Promotion and merit

Governance documents

At the Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, applications for promotion to Professor are submitted in November. The deadline is 30 November.

You apply through the University’s recruitment system. Request a link for the application by emailing:

rekrytering.med@uadm.uu.se for the Faculty of Medicine.
rekrytering.farm@uadm.uu.se for the Faculty of Pharmacy.

The Disciplinary Domain has established criteria for promotions. The criteria are set out in Riktlinjer och bedömningsgrunder för rekrytering och befordran av lärare vid vetenskapsområdet för medicin och farmaci. All the criteria must be met for a promotion to take place.

There are specific guidelines for adjusting the salary when promoted.

Promotion to senior lecturer

You apply through the University’s recruitment system. Request a link for the application by emailing:

rekrytering.med@uadm.uu.se for the Faculty of Medicine
rekrytering.farm@uadm.uu.se for the Faculty of Pharmacy

Admission as docent

Docents are an integral part of the teaching staff

The Higher Education Ordinance does not contain any regulations on appointing docents. The unpaid docents are not employed by the University but are an integral part of the respective faculty's teaching staff, and whose task is to conduct both research and teaching. A docent must therefore have both scientific and pedagogical competence, as well as a sufficiently close connection with the field of science.

The position as Docent comes with rights and obligations

A docent has the right to conduct research linked to the Disciplinary Domain. The Disciplinary Domain has the right to require the docent’s participation in teaching, in supervision, on the board of examiners, as an expert, as a faculty reviewer, and in working groups on research and education.

If it is useful for the faculty activities and if the applicant is qualified, admission will take place after the application. Admission at Uppsala University is not limited in time.

Apply to be admitted as Docent

You must have completed educational courses corresponding to five weeks, including university pedagogy and supervision.

Find relevant courses at Uppsala University here

You apply for admission as Docent through the University's recruitment system. Request a link for the application by emailing:

docentur-medfarm@uu.se.

Please note! The Docenture Committee must have your application no later than fourteen days before the scheduled meeting.

Your application must contain

Connection to the disciplinary domain
CV
Publication list
Independence biography
Bibliometric compilation
Research plan
Own research grants
Peer assignments
Supervision
Previous educational activities

Appendices to your application

Attach the following appendices to your application:

Your population registration certificate.
Certificate from a passed pedagogical basic course.
Certificates from other passed courses.
If applicable: Certificate of education for formal pedagogical education and application to be credited for a pedagogical course corresponding to five weeks.
Account of experience (according to template in Swedish).
Statement of the Head of Department/expert opinion (incl. suggestion on external expert).
Certificate from employer that they have read the application and support it. A separate letter from the employer should also state that the employer agrees with your specification.
Applications from clinical departments must be accompanied by a report card with a proposal for the allocation of points (signed by the relevant heads of department).
When transferring: copy of docent (associate professor) certificate.
10 articles as PDFs.

Find out more

Guidelines for docenture at the Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy

See the meeting times of the Docenture Committee on the Disciplinary Domain Calendar

Appointed docents from 2021 pdf, 108 kB.

Appointed docents 2009–2020 pdf, 162 kB.

Admission as distinguished university teacher

If you are a tenured teacher at the Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy whose position includes time for research (lecturer, senior lecturer or professor), you can apply for admission as a distinguished university teacher. This also applies if you are an adjunct teacher (i.e., employed by Region Uppsala or another principal), provided you are highly engaged in teaching and research at the Disciplinary Domain. You are also required to have completed at least 10 weeks of relevant training in teaching and learning in higher education.

The term distinguished university teacher is used to denote a teacher who has attained a higher level of pedagogical skill. This level is clearly distinguished from the basic level, in the same way that the research expertise of a docent is distinguished from that of a doctoral degree.

Distinguished university teachers have obtained pedagogical skill and experience, as well as the ability to reflect critically on their own pedagogical practice. By default, distinguished university teachers at the Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy are members of its Pedagogical Academy.

Process for applying for admission as a distinguished university teacher

Applications for admission as a distinguished university teacher are normally accepted once per year in February. You apply for admission through the University’s electronic recruitment system Varbi. Request a link to the application by emailing:

medfarm-excellentlarare@uu.se.

Your application should include a pedagogical statement of no more than 25,000 characters (including blanks). This statement should outline how you fulfil the criteria for admission as a distinguished university teacher as defined in the ‘Guidelines for the Admittance of Distinguished University Teachers’ (MEDFARM 2012/1254).

You must provide concrete examples from your pedagogical experience, demonstrating not only what and how but also why you have made certain pedagogical choices. You must also demonstrate that your practice proceeds from a scientifically informed teaching philosophy, which in turn is informed by your practical experience. The statement must include references to relevant literature.

In addition to the pedagogical statement, your application should contain the following:

A complete curriculum vitae, compiled in accordance with the document ‘Career portfolios – assessment guidelines and compilation instructions’ (MEDFARM 2018/277)
A teaching qualifications portfolio, compiled according to the same document
References from people responsible for teaching, such as directors of studies, programme coordinators, chairs of programme committees or equivalent, attesting to your teaching ability
Reference from a head of department or operations manager, expressing support for your application.
Other information of significance for your application

Assessment and admission

Applications are processed by the Assessment Panel for Admittance of Distinguished University Teachers. All applications that fulfil basic qualifications are sent to external referees. An evaluation is then made based on the applications and the referees' reports.

The committee's evaluation is documented in minutes, which are then forwarded to the Disciplinary Domain Board. Eventually, the Board makes a decision for every application to either admit or deny.

Admission 2026

In 2026, you can apply for admission from Monday, 2 February to Monday, 2 March.

Send an inquiry to medfarm-excellentlarare@uu.se. You will then receive a link to the recruitment system Varbi, which you use to upload your application.

If you have any further questions, please send them to the same addresses.