Instructions for docentship application

  1. Letter of application
  • Subject of the doctorate
  • List of attachments

2. Recommendation by the professor in charge of the doctoral programme (1-2 pages)

  • Summary of the applicant's scientific merits
  • Summary of the applicant's pedagogical credentials
  • Applicant's independence
  • The benefit of the doctorate to the field of science (nature and extent of
  • expected contribution).
  • Proposal for an unbiased expert professor (who must be interviewed and have accepted) from another faculty than the applicant.

3. CV (summary of achievements)

  • Scientific qualifications:
    • Doctorate (institution and date)
    • Postdoctoral stays (location and year)
    • Current employment, period of appointment
    • Previous employment and term of appointment
    • List of research grants received (funder, project name, year, amount received, degree of responsibility: main applicant or co-applicant).
    • Other scientific qualifications
  • Pedagogical qualifications:
    • Own higher education pedagogical education:
      • Courses in pedagogy and supervision (course name, scope)
  • Teaching experience:
  • Course name, credits, level (first level, second level), teaching element (e.g. lesson, laboratory), scope (number of hours or per cent taught), teaching language, number of students.
  • Supervisory experience:
    • Nature of supervision, level (bachelor, master, doctoral student, postdoctoral researcher), scope and degree of responsibility (primary or secondary).
    • Other pedagogical qualifications
  • Other qualifications
    • For example, honours, prizes and assignments/memberships (expert, opponent, examining committee, research council, evaluator, etc.)

4. Scientific activities

Short (1-2 pages) account and reflection on your own scientific activities.

5. Educational activities

Brief (1-2 pages) account of and reflection on your own pedagogical activities.

6. Presentation of scientific work

Organised as follows:

  • Doctoral thesis (work included in the doctoral thesis is clearly indicated).
  • Articles in international scientific journals (for each publication with multiple authors, the contribution of the applicant should be clearly indicated).
  • Scientific conference contributions
  • Books and book chapters
  • Other scientific publications/reports
  • Patents

7. List of attached publications

List of maximum 10 selected publications attached under point 11.

8. Doctoral degree certificate

9. Course certificate from training in pedagogy and supervision

10. Any other material that may prove the applicant's competence

11. Own selection of a maximum of ten scientific works in full text

The publications listed under point 7 are attached here.

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