Professors’ tenure track in the academic career system
The positions on the tenure track for professors are assistant professor, associate professor and full professor.
Professors’ tenure track in Uniarts Helsinki
![Tenure track.
Assistant professor (fixed term, 5 years) and then evaluation, permanent position as professor.
Associate professor: those who advance are offered a permanent position. Fixed-term position under rectuitment, may lead to a permanent position as associate professor or professor.
Those who advance undergo an evaluation to determine suitability as professor.
Profeesor: employment contract is valid until further notice.](https://www.uniarts.fi/uploads/2020/10/ee0840a4-professors-tenure-track.png)
![Other fixed-term positions.
Professor (fixed term): fixed-term position during a specific time period, the the purpose of developing art fields in accordance with the strategy of launching new initiatives.
Visiting professor (fixed term): fixed-term position during a specific time period, a particularly distinguished visitor e.g. from another university or from an art organisation.](https://www.uniarts.fi/uploads/2020/10/dd64d4d6-professor-other-fixed-term-positions.png)
Tenure track requirements for Uniarts Helsinki’s Professors, Teaching
Minimum qualifications for recruitment
Assistant professor
- Diverse teaching skills and a proven ability to provide teaching that is based on public artistic activities and/or research, as demonstrated through one’s educational background and/or work experience
- Proven ability to utilise feedback in the development of teaching, as demonstrated through one’s educational background and/or work experience
- Proven ability to develop the field of study, curriculum planning and/or one’s teaching methods, incl. feedback systems, as demonstrated through one’s educational background and/or work experience
- Proven ability to organise teaching, as demonstrated through one’s educational background and/or work experience
- Proven ability to utilise artistic activities and/or research in teaching/in the development of teaching, as demonstrated through one’s educational background and/or work experience
Associate professor
- Diverse teaching skills and a proven ability to provide teaching that is based on public artistic activities and/or research, as demonstrated through one’s educational background and/or work experience
- Experience in utilising feedback in the development of teaching
- Experience in developing the field of study, curriculum planning, the subject and/or one’s teaching methods, incl. feedback systems
- Pedagogical studies or pedagogical competence gained in some other manner
- Experience in organising teaching
- Experience in utilising artistic activities and/or research in teaching/the development of teaching
Full professor
- Diverse teaching skills and a proven ability to provide teaching that is based on insightful public artistic activities and/or research, as demonstrated through one’s educational background and/or work experience
- University-level teaching experience, including participation in providing doctoral education
- Merits in utilising feedback in the development of teaching
- Merits in developing the field of study, curriculum planning, the subject and/or one’s teaching methods, incl. feedback systems
- Pedagogical studies or pedagogical competence gained in some other manner
- Merits in organising teaching
- Merits in utilising artistic activities and/or research in teaching/the development of teaching
- Experience in pedagogical management (e.g. experience as the head of a degree programme)
Tenure track requirements for Uniarts Helsinki’s professors, artistic activities and/or research
Minimum qualifications for recruitment
Assistant professor
- Proven ability to develop artistic activities and/or research, incl. artistic renewal, as demonstrated through artistic activities and/or research publications
- Proven ability to establish and lead artistic groups and/or research groups based on educational background and/or work experience
- Participation in acquiring funding for artistic projects, development projects and/or research projects
- Proven ability to engage in cooperation and build networks based on educational background and/or work experience
Associate professor
- Experience in the development of artistic activities and/or research, incl. artistic renewal, as demonstrated through one’s artistic activities and/ or research publications
- Experience in establishing and leading artistic groups and/or research groups
- Experience in receiving funding for artistic projects, development projects and/or research projects
- Experience in Finnish and international cooperation and networking
Full professor
- Strong merits in the development of artistic activities and/or research, incl. artistic renewal, as demonstrated through one’s artistic activities and/ or research publications
- Merits in establishing and leading artistic groups and/or research groups
- Merits in receiving funding for artistic projects, development projects and/or research projects
- Merits in Finnish and international cooperation and networking
Tenure track requirements for Uniarts Helsinki’s professors, cooperation and making an impact on society
Minimum requirements for recruitment
Assistant professor
- Proven ability to cooperate within an artistic and/or research community (incl. international cooperation), as demonstrated through one’s educational background and/or work experience
- Proven ability to engage in cooperation within a higher education institution and/or with higher education institutions and other organisations, as demonstrated through one’s educational background and/or work experience
- Proven ability to contribute to societal influence based on educational background and/or work experience
Associate professor
- Experience in cooperation within an artistic and/or research community (incl. international cooperation)
- Experience in cooperation within a higher education institution and/or with higher education institutions and other organisations (incl. international cooperation)
- Participation in the development of operations at a higher education institution
- Experience in societal influence
Full professor
- Merits in cooperation within an artistic and/or research community (incl. international cooperation)
- Merits in cooperation within a higher education institution and/or with higher education institutions and other organisations (incl. international cooperation)
- Experience in the development of operations at a higher education institution, incl. experience in management duties