Job description
We invite interested candidates to explore whether Twente is a potential match, via the website of the Department of Applied Mathematics (DAMUT) and the website of the Statistics group!
As an Assistant/Associate Professor:
- You develop your own identity as a mathematician;
- You will be involved in the teaching program of the Department of Applied Mathematics (DAMUT) at the Bachelor and Master level, and our department also supplies service teaching to other programmes and faculties;
- Young staff members spend the first three years of their employment 33% on teaching and 67% research; later, the standard division is 50/50;
- During the first three years, you will acquire the University Teaching Qualification (UTQ).
Your profile
- You hold a PhD in Mathematics or a closely related field;
- You have an existing track record in research in one of the relevant areas, shown by publications in high rank journals, or otherwise strong evidence of high research potential;
- You are ready to take up the challenge to acquire research grants, either via personal schemes, such as within the NWO Innovational Research Incentives Scheme (VENI/VIDI/VICI) and the European Research Council, or in collaboration with others;
- You have good communication skills, and you are an inspiring teacher;
- You have an excellent command of the English Language;
- The UT and the faculty of EEMCS are inclusive toward underrepresented groups and strives to increase the proportion of female staff. Female applicants are particularly welcome.
Our offer
- We offer a position with an initial contract of one year. After positive evaluation, the contract can be converted into a permanent contract. Part-time is negotiable. Criteria for evaluation comprise a strong track record of publications, evaluation of teaching capacities and a demonstrated ability to acquire funding and to achieve an international network and reputation;
- The position is at Assistant- or Associate Professor level, with a monthly salary ranging from € 4.332,-- (scale 11) to € 8.025,-- (scale 14) gross depending on qualifications;
- The terms of employment are in accordance with the Dutch Collective Labour Agreement for Universities (CAO) and include a holiday allowance of 8% of the gross annual salary and a year-end bonus of 8.3%;
- You will work in a lively, and inspiring working environment with enthusiastic colleagues in an organization focusing on internationalization and a high degree of responsibility and independence;
- We are a family-friendly institution that offers parental leave (both paid and unpaid) and career support for partners. We offer excellent professional and personal development programs and a secondary remuneration package including a travel allowance.
Information and application
Please send your application before May 20, 2025 via the 'Apply now' button, and include your curriculum vitae, a list of publications, three names for potential reference letters, and a research/teaching statement.
For any questions related to this vacancy, you are welcome to contact dr. R. de Heide via the following email address: [email protected].
Starting date should be in 2025. The interviews will take place on June 16, 2025. please take this into account.
About the department
About the Statistics research group: The research focus of the Statistics group is on the development of statistical methodology for new data applications and the theoretical analysis of machine learning methods, in particular neural networks. A list of members of the Statistics group can be found here. The Statistics group is embedded within a larger Mathematics of Data Science (MDS) initiative at the University of Twente’s Department of Applied Mathematics (DAMUT).
The Department of Applied Mathematics (DAMUT) has as objective to develop mathematics in the context of important societal problems. We do fundamental research and also encourage and support interdisciplinary collaborations. In applications we focus on systems that are crucial to every-day life. We contribute to smart grids that make energy networks more efficient, mathematical models that assist medical doctors, schedules that make hospitals more efficient and numerical schemes to study multiscale fluid problems and wave propagation from nano to kilometer scales.
About the organisation
The faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS) uses mathematics, electronics and computer technology to contribute to the development of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). With ICT present in almost every device and product we use nowadays, we embrace our role as contributors to a broad range of societal activities and as pioneers of tomorrow's digital society. As part of a people-first tech university that aims to shape society, individuals and connections, our faculty works together intensively with industrial partners and researchers in the Netherlands and abroad, and conducts extensive research for external commissioning parties and funders. Our research has a high profile both in the Netherlands and internationally. It has been accommodated in three multidisciplinary UT research institutes: Mesa+ Institute, TechMed Centre and Digital Society Institute.
