Job structure
The academic staff?at?UiO is divided into the following main job group categories:
- Research and teaching positions
- Research positions
- Recruitment positions
Detailed information on the research job categories is to be found in the following regulations:?
- Regulations for the Act on universities and colleges chapter 3 (lovdata.no) (Norwegian)
- Rules for the use of research posts SKO 1108, 1109, 1110 and 1183 at UiO
Transitional rules to Regulations for the Act on universities and colleges
- Employees in the position category university and college lecturer have the right to apply for promotion to associate professor according to Regulations concerning appointment and promotion to teaching and research post Section 2-4 first paragraph, until 31 December 2027.?The transitional rule applies to university lecturers who were in employment before the Regulations for the Act on universities and colleges came into force on 1 August 2024.
Appointment
General guidelines?for appointments
- Regulations for the Act on universities and colleges chapter 3 (lovdata.no) (Norwegian)
- Rules for employment and promotion for teaching and researching positions at UiO
- Guide for applicants for teaching and researching positions
- Guide for members of expert committees
- Rules for the use of research posts SKO 1108, 1109, 1110 and 1183 at UiO
- Guidelines concerning appointment to post doctoral and research posts at UiO
- Regulations on appointments to tenure-track positions, with supplementary provisions for UiO
- Rules for practising the requirement for basic university pedagogical competence at UiO
Guidelines for the extension of appointments
- Guidelines for extension of the fixed-term appointment of researchers in connection with the withdrawal of parental leave or absence due to illness
- Guidelines on extension for doctoral and post-doctoral research fellows due to closure of the university and the corona situation
Local guidelines for appointments
- Faculty of Humanities: Guidelines pertaining to the application assessment process for doctoral research fellowships
- Faculty of Medicine: Application procedures
Competence promotion
Guidelines for promotions pertaining to all academic fields
- Regulations for the Act on universities and colleges chapter 3 (lovdata.no) (Norwegian)
- Guide for applicants for Professor and Associate professor positions
- Guide for members of expert committees
- Rules relating to promotion to researcher 1109 in government organisations
Specific guidelines for promotions within the field of humanities
- Guidelines for the evaluation of applicants for professorships and professorial promotion (uhr.no) (pdf) (Norwegian)
Adopted by UHR-Humaniora 12 May 2023, effective from 1 January 2024. - Guidance for those who want to apply for promotion to Senior Lecturer or Docent at the faculty of Humanities, UiO
- Guidance for those who want to apply for promotion to Professor at the Faculty of Humanities, UiO
Specific guidelines for promotions within the field of medicine
Specific guidelines for promotions within the field of natural sciences (STEM)
Specific guidelines for promotions within the field of social sciences
- Scientific Qualification Requirements for Promotion to Professor (pdf) Adopted 18 March 2022.
Specific guidelines for promotions within the field of educational sciences
- Guidance memo concerning promotion of professors at the Faculty of Educational Sciences, UiO
Approved by the Dean 23.08.2018, last updated 05.09.2018
Working hours and work assignments
- Regulation of working hours for employees in scientific posts at the UiO
- Guidelines for normal distribution of work assignments – academic staff