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Lecturer/Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Employer
UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS
Location
Nicosia, Cyprus
Closing date
20 Dec 2019

ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACADEMIC POSITION

The University of Cyprus was officially founded in 1989 and started operating in Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus, in 1992. Within a short time, the University of Cyprus managed to achieve international recognition through an impressive course of development. Today, it is ranked 64th young university (under 50 years) and #351-400 worldwide by the Times New Higher Education Rankings. 

These great distinctions are the result of our dedication to excellence and continuous development. The University of Cyprus managed to stand out and receive awards for the new paths it has opened up in particularly demanding and dynamic contexts of research. 

To this end, the University constantly develops its programs of study and recruits high-caliber staff who will contribute significantly to the design of new curricula, both at undergraduate and graduate level. One of the strategic aims of the University of Cyprus is the further promotion and development of research, in which new staff are expected to play an essential role.

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Cyprus started accepting undergraduate and postgraduate students in September 2003. It provides high-quality programs both at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The scientific research carried out in the Department takes place in an environment that promotes collaboration between academic staff, students, and other industry and research stakeholders, both locally and internationally. Through this short but creative course of development, the Department has gained international recognition and is today amongst the 201-300 best Electrical and Electronic Engineering Departments (2019 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)) in the world. The Department is expected to move to its new facilities within the new School of Engineering building by the end of 2021; these facilities will include teaching and research laboratories as well as teaching facilities of the highest caliber.

The University of Cyprus invites applications for one (1) tenured–track academic position, in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, at the rank of Lecturer or Assistant Professor in one of the following areas:

  • Signal Processing 
  • Image Processing
  • Computer Vision

For all academic ranks, an earned Doctorate in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering or related fields from a recognized University is required. All candidates should also be able to teach a variety of graduate and undergraduate courses in Electrical Engineering and/or Computer Engineering offered in the department.

Requirements for appointment depend on academic rank and include: prior academic experience, research record and scientific contributions, involvement in teaching and in the development of high quality undergraduate and graduate curricula.

The minimum requirements for each academic rank can be found at the webpage: www.ucy.ac.cy/acad.staff.procedures.

The official languages of the University are Greek and Turkish. For the above position, knowledge of Greek is necessary. In case the selected candidate does not have sufficient knowledge of the Greek language, it is the candidate΄s and the Department΄s responsibility to ensure that the candidate acquires sufficient knowledge of the Greek language within 3 years of appointment. Each Department sets its own criteria for the required level of adequacy of knowledge of the Greek language. 

Citizenship of the Republic of Cyprus is not a requirement.

The annual gross salary (including the 13th salary) for full time employment, according to the current legislation, is:

Assistant Professor: (Scale Α13-Α14) - €58,296.21-€78,619.6
Lecturer: (Scale Α12-Α13) -  €49,232.92-€72,101.30

From the above amounts, employee contributions to the various governmental funds will be deducted.

Applicants are invited to submit their application and upload the following documents in English, in PDF form, by Friday the 20th of December 2019, at the following link: https://applications.ucy.ac.cy/recruitment

  1. Cover Letter
  2. Curriculum Vitae 
  3. Copy of ID/Passport
  4. Copies of Degree certificates
  5. Summary of previous research work and a statement of plans for future research (up to 3 pages) 
  6. List of publications
  7. Representative publications (up to 3 publications which should be individually uploaded). 
  8. The names and e-mails of three academic referees, who, upon submission of the application, will be automatically notified to provide recommendation letters (in the English language) up to seven days past the submission application deadline

Documents 1-7 must be individually uploaded as separate PDF documents

Selected candidates will be required to submit copies of degree certificates officially certified by the Ministry of Education (for certificates received from Universities in Cyprus) or from the Issuing Authority (for foreign Universities).

Applications, supporting documents and reference letters submitted in response to previous calls in the past will not be considered and must be resubmitted.

Applications not conforming to the specifications of the Call, i.e. do not include all the required items/documents as requested via the electronic submission system, will not be considered.

It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that their application has successfully been submitted. Upon successful submission, the candidate will receive an automated confirmation e-mail. 

For more information, candidates may contact the Human Resources Service (tel.: 00357 22 89 4189/4155) or the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (+357 22 89 2240/2271).

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