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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Requirements for applicants

These requirements are as of August 2024 regulated by Regulations to the Universities and University Colleges Act § 3-13 (in Norwegian).

• The applicant can only apply for a promotion at the institution and in the discipline in which the applicant is employed. It it no longer a requirement to have a minimum of 50 % permanent position to apply, but the applicant must have at least one year left of the employment period.
• Applicants who have not been evaluated for a professorship or promotion to professorship within the last two years are entitled to such evaluation. 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.
• 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.
• You will be assessed based on your documented scientific/artistic or pedagogical competence.

Qualifications requirements for applications autumn 2024

Scientific/artistic competence - qualifications requirements

For applications to promotion in the autumn 2024, the applicants and the expert committees must base their application and assessment on the requirements pertaining to qualification and documentation in the Regulations concerning appointment and promotion to teaching and research posts (2006) (cf. transitional provisions in the Regulations to the new Universities and University Colleges Act § 13-2).

• Qualifications requirements, see chapter 1: Criteria for appointment to teaching and research posts
• Documentation requirements, see chapter 2: Procedure and criteria for promotion to teaching and research posts

See also general tips on documentation of competence below.

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.

Qualifications requirements for applications from autumn 2025

For applications to promotion in the autumn 2025, the applicants and the expert committees must base the application and expert assessment on the requirements pertaining to qualifications and documentation in the Regulations to the Universities and University Colleges Act (2024), chapter 3, with supplementary NTNU requirements and guidelines.

The organization will be consulted about new NTNU guidelines, incorporating revised educational competence requirements and principles from CoARA/NOR-CAM in the autumn 2024. The new NTNU guidelines are expected to enter into force from 1 January 2025.

Regulations

• Regulations concerning appointment and promotion to teaching and research posts (2006).
• Regulation and additional provisions in Norwegian:
  • Forskrift til universitets- og høyskoleloven (2024)
  • Forskrift om ansettelse og opprykk i undervisnings- og forskerstillinger
  • 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

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 2024: 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 Expert Committee - Revised November 2023.
• 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.