How to apply

The link to the application form can be found at the end of the job announcement: Submit an application. Please note that you will not need a username and password when using the online system for the first time. Once you have submitted your first application, you will receive a link via email. By clicking the link you will get a username and password, which you can use for any future online applications to open positions at the University of Vaasa. NOTE! When you open the link you only get to see the username and password on the screen once. With the username and password, you can modify your application during the application period.

Questions marked with an asterisk (*) are mandatory. Check the information you have filled in by clicking Preview. After the preview, you can send your application or continue modifying it. NOTE! Attachments are not saved to the application draft. Therefore, only add attachments when you are ready to send the application. After submitting your application, you will receive a separate email confirming that your application has been received.

If you have previously applied for another position at the University of Vaasa, the system will not send you a new username and password. Please use your original ones to update your application. If you have forgotten your password, click the Restore username and set a new password link below the login section.

You can add attachments by clicking Choose File. In addition to your CV, you can add 10 attachments. The maximum size per attachment is 5 MB. If your file is larger than 5 MB, please save your file in smaller parts or optimise the file.

Optimising the file: You can optimise your PDF file with the PDF-XChange software. Open the file in PDF-XChange. Select File → Save as optimized. This will enable you to change the resolution of pictures to e.g. 125 dpi. Select OK to optimise the file.

Once you have a username and password to the system, you can reuse information from one of your previous applications.

In this case, begin filling in the application form by logging into the system via the Submit Application button and selecting the Previous Application option. Then, choose the application you wish to use as a template. By clicking the Load button, the information from the selected application will be transferred to your new application. NOTE! Loading the information from a previous application form will replace any information that you may already have filled in.

You can modify your application until the application period ends. Go to the job posting and click the link Log in in the top right corner​​​​.

If you have forgotten your password, please click Log in link in the top right corner on the job announcement and then click Restore username and set a new password link.

For questions related to the use of the recruitment system, please contact: careers(a)uwasa.fi.

The CV template in use at the University of Vaasa complies with good scientific practice as outlined by the Finnish Advisory Board on Research Integrity (TENK). Information and template: Template for researcher's curriculum vitae | Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK

The applicant should present full details of all of their merits and commitments that are relevant to the research career stage and the purpose for which the CV is intended.

The length of a research plan is 5 to 10 pages (font: Times New Roman pt or similar), unless the job ad states differently.

A research plan usually consists of the following parts:

1. Summary (abstract)
2. Introduction: background and the research objectives
3. Starting point of the research, connections to previous studies
4. Specification of the research problems
5. Research methods
6. Timetable for research and action plan
7. Expected results of the research
8. Key literature

A research plan can also include a publication plan and a study plan.

In recruitment for teaching and research positions, the job advertisement will indicate if a teaching portfolio is required in addition to the CV. If requested, the teaching portfolio should address, among other things, the following aspects (please avoid repeating information already included in the CV):

• Pedagogical approach and philosophy
• Strengths, development challenges and visions, based on e.g. student feedback and/or peer reviews
• Published study materials and use of educational technology
• Participation in the development of teaching and learning

The teaching portfolio should be written in a narrative format. In this case, the maximum length of the teaching portfolio is 4 pages but it may be supplemented with carefully selected attachments.

The applicant’s list of publications shall include the following information:

• applicant’s name, list date
• publications listed according to the Publication Type Classification of the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture.

A Peer-reviewed scientific articles
B Non-refereed scientific articles
C Scientific books (monographs)
D Publications intended for professional communities
E Publications intended for the general public, linked to the applicant’s research
F Public artistic and design activities
G Theses 
H Patents and invention disclosures
I Audiovisual material, ICT software