Attribution of Academic Titles

REQUIREMENTS AND EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR THE OBTENTION OF AN ACADEMIC TITLE

• Rules and Regulations  (LEX 4.4.3)

The deadline for the submission is March 31.

Write the required documents in English.

I) Adjunct Professor (Professeur Titulaire)

General requirements:

MER title or a title judged equivalent

Scientific requirements:

The expected scientific level of a successful candidate is comparable to that required for a tenured position at a top-tier university.

Teaching requirements:
– A proven ex-cathedra teaching experience (at EPFL or at another university)
– The entire responsibility of at least one semester of a mandatory course (Bachelor level), with a successful detailed evaluation by the CAPE (Teaching Support Center)
– The direction of at least one successfully completed PhD thesis.

The application must contain:
– A bibliometric report (Web of Science)
– The detailed evaluation of at least one mandatory Bachelor course (one full semester)

Prepare the candidate’s portfolio in one pdf file containing the documents listed in the Appendix of the
Directive concerning the academic titles conferred on EPFL scientists (LEX 4.4.3)

II) MER

General requirements :

PhD and permanent work contract (CDI).

Specific requirements:

The EPFL confers academic titles of Senior Scientist in the four activity profiles below:

a. Research focus: the Senior Scientist directs the work of a group of researchers (scientists, assistants, as well as PhD candidates) and manages scientific projects by and large independently. She or he is authorised to sign funding requests acting as applicant or principal applicant. She or he may be authorised to direct doctoral theses and to participate in PhD juries. She or he assumes regular teaching duties.

b. Education focus: the Senior Scientist assumes, as a matter of priority, responsibility for education, which includes teaching, development, and the coordination of the teaching, as well as directing teaching teams. She or he independently assumes a number of research responsibilities and is authorised to sign funding requests as applicant or principal applicant. She or he may be authorised to direct doctoral theses and to participate in PhD juries.

c. Technology focus: the Senior Scientist assumes, as a matter of priority, responsibility for the management and development of a laboratory, a technology, or a complex research platform. She or he may assume a number of regular teaching responsibilities and a number of research tasks independently. In this regard, she or he may be authorised to sign funding requests as applicant or principal applicant. She or he may be authorised to direct doctoral theses and to participate in PhD juries.

d. Research coordination focus: the Senior Scientist assumes, as a matter of priority, responsibility for the coordination of complex research projects. This involves launching and coordinating research projects in a variety of fields, including with an emphasis on education and on technology transfer. She or he may assume a number of research responsibilities which are defined on an ad-hoc basis by the direction of the unit. She or he may be authorised to direct doctoral theses and to participate in PhD juries.

Prepare the candidate’s portfolio in one pdf file containing the documents listed in the table “Candidate portfolio” (page 2) of the
Guidelines for promotion to Senior Scientist / Maître d’Enseigement et de Recherche (MER)

III) Title of Research and Teaching Associate

Write the required documents in English.

Prepare the candidate’s portfolio in one pdf file containing the documents listed in the Appendix of the
Directive concerning the academic titles conferred on EPFL scientists (LEX 4.4.3)

External Titles

The Faculty of Basic Sciences can grant the titles of “Professeur Titulaire Externe” and “MER Externe” to members of other institutions in exceptional cases where a clear benefit to EPFL research and teaching is identified.

Interested candidates are invited to contact the selected FSB Institute. A letter of support by the Institute Director must be included in the application.

Applications are reviewed on a case-by-case basis, and teaching requirements may be reduced by comparison with internal candidates.

Submission of Applications

• Electronically to [email protected]