Full-time Faculty Position Openings in Bio and Brain Engineering

 

The Department of Bio and Brain Engineering at KAIST invites applications for tenure-track faculty positions at all levels of experience and

across various fields of bioengineering and brain engineering.

 

■ Position

 

Position	Fields	Employment type	Number of openings	Substitute employee	Classification	Work place
Tenure-track faculty positions	Bio and Brain Engineering	Full-time	◯	NA	Entry-level, experienced	Daejeon campus

 

 

 

■ Requirements

1. Requirements

- A talented individual with outstanding research achievements and showing great potential for development in education and research

- A talented individual who is expected to make significant contributions to new disciplines, multidisciplinary research, and collaborative research with industries

- A talented individual who has earned, or is expecting to earn, a doctoral degree in his/her area of specialization

- A person capable of conducting lectures in English

 

※ Candidates expecting to earn a doctoral degree must be able to pass their final thesis exam (advisor's confirmation required) within 9 months of the date of job application and receive the degree before the date of appointment

 

※ To confirm in advance whether a doctoral degree is possible, it is mandatory to submit a letter of recommendation from a doctoral advisor for prospective doctoral graduates.

 

2. Grounds for disqualification

- A person falling under any subparagraph of Article 33 of the State Public Officials Act

- A person whose civil rights have been suspended or removed under relevant laws

- A person who do not fulfill their military service obligations under Article 76 of the Military Service Act

- A person who have been ordered to restrict employment in accordance with Article 56 of the Sexual Protection of Children and Juveniles Act

- A person who has been revoked or dismissed from employment because he or she has been found to have been hired by another public institution in an unlawful way, and for which 5 years have not elapsed since the date of disposition

- A person subject to employment restrictions as those who have been disqualified under Article 82 of the Act on the Establishment and Operation of Anti-Corruption and Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission

 

■ Application procedures

Round 1: Document screening

Round 2: In-depth deliberations

Round 3: Academic seminar and comprehensive deliberations

Round 4: Final decision made after meeting of the Faculty Deliberations Committee of respective college or university

* Appointment of tenured professor and/or professor subject to deliberations by Faculty Deliberations Committee

※ Candidates who passed each round will be noticed individually

 

■ Application period: March 4 to April 6, 2025

■ Required documents

- Application form (form provided) including summary of key achievements, course syllabus, research proposal, consent to collection/use of personal information

- Cover letter (less than 2 pages, required by the department)

- Resume (CV)

- Representative published papers (max. 3)

- Letter of recommendation (Candidates who have passed document screening shall be individually notified; letters to be submitted directly by recommenders to bioenghead@kaist.ac.kr)

◦Three letters required for candidates applying to the position of associate professor or assistant professor

◦Six letters required for candidates applying to the position of tenured professor or professor

 

■ Submit via email to bioenghead@kaist.ac.kr

 

■ Notes

- Care should be taken not to reveal any personal information that may bias reviewers of application packages.

※ Examples of the personal information include gender, age, region of origin, family relationships, physical characteristics (e.g., height, weight, and photo), assets, and marital status.

- All submitted documents shall not be returned; recommendation for appointment may be withdrawn if any information is found to be false or misleading

- Openings may not be filled if none of the candidates are eligible

 

■ For more inquires, please send email to the head of department bioenghead@kaist.ac.kr