Up to 21 Assistant Professor positions - application process and conditions

The recruiting department will be responsible for carrying out the assessment process for their specific call.

Each recruiting department appoints a recruitment committee of six to eight members to carry out the assessment of applications, conduct interviews, make the selection for the different stages and make recommendations on who should be employed.

The assessment of the applicants at each step is made based on the eligibility requirements and assessment criteria for good scientific ability and good pedagogical ability according to instructions for the Appointment procedure for teachers at KI and the specific advertisement.

Applications will be assessed in different steps as stated below:

1. Assessment of eligibility requirements and assessment criteria

   The general eligibility requirements and assessment criteria for the position of Assistant Professor are according to the instructions for the Appointment procedure for teachers at KI and advertisements. Subject-specific assessment criteria are described in each advertisements, read more in the advertisement you find interesting. At this stage, the publications are reviewed in greater depth, focusing on the order of authorship.

   The assessment is made by the by the recruiting department’s appointed recruitment committee for the selection of applicants to proceed to the digital interview. 

   The recruitment committee invites approximately 10 candidates to proceed to a digital interview.

2. Digital interviews for the selection of final candidates

   The interviews will be attended by the members of the recruiting department’s appointed recruitment committee.

   The recruitment committee selects approximately five final applicants.

3. External expert assessment of the final candidates

   At least two external experts with relevant subject-matter expertise are appointed to assess the applications of the final candidates.

4. Interviews with the final candidates

   Personal interviews with the final candidates are conducted by the recruiting department’s appointed recruitment committee. 

The recruitment committee appointed by the recruiting department submits a proposal concerning which candidate(s) should be offered appointment as Assistant Professor, based on an overall assessment that takes into account the evaluations provided by the external experts as well as the committee’s own assessment.

The Head of Department decides which candidate is to be offered the appointment and which candidate(s), if any, are to be placed on a reserve list.

The department provides feedback to all final candidates

A person may only be employed as an Assistant Professor for a period of at least four and at most six years as determined by the university prior to employment (in accordance with Chapter 4, Section 12a of the Higher Education Ordinance). A person who is already employed as an Assistant Professor at KI may only be offered a new position within the framework of this call if the applicant has been employed for less than two years. The total period of employment may not exceed six years.

If a person who obtains employment through the call for Assistant Professor has an ongoing employment as an Assistant Professor at KI, the time will be deducted when establishing the new employment contract. The allocated funds are reduced accordingly.

Please see the Conditions regarding employment and payment of funds - KI’s strategic recruitments for further information.

The decision on employment and salary is made by the employing department, and the employment must cover the entire payment period.

All applicants are expected to follow the application instructions carefully. Failure to comply with the guidelines or misrepresentation of qualifications may negatively impact on the evaluation of your application.

The application should consist of the following documents, written in English:

• A personal letter (maximum 1 page)
• Application form, including your research project
• Two scientific, peer‑reviewed original research publications as first or last author, in addition to those included in your doctoral thesis, in PDF format.Up to ten published papers and optionally one manuscript, in PDF format
• PhD certificate
• If you have a PhD that is older than seven years and want to claim deductible time, you must attach a certificate of deductible time in Swedish or English.

Scientific publications
Applicants affiliated to Karolinska Institutet can create a list of publications from the KI Bibliometric Verification Toolkit. Visit Instructions for creation of a publication list for internal applicants for more information.