Those interested in participating in the teaching contest must digitize the documents required for registration and put together a single file in PDF format, which must be sent through the LINK FOR REGISTRATION OF APPLICANTS.

The PDF file must contain the following documents:

1. Letter of request for participation.
2. Resume in the form established by the university.
3. Copy of identification document.
4. Academic degrees. Include the abstract and table of contents of the doctoral thesis.
5. Certifications of experience or for the Young Talent Competition: Institutional certifications that demonstrate participation in teaching, research or extension activities.
6. Academic productivity. For articles and books, the first page of the article/book is sufficient, where the publication data such as title, authors, journal/publisher, edition, publication date are found.
7. Refresher course certifications.
8. Law 1918 of 2018.
9. Certificate of proficiency in a foreign language, as established in articles 16 and 17 of the UIS Teacher Selection Regulations.

Only files in pdf format and with a maximum size of 10Mb are accepted. The file name must be the applicant’s full name.

GENERAL COMPETITION

The General Competition corresponds to the selection process of part-time or full-time teachers, in accordance with the needs contemplated in the Development Plan of the School, Department or Program of the Institute of Regional Projection and Distance Education, and with the characteristics that guarantee the capacity to support the development of teaching. research and the University-Society relationship, for the fulfilment of the Institutional Mission.

In the selection modality of the General Competition, the required degree will be at the doctoral level. The Academic Council may authorize the degree required in this type of competition to be at the master’s level when the academic-administrative unit justifies and accredits the impossibility of complying with this aspect of the profile. In any case, if authorization is granted by the Academic Council, those who are selected and are linked to the University undertake to begin doctoral training in the area of the competition or in areas of education. Compliance with this commitment must be accredited at the beginning of the evaluation process of the first renewal of tenure.

For the profiles of the clinical areas of the School of Medicine that are called with a medical-surgical specialty degree, those who are selected and link up with the University assume the commitment to start training in a master’s degree or in a doctoral program. Compliance with this commitment must be accredited at the beginning of the evaluation process of the first renewal of tenure.

JÓVENES TALENTO CONTEST

The Young Talents Competition corresponds to a selection process of full-time professors not older than 24 years old, with undergraduate training, and no older than 27 years old with Master’s degree. The applicant must have obtained the laude or summa laude distinction from the UIS or equivalent academic recognition from an institutionally accredited university, in the disciplinary area corresponding to the competition for which he/she is applying. The applicant must stand out for his/her academic qualities, who are expected to perform outstandingly in teaching, research and in the University-Society relationship, in order to support him/her in his/her training towards the doctorate in the area of knowledge required by the academic unit, which must be foreseen in the Development Plan of the same. You must prove proficiency in a foreign language at level A2 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages

The candidate selected through the public merit competition for young talents, acquires the commitment to begin doctoral studies in the area for which he or she was selected, in the following three (3) years, in an institution of recognized prestige in the country or abroad, for which the university will grant him or her a paid study commission.

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The requirements to participate in the general competition are:

• Possess the university degrees defined in the profile of the position to which he/she aspires.
• Comply with the experience and competencies established in the profile of the position to which he/she aspires.
• Have academic productivity (at least two of the products defined in Article 10 of Decree 1279 of 2002, the regulation that modifies, replaces, adds or complements it).
• Proof of proficiency in a foreign language, at least level B1, according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. This requirement must be accredited in accordance with the provisions of article 17 of the UIS Teaching Selection Regulations.

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JÓVENES TALENTO

CONTEST

The requirements to participate in the young talent contest are:

• Possess a professional undergraduate degree defined in the profile of the position to which he/she aspires, recognized by the Ministry of National Education.
• The age, at the closing date of the call, of the university professional graduated and aspiring in the young talent competition will be: up to 24 years old with undergraduate university professional training, and up to 27 years old for those who have training at the master’s level in the area of competition.
• Have obtained the laude or summa laude distinction of the UIS or equivalent academic recognition from an institutionally accredited university, in the disciplinary area corresponding to the competition for which they are applying.
• Have participated in teaching, research or extension activities.
• Comply with the competencies established in the profile of the position to which he/she aspires.
• Two letters of introduction filled out by professors with whom you have had an academic relationship according to institutional format. The letters must be sent to the Academic Vice-Chancellor’s Office directly by the professors who issue them, in an envelope signed at the end of the meeting and to vacadem@uis.edu.co, concurso@uis.edu.co.
• Proof of proficiency in a foreign language at level A2 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Professionals whose mother tongue is not Spanish must accredit a B2 level in Spanish, according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. The document certifying this competence will be endorsed by the UIS School of Languages.

