West University of Timișoara

OSUN CEU Global Teaching Fellowship Program at the West University of Timișoara (WUT), Timișoara, Romania.

Call for applications for the (whole) academic year 2024/25 (October 2024 – June 2025), one semester of the academic year, Fall 2024 (October 2024 – February 2025), and/or Spring 2025 (March – June 2025).

West University of Timisoara (WUT) invites applications for Global Teaching Fellowships at WUT, Timisoara, Romania. The successful applicant will teach introductory and advanced courses, as a visiting Faculty in the study programmes listed below.

A. Master level:

  • MA in English in Sustainable Finance (1st year of study),
  • MA in English in International Corporate Finance (2nd year of study),
  • MA in English in Global Entrepreneurship, Economics and Management,
  • MA in English in Philosophical Counselling and Consultancy,
  • MA in English in International Development and Management of Global Affairs,
  • MA in English in American Studies,
  • MA in English in European Union Law,
  • MA in English in Advanced Research Methods in Physics,
  • MA in English in Artificial Intelligence and Distributed Computing (subjects - Operations Research and Optimization, Computer Vision, Big Data Technologies, Network Security Models and Architectures),
  • MA in English in Big Data (subjects - Operations Research and Optimization, Computer Vision, Big Data Technologies),
  • MA in English in Intelligent Software Robotics (subjects - Operations Research and Optimization, Computer Vision, Introduction to robotics, Computational game theory, Big Data Technologies),
  • MA in English in Cybersecurity (subjects - Computer Vision, Big Data Technologies, Quality and reliability of software systems).

Eligible applicants for the above-mentioned MA study programmes include Ph.D. graduates who, by the beginning of the Fellowship received their Ph.D. degree from the CEU or a relevant OSUN-CIVICA institution.

The position will entail teaching 2-4 hours of course classes for doctoral graduates, on the graduate (master) level in English. See details about the above-mentioned MA study programmes here. Applicants are encouraged to apply with their (own) course proposals.

B. Undergraduate level:
- BA in English and Romanian in International and European Law,
- BA in English in Artificial Intelligence (subjects - Planning Techniques for Robotics, Natural Language Processing).

Eligible applicants the above-mentioned BA study programmes include Ph.D. graduates who, by the beginning of the Fellowship received their Ph.D. degree from the CEU or a relevant OSUN-CIVICA institution and advanced (e.g. ABD all but dissertation) Ph.D. candidates from the institutions mentioned above.

The position will entail teaching 2-4 hours of seminar classes in the case of PhD students, and 2-4 hours of course classes for doctoral graduates, on the undergraduate level in English. See details about the above-mentioned BA study programmes here. Applicants are encouraged to apply with their (own) course proposals.

Shall you have questions regarding the above, please contact: Oana Ivan-Horobet at oana.ivan@e-uvt.ro.

The successful candidate will be offered a stipend covering living, accommodation, travel, and health insurance costs while in Timisoara.

COVID-19 RELATED REGULATIONS IN ROMANIA AT THE TIME WILL APPLY.

Applications shall include:

  • Motivation Letter,
  • Resume (CV),
  • Teaching Philosophy Statement (1,000 words),
  • List of 2-3 desired courses to be taught,
  • One Letter of Reference (email or scanned copy - details below).

 Applicants who are CEU PhD Candidates at the time of application:

  • Endorsement letter from the Supervisor (email or scanned copy),
  • or Endorsement letter from the Head of Doctoral Program (email or scanned copy).

Applicants who are PhD graduates:

  • One Letter of Reference (email or scanned copy).

Applicants from OSUN-CIVICA need to submit:

  • One Letter of Reference (email or scanned copy, as described above)
  • English language proficiency minimum level C1 – if the Ph.D. studies were not in the English language.

Applications are to be sent to gtfp@ceu.edu 

In the subject line of the email please indicate that you are applying for GTFP WUT.

Application Deadline: March 8, 2024,