CV template concerning the application for employment as and promotion to professor/associate professor
For purposes of facilitating the processing of applications, the instructions below must be followed
- The CV template below must be used with the numbering retained
- The application should be written in English
- The application must be signed and submitted to the president, and have been received by the registrar at the latest on the date that is specified in the advertisement
- All documents, inclusive referenced publications (point 3.3.2), must be submitted as paper copies. For an application for professor four copies must be submitted and for an application for associate professor three copies must be submitted. The copies are distributed in four and three respectively identical packets.
- The documents must be certified*
*Two persons who are not in a disqualifying situation with respect to the applicant attest in writing (on a separate document) that all copies in the application are in agreement with the original and sign with their names, printed name and telephone number.
With respect to the formulation of the application, the following instructions must be followed:
- Precisely what position the application concerns must appear on the first page of the application, including reference numbers, any possible request for a promotion and the applicant’s name, academic title, civic registration number, complete postal address, E-mail address and phone number. The application must be signed
- The application and all appendices must be printed single-sided and paginated. The publications may be double-sided print-outs.
- Certificates, course assessments, course analyses, etc. will be added as appendices immediately after the CV template. The appendices must be numbered
- Publications, etc. that are appended must be placed last
| No. | Required information |
|---|---|
| 1. | PERSONAL DATA |
| 1.1. | Name |
| 1.2. | Date of birth |
| 1.3 | Male of female? |
| 1.4 | Living address and telephone number |
| 1.5 | Address, telephone number, e-mail address, etc., to place of work |
| 1.6 | Present employment, including exact name of position and date of appointment to this post. * If application concerns promotion: Indicate subject area of employment as senior / junior lecturer and enclose certificate of employment as senior / junior lecturer. |
| 1.7 | Previous periods of employment (also indicate periods of leave of absence) |
| 1.8 | Other information |
| 2. | DEGREES, ASSESSMENTS AND EVALUATIONS |
| 2.1 | Academic degrees including year of graduation (M.Sc., Ph.D., etc.). Enclose copies of your transcripts or diplomas. |
| 2.2 | Conferment of the title of docent including year awarded. Enclose a copy of your certificate. |
| 2.3 | Evaluations of own scientific effort (research councils, etc.) |
| 2.4 | Other information |
| 3. | SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS |
| 3.1 | Brief account of own research profile (maximum 2 pages) |
| 3.2 | Brief account of planned research effort (maximum 2 pages) |
| 3.3 | List of publications (in case less than 10 authors have been engaged, every co-author must be included by published order of each name; otherwise, the main author should be indicated, together with the number of co-authors). |
| 3.3.1 | Papers published in internationally reputed periodicals which have been subject to referees´ assessment. |
| 3.3.2 | Other publications, including books. |
| Publications (maximum 10), which the applicant may want as a first-hand background reference, are to be enclosed, together with a list of same, plus a brief account to why this selection was made. | |
| 3.4 | Grants which have been appropriated. Larger sums appropriated to applicant as main project leader or co-leader in the last 5 years (indicate main project leader and other co-leaders). |
| 3.4.1 | Research council funds. |
| 3.4.2 | Funding from EU, trusts or other sources. |
| 3.5 | Other scientific achievements |
| 3.5.1 | Active participation in national and international conferences in the last 5 years. Indicate types of activity - plenary speaker, special invitation speaker, chairmanship, organisational activity, etc. |
| 3.5.2 | National and international awards. |
| 3.5.3 | Membership of academies and the like. |
| 3.5.4 | Editorial or advisory assignments in international periodicals. |
| 3.5.5 | Review / referee assignments by the above - indicate from which periodicals, and the number of assignments given yearly. |
| 3.5.6 | Assignments as public examiner/opponent. |
| 3.5.7 | Assignments as outside expert. |
| 3.5.8 | Own patents |
| 3.6 | Scientific qualifications of a non-academic nature. |
| 4. | PEDAGOGICAL ACHIEVEMENTS |
| 4.1 | Account of own pedagogical experience (maximum 2 pages) |
| 4.2 | Personal pedagogical ideas about undergraduate and postgraduate teaching (maximum 3 pages) |
| 4.3 | Own teaching effort effort at undergraduate and postgraduate level.Give an account of this, preferably covering the last five years in some detail. This should include not only type and volume of the effort; also pertinent matters of responsibility as well as active course development work (name of courses to be included).The enclosed course evaluations, etc, should be certified. |
| 4.4 | Design of own course materials list these, including their scope. |
| 4.5 | Pedagogical development effort |
| 4.6 | Own pedagogical education (teacher´s courses and/or other pertinent education) |
| 4.7 | Own pedagogical prizes awarded |
| 4.8 | Own essays etc. of a popular science nature |
| 4.9 | Academic supervising experience |
| 4.9.1 | Degree project works. * In the case of applications for promotion: List names of students and their project titles, number of credit points awarded, and the year of each project. In case more than 10 of these have been tutored, only the last 10 should be described as per the above. |
| 4.9.2 | Licentiate and/or doctoral students. * In the case of applications for promotion: To be listed in accordance with printed form "Handledning av forskarstuderande". |
| 4.9.3 | Doctoral student(s) at present being supervised (indicate whether you are their main or assistant supervisor, and the year these were assigned to you). * In the case of applications for promotion: To be listed in accordance with printed form "Handledning av forskarstuderande". |
| 4.10 | Pedagogical merits gained from outside the academic sphere. |
| 4.11 | Administration of education (such as assignment as Director of Studies) and/or pedagogical leadership. |
| 5. | OTHER ASSIGNMENTS |
| 5.1 | Administrative assignments |
| 5.1.1 | Experience from unit leadership; indicate size of unit and duration. "Unit" refers to research group, section, department, etc. |
| 5.1.2 | Membership of university boards or councils in the last 5 years. |
| 5.1.3 | Other professional assignments of an administrative nature. |
| 5.2 | Politically associated research assignments |
| 5.2.1 | Membership of governmental research committees or subcommittees. |
| 5.2.2 | Membership of other boards or committees distributing research funds. |
| 5.2.3 | Other evaluations of Swedish or foreign applications for research funding (numbers per year in the last 5 years). |
| 5.2.4 | Other relevant tasks or assignments |
| 5.3 | Own external contacts and/or other external activities |
| 5.3.1 | Own joint efforts with industry, trade and business life. |
| 5.3.2 | Other activities connected with university "third mission", i.e. the creation of a favourable society climate for academic studies by means of making research findings available for practical use. |
| 6. | RESUME OF APPLICATION |
| Name | |
| Year of birth | |
| Male or female? | |
| Present employment | |
| First academic degree, year and university | |
| Doctoral degree, year and university | |
| Conferment of the title of docent, year and university | |
| Number of articles in periodicals with a referee system (last five-year-period) | |
| Number of doctoral students supervised | |
| Pedagogical merits: brief summary | |
| Other information | |
| Home page and/or web-address | |
The above summary is most important.
All documents, including the publications mentioned under p. 3.3.2, should, in the case of applications for professorship, be filed in 4 copies each. These are to be packed in 4 identical packages. In the case of applications for the post of senior lecturer, all documents should be filed in 3 copies each. These are to be packed in 3 identical packages.
Note that applicants must also be prepared to file all their remaining publications, upon special request.
Applications are to be directed to the President of KTH not later than the date given in the public advertisement. Address:
The Registrar, Kungl. Tekniska Högskolan, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden


