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<h2 class="text-heading-large"> About the job </h2>
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<p dir="ltr"> <span><em>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).<span><br>
</span><span><br>
</span></em></span><span><em>Please find more information
below and submit your application no later than 17 November
2025.<span><br>
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</span></em></span><span><strong>Role and salary<span><br>
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</span></strong></span>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.<span><br>
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</span>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.<span><br>
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</span>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.<span><br>
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</span>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.<span><br>
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</span>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.<span><br>
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</span>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.<span><br>
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</span><span><strong>Our Requirements And Expectations<span><br>
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</span></strong></span><span><em>We expect you to<span><br>
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<li>hold a suitable doctoral degree</li>
<li>have good teaching skills</li>
<li>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
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<li>the language of instruction in the post can be English<span><br>
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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).<span><br>
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</span><span><strong>Your Benefits<span><br>
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</span></strong></span>You will have access to the
university’s staff benefits, including<span><br>
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<li>a diverse and significant position in an international,
creative, participatory and inclusive university community</li>
<li>the opportunity to influence the scope of your duties and
for flexible multi-location work</li>
<li>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<span><br>
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<p>Please read more in the Work at UEF section on our website.<span><br>
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</span>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.<span><br>
</span><span><br>
</span>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.<span><br>
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</span><span><strong>How to apply?<span><br>
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</span></strong></span>Submit your application by
using our electronic application form no later than 17 November
2025 by 23:59 (midnight) Finnish time (UTC+2).<span><br>
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</span><span><strong>Please note that you must include the
following appendices in your application:<span><br>
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<li>a CV (Template for CV, TENK web page)</li>
<li>a portfolio of teaching merits (Instructions, a
portfolio of teaching merits PDF)</li>
<li>a list of publications (Instructions, Research Council
of Finland Web page)</li>
<li>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</li>
<li>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</li>
<li>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</li>
<li>copies of academic degree certificates / diplomas<span><br>
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</span>The application with appendices should be submitted in
English (<span><em>excluding any publications published in
Finnish</em></span>) 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.<span><br>
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</span>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.<span><br>
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<p dir="ltr"><span><strong>Questions?<span><br>
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</span></strong></span>For further information on the
position, please contact Professor Tanja Tarvainen, e-mail:
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:tanja.tarvainen@uef.fi">tanja.tarvainen@uef.fi</a>, tel. +358 29 445 3396.<span><br>
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</span>For further information on the application procedure,
please contact HR Specialist Noora Hämäläinen, e-mail:
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:noora.hamalainen@uef.fi">noora.hamalainen@uef.fi</a>, tel. +358 29 445 8302 or HR
Specialist Iiris Korhonen, e-mail: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:iiris.korhonen@uef.fi">iiris.korhonen@uef.fi</a>,
tel. +358 29 445 8161.<span><br>
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</span>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.<span><br>
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</span>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 <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.uef.fi/en">www.uef.fi/en</a>.
Read also about UEF as a working community and employer and
the career stories of our employees.<span><br>
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</span>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 </p>
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