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PhD Students

There are no open competitions at the moment.

Academic positions

Academic positions 

Recruitment for academic positions is held in accordance with the Academic Career Management established by the TalTech Senate. Recruitment takes place by public competition and internally within the organization, but as a rule, positions are filled by public competitions. Notices of public competitions will be published on the university’s website and in the university newspaper Mente et Manu.

After the recruitment procedure, the staff recruitment documents will be forwarded to the Recruitment Committee (applications for Professor positions) or Director of an academic unit (applications for other academic positions). Academic staff recruitment is held in accordance with the Academic Career Management. Candidates may be required to give a public lecture (venia legendi).

The documents will be evaluated and a ballot will be held in the Council. The candidates will be informed of the results after the election.

 

Active competitions

Professor, ERA Chair Holder on Emerging Next-Generation Photovoltaics, 5GSOLAR (School of Engineering: Department of Material and Environmental Technology)

Postdoctoral Researcher of Plant Genomics/Bioinformatics (School of Science: Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology)

Professor of Environmental Sensing Technology (School of Information Techonology: Department of Computer Systems: Center for Biorobotics)

Professor, Era Chair Holder on Cybersecurity in Maritime Domain (School of Information Technology: Departments of Software Science)

Post-Doctoral Position in Critical Understanding of Predictive Policing (School of Business and Governance: Ragnar Nurkse Department of Innovation and Governance)

Professor of Entrepreneurship (School of Business and Governance: Department of Business Administration)

Non-academic positions

For fulfilling non-academic positions, as a rule, a competition is announced or a targeted search is carried out. 

The competition is organized by the Personnel Office based on the information given by the Head of the department. 

 
Preliminary analysis of candidates for a non-academic position is based on the analysis of required application documents (resume, cover letter, motivation letter, etc.). The selected candidates are then called for an interview; depending on the position, different forms of testing and assignment are carried out. With the candidate’s prior consent, a background study is also carried out. 
 
Both the immediate supervisor and a Personnel Office employee are involved in the selection process. If necessary, other persons shall be involved. 
We will try to send feedback to unsuccessful candidates within one month after the deadline for sending CVs.

Data protection policy

Procedure for processing and protection of personal data when applying for positions and recruitment 

Tallinn University of Technology (hereinafter the University) processes prospective employees’ data in accordance with the GDPR and national data protection laws. 

Full statement for the procedure can be found here.

For questions regarding recruitment, the appropriate contact is the Recruitment Specialist Eneli Oksar (Human Resources, eneli.oksar@taltech.ee; tel 620 2043).

Questions regarding the processing and protection of personal data can be addressed to Henri Schasmin, Data Protection Officer at Tallinn University of Technology (e-mail henri.schasmin@taltech.ee, tel 620 2017).