The Scientific Council of the Archil Eliashvili Institute of Control Systems of the Georgian Technical University announces an open competition for the following scientific positions:

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• Chief Scientific employee - 0.5 staff units;

• Scientific employee - 0.5 staff units.

Applications will be accepted from October 2nd, 2025, to October 6th, 2025, inclusive, from 10:00 to 17:00 hours, at the address: Tbilisi, Mindeli St. N10, Archil Eliashvili Institute of Control Systems, 4th floor, room N1, responsible person Nino Javashvili, tel: 032 231 98 74.

The competition will be held on October 8th, 2025. The preliminary results of the competition will be published no later than October 8th, 2025, by the Competition Commission in a visible place and on the Institute’s website.

Applications/complaints regarding violations of the competition rules will be accepted by the Competition Commission until October 13th, 2025.

Additional information to participate in the competition (contestant’s application form, application, time, and place of the interview) will be published on the Institute’s website.

II. Competition conditions

Main conditions of the competition:

a) The position of Chief Scientific Officer may hold a person who has a doctorate or equivalent academic degree, and at least 6 years of experience in scientific research activities. The Chief Scientific employee must be familiar with the problems and directions of scientific research development; local and foreign achievements in the relevant fields of science; modern methods and means of organizing and conducting scientific research. Over the past 10 years, he/she must have published at least 10 scientific works (monograph and/or article in a scientific journal and/or in the proceedings of a local and international scientific conference), of which at least 3 are: in the scientific direction of the department in which the contestant intends to submit an application; in internationally peer-reviewed and refereed publications and/or in the proceedings of an international conference.

b) A person who has a master’s degree or an equivalent academic degree may hold the position of a scientific employee. A scientific employee must be familiar with the goals and objectives of the research and explorations underway with his/her participation; with scientific research of similar content in Georgia and abroad; with modern methods of processing, generalizing, and organizing the received information. He/she must have published at least one scientific paper.

A person is elected to the position of scientist (chief scientific employee, scientific employee) for a term of 5 years.

A person wishing to participate in the competition must personally (or through a representative) submit:

a) a duly completed and signed application and questionnaire (forms will be published on the institute’s website), as well as documentation confirming the information presented in them: diploma, certificate, deeds, etc. (original and copy);

b) a document confirming a scientific/academic degree (original and copy);

c) a document confirming scientific research experience (experience) certified by the seal of the relevant organization/institution;

d) List of scientific and educational-methodical works, certified by the signature and seal of the competent person of the relevant institution/organization or its structural unit (if any);

e) Identity card (original and photocopy);

f) 2 photographs 3X4;

g) Certificate of conviction for committing a crime against sexual freedom and inviolability, and certificate of deprivation of rights.

Note: A person who has already submitted the above-mentioned certificates to the Human Resources Management and Records Service of the University is exempt from submitting the certificates. 

III. Competition Rules

• The competition will be held according to the Law of Georgia “On Higher Education”, the University Charter, and the Rules for Hiring Scientific Personnel of the Archil Eliashvili Institute of Management Systems, which the contestants will familiarize themselves with in the competition commission, on the university and institute websites;

• The competition commission will consider: the correspondence of the contestant’s qualifications and competence to the competitive position, including scientific research, practical and other activities, achievements, qualifications, experience and merits relevant to the profile of the competitive position; as well as (by decision of the commission) the results of the interview conducted with the contestant(s);

• The results of the competition may be appealed in court, in accordance with the applicable legislation.