Dean’s Directive no. 20/2025 | Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics

This directive is issued under Article 10 of Rector’s Directive No. 6/2025, Documents Required for the Commencement of the Procedure Aimed at Granting Associate and Full Professorship, and Recommended Criteria for the Assessment of Qualifications and Competences for the Purposes of such Procedure at Charles University.

Article 1
Documents required for the commencement of the procedure

All documents submitted by the applicant must be signed with the applicant’s original signature or certified electronic signature and include the date [except for diplomas and documents proving the completion of higher education and the research and academic degrees awarded, confirmation of the applicant’s employer, habilitation dissertation in the case of the procedure for the granting of associate professorship (habilitation procedure), and letters of recommendation in the case of the procedure for the granting of full professorship]. Given the required membership of foreign experts in the commissions, the documents are submitted in English, except for the application for the commencement of the procedure, documents proving the completion of higher education and the research and academic degrees awarded, and the confirmation of the applicant’s employer, which may be submitted in either language. A receipt for the payment of the fee for the administration of the procedure is provided only after the commencement of the procedure after the approval of the commission by the MFF UK Scientific Board.
A list of the required documents, including further instructions and procedures provided by the Faculty, is described in detail in the Guidelines of the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of Charles University on the Procedure for the Granting of Associate Professorship and the Guidelines of the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of Charles University on the Procedure for the Granting of Full Professorship. They are available on the MFF UK website, Research and International Affairs Department, under Academic appointments, links Habilitation Procedures or Procedures for the Appointment of a Professor.

Article 2
Profiles of an associate and full professor at MFF UK

Associate professor profile: An associate professor performs activities in science and in teaching and the education of students which are comparable on an international level and actively serves the academic community.
Research: An applicant for associate professorship has a clearly defined research programme. The applicant is recognised on an international level, which he demonstrates in the manner typical for the given field and which can be proven by important personalities in the academic field. The metrics applied with regard to the given field include, for example, (co-)authorship of high-quality, original, and adequately cited publications published in international journals with an impact factor or in proceedings from major conferences, significant contribution to the creation of peer-reviewed artefacts¹, lectures at internationally recognised conferences, etc. The authorship of review articles or chapters in scholarly monographs is considered an advantage. The applicant has experience with grant applications with significant national and international agencies and should be a successful researcher in grant competitions.
Teaching: The applicant has experience giving lectures independently and should receive a positive evaluation from students. He or she supervises students in bachelor’s and master’s study programmes; experience with supervising doctoral student is appreciated.
Service: The applicant should serve the international scientific community by, for example, reviewing articles for journals, conferences, and grant agencies, organising conferences and workshops, having an active membership in professional organisations, etc. He or she is actively involved in the functioning of the respective department. The applicant contributes to the “third mission” of the University, which includes articles and lectures aimed at popularising science, public events, etc.
Full professor profile: A full professor is an internationally respected researcher and teacher who actively serves the academic community.
Research: An applicant for full professorship has a comprehensive research programme with results that have been recognised on an international level, which can be proved by important personalities in the given academic field. He or she is the leading figure of the respective department. The applicant has published a number of widely cited publications consistent in terms of quality and the relevance of the topics studied. He or she is invited to hold important positions in the given community, for example, an invited speaker, plenary speaker, or a member of the programme or steering committee of major international conferences. The applicant’s position in the field can be also proven by invited review articles or monographs. He or she represents the respective department in major national or international grant projects.
Teaching: The applicant determines the form of the instruction and guarantees the quality thereof in the given field. He or she has established their own scientific school and the applicant’s former undergraduate and doctoral students are expected to be successful both in academia and beyond.
Service: The applicant is an important figure serving the international academic community (for example, editor of an academic journal, organiser, or other important function in the management of a major conference, etc.). He or she contributes significantly to the functioning of the respective department and mentors less experienced colleagues. The applicant contributes to the “third mission” of the University, which includes articles and lectures aimed at popularising science, public events, etc.

Article 3
Additional criteria reflecting specific requirements for individual fields at MFF UK for the procedure for the granting of associate professorship and full professorship

Research and academic activities
1. The total number of publications need not reach the required number (see the table below) provided that the number of publications in journals with an IF/AIS is significantly higher than the required number. Publications for which the applicant is not included in the list of authors but only as a group author are excluded.
2. When reporting citations according to WoS, fulltexts only (without abstracts and commentaries) may be listed, self-citations must be excluded. Where the number of citations based on the WoS is not required, the methodology used to determine the number of citations must be indicated (SCOPUS and other provable citations).

Field-specific requirements

Associate professorship appointment procedure

Field	Number of publications	Publications with IF/AIS	Citations
Physics	20	15	50 based on WoS
Computer science	20	10 with IF/AIS or equivalent*	50 in academic journals, peer-reviewed proceedings, or monographs
Mathematics	20	10	40 in academic journals, peer-reviewed proceedings, or monographs
Didactic fields	20	6	30 in Czech and foreign academic literature

* “Equivalent results” mean, in particular, contributions at major conferences with a CORE ranking, or other results which are as valued in the field of the habilitation procedure as publications with an IF/AIS.

Full professorship appointment procedure

Field	Number of publications	Publications with IF/AIS	Citations
Physics	40	30	100 based on WoS
Computer science	40	20 with IF/AIS or equivalent*	100 in academic journals, peer-reviewed proceedings, or monographs
Mathematics	40	20	100 in academic journals, peer-reviewed proceedings, or monographs

* “Equivalent results” mean, in particular, contributions at major conferences with a CORE ranking, or other results which are as valued in the field of the appointment procedure as publications with an IF/AIS.

Article 4
Rules for the associate and full professorship lecture delivered before the MFF UK Scientific Board

Applicants give a brief presentation of their results, the future aims of their research and demonstrate their pedagogical competences.
The applicant introduces the topic in the title of the lecture in the wider context of the given field in a manner comprehensible to experts in physics, computer scientists, and mathematicians at MFF UK, represented by the Scientific Board.
When presenting his or her own contribution to the field, it is recommended that the applicant keeps the description of the technical details to the minimum necessary for explaining the results which the applicant considers as the most valuable and for describing the techniques and methods used.
The lecture and the follow-up discussion are usually held in English as commission members, reviewers, and guests from abroad are usually present at the meeting of the MFF UK Scientific Board.
The lectures for associate and full professorship shall not exceed 20 and 30 minutes, respectively.
The applicant has the right to present any additional materials to the MFF UK Scientific Board in printed form during the lecture, if relevant for a more comprehensive assessment of the applicant’s personality and work.

Article 5
Final provisions

The present directive comes into force on the date of approval by the Dean of MFF UK and comes into effect on the date of publication on the public part of the Faculty’s website, but no earlier than on 4 July 2024.
Procedures for the granting of associate or full professorship commenced after the date of effect of Rector’s Directive No. 6/2025 (i.e., after 31 March 2025) are governed by Art. 13 (2) of Rector’s Directive No. 6/2025 until the date of effect hereof.
Dean’s Directive no. 2/2020 is repealed on the date of effect hereof.

Proposed by:
prof. RNDr. Zdeněk Doležal, Dr., Vice-Dean for Research and International Affairs

The directive was considered by the Management of the Faculty on 14 May 2025 and the MFF UK Scientific Board on 4 June 2025. The Rector of Charles University approved the directive on 26 June 2025.

Approved on 3 July 2025 by: