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The University of Eastern Finland is the most multidisciplinary university in Finland, with research and education standing at the core of our activities. Our research finds interdisciplinary solutions to global challenges, and we educate experts for future labour market needs.
The University of Eastern Finland is an international workplace of some 3,400 researchers, teachers and other experts. We offer inspiring and versatile roles with an opportunity for continuous development. Our recruitment practices are open and transparent, and we follow the Finnish national recommendation for responsible researcher evaluation.
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Instructions relating to the application of vacant positions and title of docent
Shared doctoral researcher position system / Early Stage Researcher positions
- Employer's commitment to a parallel contract of employment (appendice for application)
- Agreement on parallel contracts of employment for an Early Stage Researcher
Philosophical Faculty
- Apply for docentship
- Evaluation of teaching skills and portfolio instructions
- Instructions for a new employee
- The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)
Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology
- Instructions for giving a teaching demonstration
- Instructions for preparing a portfolio of teaching merits
- Instructions for writing a research plan
- Instructions for persons applying for a title of Docent
Faculty of Health Sciences
- Instructions for preparing a portfolio of teaching merits
- Instructions for persons applying for a title of Docent
- Instructions for a Research Plan, Doctoral Researcher (UEF Doctoral Student) positions
Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies
- Apply for docentship
- Instructions for preparing a portfolio of teaching merits
- Evaluation form: Postdoctoral researchers
- The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)
Language Centre
In these instructions, a grant-funded researcher refers to a person who has received a personal grant for scientific work from an external funder. The University of Eastern Finland offers grant-funded researchers the opportunity to sign a part-time (10%) employment contract, when the researcher has been awarded a grant for artistic or scientific work by a party other than the university for a minimum of 12 months, and the conditions for concluding an employment contract are met.
The part-time employment contract strengthens the researcher’s attachment to the academic community and enables, for example, access to a workspace and tools, credentials, occupational health care and insurance coverage for the duration of the part-time employment relationship, as well as participation in the university’s activities.
The opportunity to sign a part-time employment contract applies to researchers at different stages of their research career, for example, doctoral researchers and postdoctoral researchers, whose research is or can be linked to research carried out at the University of Eastern Finland.
The grant-funded researcher initiates the process of signing an employment contract. This is done by filling out the UEF grant-funded researcher's initiative to conclude a part-time (10%) employment contract form.
For more information on concluding an employment contract, please contact the head of the unit. Links to the units’ websites can be found on the university's organisation page.
For more detailed criteria, the progress of the process and practical instructions, see the UEF grant-funded researcher’s part-time (10%) employment contract (PDF) instructions.