Professor / Head of Mathematics – Business Management, University of Aberdeen, Mumbai Campus
University of Aberdeen Mumbai Campus Governance and Leadership Structure
The University of Aberdeen Mumbai Campus operates as University of Aberdeen Mumbai Campus Private Limited, a joint venture between the University of Aberdeen and its India-based partner. The Academic Provost will play a pivotal role in establishing and leading the senior academic management team at the Mumbai Campus, working closely with the Chief Business Officer (CBO) to ensure strategic alignment and preparations for the Mumbai Campus launch in August 2026.All academic staff at the University of Aberdeen Mumbai Campus will report directly to the Academic Provost, who serves as the line manager for all academic posts. The Academic Provost provides academic leadership and ensures alignment with the University of Aberdeen’s standards and strategic objectives.
Governance:
The UOA Mumbai Campus will have a three-tier governance model: a Strategic Board for high-level oversight, a Management Committee for daily campus management, and three Working Groups—Academic, Operations, and Finance—to ensure academic quality, operational efficiency, and financial accountability.
Collaboration and Quality Assurance
Academic Staff Will
- Collaborate with the Academic Provost, Heads of Schools in Aberdeen, Aberdeen-based Programme Directors and Committees to ensure programme alignment, quality assurance and academic integrity
- Engage with the University of Aberdeen’s Academic Services and Global Engagement, Marketing and Recruitment (GEMR) teams for quality assurance, governance and compliance.
- Support the implementation of academic structures and participate in continuous improvement initiatives.
Aberdeen Campus Academic Governance
: At the University of Aberdeen, academic governance is structured around the University Court and the Senatus Academicus (Senate). The Court oversees strategic direction, finances, and legal responsibilities, while the Senate governs teaching, research, academic standards, and degree conferral. Supporting these core bodies, the Quality Assurance Committee (QAC) ensures the quality and enhancement of teaching and learning through rigorous oversight. The Programme Management Committee (PMC) manages academic programme development and changes, ensuring alignment with institutional strategy and regulatory compliance.
Job Role
This senior appointment at the Professor level will allow a focus on both teaching and research, with the successful candidate expected to offer academic leadership to staff in both these areas. The role involves oversight of high-quality undergraduate and postgraduate programmes aligned with Aberdeen’s internationally recognised strengths in mathematics. The successful candidate will be expected to have a strong research portfolio in pure mathematics, with particular emphasis on algebra or topology. There is an expectation of collaborative working with staff on the University campus in Aberdeen. This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of Mathematics education in India while upholding the University’s rigorous academic standards and joining a global institution with over 500 years of academic excellence.We are seeking to appoint a Professor to serve as both a senior academic and Head of the Mathematics discipline at the University of Aberdeen’s Mumbai campus. As academic line manager, the post-holder will lead the discipline and play a key role in shaping the strategic direction of Mathematics education and research. A focus is on delivering high-quality undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, mentoring early-career staff, and driving curriculum development. The role also involves building industry engagement for the new degree programmes, and contributing to the research strategy of the work carried out on the Mumbai campus. The Head of mathematics is also a research active role and the job will involve carrying out high quality work in a relevant field. It is expected that the research will align with the strengths in the Aberdeen campus, in areas such as algebra, algebraic topology, applied topology, geometry and topology and neuro-topology. Applicants working in other developing areas of research, such as topological data analysis as well as more applied fields aligned with data analytics and ecological modelling would also be welcome to apply. The appointee will be able to teach across the curriculum and may contribute to related programmes in Data Science, Computing Science, Business Management and Information Systems, International Business, and Finance, including supporting international teaching commitments.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide academic and strategic leadership for the Department of Mathematics, including line management and performance evaluation of academic staff.
- Lead curriculum design and development, ensuring alignment with goals for student employability, recruitment, internationalisation, and satisfaction; work will be in collaboration with colleagues on both the Mumbai and Aberdeen campuses.
- Support Campus-wide leadership by contributing to strategic planning and initiatives in teaching, research, and external engagement as part of the Campus Leadership Team.
- Design, deliver, assess, and manage undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, ensuring academic rigour and relevance.
- Teach across key Mathematics programmes offered at the Mumbai campus, with responsibilities for module leadership and academic support.
- Plan and adapt high-quality teaching materials, aligned with defined learning outcomes and responsive to diverse student needs.
- Supervise and assess student projects and dissertations, maintaining academic standards and providing constructive feedback.
- Address student learning needs by defining clear learning objectives and offering tailored academic guidance.
- Promote pedagogical innovation, sharing best practices and advancing M education within the department.
- To conduct cutting-edge research in a field of Mathematics closely related to our those studied in Aberdeen, or other emerging research fields
- Develop collaborative research links with academic staff in our home campus in Aberdeen.
- To prepare and submit manuscripts for publication in leading journals.
- To prepare and submit grant applications for externally funded research support.
- Develop engagement with external partners, including industry, NGOs, local and national government.
- Take responsibility for the supervision and training of postgraduate research students
Candidate Background
- Ph.D. in Mathematics or a closely related field, with a minimum of 10–12 years of academic and/or industry experience, including significant contributions to both undergraduate and postgraduate education.
- Proven ability to design, develop, and deliver high-quality course materials in Mathematics, demonstrating pedagogical effectiveness and curriculum alignment.
- Track record of teaching excellence at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, with the ability to engage, inspire, and support diverse student cohorts.
- Experience in academic line management, including setting objectives, performance monitoring, and mentoring academic staff.
- Demonstrated involvement in curriculum development, ensuring relevance, innovation, and alignment with industry and academic standards.
- Demonstrated ability to develop academic strategy working at least at a Discipline level.
- Active engagement with subject-specific pedagogic research or educational networks, reflecting a commitment to continuous improvement and evidence-based teaching practices.
- Evidence of sustained high quality research outputs evidenced by conference and journal papers in internationally leading venues.
- Ideally to have evidence of having held competitively awarded research funding and a clear vision for a program of research for the next five years
- Successful supervision of PhD candidates to completion.
- Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and contribute effectively to departmental and institutional goals.
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