Application attachments

Adding attachments to your application

In addition to your CV, you can add 10 attachments. The maximum size per attachment is 5 MB. If your file is larger than 5 MB, please save your file in smaller parts or optimise the file.

Optimising the file: You can optimise your PDF file with the PDF-XChange software. Open the file in PDF-XChange. Select File → Save as optimized. This will enable you to change the resolution of pictures to e.g. 125 dpi. Select OK to optimise the file.

Research plan

The length of a research plan is 5 to 10 pages (font: Times New Roman pt or similar), unless the job ad states differently.

A research plan usually consists of the following parts:

  1. Summary (abstract)
  2. Introduction: background and the research objectives
  3. Starting point of the research, connections to previous studies
  4. Specification of the research problems
  5. Research methods
  6. Timetable for research and action plan
  7. Expected results of the research
  8. Key literature

A research plan can also include a publication plan and a study plan.

Teaching portfolio

All applicants for jobs in teaching and research are requested to present their merits in accordance with the CV template given. Should the job advertisement state that an additional teaching portfolio is required, applicants are requested to prepare a narrative text that includes at least a reflection on their own:

  • Pedagogical approach and philosophy
  • Strengths, development challenges and visions, based on e.g. student feedback and/or peer reviews
  • Published study materials and use of educational technology
  • Participation in the development of teaching and learning

In this case, the maximum length of the teaching portfolio is 4 pages but it may be supplemented with carefully selected attachments.

CV template

The CV template in use at the University of Vaasa complies with good scientific practice as outlined by the Finnish Advisory Board on Research Integrity (TENK). Information and template: Template for researcher's curriculum vitae | Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK

The applicant should present full details of all of their merits and commitments that are relevant to the research career stage and the purpose for which the CV is intended. 

List of publications

The applicant’s list of publications shall include the following information:

  • applicant’s name, list date
  • publications listed according to the Publication Type Classification of the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture.

A Peer-reviewed scientific articles
B Non-refereed scientific articles
C Scientific books (monographs)
D Publications intended for professional communities
E Publications intended for the general public, linked to the applicant’s research
F Public artistic and design activities
G Theses 
H Patents and invention disclosures
I Audiovisual material, ICT software