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The University of Oulu is a multidisciplinary, international research university, with about 3,600 employees who produce new knowledge based on high-standards research and provide research based education to build a more sustainable, smarter, and more humane world. The University of Oulu community has about 17,000 people in total. Our northern scientific community operates globally and creates conditions for the emergence of innovations.
We are now looking for applicants for
in the Human Sciences doctoral program HS-DP, Information Technology and Electrical Engineering doctoral program ITEE-DP, and Technology and Natural Sciences Doctoral Programme TNS-DP of the University of Oulu. The University of Oulu Graduate School (UniOGS) and the research units fully fund the positions.
HS-DP: max. six four-year positions and max. three two-year positions
HS-DP funds doctoral research in the following doctoral degree programs: economics and business administration, educational sciences and psychology, humanities, geography (human geography)
ITEE-DP: max. six four-year positions and two two-year positions
ITEE-DP funds doctoral research in the following doctoral degree programs: electrical engineering, communications engineering, computer science and engineering, and information processing science
TNS-DP: max. eight four-year positions and max. four two-year positions
TNS-DP funds doctoral research in the following doctoral degree programs: architecture; biology; physics and astronomy; geosciences and mining engineering and mineral processing; chemistry; mechanical engineering; geography (natural geography); mathematical sciences; process and environmental engineering; civil engineering; industrial engineering and management
NOTE! Please note that you can only apply for one position, either a four-year or two-year.
Four-year positions: These doctoral researcher positions are primarily intended for dissertation research for researchers who do not yet have doctoral study rights or are in the early stages of their dissertation work. The position is full-time and fixed-term for a maximum of four years, starting earliest on 1.1.2024 or as soon as possible thereafter. In the current call, there are max 13 full-time four-year positions for the period of 2024-2027.
Two-year positions: These doctoral researcher positions are primarily intended for doctoral researchers in the later stages of their dissertation work for full-time dissertation research. Each position is full-time and fixed-term for a maximum of two years, starting earliest on 1.1.2024 or as soon as possible thereafter. In the current call, there are six full-time two-year positions for the period of 2024-2025.
You are expected to have the ability to pursue independent research, work productively in a team of various backgrounds, and potentially supervise undergraduate students. Specifically, you must have:
NOTE! Priority will be given to such doctoral researchers whose supervisor is not a PI or a project member in a focus institute spearhead or emerging project and is not receiving University of Oulu (strategic) funding related to doctoral training in 2024 and onward. The applicant should discuss this issue with the principal supervisor, who fills in the commitment form (see required attachments).
The successful candidate will be employed at the University of Oulu. The salary will be based on levels 2-4 of the demand level chart for the Finnish universities' teaching and research staff. In addition, a salary component based on personal work performance will be paid (a maximum of 50% of the job-specific component). The starting gross salary will be approximately €2400 – 2700 per month, depending on the qualifications. A trial period of 6 months is applied for the position.
Interested? If yes, please apply by 29.10.2023 (23:59 Finnish local time) through our recruitment system.
Before submitting, applicants are expected to find a prospective main supervisor in an eligible research unit. Applicants are advised to seek potential supervisors on the faculty web pages (https://www.oulu.fi/en/university/faculties-and-units). The proposed main supervisor must clearly be identified in the application (full name, title, position, faculty, and research unit at the University of Oulu). A commitment form from the proposed supervisor willing to commit to supervision must be attached to the applicant’s documents (see below).
The application must be written in English (in the University’s Varbi recruitment system) and include the following attachments:
Ineligible or incomplete applications are rejected. The selection panel makes selection. All applicants will be informed of the selection by e-mail.
For information about admission and doctoral study rights at the University of Oulu, please see https://www.oulu.fi/en/research/graduate-school.
For questions about salary, other conditions of employment, and matters related to work permits, please contact: hr@oulu.fi.
For questions about the selection process and selection schedule, please contact (email
For questions about the selection process and selection schedule, please contact (email firstname.lastname@oulu.fi):
Coordinator Janne Kurtakko – for questions related to HS-DP
Coordinator Mirjami Jutila – for questions related to ITEE-DP
Coordinator Riitta Kamula - for questions related to TNS-DP
Type of employment | Temporary position |
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Contract type | Full time |
First day of employment | 1.1.2024 |
Number of positions | 1 |
Full-time equivalent | 100 % |
City | Oulu |
County | Pohjois-Pohjanmaa |
Country | Finland |
Reference number | 2023/465 |
Published | 09.Oct.2023 |
Last application date | 29.Oct.2023 |