Benefits
We offer a full-time employment in an intellectually challenging environment.
KU Leuven is a research-intensive, internationally oriented university that carries out both fundamental and applied scientific research. Our university is highly focused on interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research and strives for international excellence. In this regard, the university actively works together with research partners in Belgium and abroad and provides its students with an academic education that is based on high-quality scientific research.
You will work at the KU Leuven Campus in Diepenbeek, near Hasselt, a green, dynamic and lively city located in the East of Belgium, about one hour from Eindhoven, Aachen and Brussels, the capital of the European Union, and about three hours from Paris, London and Amsterdam.
Depending on your record and qualifications, you will be appointed to or tenured in one of the grades of the senior academic staff: assistant professor, associate professor, professor or full professor. In principle, junior researchers are appointed as assistant professor on the tenure track for a period of 5 years. At the end of this period and a positive evaluation, they are permanently appointed (or tenured) as associate professor.KU Leuven is well set to welcome foreign professors and their family and provides practical support with regard to immigration & administration, housing, childcare, learning Dutch, partner career coaching, … To facilitate scientific onboarding and accelerate research in the first phase a starting grant of 100.000 euro is offered to new professors without substantial other funding, appointed for at least 50%."
Eligibility criteria
You have a PhD in Computer Science or an equivalent degree, and you have research experience in a field related to declarative methods and/or cognitive robotics.
You have a strong research track record in the discipline, evidenced by your publications or by your research experience in industry. You have the ambition to contribute to the valorisation of research in industry and in society. International experience is an important advantage.
You have verifiable qualities related to academic education. Teaching experience is an advantage.
You possess organisational skills and have a cooperative attitude. You also possess leadership competencies in a university or industry context.
A good command of English is required. KU Leuven provides courses in academic English. The official administrative language used at KU Leuven is Dutch. If you do not speak Dutch (or do not speak it well) at the start of your employment, KU Leuven will provide language training to enable you to take part in meetings and to acquire the level of Dutch that is required for tenure. Before teaching courses in Dutch or English, you will be given the opportunity to learn that language to the required standard.
Selection process
For more information please contact Prof. dr. ir. Stefan Vandewalle, departmental chair of the Department of Computer Science, tel.: +32 16 32 76 54, mail: [email protected] , or Prof. dr. ir. Johan Baeten, campus chair of Diepenbeek Campus, tel.: +32 11 75 17 04, mail: [email protected] .
You can submit your application until XXXX, only through our online application system . If you have problems submitting your application online, please send an email to [email protected] .
Add to your application following documents in English (more information is available on the KU Leuven job site):
- your biosketch in which you indicate your added value as an academic for research, education and service to society of your past career and of your future activities (maximum 2 pages);
- a file on your five most important publications or realizations ;
- an extensive cv including a full publication list and if applicable a portfolio of your realized projects;
- your research plan with focus on the development of your research line and research team in relation with... For more information see https://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/jobs/60003386
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