Career paths at Örebro University
Are you considering a career in academia? Read more about the research support that Örebro University offers its researchers, possible career paths at ORU, and meet three of our staff who talk about how their academic journey led them to Örebro.
Research and teaching skills are more or less required for all appointments, so working in both teaching and research is necessary for pursuing an academic career. This is also at the heart of academia – seeking and acquiring knowledge and passing it on to others.
Below is an illustration of the career paths available at Örebro University. The red arrows show the potential paths to an academic career at Örebro University, where employment begins with an application for a vacancy in competition with other applicants. An academic career usually starts with admission to the doctoral programme and a fixed-term appointment as a doctoral student, leading to a completed doctoral degree. The positions of doctoral student, postdoctoral researcher and associate senior lecturer are all fixed-term positions.
The green arrows indicate that you can apply for open positions, as advertised on the university’s website. Lecturers, senior lecturers, and professors are often permanent positions. To qualify for a specific appointment, the applicant must meet the requirements prescribed at three levles – in the Higher Education Ordinance, in the university’s appointment procedures for academic appointments, and in the employment guidelines established by each faculty board.
The grey arrows indicate an opportunity for teachers who have held permanent employment for one year or more to apply for promotion to senior lecturer and professor. For a senior lecturer with permanent employment, there is also the opportunity to acquire teaching or research qualifications and apply for appointment as an excellent teaching practicitioner or docent respectively.
