First, we present a close and detailed analysis of the changing composition and changing roles of the key sections of the administrative corps of Swedish universities. We use the source data that each university and university college each year must report to Statistics Sweden.

Secondly, we discuss the implications of the changing composition and widened roles of the administrative corps, esp. regarding its new and more encompassing qualifications. These changes make it possible for the governing body of the university to use the more qualified administrative corps to govern and control the academic profession, the scholars, and the teachers, in more precise and sophisticated ways.