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Professor José Manuel Pereira Dias de Castro Lopes, Full Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, Vice-Rector of the same University:

Following my Order issued of 13 February 2026, by delegated power under Ordinance no. 9493/2022 published In the Official Gazette (Diário da República), 2nd series, no. 148 of 02 August, this call for applications is published for one position of Associate Professor to the disciplinary area of Mechanical Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto. The application procedure will remain in force for a period of thirty working days as from the working day immediately following the publication of this Notice in the Official Gazette.

1. The applicable legal provisions are as follows:

Articles 37 to 51, 61 and 62-A of the Statute of the University Teaching Career (ECDU), republished by Decree-Law No. 205/2009, of 31 August, and amended by Law No. 8/2010, of 13 May and Regulation of Competitions for the Recruitment of Full, Associate and Assistant Professors of the University of Porto (hereinafter referred to as Regulation), approved by Order No. 12913/2010, published in the Diário da República, 2nd series, no. 154, of 10 August and amended by Resolution (extract) no. 380/2019, published in the Diário da República, 2nd series, no. 64, of 1 April.

2. Administrative admission requirements to the competition:

2.1 - Hold a PhD degree for more than five years, counted until the day before the deadline for submission of applications.

If the doctorate has been awarded by a foreign higher education institution, it must be recognized by a Portuguese higher education institution, under the terms of article 4 of Decree-Law no. 66/2018, published in the Diário da República, 1st series, no. 157, of 16 August. This formality must be completed by the date of conclusion of the contract.

2.2 - Mastery of the spoken and written Portuguese language. Candidates of foreign nationality, except those from Portuguese-speaking countries, must have mastery of the spoken and written Portuguese language, at the common reference level B1, or higher. This requirement is officially recognized through a certificate or diploma of communicative competence in Portuguese from the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, of the Council of Europe.

3. Approval on absolute merit:

3.1 - If there are no grounds for rejection of the candidacies, the Jury will decide on their approval or non-approval on absolute merit, by justified roll-call vote, and abstentions will not be allowed.

3.2 - The candidate who is approved by an absolute majority of the voting members of the jury is considered approved on absolute merit.

3.3 - The approval on absolute merit of the candidates depends on the possession of a global curriculum that the jury considers to be of scientific and pedagogical merit, research capacity and activity developed, compatible with the disciplinary area for which the competition was opened and appropriate to the respective teaching category, as documented in the respective information submitted to the competition.

3.4 - For the purposes of the evaluation referred to in the previous point, the approval based on absolute merit of the candidates will depend on the cumulative fulfillment of the following requirements:

(i) hold a PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering;

(ii) have a curriculum whose merit the Jury deems to have a scientific and pedagogical level, research capacity and activity developed compatible with the disciplinary area of Mechanical Engineering, the disciplinary sub-area of Applied Mechanics, and with the category for which the competition is open.

4. Evaluation and ranking on relative merit:

The ranking on relative merit will be carried out based on the aspects and criteria of ranking, respective weighting and final valuation system, in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 6 of article 50 of the ECDU and article 14 of the Regulation.

4.1 - Evaluation methodology:

The selection method to be used is curricular evaluation, bearing in mind the general functions assigned to university teachers by article 4 of the ECDU focusing on the aspects and respective criteria identified below.

4.2 - Aspects of the evaluation:

The evaluation of the candidates focuses on the following aspects and program and should highlight the curricular aspects in the disciplinary area of Mechanical Engineering, the disciplinary subarea of Applied Mechanics.

The work developed in the last ten years will be especially valued:

1. Scientific Merit – scientific research or technological development activities – 45%;
2. Pedagogical Experience and Merit – teaching activity and monitoring and guiding students – 20%;
3. University Extension and Economic and Social Valorization of Knowledge Tasks – university extension activities, scientific dissemination and economic and social valorization of knowledge – 10%;
4. University Management – management of university institutions and other tasks distributed by the competent management bodies and that are included in the scope of the activity of university teaching – 5%;
5. Scientific-Pedagogical Program – research, teaching and knowledge enhancement activities that the candidate proposes to develop as an Associate Professor, in the disciplinary area of Mechanical Engineering, disciplinary subarea of Applied Mechanics, taking into account the integration of the candidate in the scientific, pedagogical and knowledge enhancement activities developed in the Applied Mechanics Section of the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto – 20%.

4.3 - Evaluation criteria:

The criteria to be taken into account in the evaluation of each of the evaluation and programme strands identified in the previous point and the weighting to be given to each of them in the final classification are as follows:

4.3.1. Criteria for the evaluation of the Scientific Merit strand (VCM) – 45%

CI1 — Scientific production

Quality and quantity of scientific production (books, articles in journals, publications in conference proceedings, ...) expressed by the number and type of publications, and by the recognition given to it by the scientific community (translated into the quality of the places of publication and the references made to them by other authors, ...), with publications in the disciplinary subarea of Applied Mechanics being particularly relevant.

