164084 Professor of Equine General Medicine

Professor of Equine General Medicine
Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
University of Copenhagen

The University seeks to appoint a full professor within equine general medicine to the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences to commence 1 November 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter. Information on the Department can be found at: https://sund.ku.dk/ and https://ikv.ku.dk/english/

About us

The Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences covers strong and internationally recognized research areas in clinical veterinary sciences. A relatively large part of our research is fertilised and inspired from clinical challenges, identified in the hospital, in our ambulatory field practice or from our collaborators in large animal clinics. Based on these, we want to set a new standard for cross-disciplinary research, education and innovation within animal health and disease. Our research supports teaching in a manner and quality securing continued national and international bench marking. The culture of the department is typical Scandinavian: a flat structure with a tradition for close collaboration where all employees are expecting openness, mutual respect, and sharing of ideas, resources and competences.

The Section for Medicine, Surgery and Reproduction for Large animals holds research and clinical teaching, in a modern 24-hour open university veterinary teaching hospital and ambulatory field practice service for all large animals with horses as the primary species consulted. We also have a modern up-to-date pre-clinical skills lab open 24/7 for veterinary students to practice clinical skills. Our research is focused on diseases of clinical relevance for horses and cattle thereby having a direct application for veterinarians and animal owners. Also, translational research bridging basic science to human medicine is strong in this section.

Since over 50% of veterinary graduates will enter clinical practice after university, our department strategically focuses on developing and expanding general medicine. The announced professorship is crucial to achieving this goal, enhancing the synergy between our ambulatory field practice, advanced pre-clinical skills lab, and internationally renowned Large Animal University Hospital. The research will primarily focus on diseases relevant to general practice, as well as research on training and preparing veterinary students for their future careers in general practice.

Equine medicine is a core discipline in the fourth and fifth years of the veterinary education in Denmark. Teaching of veterinary students is an essential element in both the hospital and ambulatory field practice. The professor will therefore be expected to take a leadership role in conducting clinical relevant research, teaching and examining undergraduate students, as well as assist and promote the development of both pre-and postgraduate teaching as well as research strategies within the field of equine general medicine.  

Job description

In considering applications for the full professorship, the main emphasis will be on the following aspects:

• The applicant's ability to document a high level of original scientific production on an international level within the area of equine general medicine with relevance for equine clinical practice nationally and internationally.
• The applicant’s practical experience within equine general medicine in both a hospital and field practice setting.
• The applicants experience with development of clinical teaching of veterinary students.

The professor’s responsibilities will primarily consist of:

• Research, including publication/academic dissemination
• Research-based pre-and postgraduate teaching, including clinical teaching and service, associated examination and course responsibilities
• Strengthen, developing and integrating ambulatory field practice in research-based teaching of veterinary students
• Research leadership, including guidance and supervision of researchers and veterinary students as well as securing external funding.
• Obligation to share knowledge with the rest of society, including participation in public debate and engagement in topics of relevance for horse owners
• Academic assessments
• Leading the Equine internal medicine and sports medicine group at the University Hospital for Large Animals.
• Continuously improve the preclinical and clinical teaching of veterinary students with a focus on practical skills necessary for newly graduated equine clinicians in Denmark.

Required qualifications

To be qualified for a professor position, you will be assessed according to these six overall criteria for recognising merit at the University of Copenhagen: Research, teaching, societal impact, organisational contribution, external funding, and leadership. Find information about each criterion.

The successful applicant should:

• Hold a DVM with license to practice in Denmark, or be willing to apply for such within 6 months
• Hold a PhD degree or similar qualifications
• Document a high degree of research experience and scientific publications within the field of the position at an international level, including considerable contributions to the development of the academic discipline
• Have experience with research management and other management functions, including attraction of external funding and group leadership
• Document pre-and postgraduate clinical teaching experience within the field of the position and documented pedagogical training at university level
• Perform research-based teaching
• Be interested in continuously improving the pre-clinical and clinical teaching in our student veterinary simulation laboratory, the hospital and ambulatory practice.
• Perform quality patient care and service management in an equine hospital and ambulatory field practice within equine general medicine
• Possess good interpersonal and communicative skills.
• If Danish is not the first language, the applicant is expected to obtain sufficient Danish skills within 3 years.

Terms of employment
The position is a permanent position.

The average weekly working hours are 37 hours per week.

Salary and other terms and conditions of appointment are set in accordance with the Agreement between the Ministry of Finance and AC (Danish Confederation of Professional Associations) or other relevant professional organisations. The position is covered by the Job Structure for Academic Staff at Universities 2020.

Questions

For further information, please contact Head of Section Rikke Buhl, rib@sund.ku.dk, http://www.ikv.ku.english

Foreign applicants may find the following links useful: www.ism.ku.dk (International Staff Mobility) and www.workingconditions.ku.dk.

Application

The application must be submitted in English and must include the following documents:

• Application (Including motivation for applying for this position (Maximum 2 pages))
• Curriculum vitae (Including information about external funding)
• Diplomas (Master’s, PhD and other relevant certificates)
• A complete list of publications
• Research plan (3‐5 pages)
• Uploads of maximum 10 publications to be considered in the assessment
• Teaching plan
• Teaching portfolio (Guidelines)

Application procedure
After the expiry of the deadline for applications, the authorized recruitment manager selects applicants for assessment on the advice of the Appointments Committee.  All applicants are then immediately notified whether their application has been passed for assessment. The Dean then appoints an expert assessment committee in order to make an assessment of the selected applicants for the specific post. Selected applicants are notified of the composition of the committee and each applicant has the opportunity to comment on the part of the assessment that relates to the applicant him/herself. You can read about the recruitment process at the university's Job Portal.

Please note that the applicant will be contacted if the assessment committee requires further documentation.

The applicant will be assessed according to the Ministerial Order no. 242 of 13 March 2012 on the Appointment of Academic Staff at Universities.

The University of Copenhagen encourages all interested applicants to apply for this position.

Please submit the application with the required attachments. Only online applications will be accepted. The closing date for applications is 23.59 p.m. CET, 3 June 2025.

Interviews for this position are likely to be held on 29 September 2025.