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The University of Turku has a unique, creative and inspirational work environment. Here you will work with top experts, pedagogues and researchers.
Visit the employer pageThe University of Turku has a unique, creative and inspirational work environment. Here you will work with top experts, pedagogues and researchers.
Visit the employer pageTurku region with its 320,000 people is a major urban area and a leading hub for technological development and economic growth in Finland. This former capital, located in the southwestern Finland, has a rich cultural history and is the gateway to a most beautiful archipelago.
The University of Turku is a world-class research university that offers interesting challenges and a unique vantage point to international research and the higher education in Finland. The University of Turku is the highest ranked Finnish university outside of Helsinki. We now are looking for
University Lecturer or University Teacher for industrial engineering and management (1-4 positions)
University of Turku expands its educational activities of the Faculty of Technology with Industrial Engineering and Management degree program in the fall 2024. Hence, we are now opening 1-4 positions of University Lecturer/University Teacher in the unit of industrial engineering and management at the Mechanical and Materials Engineering Department. We are a new, ambitious unit that seeks to establish groundbreaking new lines of research and education.
The positions will be filled as negotiated with the suitable candidates and these are permanent positions.
The tasks for all positions include educational activities in industrial engineering and management at BSc, MSc and DSc levels including supervision of thesis work and participating in research work. University Lecturer position in addition includes educational planning and development, independent research work, preparation of research projects and overall societal activities and influence. We expect selected candidates also to participate in other activities of the unit, department and faculty as needed.
Preliminary subject areas for teaching tasks (four different profiles, between which the teaching topics can be specified and agreed also differently if need be):
- General industrial engineering and management: e.g. sustainable organizing and development of activities; coordination of joint seminars on industrial engineering and management, etc. course implementation
- Sustainable recycling: e.g. decision making and management for sustainable development, modelling of dynamic systems and computing
- Process management and development: e.g. responsible and sustainable management of operations, activities, production, processes, quality and performance
- Management and development of business networks: e.g. responsible and sustainable management of stakeholder relations, supply networks and business environment, including in international business
Research and other tasks may be tailored to the candidate's wishes and based on joint discussions.
Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering is a unique combination of mechanical engineering, materials engineering and industrial engineering and management with contemporary research and teaching. Our vision is to create trends. We take the needs of the community, business, society and the environment into account when actively guiding our activities in teaching, research and collaboration.
The Faculty of Technology is the newest faculty of the University of Turku, it was established in the beginning of 2021. The Faculty consists of the Department of Computing, Department of Biotechnology and the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering. We have more than 2,000 graduate and postgraduate students and circa 400 employees, 50 of whom are professors. Our faculty is an international, multicultural and diverse work community.
The University of Turku is an inspiring and international academic community of 25,000 students and staff in Southwest Finland. We build a sustainable future with multidisciplinary research, education, and collaboration. With us, your work will have a significant impact and relevance in the changing world.
The University of Turku has a unique, creative and inspirational work environment. Here you will work with top experts, pedagogues and researchers.
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