In the general competition and young talents, the language of the contest is Spanish, therefore, all tests must be carried out in this language. Professionals whose mother tongue is not Spanish and who are linked to the University, within the framework of the application of these regulations, must present a certificate that expresses the B2 level of competence in the Spanish language, according to the Common European Framework for Languages, as an additional requirement to those provided for in the institutional regulations to pass the probationary period. The University will offer the probationary lecturer the necessary courses so that at the end of this period he/she can certify at least the B2 level in Spanish.

Professionals whose mother tongue is Spanish and who are linked to the University, must present a certificate that expresses the B2 level of competence in a foreign language for the case linked under the general competition modality and B1 for linked under the modality of young talent competition, according to the Common European Framework for Languages. as an additional requirement to those provided for in the institutional regulations to pass the probationary period. The University will offer the probationary professor the necessary courses so that at the end of said period he or she certifies the minimum that corresponds.

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The documents that must be submitted by the candidate to register for the general competition are:

• Letter of request to participate in the competition specifying the School, Department or Program and the area in which you wish to compete, addressed to the Academic Vice-Chancellor’s Office.

• Curriculum vitae in a form established by the university and published on its website.

• Photocopy of undergraduate degree.

• Photocopy of the postgraduate degree(s). Those who have satisfactorily completed the study program and supported the postgraduate thesis, who only have the granting of the degree pending, are accepted a certification from the Academic Registry Office of the respective university in which they declare it. Whoever is the winner of the competition, in order to possess it, must present the degree required in the duly validated profile, if it has been obtained abroad.

• If you have a doctoral degree, submit the abstract and table of contents of the doctoral thesis.

• Certificate of Academic Distinctions.

• Institutional certifications that demonstrate experience, which must be subsequent to obtaining the undergraduate degree and must contain the following information: Institution, type of relationship, position held, functions, name of the project or subjects taught, dedication (Full-time, Part-time, Hours/Week), start date and end date.

• Copy of academic productivity.

• Other documents that allow you to verify compliance with the requirements and the information contained in the resume.

• Fill out the disability consultation form Law 1918 of 2018.

• Certificate of proficiency in a foreign language, as established in article 17 of the UIS Teacher Selection Regulations.

JÓVENES TALENTO

Contest

The documents that must be submitted by the candidate to register for the young talent contest are:

• Letter of request to participate in the competition, specifying the School, Department or Program of the Institute of Regional Projection and Distance Education and the area in which you wish to compete, addressed to the Academic Vice-Chancellor’s Office.
• Submit your CV in the form established by the university and published on its website.
• Photocopy of undergraduate degree.
• Copy of the result obtained in the Saber-Pro Exam or its equivalent.
• Undergraduate transcript.
• Certified academic distinctions.
• Certificate of not having missed subjects during the undergraduate degree.
  Institutional certifications demonstrating participation in teaching, research, or extension activities.
• Original or copy of academic productivity.
• Other documents that allow you to verify compliance with the requirements and the information that supports your resume.
• Certificate of proficiency in a foreign language, minimum level A2 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. The table below presents the only standards that will be accepted as valid for the most common languages.

To accredit proficiency in a foreign language, you can consult page 13 of the PDF in the document of the Teacher Selection Regulations – Agreement No. 046 of 2021, where the exams that must be provided by the applicant are detailed.

Those interested in taking the proficiency exam with the UIS Institute of Languages have the following dates available to take the exam:

For more information, click here.

In the same way, any information for registration can be directed to

• ilenguas.recursos@uis.edu.co
• ilenguas.pruebas@uis.edu.co

The salary and benefits system of the selected teachers is governed by Decree 1279 of June 19, 2002, issued by the Presidency of the Republic, regulated by the Regulations for the Evaluation of Academic Productivity, Agreement of the Superior Council No. 031 of May 17, 2003.

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