Dean Recruitment in Six Faculties

The position of Dean is open for applications in the Faculties of Veterinary Medicine, Arts, Educational Sciences, Agriculture and Forestry, Law, and Theology from May 2 to June 3, 2025.

The Dean leads the operations of the Faculty and supports the rector in the University’s leadership. The current term of deans in these six faculties will conclude at the end of 2025. According to the university regulations, the faculty council appoints the dean for a term of up to five years.

About the Recruitment Process

The faculty council appoints an appointment committee to assist in selecting the dean. The groups of professors, staff and students on the Faculty Council each elect one member for the appointment committee. Additionally, the Rector appoints one member to the group. The dean is selected by the faculty council based on theappointment committee’s proposal.

Schedule

The dean recruitment schedule is roughly the same across all faculties but may vary slightly depending on the schedules of each faculty’s appointment committee and council.

Appointment committees will meet in June to select the candidates who will proceed in the application process. Interviews and public hearings will be held in August. In September–October, the faculty councils will decide on the selection of the deans.

Following the dean selection, the recruitment of vice-deans and department heads will begin in the faculties. The new terms for deans, vice-deans, and department heads will start on January 1, 2026.

Open dean positions:

Application period: May 2 – June 3, 2025

If you have a helsinki.fi username and a valid employment contract, a grant researcher's contract, a visiting researcher's or visiting professor's contract at the University of Helsinki, please apply through the internal candidate's link.

 

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine: https://jobs.helsinki.fi/job-invite/4067/

Internal candidate's link: https://jobs.helsinki.fi/job-invite/4067/?isInternalUser=true

 

Faculty of Arts: https://jobs.helsinki.fi/job-invite/4068/

Internal candidate's link: https://jobs.helsinki.fi/job-invite/4068/?isInternalUser=true

 

Faculty of Educational Sciences: https://jobs.helsinki.fi/job-invite/4072/

Internal candidate's link: https://jobs.helsinki.fi/job-invite/4072/

 

Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry: https://jobs.helsinki.fi/job-invite/4069/

Internal candidate's link: https://jobs.helsinki.fi/job-invite/4069/?isInternalUser=true

 

Faculty of Law: https://jobs.helsinki.fi/job-invite/4070/

Internal candidate's link: https://jobs.helsinki.fi/job-invite/4070/?isInternalUser=true

 

Faculty of Theology: https://jobs.helsinki.fi/job-invite/4071/

Internal candidate's link: https://jobs.helsinki.fi/job-invite/4071/?isInternalUser=true