Working at the UW

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Types of positions at the UW

academic staff

  • a research and didactic employee working in the position of:
    • professor (profesor);
    • university professor (profesor uczelni);
    • adjunct lecturer (adiunkt);
    • assistant lecturer (asystent);
  • a didactic employee working in the position of:
    • senior lecturer (starszy wykładowca);
    • lecturer (wykładowca);
    • teacher or instructor (lektor or instruktor);
  • a research employee working in the position of:
    • professor (profesor);
    • university professor (profesor uczelni);
    • adjunct lecturer (adiunkt);
    • assistant lecturer (asystent);
  • a certified librarian and a certified employee of documentation and scientific information working in the positions of:
    • senior certified curator (starszy kustosz dyplomowany), senior certified documentalist (starszy dokumentalista dyplomowany);
    • certified curator (kustosz dyplomowany), certified documentalist (dokumentalista dyplomowany);
    • library adjunct (adiunkt biblioteczny), adjunct of scientific documentation and information (adiunkt dokumentacji i informacji naukowej);
    • library assistant (asystent biblioteczny), assistant of scientific documentation and information (asystent dokumentacji i informacji naukowej).

The first employment of an academic staff member in a given position in a working time exceeding half-time and after a break in employment in a given position shall be made following a competition procedure.

To learn more about rules of employment in positions of academic teachers, please read the guidelines.

non-academic staff:

  • librarians, administration, museum professionals, guards, drivers, IT workers, services, workers, instructors and others.

Guest lecturer grants – CLOSED

Your opportunity to experience enthusiasm for excellence in Poland’s Phoenix city of Warsaw!

PROJECT OBJECTIVES:
● to enable our students to network with lecturers with teaching and research experience
in diverse academic systems other than our own;
● to enrich our course catalogue with currently unavailable topics and fields;
● to offer courses in a variety of international languages, taught by native speakers;
● to enhance long-term cooperation with global universities sharing our commitment to excellence.

RULES AND ELIGIBILITY:

  • Overall project duration: from January 2019 to January 2022;
  • Possible duration of stay: 2-5 months;
  • Gross monthly grant amount: 20 000 PLN;
  • Standard health insurance with the National Health Fund (NFZ);
  • Assistance: from a University of Warsaw researcher at the host department acting as liaison officer (initial orientation, administrative procedures, syllabus development and event organisation);
  • Selection criteria: candidate’s academic profile and teaching proposal quality;
  • Selection procedure: candidates need to contact the prospective University of Warsaw host department, that can submit an application, while final decision will be made by the Rector-appointed Commission

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How to apply?

Teaching load:
1) 30 teaching hours and 10 office hours for duration of stay up to 3 months;
2) 60 teaching hours and 10 office hours if staying for more than 3 months.
– At least one open lecture at Ph.D. seminar

“Guest Lecturers Grants” are organised within the Integrated Development Programme at the University of Warsaw and funded by European Social Fund. The objective, pursuing at the University of Warsaw between 2018-2022, is to develop competence of students and employees as well as implement the instruments which upgrade the management process of the University of Warsaw.