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Umaru Musa Yar’adua University

Umaru Musa Yar’adua University was founded by the state government as Katsina University in 2006. The university took its current name in honour of the former state governor Umaru Musa Yar'Adua who became be president of Nigeria and died in 2010. 
The university started with 26 courses spread across faculties of education, humanities and natural and applied sciences. It has subsequently added law, social and management science, medicine and a postgraduate school. The university has plans to open faculties of veterinary medicine, pharmaceutical sciences, agriculture, social science, engineering and environmental studies.
The main campus is located just outside Katsina. The university dairy and poultry farm is located at Ministra in Malumfashi district. 
Six academic journals are published at the university including the Al-Hikma Journal of Islamic Studies.

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(Ref. No.: FAH/DAD/AAP/VD/12/2025)

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Human Resources Section, Office of Administration

University of Macau, Av. da Universidade, Taipa, Macau, China 

Website: https://career.admo.um.edu.mo/;

Email: vacancy@um.edu.mo

Tel: +853 8822 8699;

Fax: +853 8822 2412

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Austria, Vienna Danubepier Hov



The University of Vienna is internationally renowned for its excellence in teaching and research, and counts more than 7,500 academics from all disciplines. This breadth of expertise offers unique opportunities to address the complex challenges of modern society, to develop comprehensive new approaches, and educate the problem-solvers of tomorrow from a multidisciplinary perspective.

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Tenure-Track Professorship in Genome Biology

74 Max Perutz Labs
Working hours: 40 | Collective bargaining agreement: §48 VwGr. A2 
Limited until: permanent
Reference no.: 4903

The position

The Max Perutz Labs, one of Europe’s leading institutes for basic research in the life sciences, invites applications for a tenure-track group leader position. We are seeking exceptional candidates who will contribute in creative ways to the institute’s mission to analyse and reconstitute complex biological systems across different scales. We are particularly interested in researchers investigating the molecular and biophysical mechanisms underlying genome function and regulation.

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Candidates should have a proven track record in biology, biophysics, or computational science. Your research proposal should be original and innovative, linking a fundamental question in genome biology to experimental and/or computational approaches that uncover underlying mechanisms.

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	Doctoral degree/PhD
	Two years of international research experience during or after doctoral studies
	Outstanding research achievements, excellent publication and funding record, international reputation
	Gender and diversity competence
	Experience in designing of and participating in research projects, ability to lead research groups and acquire third-party funding
	Enthusiasm for excellent teaching and supervision at the bachelor's, master's, and doctoral level


We expect the successful candidate to acquire, within three years, proficiency in German sufficient for teaching in bachelor's programmes and for participation in university committees.

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	the opportunity to obtain a permanent position and eventual promotion to full professor; the initial contract as Assistant Professor is limited to six years, after positive evaluation of a qualification agreement the contract becomes permanent as Associate Professor; Associate Professors can be promoted to Full Professor through an internal competitive procedure.
	a dynamic research environment
	a wide range of research and teaching support services
	attractive working conditions in a city with a high quality of life
	an attractive salary according to the Collective Bargaining Agreement for University Staff (level A2) and an organisational retirement plan


Application documents (in English):


	Letter of motivation
	Academic curriculum vitae
	
		education and training (PhD Certificate, PDF)
		positions held to date
		career breaks (e.g. relevant parental, family or other care periods)
		awards and honors
		commissions of trust
		previous and current cooperation partners
		complete list of acquired third-party funding and, if applicable, of inventions/patents
		list of most important scientific talks (max. 10)
		teaching and mentoring
		supervision experience (Master and PhD), if applicable
	
	
	List of publications
	
		link to your own publicly accessible ORCID record, with a complete and current publication list
		three key publications as electronic full text version (PDF, max 30 MB)
	
	
	Research statement
	
		most important research achievements (max. 2 pages) and planned future research activities (max. 4 pages)
		synopsis of three key publications with relevance to the position advertised
		publication strategy
	
	
	Teaching and supervision statement
	
		teaching and supervision concept, including a description of the previous and planned priorities in academic teaching and supervision (max. 2 pages)
		teaching evaluations (if available, PDF)
	
	


If you have any questions, please contact:

berufungsservice@univie.ac.at

Only applications submitted through the link "Apply now" below will be considered.

We look forward to new personalities in our team!
The University of Vienna has an anti-discriminatory employment policy and attaches great importance to equal opportunities, the advancement of women and diversity. We lay special emphasis on increasing the number of women in senior and in academic positions among the academic and general university staff and therefore expressly encourage qualified women to apply. Given equal qualifications, preference will be given to female candidates.

University of Vienna. Space for personalities. Since 1365.

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​Application deadline: 12/10/2025

Reference no.: 4903

Tenure Track Professorships

https://academicjobs.univie.ac.at/datenabfrage/TT1025MPL01


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