Assistant Professor in Artificial Intelligence

Dean of the Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University announces an open competition for the position:

 Assistant Professor in Artificial Intelligence

Number of open positions: 1

Application deadline: 15th January 2026

Working Hours: full-time (40 hours per week)

Expected start: September 2026, by mutual agreement

Employment: 3-year initial contract (with possible extension - tenure track)

Workplace: Faculty of Informatics – Department of  Machine Learning and Data Processing, Masaryk University, Botanická 68a, Brno

EU Researcher Profile: Researcher 2

Salary: CZK ​​​63 700 and a start-up grant (approximately CZK 650 000)

Job description key points

The position is focused on both teaching and research. The candidates are expected to carry out research of excellent quality in Artificial Intelligence and take responsibility for lectures and tutorials in courses included in the Czech bachelor study program Informatics (https://www.fi.muni.cz/catalogue-current/?program=bc_inf_cz) and the Master study program Artificial Intelligence and Data Processing (https://www.fi.muni.cz/catalogue-current/?program=nmgr_umi_cz).

In particular, the candidates should be able to prepare and deliver lectures and tutorials at the bachelor as well as master level in the following areas:

• Artificial Intelligence;
• Machine Learning;
• Processing and Analysis of Large-scale Data.

The candidates should show a large amount of flexibility in teaching subjects that are not directly related to their particular areas of research. They are expected to help with supervising undergraduate as well as graduate students and attract research projects to fund their research activities.

The successful candidate must have

• PhD in Computer Science;
• Existing track record in research;
• Experience in teaching and supervising small projects;
• Passion for problem-solving and desire to work with students;
• Dynamic, flexible personality, able to work well in teams;
• Ability to teach in Czech or Slovak (minimum level C1 or native speaker);
• Fluency in English (both spoken and written); other language(s) welcome;
• Experience from other countries than the Czech and Slovak Republics (at least one year).

Desired skills and achievements:

• PhD in computer science; 
• Experience with active participation in research projects;
• Ability to work well in interdisciplinary teams.

Applicants should submit:

• CV, including a summary of work experience, publication activity, teaching, involvement in research grants, etc.;
• Copy of diploma from the highest level of education (notarial certification not required);
• Cover letter explaining the candidate's motivation and interest in obtaining the position;
• Title and abstract of a lecture in English for public on a topic within Artificial Intelligence, where the aim of the lecture is to test the candidate's teaching skills;
• The names and contact details of three professional referees.

We offer

• an interesting job in a prestigious university environment with international overlap and cooperation with the application sphere;
• career development and growth (e.g. university seminar series, courses provided by MU, participation in conferences, staff mobility training, participation in research projects, support of project department);
• relocation support and help from the Welcome Office MU;
• employee benefits such as 8 weeks of paid vacation per year, pension insurance contribution, Multisport card, vaccination allowance, childcare group at MU building (Komenského nám., Brno);
• workplace close to the centre of Brno with parking directly on the faculty premises.

Please submit your application, including all required documents, preferably online via the MU e-application - please use the link Assistant Professor in Artificial Intelligence | Masarykova univerzita.

In case this way of submission would not be possible, we also accept a paper application with a declaration of the reason for such a submission.

The selection process is based on the Open Transparent Merit-based Recruitment Policy. Faculty of Informatics holds the HR Excellence in Research Award. The rules of the selection processes at the Faculty of Informatics MU can be found at Guide to the selection procedure | FI MU.

Once submitting your application successfully, you will receive an automatic confirmation email. Candidates successful in the first round of the selection process will be invited for an in-person interview or a video-conference interview. Candidates who succeed in the second round will be invited to present a public lecture.

Queries regarding the submission procedure can be sent to HR Department: pers@fi.muni.cz.

Queries regarding the position as such can be addressed to  doc. Hana Rudová, Head of the Department of Machine Learning and Data Processing, hanka@fi.muni.cz.

Further information is available:

• Faculty of Informatics at https://www.fi.muni.cz/
• Brno at https://www.gotobrno.cz/en/