Professor in Large Animal Surgery

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science

Department of Clinical Sciences

The Department of Clinical Sciences conducts basic education, research, and postgraduate education in the fields of veterinary medicine and animal care. We contribute to the continuous development of knowledge about animal health and diseases at both the individual and population levels.

The department's activities mainly concern our common Swedish domestic animal species (livestock) with a focus on anesthesiology, imaging diagnostics, animal care, epidemiology, laboratory animal science, surgery, clinical chemistry, medicine, and animal reproduction. Additionally, SLU University Animal Hospital (UDS) is an integrated part of the department.

Read more about our activities and infrastructure.

Read more about our benefits and what it's like to work at SLU.

Subject Description

The subject is large animal surgery with a focus on horses, but also includes ruminants and pigs.

Job Duties

The holder of the position shall, within the subject of employment:

• develop and lead internationally successful research
• develop, lead, and participate in teaching at basic, advanced, and postgraduate levels
• develop and maintain national and international networks with academia, relevant authorities, industries, organizations, and society at large
• collaborate with other research groups within SLU to strengthen the university's interdisciplinary activities
• apply for external research funding at both national and international levels
• supervise doctoral students and candidates during specialist training
• actively participate in clinical work and teaching
• contribute to the strategic development of the department, faculty, and SLU
• communicate research results and other relevant subject information to the surrounding society
• perform administrative tasks within the department, faculty, and university.

The department has a bilingual work environment. The professor will be able to perform most of their duties in English. As a public authority, the university has Swedish as its main language according to the requirements of the Language Act, and the holder is expected to be able to communicate in Swedish within two years from the start of employment. The department will support the holder in achieving this.

Eligibility

The applicant must:

• have a veterinary degree
• have Swedish veterinary licensure, or be entitled to obtain such in accordance with current applicable legislation, regulations, and directives*
• have a doctoral degree and associate professor competence or equivalent scientific competence
• be scientifically skilled in the subject of employment
• be pedagogically skilled and have the ability to integrate research and a scientific approach in their teaching
• have documented current clinical experience in a subject relevant to the employment
• have good knowledge of English.

*Act on Activities in Animal Health and Veterinary Care, Chapter 3. Eligibility rules.

C23, Swedish Board of Agriculture's regulations and general advice on eligibility for animal health personnel (SJVFS 2016:9) Chapter 2. Eligibility as a veterinarian.

Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on the recognition of professional qualifications.

Assessment criteria and other information

Note: This is an abbreviated advertisement to fit in the Platsbanken advertising system. See the full advertisement at: SLU - job vacancies.

Last application date:

2026-08-31

Location:

Uppsala

Scope:

100%

Employment type:

Permanent

Start date:

By agreement

Application:

It is desirable that the application is written in English, as the applications will be assessed by experts both in Sweden and abroad.

For guidance in your application, you can refer to SLU's Employment Ordinance and Guidelines for applying for employment as professor, senior lecturer, or assistant senior lecturer at SLU.

Welcome to submit your application via the application button below.

Trade union representatives: