General qualifications

1. Applicant’s age is not specified.
2. A Thai male applicant must have completed their statutory military service obligation, or be exempt.
3. Applicant must have never been sentenced to imprisonment for a crime.

Specific qualifications

๑. Applicant must hold a doctoral degree in anthropology, sociology, cultural studies, economics, political economy, political science, Indian studies, global studies, policy and development studies or other social sciences field related to the topics of India or India-ASEAN.

๒. Applicant must have published at least one research paper or academic article published in an international journal listed in SCOPUS or other international journal database recognized by the Civil Service Commission.

๓. Applicant must have good competence in English that can be evidenced in any of the following tests:

- IELTS (Academic module): ๖.o or higher

- TOEFL IBT (Internet based): ๗๙ or higher

- TOEFL ITP: ๕๕o or higher

- TOEFL CBT: ๒๑๓ or higher

            Please note that the results declared must not be over ๒ years old as of the application closure date. If proof of English language proficiency is not declared, the university will not consider the submitted application.

  Remark: If applicant has completed their doctoral studies or higher with proof of English language proficiency submitted when enrolling to the degree program, the same proof can be used for this application. If applicant has completed their doctoral studies in English in a country where English is an official language, declaring English language proficiency can be exempted.

๔. Applicant who has experience in conducting research or participatory research will be given special consideration.

๕. Applicant should have skills in information technology.

Work description

Duties in brief: Conduct research in consistent with the goals or missions of the Research institute for languages and cultures of Asia and Center of Bharat Studies and presents researches and academic work in forms of internationally published articles and other related tasks and assigned duties.

Job Descriptions

๑. Write project proposals for research funding and research services both domestically and internationally that is in line with the mission of the center and the institute and responds to the research strategy of Mahidol University

๒. Manage individual research projects and team projects efficiently and transparently

๓. Produce research articles and academic work in forms of internationally published articles regularly.

๔. Arrange academic services and publish research results in many forms to the public and further develop the research individually or as assigned.

1. Selection criteria

   ๑. Eligible applicants will be considered for the preliminary selection based on their application form, personal documents, work history and letter of intent in Thai and English (no more than ๑ooo words)

   ๒. Written exam

   ๓. Interview

   Note: The screening committee will evaluate applicants preliminarily based on the qualifications stated in the job application documents submitted through the e-Recruitment Online system, in order to be eligible for further selection examination.

   *Applicants who complete out the application form online via e-Recruitment must verify all of the attached documents (certified true copy) in PDF format and must be certified and correct. Applications lacking supporting documents will not be considered.

Salary rate

            The rate for a doctoral degree holder is ๔๑,ooo baht. The successful candidate’s prior academic experience directly related to the position may qualify for a supplement to the base salary.

Welfare and other benefits

• Social Security Fund and Worker’s Compensation Fund
• Various types of leave entitlements as per Mahidol University regulations.
• Mahidol University Provident Fund
• Medical Services from the University Staff Welfare Fund
• Annual health check-up.
• MU Flexible Benefit refers to an exclusive health benefit established by The University Staff Welfare Fund
• Additional welfare projects organized by The University or Institute
• Mahidol University Savings and Credit Co-Operative, Limited