Assistant or Assistant professor at the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science

No 18.2026.IM-II.WMI.MR of 19.03.2026

Institute/Department: Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Position: assistant or assistant professor
Type of position: research and teaching

• in the disciplines: Mathematics, Computer Science
• in the field: Natural Sciences

Vacancies/positions: 5
Type of contract: full time
Application deadline: May 4, 2026
Estimated date of the contest settlement: June 30, 2026
Envisaged job starting date: October, 1^st  2026
Period of employment: employment contract (for a maximum of four years), with the possibility to extension of the employment contract.

The competition is open to each candidate who meets the requirements set out in the Higher Education and Science Act of July 20th 2018 (Journal of Laws of 2018, item 1668 as amended) and the Statute of University of Wroclaw.

Requirements
Application requirements from the candidates for the assistant professor position:

1. Doctoral degree in Mathematics or Computer Science.
2. A very good scientific record in mathematics or computer science.
3. In case of extension of employment for the assistant professor’s position: the scientific activity after obtaining the PhD degree, indicating the perspectives for obtaining habilitation.
4. Activity in applying for grants will be highly assessed.
5. Fluency in English, at least B2 level.

Application requirements from the candidates for the assistant position:

1. Higher education, at least Master’s degree.
2. Documented research achievements ( PhD thesis or part of it, reviews of the thesis or opinions on the degree of its completeness, published articles, information on the articles accepted for publication).
3. A candidate without the PhD degree should provide PhD supervisor’s opinion stating when the thesis has been (or will be) submitted.
4. Fluency in English, at least B2 level.

Responsibilities  (in the research, teaching, organizational areas respectively):

1. The duties of a person employed as assistant professor  or assistant will include: conducting research, raising funds for research, conducting didactic classes, engaging in organizational work at the Faculty and the University.

The application for the competition should include

1. Personal questionnaire of the person applying for employment (download Personal questionnaire).
2. Curriculum Vitae.
3. Photocopy(s) of diploma(s) attesting to the award of a master’s degree, doctoral or post-doctoral degree or the conferral of the title of professor (please select appropriate).
4. Statement of whether the University of Wroclaw will be the primary workplace in the event of winning the competition (download Workplace statement).
5. Declaration regarding the scientific discipline in which the candidate will conduct research; in the case of persons conducting research in more than one discipline: percentual commitment in each of the disciplines (download Declaration of scientific discipline).
6. Self-presentation containing a description of the candidate’s scientific activity, level of internationalization, organizational activity and teaching activity.
7. A list of the candidate’s research works published in the last 10 years.
8. Electronic versions of the two most important publications that the candidate considers representative of his or her scientific achievements, or an explanation of the lack of them.
9. Application for employment addressed to His Magnificence the Rector.
10. Declaration in connection with Article 113 of the Higher Education and Science Act (download Declaration – Article 113).
11.  Only in the case of applying for the assistant professor position: at least two recommendation letters; from scholars with a post-doctoral degree or the professor title or, in the case of candidates from a country other than Poland, holding positions equivalent to a post-doctoral degree or the professor’s title, specializing in the field within the candidate area of interest or related thereto. The recommendation letters should be sent by e-mail directly to the Commission Chairman professor Dariusz Buraczewski at the following e-mail address: dziekan.wmi@uwr.edu.pl, and not be seen by the candidate. The letters are overt only to the Commission members while the candidates abandon the right of access to these letters.
12. In case of questions concerning required documentation please contact the Chairman of the Commission Professor Dariusz Buraczewski at dziekan.wmi@uwr.edu.pl

If you provide us with data voluntarily in your application other than what is necessary for you to participate in the recruitment procedure, we ask for your consent to their processing, which may read:
– in the case of ordinary data: ‘I consent to the processing of my personal data contained in (e.g. CV, cover letter or other attached documents) by the University of Wroclaw in the recruitment process for the position…’
– for special categories of data: ‘I consent to the processing of the special categories of my data referred to in Article 9(1) of the GDPR contained in (e.g. CV, motivation letter or other attached documents) by the University of Wroclaw in the recruitment process for the position…’’

All the documents should be send only in an electronic form to the following address: praca@uwr.edu.pl with the subject of the message: “assistant professor.18.IM-II.WMI.MR or assistant.18.IM-II.WMI.MR”.

Additional information:

1. The University of Wrocław reserves the right to contact only selected candidates.
2. Selected candidates may be required to undergo an interview by means of electronic communication allowing audio and video transmission.
3. The University of Wrocław reserves the right to close the competition without selecting a candidate.
4. The University of Wrocław reserves the right to cancel the competition.
5. The University of Wrocław does not provide housing.

Information clause for persons participating in the recruitment process