Associate professors with a 50% position or greater can apply for a promotion to a full professor position based on qualifications and expertise.

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Applicant requirements

These requirements are regulated by Regulations concerning appointment and promotion to teaching and research posts.

• Applicants must be appointed and have taken up a permanent position as Associate Professor or a fixed-term contract employment (§ 2-2 (1))
• The applicant can only apply for a promotion in the discipline in which the applicant is employed (§ 2-2 (2)).
• Applicants who have not been evaluated for a professorship or promotion to professorship within the last two years are entitled to such evaluation (§ 2-2 (6). The two-year rule applies from the application closing date for the professor promotion date or the advertised professor position. If the institution has not set a closing date, the two-year rule applies from the application date (§ 2-2 (6)).
• If a professorship has been announced within his/her specialty at his/her own institution during the past two years, the two-year application deadline applies to the application deadline for this position (§ 2-2 (6)).
• You will be assessed based on your documented scientific/artistic or pedagogical competence.

Documentation of educational competence

In addition to the requirements for basic competence for teaching and supervision at university and college level that are given for the position of associate professor, the following must be documented:

• Quality development in own teaching and supervision over time.

• Broad experience with supervision, preferably at master's/PhD level.

• Participation in work to develop quality of education in the academic community.

The educational competence must be documented in the form of a systematic and comprehensive presentation which must consist of a documentation part and a reflection part. The documentation section shows the applicant's completed courses and training that are relevant to teaching and highlights the applicant's teaching and supervision experience. Examples of documentation can be subject and study plans, pedagogical development work, evaluations of teaching, examples of thesis the applicant has supervised and possibly the applicant's scientific works related to teaching and learning. The reflection section shows the applicant's development over time and reflections on their own practice, teaching and learning views and plans for further development. NTNU's criteria for educational competence (full criteria in Norwegian):

1. Participation in courses and training
2. Roles in higher education
3. Experience from education and supervision
4. Contributions to education in the academic community
5. Critical reflection on own teaching and supervision
6. Progress over time
7. Approach to education and learning

For professors, criteria 3, 4, 5 and 6 are expected to be met to a higher degree than for associate professors.

Tips for applicants on documentation of competence

It is recommended to familiarise oneself with the respective Faculty guidelines to the assessment committees and other guidelines that may apply to the applicant’s subject area.

NTNU will comply with the principles of the DORA declaration and the CoARA commitments about:

• responsible assessment of research based on quality and impact, including responsible use of quantitative indicators and
• recognition of a wider range of academic contributions to research and to the university’s social mission.

DORA and CoARA do not entail any change in the requirements for promotion, but he assessment committees are expected to adhere to these principles. For applicants, Universities Norway NOR-CAM is a recommended tool for competence and career development at NTNU, with good tips for documentation of competence and for the applicant’s description of relevant academic contributions and results. Similarly, the NTNU Staff regulations for teaching and research posts refer to DORA, CoARA, and NOR-CAM in connection with the assessment of applicants for teaching and research posts.

Regulations

• Regulations concerning appointment and promotion to teaching and research posts. The regulations describe the contents of the application, the procedure, and the criteria in Chapter 2, § 2-1.
• Regulation and additional provisions in Norwegian:
  • Forskrift om ansettelse og opprykk i undervisnings- og forskerstillinger (pdf)
  • Utfyllende bestemmelser til Forskrift om ansettelse og opprykk i undervisnings- og forskerstillinger (pdf)
    • Kriterier utdanningsfaglig kompetanse (vedlegg 1) (pdf)
    • Museumsfaglig formidlingskompetanse og kunstnerisk formidlingskompetanse (vedlegg 2) (pdf)

Deadlines

The deadline for applying is set by each faculty, possibly in collaboration with the sister faculty.

Forms

Faculty of Architecture and Design

• Application form for promotion to full professor (in Norwegian) Use the Chrome browser, not Internet Explorer.
• Translation of the application form (pdf)

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

• Application form for promotion to full professor (in Norwegian).
  Description of pdf-documents that must be included in the application is listed in the application form.
• Standards for the evaluation of professorial competence at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, NTNU (pdf) (updated Mars 2020).
• Regulations on the appointment and promotion of teaching and research positions (pdf)
• Contact: hr@mh.ntnu.no

Faculty of Humanities

• Application form (in Norwegian). Send five copies to the Faculty of Humanities.
• Regulations on promotion: Temporary guidelines for the assessment of academic and teaching competence of applicants for professorships and professorial promotion at the Faculty of Humanities (pdf) and Regulations on the appointment and promotion of teaching and research positions (in Norwegian). These documents include application criteria and requirements for the documentation of pedagogical qualifications and academic/artistic expertise.
• Contact: Elisabeth Wiggen

Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering

• Application form – promotion to full professor (in Norwegian).
  Send your application and all attachments by email to Wenche Olsen.
• Guidelines – promotion to full professor.
  Please note chapter 4 and 5 about qualifications.
• Deadline: 15 September in 2023

Contact: Wenche Olsen

Faculty of Engineering

• Application form for promotion to full professor (in Norwegian). Send application and all attachments to Kari Salberg Vitsø.
• Coordination of processes for promotion to full professor. Note that chapter 4 and 5 cover skill requirements and application outline.
• Application deadline 2023: 15 September
• Contact: Kari Salberg Vitsø

Faculty of Natural Sciences

• Application form for promotion to full professor (DOC), (in Norwegian). Send e-mail (with documents in zip-format) to the faculty contact person, by the NTNU email system (Outlook/Exchange from NTNU-email to NTNU-email).
• Coordination of processes for promotion to full professor (PDF - in Norwegian). See in particular Chapter 5 with guidelines for setting up an application, as well as the appendices at the end of the document. The appendices include suggestions for documentation of educational qualifications.
• Contact: Gerd Flataas

Faculty of Social and Educational Sciences

• Application form for promotion to full professor (in Norwegian). Use the Chrome browser, not Internet Explorer.
• Guidelines for the expert committee
• Application deadline 2023: 15 September

Contact: Sissel Sæther

Faculty of Economics and Management

• Application form for promotion to full professor (in Norwegian). Use the Chrome browser, not Internet Explorer.
  • Translation of the application form
• Guidelines for the expert committee - Revised May 2021.
• The application deadline is open-ended
• Contact: Svein Olav Antonsen

Eligibility grants for women

All women in permanent positions as an associate professor can apply for an eligibility grant. Read more at Skill development stipend for female associate professors.