The Central Appeals Committee

According to the University and University Colleges Act section 14-1, the university must have an appeals committee who consider cases regarding students. The appeals committee consider various types of appeals from students as well as disciplinary cases against students. The committee also consider cases regarding suspected or attempted cheating. The committee meet about once a month, except for July. The case processing is in writing, and you may not meet in person before the committee. The Public Administration Acts rules for case processing applies for the committee. 

In cases regarding cheating, the committee is the body of first instance and the Joint Appeals Committee (national body) is the appeals body. The committee makes the final decision in student appeals, and the committee's decision may not be appealed.

The committee's secretariat is organized under The Secretariat of The University Leadership. The secretariat asks that cases are forwarded from faculties/departments at least two weeks before the committee's meetings. In cases regarding cheating the student will receive copies of the case documents from the faculty and a notice from the committee's secretary. The notice includes information on case processing, the student rights, date for the committee's meeting and a deadline for submitting a written statement.