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Recruitment of academic staff
Find tools and inspiration and view the requirements for academic staff recruitment processes at SDU
Recruitment at SDU
SDU is driven by an ambition to promote talents and research results that develop society.
Inspiration, tools and templates here on the recruitment portal will contribute to making visible SDU’s work with recruiting the best and most talented academic staff.
The aim is that:
- SDU attracts and hires a diverse talent pool that strengthens SDU’s solution of tasks
- managers and committee members receive high quality and qualified support, digitally and from HR professionals
- applicants experience a transparent, professional and digitally supported process.
SDU focuses on internationalisation, gender equality and diversity
A focus on internationalisation, equality and diversity requires targeted efforts to attract qualified applicants from the entire talent pool and that all applicants are treated equally.
Two requirements promote a broad and international recruitment process:
1. All academic positions must be advertised internationally
2. A minimum of three qualified applicants is required when hiring academic staff
Below, find information about formal requirements, inspiration, tools and templates for use in the different steps of the recruitment process.
Process steps in the recruitment of VIP
Additional information
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Keep track of the academic staff positions
See job structure for academic staff.
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See SDU’s recruitment guidelines
Read more in Chapter 1 ‘Attracting employees’ in SDU’s staff policy guidelines (in Danish only).
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SDU's guidelines for background checks of prospective employees (URIS)
Read about background checks and security clearance
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Principals for recruitment at SDU
Read more about SDU's recuitment principals for academic staff (in Danish only).
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Tenure track at SDU
Read about SDU’s tenure track process.
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From associate professor to professor – SDU’s promotion programme
Read about the admission process and the path from associate professor to professor under SDU’s promotion programme.
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Equality and diversity
Find more information about how you can work with equality and diversity in your recruitment process (in Danish only).
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International staff
See ISO's guide for hiring international staff (in Danish only).
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Your HR consultant
Find them here