Personnel regulations for academic employees

Job structure

The academic staff at UiO is divided into the following main job group categories:

• Research and teaching positions
• Research positions 
• Recruitment positions

Detailed information on the research job categories is to be found in the following regulations: 

• Regulations for the Act on universities and colleges chapter 3 (lovdata.no) (Norwegian)
• Rules for the use of research posts SKO 1108, 1109, 1110 and 1183 at UiO

Transitional rules to Regulations for the Act on universities and colleges

• For decisions on appointments and promotions in teaching and research positions before 1 August 2025, the institutions can choose to use the qualification requirements laid down in Regulations concerning appointment and promotion to teaching and research posts.
• Employees who apply for promotion in accordance with Section 3-13 (lovdata.no) (Norwegian) no later than 31 July 2025 have the right to have their application assessed according to Regulations concerning appointment and promotion to teaching and research posts.
• Employees in the position category university and college lecturer have the right to apply for promotion to associate professor according to Regulations concerning appointment and promotion to teaching and research post Section 2-4 first paragraph, until 31 December 2027.
• For decisions on employment in recruitment positions before 1 August 2025, the institutions can choose to use the terms of employment in Regulations concerning terms and conditions of employment for the posts of post-doctoral research fellow, research fellow, research assistant and resident.

Appointment

General guidelines for appointments

• Regulations for the Act on universities and colleges chapter 3 (lovdata.no) (Norwegian)
  • See transitional rules to Regulations for the Act on universities and colleges
• Rules for employment and promotion for Professor and Associate Professor positions at UiO
• Guide for applicants for Professor and Associate professor positions
• Guide for members of expert committees 
• Rules for the use of research posts SKO 1108, 1109, 1110 and 1183 at UiO
• Guidelines for appointment of Lecturers at UiO
• Guidelines concerning appointment to post doctoral and research posts at UiO
• Regulations on appointments to tenure-track positions, with supplementary provisions for UiO

• Rules for practising the requirement for basic university pedagogical competence at UiO

Guidelines for the extension of appointments

• Guidelines for extension of the fixed-term appointment of researchers in connection with the withdrawal of parental leave or absence due to illness

• Guidelines on extension for doctoral and post-doctoral research fellows due to closure of the university and the corona situation

Local guidelines for appointments

• Faculty of Humanities: Guidelines pertaining to the application assessment process for doctoral research fellowships
• Faculty of Medicine: Information for applicants and assessment committees on appointments to academic posts as professor, associate professor, and promotion from post as associate professor to professor on qualification

Competence promotion

Guidelines for promotions pertaining to all academic fields

• Regulations for the Act on universities and colleges chapter 3 (lovdata.no) (Norwegian)
  • See transitional rules to Regulations for the Act on universities and colleges
• Guide for applicants for Professor and Associate professor positions
• Guide for members of expert committees 
• Rules relating to promotion to researcher 1109 in government organisations

Specific guidelines for promotions within the field of humanities

• Guidelines for the evaluation of applicants for professorships and professorial promotion (uhr.no) (pdf) (Norwegian)
  Adopted by UHR-Humaniora 12 May 2023, effective from 1 January 2024.
• Guidance for those who want to apply for promotion to Senior Lecturer or Docent at the faculty of Humanities, UiO
• Guidance for those who want to apply for promotion to Professor at the Faculty of Humanities, UiO

Specific guidelines for promotions within the field of medicine

• Information for applicants and assessment committees on appointments to academic posts as professor, associate professor, and promotion from post as associate professor to professor on qualification

Specific guidelines for promotions within the field of natural sciences (STEM)

• Coordination of the procedures for promotion to professor in STEM subjects (pdf)
  Approved by the National Council for Technical Education (NRT) and the National Faculty Meeting of Sciences on 19 August 2016, revised by UHR-MNT in November 2018, September 2020 and August 2021

Specific guidelines for promotions within the field of social sciences

• Scientific Qualification Requirements for Promotion to Professor (pdf) Adopted 18 March 2022.

Specific guidelines for promotions within the field of educational sciences

• Guidance memo concerning promotion of professors at the Faculty of Educational Sciences, UiO
  Approved by the Dean 23.08.2018, last updated 05.09.2018

Working hours and work assignments

• Regulation of working hours for employees in scientific posts at the UiO
• Guidelines for normal distribution of work assignments ¨C academic staff

Research and educational leave

• Guidelines for allocating research and educational leave at UiO