Convocatòria 2025 - Distinguished Serra Húnter Professor -Sènior-

(versió llengua catalana)

(see the resolution)

THE UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA OPENS A PERIOD UNTIL JULY 15, 2025 FOR THE EXPRESSION OF INTEREST OF CANDIDATES FOR THE PLA SERRA HÚNTER SENIOR UPC 2025 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS.

General description of the Programme

The Senior Serra Húnter Programme recruits candidates for Distinguished Serra Húnter Professor posts to cover the teaching, research, transfer and high-level leadership needs of Catalan public universities.

Professors selected for the Senior Serra Húnter Programme must be from academic institutions outside Spain and demonstrate academic leadership capacity, meeting criteria of excellence and international recognition for their scientific and technological contributions.

For further information please refer to the web page of the  Senior Serra Húnter Programme.

Characteristics of the Programme

• Type of contract: Distinguished Serra Húnter Professor
• Term of the contract: 5 years maximum
• Amount awarded: €80,800 gross/year, 60,750.86 per year, equivalent to the remuneration of a full Professor with two basic and additional research tranches, at the time of publication.
• Teaching load: 120 teaching hours/year
• Candidates with the corresponding accreditation as full professors or contracted full professors can apply for a permanent full professor or contracted full professor post at the UPC.

Objectives of the call for applications

• The UPC is calling for applications from candidates for the year 2025 (start of employment in 2026).
• All candidates must be able to provide talent and leadership to the UPC.
• The UPC will select the best three applications from those received.
• The UPC will submit these three applications to the Senior Serra Húnter Programme of the corresponding year, and the Serra Húnter Programme will assess and select the final candidate following its criteria of excellence.

Call for applications by the Universitat Politècnica of Catalunya

Areas:

• 1 position in Mining, Industrial and TIC Engineering: Cybersecurity in an industrial environment
• 1 position in Signal and Communication Theory: Antennas.
• 1 position for Physics: Astronomy and Astrophysics.
• 1 position for Mathematics.

Documents to be submitted by candidates:

• Full academic CV that demonstrates high-level leadership capacity in the field.
• Record_Interest - PSHSenior
• Certificate from the academic institution outside Spain at which the candidate is currently employed stating their academic post.
• Declaration regarding their willingness to join the UPC if they are selected.

All documents must be in English.

Deadline for applications: July 15 (inclusive)

Documents must be submitted in the e-services portal using the standard application form.

Procedure to formalise the application for people who do not belong to an EU country