Assistant/Associate Professor (Tenure Track) of Scientific Computing in Computational Engineering

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.

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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@uef.fi, tel. +358 29 445 3396.

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