Guidance for those who want to apply for promotion to Senior Lecturer or Docent at the faculty of Humanities, UiO

1. Before you apply

Check whether you fulfill all requirements accordingly Regulations concerning appointment and promotion to teaching and research posts - Lovdata ¡ì 1-3 (Docent) and ¡ì 1-5 (Senior lecturer)

NB: New regulations have been introduced from 1.8.24, but with a transitional arrangement of one year so that the old regulation can be used for applications until 1.8.25.

Note:

• New regulation  Forskrift til universitets- og h?yskoleloven (universitets- og h?yskoleforskriften) - I. Generelle bestemmelser - Lovdata applies for applications from 1.08.25. The qualification requirements will be changed somewhat,and there will be a requirement to document Norwegian at B2 level at the time of application.
• Basic university pedagogical competence must be met at the time of application. 
• The faculty offers group coaching for lecturers who wish to apply for promotion. Interest can be expressed to greta.holm@hf.uio.no. The measure has received good feedback.

Familiarize yourself with the regulations:

• Competence promotion for academic staff - For employees - University of Oslo (uio.no)
• Microsoft Word - endelig versj veiledn-forstelektoropprykk.doc (uhr.no) (in Norwegian)
• endelig_versjon_veiledning_dosent-juni2007.pdf (uhr.no) (in Norwegian)

2. Who can apply?

• If you are a  employed university lecturer/senior lecturer, you can apply for promotion, even when you are on leave. It is a criteria that you have at least one year left of your employment before you apply.
• You must apply for promotion in the field in which you are employed 

3. Application deadline

•  Applications are received on a rolling basis, and if you are promoted, it will take effect from the time of application.

4. How do you apply?

• Send  application and attachments (in pdf format) to postmottak@hf.uio.no
• We recommend sending your application via Filsender, which is a safe way to send large attachments.

Vedlegg:

• Profiling document
• CV
• Complete list of publications or other documentable activities (preferably annotated)
• Necessary documentation of extensive research and development work aimed at the professional field. May also have digital form where appropriate.
• Necessary documentation of extensive educational development work and other educational activities (e.g. in the form of an educational folder)
• Any declaration of competence from before
• Course certificate of pedagogical basic competence
• Documentation in Norwegian at B2 level (valid from 1.8.25)
• Any other attachments

It is important to submit everything that could be decisive for the assessment. Note that it is not allowed to send documentation later. The expert committee can request documentation, but this is rarely done.

5. What happen next?

• The faculty appoints an assessment committee within the relevant subject area. The application should be finally decided within one year. You will receive information about who sits on the committee and their deadline. Normally, the committee has a 3-month deadline for submitting a statement of competence. An opinion that is unanimous can provide grounds for promotion
• When you are sent the declaration of competence, you are given a 14-day notice period for this. The committee must make an additional statement if comments are submitted. There is no right to appeal the expert assessment.
• The dean decides whether the declaration of competence should be approved and whether promotion can ble recommended, and submits a promotion (or the opposite) to the faculty?s appointment committee (TUV), which makes