Information for prospective employees

• The faculty’s research groups: Provide regular meeting places for academic discussions and feedback on work in progress and host workshops and seminars for international collaboration within a specific field. 

• Research support schemes: Support schemes at the Faculty and University level provide financing for travel and conferences, pilot studies, open access publication, and support from student assistants. 

• The Faculty administration: A professional administration offer specialized assistance and advise with regards to research funding, project management, career development, communication and publication, teaching planning and development, event organization, purchases and travel arrangements. 

• UiB Competence Portal: UiB offers a wide variety of courses for employees, including courses on language, digital technology, university pedagogy, research management, application writing, open science and data management. 

• UiB Ferd Career Center: The Career Centre supports doctoral candidates, postdoctoral fellows, researchers and associate professors by offering career courses and career guidance. 

• International Centre: The university has a specialized service centre for international mobility, providing assistance for incoming and outbound students and researchers. 

The UiB Library has about 1.5 million volumes of books and e-books, and 60,000 current journal subscriptions (of which 44,000 are digital). The library also has open access publishing deals covering several academic publishers. 

The Law Library is located on the 5th floor of the Law Faculty building. The library is open for employees also outside the staffed hours with access card and code.  

The library offers courses and support within areas such as citation and ethics, source evaluation, reference management tools, data management, open access and open data, bibliometrics, publishing strategies, copyright and licenses. 

• Normal working hours are 37,5 hours per week, and employees are entitled to 25 working days of annual holiday. According to UiB’s senior policy, more annual holidays are introduced after the age of 60. 

• The distribution between different work tasks for academic staff in permanent positions is normally: research (46%), teaching (46%) and administration (8%). 

• Work-life-balance is ensured through access to paid-leave arrangements, flexible work-time arrangements and welfare services (including day-care). 

• Annual periods without teaching to allow for dedicated research time are appreciated among the academic staff, and researchers in permanent positions are entitled to regular sabbaticals. 

• Employees can choose between shared and individual offices. 

You can read more about what the University of Bergen offer its employees at Workplace | UiB.  

The Faculty is located in the city center of Bergen, Norway's second largest city with close to 290 000 inhabitans. Bergen is the administrative capital of Western Norway, situated situated among the Seven Mountains and on the shoreline of Byfjorden. The city has a vibrant cultural scence and offers unique opportunities for outdoor adventures.

Dating back to before 1070 AD, Bergen is one of North Europe’s oldest port cities and was the capital of Norway in the 13th century. Bergen is a UNESCO World Heritage City, with the old historic harbour district of Bryggen listed as a site of outstanding universal value. The medieval town of Bergen is also the largest of its kind in Norway, and include in addition to Bryggen the Bergenhus fortress and the Vågsbunnen historic district.

Bergen has an oceanic climate, characterized by mild temperatures and frequent precipitation. Average temperatures are around 16-17°C in the Summer and around 3-4°C in the Winter.

The distance from Bergen to Europe is short, with direct flights to many international hubs – including London, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Berlin, Paris, Brussels and Copenhagen. 

• An ambitious PhD-programme offered on campus 

• Individual budget for operating expenses  

• Practical support from the Faculty’s PhD and postdoc coordinator  

• Close academic support from a scientific supervisor 

• An individual career development plan  

• Individual budget for operating expenses  

• Practical support from the Faculty’s PhD and postdoc coordinator  

• Academic support from a scientific mentor 

• Individual support from a research advisor regarding career development and opportunities for external funding 

• Funding schemes for travel, events and equipment