CI2 — Coordination and implementation of scientific projects

Quality and quantity of scientific projects funded on a competitive basis by public funds, through national or international agencies or by companies, in which the candidate has participated and the results obtained in them, giving relevance to the coordination of projects.

In the quality assessment, the funding obtained, the degree of demand of the tender, the evaluations of the projects carried out and the prototypes carried out must be taken into account, in particular if they were sequenced in products or services. Projects in the disciplinary subarea of Applied Mechanics will be of particular relevance.

CI3 — Establishment of scientific teams

Ability to generate, organize and lead scientific teams, as well as to supervise researchers in postdoctoral and doctoral work.

CI4 — Intervention in the scientific and professional communities

Ability to intervene in the scientific and professional communities expressed, namely, by collaboration in the editing of journals, by the presentation of invited lectures and participation in academic juries outside the institution itself. Of particular relevance will be the interventions related to the disciplinary subarea of Applied Mechanics.

4.3.2. Criteria for the evaluation of the Pedagogical Experience and Merit strand (VEMP)– 20%

CE1 — Coordination of pedagogical projects

Coordination and promotion of new pedagogical projects (e.g. development of new curricula, creation and coordination of new courses or study programmes, etc.) or reform and improvement of existing projects (e.g. reformulating existing curricula, participating in the reorganisation of existing courses or study programmes), carrying out projects with an impact on the teaching/learning process, as well as participation in accreditation or certification processes. Of particular relevance will be the coordination of pedagogical projects in the disciplinary area of Mechanical Engineering, the disciplinary subarea of Applied Mechanics.

CE2 — Production of teaching material

Quality and quantity of the pedagogical material produced by the candidate, as well as publications of a pedagogical nature in prestigious international journals or conferences. Of particular relevance will be the pedagogical material in the disciplinary area of Mechanical Engineering, the disciplinary subarea of Applied Mechanics.

CE3 — Teaching activity

Quantity and quality of the teaching activity carried out by the candidate, including supervision of Master's Dissertations and end-of-course projects. Quality assessment should use, whenever possible, objective methods based on extensive opinion gatherings (pedagogical surveys), being particularly relevant the demonstration of teaching experience in the disciplinary area of Mechanical Engineering, disciplinary sub-area of Applied Mechanics.

4.3.3. Criteria for the evaluation of the University Extension and Economic and Social Valorization of Knowledge Tasks strand (VTC) – 10%

CTC1 — Patents, registration and ownership of rights, drafting of technical standards and legislation

Authorship and co-authorship of patents, registrations of ownership of intellectual property rights over software, mathematical methods and rules of mental activity. Participation in the preparation of legislative projects and technical standards.

CTC2 – Consulting services and study and development contracts

Among others, the coordination and participation in consulting services, study and development contracts, professional training and technological specialization courses, in the public sector or business environment, being particularly relevant those developed in the disciplinary area of Mechanical Engineering, disciplinary subarea of Applied Mechanics.

Participation, as an expert, in panels and evaluation processes of research and technological development (R&TD) projects in companies and/or entities of the scientific and technological system (SCT).

Coordination and participation, as a teacher, in professional training or technological specialization courses aimed at companies or the public sector.

The assessment of this criterion must also take into account the economic valuation of the research results achieved, as measured by the development and technology transfer contracts to which they have given rise and the spin-off companies to which they have contributed.

CTC3 — Dissemination of science and technology

Dissemination of science and technology, with particularly relevant dissemination in the disciplinary area of Mechanical Engineering, disciplinary subarea of Applied Mechanics.

Coordination and participation in scientific and technological dissemination initiatives with the scientific community (e.g., organization of congresses and conferences) and for various audiences.

Scientific and technological dissemination publications and other means of dissemination.

4.3.4. Criteria for the evaluation of the University Management strand (VGU) – 5%

CGU — Participation of the candidate in scientific, pedagogical or institutional management activities

4.3.5. Criteria for the evaluation of the Scientific-Pedagogical Programme strand (VPCP)– 20%

CPCP — Program for the development of research, teaching and knowledge enhancement activities

Consistency, feasibility and impact of the program of research, teaching and university extension activities that the candidate intends to develop during the first five years of his activity as an Associate Professor, in the disciplinary area of Mechanical Engineering, disciplinary subarea of Applied Mechanics, integrated in the Applied Mechanics Section of the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto.

5. How the jury works

5.1 - Candidates' scores

Each member of the jury carries out their evaluation exercise, scoring each candidate in relation to each strand, on a scale of 0 to 100 points, rounded to the nearest tenth, taking into account the criteria approved for each strand and programme, with a degree of demand adjusted to the category for which the competition is opened.

