[Job-offers-cs] Assistant/Associate Professor (Tenure Track) of Scientific Computing in Computational Engineering (University of Eastern Finland)

[Pekka Orponen]

    About the job

/The University of Eastern Finland is inviting applications for the post 
of Assistant/Associate Professor (Tenure Track) of Scientific Computing 
in Computational Engineering at the Department of Technical Physics of 
the Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology on the Kuopio campus. 
The position will be filled as from 1 April 2026 (or as agreed).

//Please find more information below and submit your application no 
later than 17 November 2025.

/*Role and salary

*The field of research and teaching of the Assistant/Associate Professor 
(Tenure Track) is Scientific Computing in Computational Engineering. The 
field of research includes, e.g., scientific computing, large-scale 
simulation, signal and image processing, time-series analysis, 
optimization and control, computational inverse problems, and artificial 
intelligence methodologies. The field of teaching is computational 
engineering, including both methodological and applied themes related to 
research.

The duties include conducting, developing and leading research in the 
field and related national and international education. The position 
also involves responsibility for scientific postgraduate education in 
accordance with the job title. The Assistant/Associate Professor (Tenure 
Track) will be responsible for the acquisition of external funding and 
for international research cooperation and networking in the field. The 
post also includes societal expert and interaction activities.

The post of Assistant/Associate Professor (Tenure Track) will be filled 
for a fixed four-year term starting on 1 April 2026 (or as agreed). The 
position is filled for a fixed term due to it being a fixed-term 
research and teaching position (Tenure Track). A probationary period is 
applied to all new members of the staff.

The criteria, goals and results to be achieved during the term in order 
to proceed to the next level of the Tenure Track will be agreed upon in 
detail with the person appointed as Assistant/Associate Professor when 
signing the contract of employment. Meeting the criteria specified in 
the contract is a requirement for proceeding to the next level of the 
Tenure Track. At the end of the term, the achievements of the person 
will be evaluated to determine whether they can proceed to the next 
level of the Tenure Track: from Assistant Professor to Associate 
Professor, or from Associate Professor to Professor.

External expert evaluation will be used in the recruitment. Expert 
statements are part of the overall evaluation process. Interviews 
related to the filling of the position will be arranged separately.

The salary of the position is determined in accordance with the salary 
system for the teaching and research staff of Finnish universities. In 
the case of an Associate Professor (Tenure Track), the salary is based 
on level 7 of the job requirement level chart (EUR 4.428,24 /month) of 
the salary system for the teaching and research staff of Finnish 
universities and in the case of an Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), 
on level 6 of the job requirement level chart (EUR 3.841,13 /month). In 
addition to the job-related salary element, the salary is supplemented 
with a personal salary element, which can be a maximum of 50% of the 
job-related salary element.

*Our Requirements And Expectations

*/We expect you to

/

  * hold a suitable doctoral degree
  * have good teaching skills
  * fulfil the qualification requirements of a Professor by the end of
    the Tenure Track term. The career stages of the Tenure Track (before
    a professorship) are Assistant Professor and Associate Professor.
    Both are fixed-term positions with the term lasting for four (4)
    years. The evaluation will be launched no later than six months
    before the end of the term, unless otherwise has been agreed upon
    with the party concerned.
  * the language of instruction in the post can be English


Teaching skills are evaluated based on the documents submitted by the 
applicant. The evaluation of teaching skills focuses on your teaching 
and supervision experience, as well as on your views related to the 
planning and implementation of teaching, as presented in your teaching 
portfolio (see the required attachments of the application).

*Your Benefits

*You will have access to the university’s staff benefits, including

  * a diverse and significant position in an international, creative,
    participatory and inclusive university community
  * the opportunity to influence the scope of your duties and for
    flexible multi-location work
  * the staff benefits of the University of Eastern Finland, including
    comprehensive occupational health care, extensive provision of staff
    training, affordable lunch in our campus restaurants, and Sykettä
    sports services

Please read more in the Work at UEF section on our website.

You will have an opportunity to work in an interesting, meaningful and 
diverse role as part of our international, creative, participatory and 
inclusive academic community.

Enjoy your life in Finland! Known for its cleanliness, welfare know-how, 
modern technology and superb education system, Finland is an exotic and 
safe country to work in. Please visit the Life in Finland section on our 
website to learn more.

*How to apply?

*Submit your application by using our electronic application form no 
later than 17 November 2025 by 23:59 (midnight) Finnish time (UTC+2).

*Please note that you must include the following appendices in your 
application:

*

  * a CV (Template for CV, TENK web page)
  * a portfolio of teaching merits (Instructions, a portfolio of
    teaching merits PDF)
  * a list of publications (Instructions, Research Council of Finland
    Web page)
  * a separate list of the publications (10, numbered and indexed) and
    other works with which the applicant wishes to demonstrate their
    qualification and merits for the post
  * the publications and other works referred to in the above list with
    which the applicant wishes to demonstrate their qualification and
    merits for the post
  * a short, written description (2–4 pages) of the merits and
    activities relevant to the post, including the applicant’s views on
    how to develop research and teaching in the field
  * copies of academic degree certificates / diplomas


The application with appendices should be submitted in English 
(/excluding any publications published in Finnish/) in case the 
applicants’ qualification and merits are assessed by international 
experts. The applicant must ensure that the contact details specified in 
the application remain up-to-date throughout the recruitment process.

If your degree certificate is not in English, Finnish, or Swedish, you 
must provide official English translations of your degree certificate 
documents. All translations must be issued by the awarding educational 
institution or an authorized translator. Each page of the official 
translation must bear the translator's stamp and/or signature. Official 
translations must be accurate translations of the original documents. 
Translations made by the applicants themselves will not be accepted.

*Questions?

*For further information on the position, please contact Professor Tanja 
Tarvainen, e-mail: tanja.tarvainen at uef.fi, tel. +358 29 445 3396.

For further information on the application procedure, please contact HR 
Specialist Noora Hämäläinen, e-mail: noora.hamalainen at uef.fi, tel. +358 
29 445 8302 or HR Specialist Iiris Korhonen, e-mail: 
iiris.korhonen at uef.fi, tel. +358 29 445 8161.

The Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology operates on the Kuopio 
and Joensuu campuses of the University of Eastern Finland. The mission 
of the faculty is to carry out internationally recognised scientific 
research and to offer research-education in the fields of natural 
sciences, forestry and technology. The faculty invests in all of the 
strategic research areas of the university. The faculty’s environments 
for research and learning are international, modern and 
multidisciplinary. The faculty has approximately 2,650 Bachelor’s and 
Master’s degree students and some 440 postgraduate students. The number 
of staff amounts to 650.

The University of Eastern Finland (UEF) is the most multidisciplinary 
university in Finland. Our university employs approximately 3,200 
employees, and our community includes approximately 17,000 degree 
students and 16,000 adult education students. Our campuses are located 
in Joensuu and Kuopio. We represent the world’s cutting edge of research 
in many fields and produce research-based knowledge, which is made 
openly available to benefit everyone. Learn more about our university at 
www.uef.fi/en. Read also about UEF as a working community and employer 
and the career stories of our employees.

Työsopimuksen voimassaolo: määräaikainen työsopimus | Työsuhteen luonne: 
kokoaikainen | Paikkojen lukumäärä: 1 | Työllisyysaste: 100 % | 
Paikkakunta: Kuopio | Maakunta: Pohjois-Savo | Maa: Finland | 
Ilmoitusnumero: 1148/01.01.02/2025 | Yhteys: Tanja Tarvainen 
+35829 4453396, | Julkaistu: 2025-10-06 | Haku päättyy: 2025-11-17

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