The Division of Science and Innovation provides assistance to evaluation committees on academic appointments and promotion of academic staff. The Division also services committees on the evaluation of visiting scholars and on the evaluation of academic competence of healthcare workers at institutes with an agreement with the University of Iceland.
For further information contact Baldvin Zarioh.
This refers to applications to academic positions (lecturer, senior lecturer, professor, research specialist, research scholar or research scientist).
Applications should be completed in the application form for the position (appears in the advertisement).
Advertisements may request various documents to be sent with the application, and applications for different positions may require different accompanying documents. However, generally the following documents are requested:
Attention is drawn to the fact that the evaluation committee and selection committee are not authorised to make lower requirements of applicants than those stipulated by legislation, regulation or the job advertisement. For example, if the advertisement states that the applicant must have a doctorate, it is not possible to hire anybody who does not have a doctorate.
This refers to promotion following recruitment or promotion of University of Iceland academic staff.
Promotion following recruitment. Rules of procedure.
Promotion of academic staff. Staff considering applying for promotion must obtain information from the Division of Science and Innovation on their accumulated points before 1 October. The application deadline is 1 November each year. Further information on the promotion can be found in Ugla.
Information is available in Ugla. For further information contact the Division of Human Resources.
This refers to the conferral of academic titles for health personnel at healthcare institutions which have signed a cooperative agreement with the University of Iceland.
The conferral of academic titles is carried out in accordance with the Regulation on recognition by the University of Iceland of the academic competence of staff at the Landspítali University Hospital and the conferral of academic titles, no. 888/2016.
The regulations state that applications shall be sent to the head of the School of Health Sciences faculty in question.
The regulations stipulate furthermore that it is possible to apply for the conferral of an academic title at other University of Iceland faculties. The main rule, however, is to apply for conferral of a title with one of the School of Health Sciences' faculties.
There is no special application form. In accordance with the aforementioned regulations, applicants must specify any collaboration or prospective collaboration with the University of Iceland and, as applicable, other universities, the collaborating parties, collaborative projects and their main objectives (report on intentions).
The following documents must accompany the application (cf. Article 37 of the Regulation for the University of Iceland no. 569/2009):
Applicants must specify those publications, up to a total of eight, which they consider most significant. In the case of a jointly authored work, the applicant must account for his or her contribution.
Applicants may also include references for their teaching and administrative work, as appropriate
The application process is as follows:
Applications are sent to the head of the faculty in question.
The faculty takes the application under consideration. Should the faculty recommend an application, it shall be referred to the Division of Science and Innovation and selection committee along with a supporting argument written in consideration of the points mentioned in paragraph 1, Article 1 of the aforementioned Regulations.
The selection committee in collaboration with the Division of Science and Innovation takes the application under consideration and gives its opinion as to whether the applicant meets the requirements regarding academic competence as well as those needed to work as a lecturer, senior lecturer, or professor. The verdict is sent to the school dean as well as the head of the faculty in question.
The school dean and head of the respective faculty submit a joint proposal to the rector regarding whether the applicant should receive recognition of academic competence and which academic title should be conferred. This proposal must be accompanied by a draft contract between the applicant and the school dean on behalf of the faculty in question, outlining the objectives of the collaboration and the rights and responsibilities that may apply.
Once all requirements have been met, the rector shall confer the academic title.
Recognition of academic competence shall be valid for five years from the conferral of the academic title, although it shall be repealed if the individual in question ceases to work at the Landspítali University Hospital or another healthcare institution that has signed a cooperative agreement with UI, or if the individual takes an academic position at the University of Iceland. After five years, the selection committee may, with the approval of the rector, renew the academic title for an indefinite period. It is recommended that applicants inform the Division of Science and Innovation of their intention to renew the academic title no later than six months before the five-year term of validity ends.
A request for promotion requires submitting a new application to the faculty.
