Open positions
Job openings in the University of Helsinki are listed on this page. For more information click the position you are interested.
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FIMM is seeking for a
Bioanalyst / Senior Laboratory Technologist (1 - 2)
We are looking for a highly motivated individual(s) with excellent technical and interpersonal skills starting on 1 December 2009 or as agreed for a 2 year period in FIMM-EMBL Group Leader Denis Kainov’s (PhD) group and in FIMM General Operations under supervision of Director Olli Kallioniemi.
(Closing date 19th October 2009)
Doctoral Student positions
are open for graduate students with a relevant degree in natural sciences, biology, medicine, psychology, technology or with some other suitable background. To be eligible, the student must have had her/his academic degree completed (MSc, MD or equivalent). Undergraduate students are welcome to apply, but they must finish their Masters or M.D. studies before starting in the FGSN, and at latest by the end of June of the starting year. For international applicants, a master’s level degree or a university degree required to start a PhD thesis in their home country (e.g. B.Sc.) is sufficient.
(Closing date 2th October 2009)
The Department of Social Policy at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Helsinki invites applications for a
Professorship in Russian Energy Policy
The period of appointment is to 31 July 2016.
(Closing date 14th October 2009)
The Department of Social Psychology at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Helsinki invites applications for a
Professorship in the Social Psychology of Information and Communication Technologies for the period of five years.
In addition to conducting research, the duties of the professorship will include supervising doctoral dissertations and Master’s theses, examining theses and providing postgraduate and Master’s-level instruction in the social psychology of information and communication technologies. The duties will include the teaching and development of research methods for mediated interaction. The appointee will also participate in the activities of the Helsinki Institute for Information Technology (HIIT) as a senior researcher.
(Closing date 14th October 2009)
The Department of Production Animal Medicine at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Helsinki invites applications for a
Professorship in Domestic Animal Reproduction
The field of the professorship is pig reproduction. The field covers the physiology and endocrinology of pig reproduction as well as their disorders and reproductive illnesses.
(Closing date 14th October 2009)
The Department of Economics and Management at the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry of the University of Helsinki invites applications for a
Professorship in the Economics of Baltic Sea Protection
The field of the professorship has been specified as the economics of Baltic Sea protection, particularly control policies for reducing nutrient loads from non-point and point sources as well as international agreements and instruments.
(Closing date 14th October 2009)
The Department of Applied Chemistry and Microbiology at the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry of the University of Helsinki invites applications for a
The appointment will be for a fixed term of five years. The field of the post has been defined as the chemical safety of foods.
(Closing date 14th October 2009)
The Department of Food Technology at the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry of the University of Helsinki invites applications for a
Professorship in Food Technology
The field of the professorship has been specified as food processing and food materials science.
(Closing date 14th October 2009)
Viikki Graduate School in Molecular Biosciences (VGSB, http://www.biocenter.helsinki.fi/viikkigs/) is a local graduate school operating at the Viikki Campus of the University of Helsinki. VGSB was established on 1.1.1999 as the initiative of Viikki Research Group Organization in Molecular Biosciences. The 4-year PhD training program of VGSB provides high class and versatile education in molecular biosciences, in the fields of developmental biology, cell biology, plant biology, structural biology, biophysics, microbiology, virology, genetics & genomics and bioinformatics, as well as transferable skills. The Dean of VGSB is Prof. Dennis Bamford, and the Coordinator Dr. Sandra Falck.
Viikki Graduate School in Molecular Biosciences - an international PhD training program of the University of Helsinki - invites applications for
starting on January 1, 2010. All Doctoral Student positions at VGSB can be applied maximally for four years.
(Closing date 2th October 2009)
Helsinki Graduate School in Biotechnology and Molecular Biology (GSBM, http://www.biocenter.helsinki.fi/biotechgs/) is an international PhD programme administered by the Biocentrum Helsinki Research Organisation and the Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki. GSBM graduate school operates at the Viikki and Meilahti Campuses and provides a high quality four-year PhD training programme focusing on biotechnology, molecular biology and systems biology. The Dean of GSBM is Professor Pekka Lappalainen.
Helsinki Graduate School in Biotechnology and Molecular Biology (GSBM) invites applications for
starting on January 1, 2010. GSBM offers twenty (20) four-year doctoral training positions for the period 2010-2013.
(Closing date 2th October 2009)
Helsinki Biomedical Graduate School including the National Program for Molecular Medicine (HBGS-FIMM) invites applications for
The period of appointment is from 2010 to 2013. Applications for Helsinki Biomedical Graduate School four-year international doctoral training positions are welcome in Sept. 14 – Oct. 2, 2009.
(Closing date 2th October 2009)
The Finnish Graduate School in Plant Biology is a national graduate school administered by the University of Helsinki. The director of the graduate school is Tapio Palva (University of Helsinki) and the vice director is Eva-Mari Aro (University of Turku).
Finnish Graduate School in Plant Biology (FGSPB), University of Helsinki, invites applications for
5 - 10 Doctoral Student positions
The period of appointments is 1 January 2010 - 31.12.2013.
(Closing date 9th October 2009)
The multidisciplinary Graduate School in Animal Welfare started its activities in 2006 and has now been granted a second 4-year funding period. ANIWEL is a multidisciplinary network of research groups in the University of Helsinki, University of Kuopio, University of Joensuu (since 2010 University of Eastern Finland), University of Turku, Åbo Akademi, Tampere University of Technology, University of Oulu, Finnish Food Safety Authority (EVIRA) and MTT Agrifood Research Finland. The actual training of the PhD students takes place in research groups of the partner universities and research institutes.
The ANIWEL Graduate School invites applications for
for the period of 1.1.2010-31.12.2013 in Animal Welfare and/or Clinical Veterinary Medicine.
The positions are for full time research targeting to a PhD degree. However, students are allowed to participate in specialisation programmes and do clinical or other research-related work, as agreed with their supervisors. The applicants should be graduated in an appropriate field of animal welfare and/or clinical veterinary medicine.
(Closing date 10th October 2009)
The Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM, www.fimm.fi ) was established in 2007 as a partner institution of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (www.embl.org ) together with the new Nordic nodes for molecular medicine in Norway and Sweden. FIMM is a joint venture of the University of Helsinki, the Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa (HUS), the National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) and the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. FIMM laboratories are located in a brand new state-of-the art Biomedicum Helsinki 2 research building on the Meilahti medical campus in Helsinki.
FIMM is seeking outstanding candidates for the prestigious positions of
Group leaders in Molecular Medicine
(Closing date 15th October 2009)
Graduate School in Pharmaceutical Research invites applications for
Nine Doctoral Student 4-year positions
starting January 1, 2010.
(Closing date 2nd October 2009)