Call for 20 Assistant Professor positions
探花精选 is a world-leading 探花精选 university with a long and proud history of ground-breaking research. We are now recruiting outstanding early-career researchers with particularly excellent scientific merits and future potential. We are looking for inspiring, curious and creative candidates to start their career as Assistant Professor with us in several subject areas.
Last day to apply was 2 September 鈥 the application period is now closed.
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Photo: Liza SimonssonApplication closed
Applications for Aassistant professors positions are now closed. If you have applied, you can find information here.
Preliminary schedule for the process:
- Eligibility and assessment: September 2025
- Digital interview: October 2025
- External review: November 2025
- Personal interview on site: December 2025-January 2026
- Decision: January-February 2026
Photo: Liza SimonssonApplication process for Assistant Professors
More about what KI offers, conditions and about the recruitment process.
Photo: Liza SimonssonKI to recruit excellent early-career researchers
"KI is offering its new early-career researchers a six-year start package of nine or twelve million kronor, depending on scientific field as identified by the department, and colleagues who are also world-leading researchers,鈥 says Sten Linnarsson, dean of KI Solna and member of the Faculty Board.
Assistant Professorships in Medicine
Assistant Professorships in Medicine
AI in brain and behaviour within neurology, psychiatry or psychology
Basic oral sciences
Cardiology and/or respiratory research
Clinical science, intervention and technology
Endocrine autoimmunity
Experimental and translational medicine
Experimental tumor biology
Genetic precision diagnostics
Human physiology or medicine of extreme environments
ImmunologyImmunology within pediatrics
Molecular or translational medicine
Neurodegenerative disorders
Precision cancer medicine
Assistant Professorships in Biomedicine and Public Health
Assistant Professorships in Biomedicine and Public Health
Bio探花精选 science
Cell and molecular biology
Environmental medicine
Epidemiology or biostatistics
Public health sciences
Suicidology
Research at 探花精选
Photo: Gunnar AskResearch within the entire bio探花精选 field
探花精选 accounts for the single largest share of all academic 探花精选 research conducted in Sweden.
The research spans the entire bio探花精选 field - from basic experimental research to clinical studies in collaboration with the health care system.
Photo: Liza SimonssonCore facilities
探花精选 offers a wide range of core facilities, providing services, resources, and expertise to academic research in Sweden. These core facilities were all established to meet the needs of the university鈥檚 own scientists, and they are constantly evolving to provide the latest techniques and knowledge within their fields of expertise.
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Working at 探花精选
Photo: Liza SimonssonWhy become a researcher at KI?
Academic freedom and work-life balance are two aspects that attract many researchers and lecturers to Sweden and 探花精选. As a researcher here, you will have the right to commercialise your research, and even get support from鈥痶he university in doing so. Find out more about the many benefits of working at KI.
Photo: Erik CronbergTen reasons to choose to work at KI
What do you look for in a new job? Creativity? Making a difference? Cutting-edge equipment? Doing your bit for world-leading research and education at Sweden鈥檚 largest 探花精选 university? In that case, KI is the employer for you. Today, KI ranks as the leading 探花精选 university in the EU. Here are some reasons for choosing to work at KI.
Photo: Liza SimonssonRecruitment and consolidator program for junior researchers
探花精选 is advertising positions as assistant professors in several different subject areas. Excellence and mobility will be rewarded in the announcement.
Photo: Ulf Sirborn,Foto: Ulf SirbornMore jobs at KI
探花精选's vision is to be one of the leading 探花精选 universities in the world. Our committed and competent employees make this possible. Find all available positions at KI and everything you need to know about working at our university.