Faculty Positions Now Available

The university invites applications from all qualified individuals

  • Queen’s is committed to employment equity and diversity in the workplace and welcomes applications from Black, racialized/visible minority and Indigenous people, women, persons with disabilities, and 2SLGBTQ+ persons.

  • The university has policies in place to support employees with disabilities, including an Accommodation in the Workplace Policy and a policy on the provision of job accommodations that take into account an employee’s accessibility needs due to disability.

  • All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, in accordance with Canadian immigration requirements, Canadians and Permanent Residents of Canada will be given priority.

  • The university will provide support in its recruitment processes to applicants with disabilities, including accommodation that takes into account an applicant’s accessibility needs.

Learn more: Immigration and Relocation

See Also: Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC) 2026 Competition

 

Though many of the application deadlines noted below have passed, the competitions will remain open until the position has been filled.

 

Faculty of Arts and Science

School of Computing

Computational Intelligence - Application Deadline: July 7, 2025

Department of Biology

Baillie Family Chair in Conservation Biology and Associate Director of QUBS - Application Deadline: September 5, 2025

Department of Biology and School of Environmental Studies

Queen's National Scholar in Indigenous Science - Application Deadline: Applications will be accepted until the position is successfully filled. 

CRC Tier 1 in Paleolimnology - Application Deadline: September 10, 2025

Department of Chemistry 

C2MCI Mitchell Chair - Tenure Track Position in Nanomaterials and Surface Science - Application Deadline: March 28, 2025

CERC in Precision Materials Chemistry - Application Deadline: June 8, 2025 (possibility of extension until filled) 

Department of Art History and Art Conservation

Bader Chair in Northern Baroque Art History - Application Deadline: December 31, 2024

Department of Physics

CERC in Astroparticle Physics - Application Deadline: June 21, 2025 (possibility of extension until filled) 

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Peter Taylor Professorship in Mathematics and Statistics - October 30, 2025

Smith School of Business

None available at this time. 

Faculty of Education

None available at this time 

Smith Engineering

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Tier 2 CRC in Supercomputing and High Performance Computing - Application Deadline: November 1, 2025

CERC in Artificial Intelligence and Exascale Computing - Application Deadline: June 8, 2025

Mechanical and Materials Engineering

Defects in Materials or Nuclear Materials - Application Deadline: February 28, 2025

Robert M. Buchan Department of Mining

Surface and Underground Mining (Teaching-Focused) - Application Deadline: August 1, 2025

Mineral Processing and Metallurgy - Application Deadline: August 1, 2025

Mine Planning and Design, Orebody Modelling and Geostatistics - Application Deadline: September 1, 2025

Interdisciplinary 

Smith Engineering Professorship in Interdisciplinary Engineering - Application Deadline: May 31, 2025

Smith Engineering Chair in Engineering for Humanity - Application Deadline: May 31, 2025

Faculty of Law

Tax Law - Application Deadline: November 22, 2024

Labour and Employment Law - Application Deadline: January 5, 2025

Queen's University Library & Queen's University Archives

Teaching and Outreach Archivist/Librarian - Application Deadline: October 18, 2023

Recently Closed Positions

Searches for these positions are underway and applications are no longer being accepted at this time.

Computing

Cybersecurity - Application Deadline: August 11, 2023

Gender Studies 

  • Head, Department of Gender Studies (PDF). Application deadline: February 14, 2022

Kinesiology and Health Studies

Psychology

  • Tenure Track Position in Cognitive Neuroscience (PDF). Application Deadline: November 15, 2022

Department of English

Queen's National Scholar in Indigenous Literary Arts - Application Deadline: January 26, 2024

Indigenous Studies Program, Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Queen's National Scholar in Indigenous Knowledges and Perspectives - Application Deadline: January 29, 2024

Queen's National Scholar, Chair in Indigenous Studies - Application Deadline: February 1, 2024

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Mathematical Sciences - Application Deadline: January 3, 2025

Department of Geography and Planning 

Urban and Regional Planning - Application Deadline: November 30, 2023

Department of Biology

Director of the Queen's University Biology Station (QUBS) and the Baillie Chair in Conservation Biology - Application Deadline: February 1, 2024

Department of Political Studies

Comparative Politics - Application Deadline: January 15, 2024

  • Joint Appointment - Engineering Design. Application Deadline: February 15, 2023

Chemical Engineering

Electrical and Computer Engineering

  • Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Applied Artificial Intelligence (PDF). Application Deadline: January 31, 2023
  • Tenure Track Faculty Position in Software Engineering. Application Deadline: November 15, 2022
  • Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Biomedical Engineering. Application Deadline: November 30, 2022
  • Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Nanoelectronics. Application Deadline: November 30, 2022
  • Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Robotics and/or Mechatronics Engineering. Application Deadline: January 15, 2023
  • Tenure-Track Teaching-Focused Faculty Position in Software Engineering. Application Deadline: March 1, 2023
  • Bruce H. Mitchell Endowed Chair - Application Deadline: May 1, 2023

Civil Engineering

  • Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Geotechnical Engineering or Coastal Engineering (PDF). Application Deadline: February 1, 2022
  • Tenure-Track position in Climate Change Resilience of Structural or Geotechnical Infrastructure. Application Deadline: February 28, 2023

Robert M. Buchan Department of Mining

  • Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Energy Efficient Mining. Application Deadline: October 1, 2022
  • Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Chemical Extraction of Critical Metals. Application Deadline: March 6, 2023
  • Head of Department - Application Deadline: April 19, 2024

Mechanical and Materials Engineering

  • Visual Arts Education. Application deadline: November 30, 2022
  • Chair in Student Success and Wellness. Application deadline: February 3, 2023
  • Indigenous Education - Application Deadline: October 15, 2023

Biomedical and Molecular Sciences

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

  • Physiatrist. Application deadline: February 11, 2022

Pathology and Molecular Medicine 

  • Tenure-track Scholar/Educator. Application Deadline: November 1, 2022

Public Health Sciences

Queen's National Scholar in Indigenous Health Promotion - Application Deadline: January 29, 2024