Attribution of Academic Titles

REQUIREMENTS AND EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR THE OBTENTION OF AN ACADEMIC TITLE

• Rules and Regulations  (LEX 4.4.3)

The deadline for the submission is the 31 March.

Write the required documents in English.

I) Adjunct Professor (Professeur Titulaire)

General requirements:

MER title or a title judged equivalent

Scientific requirements:

The expected scientific level of a successful candidate is comparable to that required for a tenured position at a top-tier university.

Teaching requirements:
– A proven ex-cathedra teaching experience (at EPFL or at another university)
– The entire responsibility of at least one semester of a mandatory course (Bachelor level), with a successful detailed evaluation by the CAPE (Teaching Support Center)
– The direction of at least one successfully completed PhD thesis.

The application must contain:
– A bibliometric report (Web of Science)
– The detailed evaluation of at least one mandatory Bachelor course (one full semester)

Prepare two dossiers as follow :

• Guidelines for the submission of Dossier A
• Guidelines for the submission of Dossier B

II) MER

Scientific requirements:

The expected scientific level of a successful candidate is comparable to that of a junior professor at a top-tier university.

Teaching requirements:

– A sustained, successful teaching record at the Master and Doctoral level. In particular, the entire responsibility of at least one semester of a Master course, with a successful detailed evaluation by the CAPE (Teaching Support Center)
– The direction of at least 2 Master theses

The application must contain:
– A bibliometric report (Web of Science)
– The detailed evaluation of at least one Master course (one full semester)

Prepare two dossiers as follow :

• Guidelines for the submission of Dossier A 
• Guidelines for the submission of Dossier B

III) Title of Research and Teaching Associate

Write the required documents in English.

Constitute one dossier only into one  .pdf – (nom_initial.pdf) as follows:
Please follow the order of documents laid out by the directives of the Commission d’attribution des Titres Académiques (CTA)  de la Faculté des Sciences de Bases.

• Guidelines for the submission of Dossier RTA (English only)

External Titles

The Faculty of Basic Sciences can grant the titles of “Professeur Titulaire Externe” and “MER Externe” to members of other institutions in exceptional cases where a clear benefit to EPFL research and teaching is identified.

Interested candidates are invited to contact the selected FSB Institute. A letter of support by the Institute Director must be included in the application.

Applications are reviewed on a case-by-case basis, and teaching requirements may be reduced by comparison with internal candidates.

Submission of Applications

• Electronically to [email protected]