Title of Docent at the Faculty of Social Sciences
The University may award the title of docent (in Finnish dosentti) to a person who has comprehensive knowledge of his or her own field, a capacity for independent research or artistic work demonstrated through publication or some other manner, and good teaching skills.
Before submitting an application, the applicant must discuss the application for the title of docent with the head of the relevant department or with professors in the discipline / field.
Before filling out the application form, please familiarise yourself with the guidelines provided by the Faculty of Social Sciences for those applying for the title of docent.
The application is submitted via University of Turku E-services. You can log in to the service with your Suomi.fi ID (e.g., bank ID or mobile certificate). The system allows you to fill in the form in sections. In this case, remember to save your application by clicking the Save draft button. You can find the saved form under the Service groups tab > Personnel > Docent application.
The back-end system of the University of Turku E-service is being updated 10.-11.8.2026. You can nevertheless make an application normally in the E-service. You will be notified of a transmission error, but there is no need to worry. The application will be sent to the back-end system automatically when the version update is over. If you have made an application during the version update, the systems administrators of the E-service will let you know, that your application has arrived safely to the back-end system, on Wednesday 12.8.2026. If you do not receive this confirmation, please contact asiakirjapalvelut@utu.fi.
If you do not have access to Suomi.fi authentication, please submit the required attachments in PDF format by email to: soc-hr@utu.fi.
The guidelines for applying for the title of docent are available here:
> Guidelines of the University of Turku for Applying for the Title of Docent
> Instructions for applying for the Title of Docent at the Faculty of Social Sciences
> Guidelines for list of publications
> Guidelines for teaching portfolio
> Faculty of Social Sciences guidelines for trial lecture (included in the Guidelines on evaluation of teaching skills)
> Instructions for University of Turku E-services (in the end of the page)
Support address for technical problems in using the E-services is asiakirjapalvelut@utu.fi
