The Office for Academic Staff handles the appointment, tenure and promotion of faculty and teaching staff, sabbaticals and vacations, trips abroad, the appointment of postdocs and academic visitors, scholarships, honors and awards. Major facts and initiatives are described below.
New faculty recruitment
As of March 2023, the Technion recruited 24 new faculty members, of which five are women. Note that seven of the faculty who joined the Haifa campus are non-Israelis. Currently, we are deep into the process of recruitment for the next academic year (starting October 2024). The number of faculty members at the Technion has remained stable, with the proportion of women faculty remaining at around 20%. We are also happy to welcome the first Arab-Israeli female faculty member out of approximately 600 Technion faculty members and we are working diligently to increase representation for this sector of Israeli society.
Research fellows track
This new track launched in 2022 is continuing to develop. Its purpose is to enable part-time involvement of experts from industry in research and education at the Technion. Within a short period, we successfully recruited 35 fellows. Many more are expected to join us over the coming years.
Postdoctoral fellows
In the 2021-22 academic year there were 390 postdoctoral fellows, of whom 256 were from overseas (compared to 418 in the previous year, of whom 262 were from overseas). One of our goals in the coming years is to increase the number of excellent post-docs, both from Israel and abroad.
Representation of women in major promotion committees
We continue in our efforts to increase the representation of women in major academic committees. In the two main senate committees that handle the hiring, tenure and promotion of senior Technion faculty, more than a third of the committee members are women.
Representation of young faculty in preparatory committees
In accordance with an amendment to the Academic Bylaws approved during the year 2022, unit heads may appoint additional members to the Preparatory Committee from among the associate professors in the unit – provided that their number does not exceed one-fifth of the number of professors on the committee. The purpose of said amendment was to increase the involvement and influence of younger faculty in major decisions. Implementation of the amendment started in the 2022-2023 academic year in four out of Technion’s eighteen academic units.
Refugees
We’re sad to witness the war in Ukraine and offer our support by hosting researchers who seek an academic home for a short term; Ukrainian refugees, as well as Russian dissidents who voice their opposition and seek a safe academic shelter for a while.