Application instructions
The application period will begin on Thursday 1 March 2012 and close on Thursday, 29 March at 15.45 local Helsinki time.
Electronic application form
The application with its attachments should be submitted online through the electronic application system for postdoctoral researcher recruitment.
Read the instructions carefully before completing the electronic application form!
Aattachments to the electronic application form:
1) Curriculum vitae (CV)
2) Research plan (max. 5 pages)
3) List of publications
4) Approval of the department or institute
Written approval signed by the head or director of the department or institute where the applicant intends to conduct research. The decision to grant approval to work in the department or institute is made by the department head or institute director. In a faculty which has no departments, the approval is given by the dean.
5) Statement by the department or institute
A written statement by the department or institute describing the applicant and how his/her research will be integrated into the operations of the department or institute. Besides the department head or institute director, the head of a research group or other corresponding scholar may submit this statement.
The approval and statement by the department or institute must be signed. Unsigned documents will not be accepted.
6) Optional attachment
The applicant may wish to include one optional attachment, such as the statement by the applicant’s dissertation opponent or the applicant's academic portfolio.
Applicants unable to use the electronic application form may request a printed application form and instructions from the University Registry.
Contact details:
Registry of the University of Helsinki, Yliopistonkatu 4, P.O. Box 33, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
hy-kirjaamo@helsinki.fi, tel. +358 9 191 22222.
Application attachments which cannot be submitted electronically must be delivered to the University Registry before the close of the application period (29 March 2012 at 15.45 local Helsinki time). Please indicate on the envelope the name of the position and applicant to whom the documents pertain.
After having submitted the electronic application, an applicant will be sent a message confirming receipt of the application as well as an application ID number to the email address indicated in the application. If an applicant receive no c onfirmation message it means the system was not able to save the application or the applicant submitted an invalid email address.
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