Chaires de professeur junior - Campagne 2023 - In English

Sorbonne University pursues a dynamic of disciplinary reinforcement and support to emerging fields, which will allow it to gain or confirm its top ranking at the international level. The opening of these chairs will give the opportunity to attract the best specialists in these fields within a significant and well identified international pool. The fields concerned, in particular in information sciences, are supported by the establishment of specialized masters and strengthen the deployment of artificial intelligence, throughout the university, and reinforce the international positioning of the institution in astrophysics.

Open Chairs and recruitment strategy of Sorbonne University


Sorbonne University is opening 4 junior professorships for 2023 in the following fields within the Science and Engineering and Medicine faculties: Mathematical Foundations of Computational and Data Sciences; Multi-Messenger Astronomy; Mechanisms of Progression of Plasma Hematopoietic Diseases; and Interconnection between Viral Microbiome and Immune System.


2 junior professorships open in the Faculty of Science and Engineering

2 chairs are currently open in the Faculty of Science and Engineering.

Applications will be made on the ministerial portal Galaxie between March 16, 2023 at 10:00 am (Paris time) and April 17, 2023 at 4:00 pm (Paris time).

The application procedure is entirely paperless via Galaxie.

Applicants who do not have access to this Galaxie application (in particular those living abroad) may exceptionally submit their complete application electronically (sciences-drh-gestioncoec @ sorbonne-universite.fr) in accordance with the schedule and procedures set out.

When searching for positions, junior professorships will be distinguished from others by the recruitment article (CPJ). The application form must be submitted in the "Titles and works" section of the application form.

For any additional information concerning the administrative procedure, you can contact the faculty staff service

Tel. 00 33 (0)1 44 27 21 26 / 01 44 27 27 66 / 01 44 27 35 10

Email (sciences-drh-gestioncoec @ sorbonne-universite.fr)

For any information on the scientific profile of the position, the contacts are mentioned on the job descriptions.


2 junior professorships open in the Faculty of Medicine

2 chairs are currently open in the Faculty of Medicine.

Applications will be made on the ministerial portal Galaxie between March 23, 2023 at 10:00 am (Paris time) and April 24, 2023 at 4:00 pm (Paris time).

The application procedure is entirely paperless via Galaxie.

Applicants who do not have access to this Galaxie application (in particular those living abroad) may exceptionally submit their complete application electronically (pascale.bechu @ sorbonne-universite.fr) in accordance with the schedule and procedures set out.

When searching for positions, junior professorships will be distinguished from others by the recruitment article (CPJ). The application form (lien à insérer) must be submitted in the "Titles and works" section of the application form.

For any additional information concerning the administrative procedure, you can contact the faculty staff service :

- Tel. 00 33 (0)1 44 27 93 33

- Email (pascale.bechu @ sorbonne-universite.fr)

For any information on the scientific profile of the position, the contacts are mentioned on the job descriptions.

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How to apply

Consult the reference texts:

- The décret no. 2021-1710 of December 17, 2021 on the junior professorship contract provided for in article L. 952-6-2 of the Education Code and article L. 422-3 of the Research Code

- The arrêté of February 6, 2023, as amended, relating to the general terms and conditions of transfer, secondment and recruitment by competition of lecturers, university professors and junior professors (cf. in particular Title III - articles 24 to 27 and Title IV - articles 28 to 31).

Applicants, according to the schedule set for each position, can submit the application file via the departmental application Galaxie.

Applicants who do not have access to the Galaxie application (in particular those living abroad) may exceptionally submit the complete application electronically according to the established schedule and procedures.

The application file is composed of an application form entered online and includes a digital version of the following documents

- An identity document with a photograph;

- A document attesting to the possession of a doctorate, as provided for in article L. 612-7 of the Education Code, or a diploma, title or qualification whose equivalence is recognized according to the procedure set out in 1° of article 5 of the aforementioned décret of 17 December 2021;

- The report of the diploma defense produced, or a certificate from the institution certifying that no defense report has been established;

- An analytical presentation of the works, books, articles, achievements and activities related to the profile of the position in question, mentioning those that the candidate intends to present at the audition;

- A copy of each of the works, books, articles and achievements mentioned in the analytical presentation and that the candidate intends to present at the audition, not exceeding six documents.

Candidates who are or have been teaching or researching at a level equivalent to that of the position to be filled for less than 18 months in a higher education institution in a country other than France must indicate this status in their application.

Candidates who do not hold a doctorate must have their university degrees, qualifications and titles recognized as equivalent to a doctorate according to one of the procedures provided for in article 5 of decree no. 2021-1710 of December 17, 2021 concerning the junior professorship contract provided for in article L. 952-6-2 of the Education Code and article L. 422-3 of the Research Code.

The conditions for admission to the competition are examined on the closing date for applications.

Any file that is incomplete by the deadline is declared non-eligible.

Only candidates who have been selected by the selection committee will be invited to an audition, according to a schedule and procedures that will be communicated shortly.

For more information, you can consult :

- The Galaxie page on junior professorships

- The Galaxie ministerial site, application space

All the positions offered for recruitment by Sorbonne University are accessible to people with disabilities.