Agreement period and three (3) years thereafter.
10. Rights to results1
The Doctoral Candidate is employed at the Company and therefore the Company’s rules
for inventions and propriety rights shall apply to the results of the student's work with
the above restrictions.
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A separate agreement may be needed for the ownership rights to the results of the project for which the Doctoral
Candidate is not the creator.
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11. Force majeure
Neither party has any liability to pay compensation to the other if the other party is
prevented from performing its obligations due to conditions that could not be foreseen
and whose detrimental effects it was not reasonably possible to eliminate.
12. Dispute
Disputes in respect of this Agreement shall first be resolved by negotiation between the
parties and, secondly, by arbitration in accordance with the Arbitration Institute of the
Stockholm Chamber of Commerce’s rules for simplified arbitration. The arbitration
procedures shall take place in Uppsala.
13. Changes and amendments
Changes and amendments to this Agreement must be drawn up in writing and signed by
all parties in order to take effect.
14. Approval
This Agreement must be approved by the Doctoral Candidate.
This Agreement has been drawn up in duplicate, and all parties have a
copy; a copy has been given to the Doctoral Candidate and the Tutor.
For Uppsala University
Name, position
Place and date
For YYY
Name, position
Place and date
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Has read the above
Name, Doctoral Candidate
Place and date
Name, Tutor
Place and date
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