Faculty Positions

Queen's University is hiring tenured and tenure-track positions across all disciplines.

Offering Canada’s definitive university experience, Queen’s University, a founding member of the U15 and of the international Matariki Network of Universities, balances excellence in teaching with innovative research. It is a global institution and home to a community of faculty, staff, and students from around the world. Queen’s has a long-standing reputation for academic excellence, leadership, and highly engaged students and alumni. 

FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE

Art History and Art Conservation

• Artifact Conservation
• Arts and Visual Cultures of Africa and/or its Diaspora (Queen’s National Scholar)

Chemistry

• Chemistry Education
• Physical-Organic Chemistry
• Theoretical/Computational Chemistry

Computing

• Open to all areas of Computer Science (3 positions)

Economics

• Economics of Social Policy
• Open to all areas of Economics

Film and Media

• Cinema Studies (Tenured position)
• Media Studies

Gender Studies and Geography & Planning

• Black Geographies (Queen’s National Scholar)

Geography and Planning

• Economic Geography and Economic Planning

Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering

• Applied Isotope Geochemistry (Tenured position)
• Earth System Geodynamics
• Environmental Engineering

Global Development Studies

• Migration and Development

History

• North American Indigenous History

Kinesiology and Health Studies

• Molecular Nutrition

Languages, Literatures and Cultures

• Cultural Anthropology/Sociolinguistics

Mathematics and Statistics

• Mathematics and Engineering and Applied Mathematics
• Statistics

Philosophy

• Philosophy of Race

Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy

• Astronomy and Astrophysics
• Experimental Particle Astrophysics

Political Studies

• Politics of Race

Psychology

• Cognitive Neuroscience – Decision Sciences
• Cognitive Neuroscience – Spatial Cognition

SMITH SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

• Accounting
• Finance
• Smith Chair – Finance (Tenured position)
• Stephen J.R. Smith Chair in Financial Accounting (Tenured position)

FACULTY OF EDUCATION

• Curriculum Theory
• Educational Policy
• Measurement and Assessment

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE

Chemical Engineering

• Chemical Engineering Design (Teaching-focused position)
• Green Engineering (Sustainability, Energy, and Environmental Remediation)
• System Biology (Queen’s National Scholar)

Civil Engineering

• Environmental Engineering
• Structural Engineering

Electrical and Computer Engineering

• The Bruce H. Mitchell Endowed Chair (Tenured position)
• Power Electronics
• Software Engineering (2 positions)

Robert M. Buchan Department of Mining

• Intelligent Mining Systems/Institute for Disruptive Technologies

FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES

Biomedical and Molecular Sciences

• Head of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences (Tenured position)
• Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Biomedical Metabolomics
• Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Microbiome Research

Public Health Sciences

• Head of Public Health Sciences (Tenured position)

School of Nursing

• Sally Smith Chair in Nursing 
• Vice-Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences and Director of Nursing (Tenured position)

FACULTY OF LAW

• Open to all areas of legal study (2 positions)
• International Economic Law (Queen’s National Scholar)

The university invites applications from all qualified individuals. Queen’s is committed to employment equity and diversity in the workplace and welcomes applications from women, racialized/visible minorities, Indigenous/Aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ persons. The university has policies in place to support its 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.

Queen’s University is located in the heart of scenic Kingston, Ontario, midway between Montreal and Toronto, and close to Ottawa, the nation’s capital, and within a 1-hour driving distance of the US border. Queen’s University is situated on the territory of the Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabek.

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