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A Universidade da Madeira procura 1 assistente professor na área de Ensino de Matemática, integrado no Departamento de Matemática da Faculdade de Ciências e Engenharia.
É requisito Doutoramento e reconhecimento do PhD pela universidade portuguesa, cumprir as regras legais para funções públicas e vacinação obrigatória. O processo envolve avaliação por mérito absoluto e várias etapas de seleção, desde análise de candidaturas até à ordenação final.
Organisation/Company Universidade da Madeira Research Field Other Researcher Profile Other Profession Positions Other Positions Application Deadline 30 Oct 2026 - 23:59 (Atlantic/Madeira) Country Portugal Type of Contract Permanent Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 35 Offer Starting Date 17 Sep 2026 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No
RECRUITMENT OF 1 (ONE) ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN THE FIELD OF MATHEMATICS TEACHING, WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS OF THE FACULTY OF EXACT SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING
By Order No.252/R/2026, of the Rector of the University of Madeira, dated September 4, 2026, and for thirty working days, from the day immediately following that on which this Notice is published in the Diário da República , an international selection procedure is open for 1 (one) Assistant Professor, in the subject field of Mathematics Teaching, within the Department of Mathematics of the Faculty of Exact Sciences and Engineering, under articles 37 to 51, 61 and 62-A of the University Teaching Career Statute ( Estatuto da Carreira do Pessoal Docente Universitária (ECDU)), republished by Decree-Law No. 205/2009, of 31 August and amended by Law No. 8/2010, de 13 May, the Regulation for the Recruitment, Selection and Hiring of Teaching Staff of the University of Madeira, Regulation No. 268/2014, published in the Diário da República , 2nd series, No. 122, of June 27, 2014, with the new wording given by Regulation No. 851/2022, published in the Diário da República , 2ndseries, No. 169, of 1 September 2022.
The joint order No. 373/2000, of 31 March, of the Minister of State and Public Administration and the Minister for Equality, made it compulsory to include the following statement in all public service recruitment procedures: "In compliance with subparagraph h) of article 9 of the Constitution, the Public Administration, as an employing entity, actively promotes a policy of equality of opportunities between men and women in access to employment and professional development, scrupulously providing for the prevention of any type of discrimination".
I - Admission requirements:
1 - Pursuant to Article 41-A of the ECDU, candidates must hold a doctoral degree.
2 - Candidates with foreign degrees must prove the certification, equivalence or the recognition of their PhD degree by a Portuguese university, in accordance with the applicable legislation.
3 - Equivalence, recognition and registration of the doctoral degree must be obtained by the application deadline.
4- Candidates must also meet the general requirements for employment in public functions, as set out in Law No. 35/2014, published in the Diário da Republica , 1stseries, No. 117, of 20 June:
a) Not to be inhibited from carrying out public service nor be forbidden to perform the functions for which they are applying;
b) Have the physical robustness and psychological profile required to carry out the duties for which they are applying;
c) Comply with compulsory vaccination.
II - Profile for which the position is open:
The position is open for the standard teaching profile 'M' (mixed profile of teaching, research and service to the University), as defined in the Faculty Workload Allocation of the University of Madeira, Regulation No. 420/2014, published in the Diário da República , 2nd Series, No. 183, on 23 September 2014.
IV - Admission to the competition:
1 -Following analysis of the applications, the Rector will notify the candidates of their admission or exclusion from the selection procedure based on whether they meet the requirements laid down therein.
V - Approval on absolute merit:
1 - Before ordering the admitted candidates, the jury shall deliberate on the approval or non-approval on absolute merit, by a justified roll-call vote. Abstentions are not allowed.
2 - The candidate who receives a favourable vote from more than half of the voting members of the jury shall be considered approved on absolute merit.
3 - The approval of candidates based on absolute merit will depend on whether they cumulatively meet the following criteria:
VI - Seriation of candidates approved on absolute merit:
Candidates approved on absolute merit will be evaluated and ranked by the jury, in relative merit, according to item X of this Notice, considering the evaluation and seriation criteria set out in item IX of said Notice.
VII - Selection procedure
The selection procedure includes the following stages and tasks:
a) The application submission period;
b) Publication of the list of admitted candidates;
c) Requesting or waiving additional documentation from candidates;
d) Conducting or waiving a public hearing with candidates;
e) Approval on absolute merit and publication of the list of approved candidates;
f)Seriation of candidates approved on absolute merit and issuing the final decision, and publication of the minutes and ordered list of approved candidates on absolute merit;
g) Sending the documents to the Rector;
h) Homologation of the results of the selection procedures and its minutes by the Rector and notification of the results.
VIII - Composition of the Jury:
Under the terms of Article 53(2) of the Regulation for the Recruitment, Selection and Hiring of Teaching Staff of the University of Madeira, Regulation No. 268/2014, published in the Diário da República , 2nd series, No. 122, of 27 June 2014, with the new wording given by Regulation No. 851/2022, published in the Diário da República , 2nd series, No. 169, of 1 September 2022, the jury comprises the following members:
President: Rector of the University of Madeira
Members:
IX - Criteria for selecting and ranking candidates:
XI —Final ordering of candidates and voting methodology:
1 — Before the voting process begins, each jury member must submit a signed document setting out their ranking of the candidates, which will be attached to the minutes, duly substantiated, and based on the evaluation and ranking criteria set out in this notice;
2 —During the successive voting rounds, each jury member must abide by the ranking they have submitted in the document referred to in the preceding paragraph;
3 — Abstentions are not allowed during the voting process.
4 — The jury will use the following voting method to obtain an absolute majority for the final ranking of the candidates:
a) The first voting round is intended to determine the candidate to be ranked first;
i) If a candidate obtains an absolute majority of the votes for the first place, he/she wins the selection procedure and is removed from subsequent ballots. The procedure for determining the second-place candidate shall then begin;
ii) If none of the candidates obtain an absolute majority of the votes for first place, a further voting round will be held, only among those who received votes for the first place, after the candidate who received the fewest votes for that place has been removed;
iii) If there is a tie between two or more candidates for the least-voted position, another ballot will be held to determine which of the least-voted applicants shall be eliminated;
iv) If there is still a tie between two or more candidates for least-voted positions, but the number of candidates in that position has been reduced, a new tie-breaking ballot shall be held, only between those candidates, counting the number of relative first positions, the least voted shall be removed;
v) If there is still a tie between two or more candidates for the least-voted position and the number of candidates has not been reduced, the President of the Jury shall have the casting vote;
vi) If there is a tie when there are only two candidates left to be considered for first place, the President of the Jury shall have the casting vote;
b) Once a candidate has been ranked first, he or she shall be removed from the ballot and the entire process is repeated for second place, and so forth, until an ordered list of all candidates is complete.