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InterDocSchool

5th Call for applications (June 2023)

Basic information

  • This call offers three visiting professor positions in the Doctoral School of Wrocław University of Science and Technology (WUST) in the period 1 October 2022 – 30 November 2023.
  • The course for doctoral students given by the visiting professor should include 15 hours of classes. The course must be conducted in English and may include various teaching options (e.g., lecture and seminar). The course may be attended by all doctoral students of the WUST Doctoral School.
  • Financial support for the preparation and delivery of the course includes remuneration for the visiting professor in the amount of PLN 15 000 (PLN 1 000 per one hour of course). The amount of remuneration is determined pursuant to applicable laws (i.e., taxes) and regulations of WUST.
  • The application should be submitted by an employee of the Wrocław University of Science and Technology referred to as the “attendant”. The attendant supports the Dean's Office in contacts with the visiting professor and is responsible for for the organization of the course (e.g., booking an appropriate didactic room). Moreover, the attendant is responsible for assisting the visiting professor during his/her stay at the Wrocław University of Science and Technology. After the course conducted by the visiting professor is completed, the attendant obtains his/her remuneration (about PLN 800 gross/gross salary), this amount depends on the current salary regulations of Wrocław University of Science and Technology.
  • The application submission deadline is 15 June 2023.

More details can be found in the regulations (English, Polish).


Submission procedure

The application with required attachments should be sent by WUST employee (attendent) to email address: interdocschool@pwr.edu.pl. The application should be sent as two pdf files: one pdf as a scan of the application with the required signatures, and second pdf as the application without signatures. We kindly ask you to send the scan as a pdf file, documents in the form of photos or image files will not be accepted.

The required attachments are:

  • CV of the visiting professor.
  • The initial declaration stating that the visiting professor is ready to elaborate and deliver a course.

Deadlines

  • The application submission deadline is 15 June 2023.
  • Competition results will be announced till 14 July 2023.
  • The course of a visiting professor granted in this call should be conducted in the period 1 October 2022 – 30 November 2023.

Application evaluation criteria

The applications will be evaluated by a three-person committee consisting of members of the Doctoral School Council. The committee awards points on a scale of 0-10 for each criterion. The final result is a weighted sum taking into account the weights applied to individual criteria. The best two applications (with the highest ranking) will be awarded.

No. Assessment criterion Weight
1 Assessment of the visiting professor (list of the most important publications over the period of the last 10 years, H index (according to Scopus database), invited lectures, participation in conferences, participation in national and international projects, cooperation with the social and economic communities, supervision of doctoral dissertations) 2
2 Experience of the visiting professor in preparing and conducting courses for doctoral students (doctoral schools, summer / winter schools for doctoral students, tutorials, etc.) 2
3 Topics and description of the proposed course (topicality, practical nature, interdisciplinarity) 3
4 The form of running a course (lectures/workshops/seminars), the mode of conducting classes (remote/hybrid/traditional) and the use of modern teaching techniques 1
5 Materials for a course (script, multimedia presentations, video materials, etc.) 2
6 The rank of the research institute in which the visiting professor works. Universities are assessed on the basis of the current international Shanghai ranking http://www.shanghairanking.com
The position of the University in the world:
1-100 - 10 points
101-200 - 8 points
201-300 - 6 points
301-500 - 4 points
501-1000 - 2 points
Companies - experience in R&D and the number of patents taken out in the last 10 years - 1-10 points.
2
7 Opinion of the Council of Doctoral Students 2
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