5.2 - Public hearing

The jury has the possibility of holding a public hearing on equal terms for all candidates approved on absolute merit, for the purpose of personal clarification of the evaluation elements contained in the documentation presented by them.

If there is a need to hold these public hearings, they will take place between the 30th and the 70th day following the deadline for submission of the application, and all candidates will be informed, by email, at least ten working days in advance, of the date and place where these public hearings will take place.

5.3 - Final Result

The Final Result (RF) of the evaluation of each candidate by each member of the jury is calculated through the weighting formula of the various curricular strands:

RF = (0.45*VMC) + (0.20*VEMP) + (0.10*VTC) + (0.05*VGU) + (0.20*VPCP)

which reflects the weights associated with each strand, as shown in Table 1.

Table 1. Weights associated with the evaluation strands

Strand

Weight

Criterion

VMC

(Scientific Merit)

0.45

CI1 - (Scientific production)

CI2 - (Coordination and implementation of scientific projects)

CI3 - (Establishment of scientific teams)

CI4 - (Intervention in the scientific and professional communities)

VEMP

(Pedagogical Experience and Merit)

0.20

CE1 - (Coordination of pedagogical projects)

CE2 - (Production of pedagogical material)

CE3 - (Teaching activity)

VTC

(University Extension and Economic and Social Valorization of Knowledge Tasks)

0.10

CTC1 - (Patents, registration and ownership of rights, ...)

CTC2 - (Consulting services and study and development contracts)

CTC3 - (Dissemination of science and technology)

VGU

(University Management)

0.05

CGU - (University management activities)

VPCP

(Scientific and Pedagogical Program)

0.20

CPCP - (Research, teaching and university extension activities)

Following their evaluation exercise, each member of the jury builds their ordered list of candidates, with which they participate in the votes that lead to the decision to approve the candidates on absolute merit and the final ranking of the candidates under the terms of point 4, and it is not possible to have a tie between candidates in the final classification.

5.4 - Jury deliberations

5.4.1. Any resolution will result from article 17, paragraph 12, of the Regulation of Competitions for the Recruitment of Full, Associate and Assistant Professors of the University of Porto, applicable by virtue of article 83-A of the ECDU, which determined the approval of the same with a view to the implementation of the rules of that legal diploma, covering the procedural procedure of the competitions, namely the evaluation and final classification system.

Thus, under the terms of article 17, paragraph 12 of the aforementioned Regulation, the jury will deliberate through a roll-call vote based on the selection criteria adopted and disclosed for the approval and ranking of the candidates, with an absolute majority being required for any deliberation, and abstentions are not allowed.

5.4.2. Ranking methodology:

In the various votes, each member of the jury must respect his or her ranking list, observing the following in the votes:

1. the first ballot is intended to determine the candidate placed in 1st place, counting the number of votes that each candidate obtained for that place;
2. if a candidate obtains an absolute majority of the votes for 1st place, he or she is placed in his or her position and removed from the ballot, and the procedure to choose the candidate for 2nd place begins;
3. if no candidate obtains an absolute majority of the votes for the 1st place, a new ballot begins, only among the candidates who obtained votes for the 1st place, after the candidate with the least votes for that place in the previous vote has been removed;
4. if there is a tie between two or more candidates in the position of the least voted, a tie-breaking vote is held only between them, counting the number of first relative positions of each one, and the least voted is removed;
5. If there is a tie between two or more candidates in the position of the least voted, but the number of candidates tied for the position of the least voted has been reduced, in relation to the previous round of voting, a new tie-breaker vote shall be held only between the candidates tied for the position of the least voted, counting the number of relative first positions of each one, the least voted being removed;
6. if the tie exists between two or more candidates in the position of the least voted, without the number of candidates tied in the position of the least voted having been reduced, in relation to the previous round of voting, the tie-breaker is made through the casting vote of the President or by the exercise of the tie-breaking vote, as the case may be, the candidate voted for by the President being chosen to be part of the subsequent vote for the same post;
7. if there is a tie when there are only two or more candidates left for the 1st place, the tie-breaker is made through the casting vote of the President of the jury or by the exercise of the tie-breaking vote, as the case may be;
8. Once the candidate for the 1st place is chosen, he leaves the voting and the selection procedure for the candidate to be placed in 2nd place begins, repeating the process referred to in the previous paragraphs for the subsequent places until a single ordered list of all the candidates is obtained.

6. Submission of applications

6.1 - Submission of nominations

Candidates must access and register on the electronic platform www.apply.up.pt to submit their application, selecting the procedure to which they wish to apply (procedure code: DOCPUB-FEUP-26-1), until the deadline.

