Criteria for promotion to Full Professor 1

Profile of the Full Professor 1

The Full Professor 1 is a role model and figurehead within the Faculty of Science and Engineering and the University more broadly and is recognised as such by others, as evidenced by positions, appointments, and roles. The Full Professor 1 has a major impact on the position of the Faculty and the University in terms of research, education, impact and organization. For at least one of the domains the candidate meets the criterion described below, while the candidate has also made substantial and demonstrable contributions to the other domains, which go beyond what is expected of a Full Professor 2 with the candidate’s focus domain.

Research

The candidate meets the criteria regarding research associated with the level of Full Professor 2 in the career path with a focus on research. In addition, the candidate meets the following criterion:

The staff member is an international authority in their field and a visible leader who exerts substantial influence on their field of research.

Indicators that the candidate meets this criterion are:

The candidate has a demonstrable impact on the national and international research agenda in their field.
The candidate has initiated and leads large national and international research collaborations.
The candidate publishes continuously in leading journals in their field and is highly cited, i.e. well above the standard in the field.
The candidate plays leading roles in an (inter)national research society/organization.
The candidate is frequently invited as (key-note) speaker at important national and international science/technology conferences.
The candidate has received prizes, honorary doctorates, national and international awards or other distinctions.

Education

The candidate meets the criteria regarding education associated with the level of Full Professor 2 in the career path with a focus on education. In addition, the candidate meets the following criterion:

The staff member is a national or global leader in teaching and learning with substantial impact on educational practice and/or pedagogical knowledge on the level of the university and beyond.

Indicators that the candidate meets this criterion

The candidate visibly shapes and informs teaching and learning strategies or policies at the university, national and international levels.
The candidate initiates and leads national and international collaborations on education.
The candidate demonstrates sustained, high-impact contribution to pedagogical research and knowledge, with impact across their field of expertise.
The candidate plays leading roles in (inter)national educational society/organizations.
The candidate is frequently invited as a (key-note) speaker at important national and international conferences on developments in academic education.
The candidate has received funding, national and international awards or other distinctions that demonstrate their leadership in education.

Impact

The candidate meets the criteria regarding impact associated with the level of Full Professor 2 in the career path with a focus on impact. In addition, the candidate meets the following criterion:

The staff member is an exceptionally successful leader in the area of knowledge exchange and societal impact.

Indicators that the candidate meets this criterion

The candidate has achieved exceptional successes (i.e. that go well beyond the criteria for Full Professor 2 with a focus on impact) in one or more of the following areas of societal impact: collaboration with industrial and other societal partners, entrepreneurship, influence on policy-making, outreach to the general public.
The candidate maintains an extensive network of societal partners from which their institute, the faculty and the university benefit.
The candidate plays leading roles in an (inter)national society/organization.
The candidate receives (inter)national recognition for their societal impact, as evidenced by invitations for important national and international conferences.

The candidate has received funding, national and international awards or other distinctions that demonstrate their leadership in societal impact.

Organization

The candidate meets the specific criteria regarding organization associated with the level of Full Professor 2 in one of the career paths, as well as the following criterion:

The staff member is an exemplary and visionary leader who contributes substantially to the academic organization and community, within the faculty and the university as well as beyond.

Indicators that the candidate meets this criterion

The candidate has a clear and convincing vision of teaching, research, and/or impact that goes beyond their own field, can propagate this within and outside the institute, can translate this into demonstrable strategic actions and initiates large-scale movements on the basis of their vision.
The staff member is heavily involved in attracting, retaining and developing talent for the organization and acts as role model and mentor to less experienced colleagues.
The staff member has successfully managed or is successfully managing large organizational entities within the university, such as an institute or school.
The staff member leads and is a member of prominent and influential national and international councils, committees and (advisory) bodies.

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21 December 2023 11.48 a.m.