Criteria for promotion
Read the regulations concerning the various job categories.
Who can apply?
- Tenured assistant professors, lecturers, associate professors and senior lecturers that work at least 50% of full time are covered by the promotion schemes. Leave of absence from the position at UiO is no hindrance for applying for competence promotion.
- Associate professors appointed or a fixed term under ?innsteg? conditions cannot apply for promotion.
- A researcher SKO 1109 and 1110 may apply for promotion to researcher 1183 according to a separate promotion scheme.
Job categories that can apply for promotion to a doctoral research fellow/associate professor/senior lecturer are:
- SKO 1010 lecturer
- SKO 1009 university lecturer
- SKO 1199 university librarian
- SKO 1108 researcher
- SKO 1017/SKO 1378 doctoral research fellow
- SKO 1020 research assistant
How to apply for promotion
- For promotions to professor, special application forms are to be used:
- The application is to be sent to your local unit.
- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences (IMB): The application form (see links under the first bullet point in this section) and publications (in pdf format) are to be sent to postmottak@medisin.uio.no with a copy to Adviser Zahida Nabi.
- Faculty of Educational Sciences (UV):
- The complete application is to be sent, preferably as a single pdf file, to postmottak@uv.uio.no and must contain:
- Application and application form (see links under the first bullet point in this section)
- Up to 15 academic works
- Documented pedagogical competence
- CV and complete list of publications
- Other relevant information
- In-depth information:
- The complete application is to be sent, preferably as a single pdf file, to postmottak@uv.uio.no and must contain:
Application deadline and date the promotion takes effect
| Application deadline | Date the promotion takes effect | Retention period for renewed application |
|---|---|---|
| SKO 1011 associate professor to SKO 1013 professor - applications that require assessment |
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Faculties/museums decide on a regular yearly application |
15 September | 2 years |
| SKO 1011 associate professor to SKO 1013 professor - applications that don't require assessment |
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| No deadline | Date the application is received | 2 years |
| SKO 1109/1110 researcher to SKO 1183 researcher | ||
| 1 May | 1 May | 2 years |
| SKO 1198 senior lecturer to SKO 1532 professor (dosent) | ||
| No deadline | Date the application is received | 2 years |
| SKO 1009 lecturer to SKO 1011 associate professor or SKO 1198 senior lecturer | ||
| Note: Applicants who have been granted promotion to one of these two position codes cannot apply for transfer to the other position code later on. | ||
| No deadline | First day of the month after submission of application or upon commencement of position. First day of the month after submission of doctoral thesis for promotion based on achieved doctorate. Applications may be submitted after achieved doctorate. | 2 years |
| Promotion to SKO 1109 researcher | ||
| No deadline | Date the application is received | 1 year from the announcement of rejection |
Assessment
- Tenured associate professors with at least a 50 % post that have an unanimous declaration of undoubted competence as professor I by UiO in the six years prior to the application date, may be granted promotion by UiO, represented by the faculty, museum or centre, without any new assessment. The regulations allow for exceptions from this main rule inasmuch as UiO may decide that also assessments by other institutions can form the basis of a competence promotion, cf. guidelines for UiO (Norwegian). It is not possible to accept individual applications from other institutions; either all applications from a specific other institution must be accepted or none.
- Other applicants are assessed by assessment committees at the faculties.
- The rules concerning promotion to researcher SKO 1183 (Norwegian) and a docent (lovdata.no) (Norwegian) are with regard to procedures to a large extent the same as the rules concerning promotion to a professorship (lovdata.no) (Norwegian). For application deadline for researcher SKO 1183 cf. table above.
Promotion to a doctoral research fellow/associate professor/senior lecturer
- An approved doctorate degree automatically entitles a doctorate promotion/pay rise.
- Applicants who are promoted to associate professor due to obtained doctorate degree and who are entitled to apply for promotion pursuant to Regulations concerning appointment and promotion to teaching and research posts are granted promotion as post promotion. The same applies to promotions due to obtained doctorate degrees pursuant to Regulations concerning appointment to the post of senior academic librarian (Norwegian) or Regulations concerning promotion to researcher SKO 1109 in government enterprises (Norwegian).
- Other applicants who are entitled to apply are assessed by an expert committee appointed by the faculty.
Pay grade
- When promoted, the employee is basically placed on the lowest pay grade for the job, but is in any case ensured two pay grades above the pay grade of his/her previous job.
- There is an opportunity for pay adjustments on an individual basis in the case of promotions to the position of professor or researcher.