6.2 - Instruction of applications

The application must be accompanied by the following documents, under penalty of exclusion:

a) Doctorate certificate, except for cases corresponding to obtaining a PhD degree at the University of Porto. The opponent to the competition who is selected for the post to be filled and holds a doctoral degree obtained abroad must present the recognition or registration (as applicable) of his or her degree at the time of signing the contract, under the terms of Decree-Law No. 66/2018, of 16 August, under penalty of exclusion;

b)Certificate or diploma of communicative competence in Portuguese from the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, of the Council of Europe, in the case of candidates of foreign nationality, except those from Portuguese-speaking countries, under the terms of point 2.2. of this notice;

c) Curriculum vitae containing all the relevant information for the evaluation of the application, taking into account the selection and ranking criteria set out in paragraph 4. of this notice, namely the information on scientific publications from the SCI/or SCOPUS databases, which includes journal impact factors and citation indicators, excluding self-citations.

The candidate must structure the curriculum in such a way as to facilitate the quick and complete identification of his/her contribution, in the disciplinary area in which the competition is opened, in each of the subparagraphs of point 4.2.;

d) Works mentioned in the curriculum presented, and candidates may highlight up to ten of those they consider most representative of the activity developed by them;

e) Scientific and pedagogical program, describing the research, teaching and university extension activities that the candidate proposes to develop, as an Associate Professor, in the disciplinary area of Mechanical Engineering, disciplinary subarea of Applied Mechanics, integrated in the Applied Mechanics Section of the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto. The Scientific and Pedagogical Program may not exceed 12 A4 pages (Introduction – Conclusions).

6.3 - Each of the documents indicated in paragraph d) of point 6.2. of the Notice must be submitted in an individual file and in full version on the electronic platform.

6.4 - For the purposes of evaluating the applications, any documents whose access is provided through links will not be considered, with the exception of those that refer to publications with DOI.

6.5 - The documents mentioned in point 6.2. must be submitted, preferably, in a non-editable format.

6.6 - Failure to comply with the provisions of 6.1. determines the exclusion of the application.

6.7 - Failure to submit or late submission of the documents referred to in paragraphs a) to f) of paragraph 6.2 shall result in the non-admission of the application.

7. Notifications and hearing of interested parties

7.1 - The Human Resources Service of the Centre for Common Resources and Services of the University of Porto will notify the candidates of the order of administrative admission or non-admission to the competition, which will be based on compliance or non-compliance with the requirements required in the legislation in force and in paragraph 2 of this notice, and the conditions established regarding the application instruction referred to in paragraph 6.2.

7.2 - Interested parties shall be heard, in accordance with the provisions of articles 121 and 122 of the Code of Administrative Procedure (CPA), to candidates who have not been administratively admitted, to those who have not been approved on absolute merit, and to candidates ranked in place of the ranking list of candidates that cannot be filled in the post in competition. All candidates are notified of the approval of the jury's final deliberation.

7.3 - Notifications are made by publishing on the Apply UP electronic platform, under the terms of paragraph c) of no. 1 of article 112 of the CPA, producing their effects under the terms of article 113 of the CPA.

The deadline for candidates to make a written statement is ten working days.

8. Composition of the Jury

President: Dr. José Manuel Pereira Dias de Castro Lopes, Full Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, Vice-Rector of the same University.

Members:

Dr. João Paulo Flores Fernandes, Full Professor, School of Engineering, University of Minho;

Dr. Paulo Rui Alves Fernandes, Full Professor, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon;

Dr. Virgínia Isabel Monteiro Nabais Infante, Full Professor, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon;

Dr. João Manuel Ribeiro da Silva Tavares, Full Professor, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto;

Dr. Mário Augusto Pires Vaz, Full Professor, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto.

9. Joint Order No. 373/2000, of 31 March, of the Minister for the Reform of the State and Public Administration and the Minister for Equality, determines that the following mention must be made in entrance and access competitions:

"In compliance with Article 9 h) of the Constitution, the Public Administration, as an employer, actively promotes a policy of equal opportunities between men and women in access to employment and professional progression, scrupulously ensuring that any form of discrimination is avoided".

In this sense, the terms "candidate(s)", "teacher(s)" and other similar terms are not used in this notice to refer to the gender of the people.

Likewise, no candidate may be privileged, benefited, prejudiced or deprived of any right or exempt from any duty on the grounds of, in particular, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, marital status, family situation, economic situation, education, origin or social condition, genetic heritage, reduced work capacity, disability, chronic illness, nationality, ethnic origin or race, territory of origin, language, religion, political or ideological convictions and union membership.

18th February 2026 - The Vice-Rector, Professor José Manuel Pereira Dias de Castro Lopes