University Professors

Educators Overseas places qualified higher education level professors in teaching positions in universities around the world. A note to universities seeking professors: email us directly with your requirements, as our university level candidates are not included in our online teacher database.

Below are the required qualifications for tertiary (university level) professor candidates to teach overseas, followed by qualifications that are not mandatory but desirable and make a professor more competitive.

Required Qualifications

• Native speaker - a higher education teaching candidate must be a native English speaker, or a teacher of a foreign language must be a native speaker of that language.
  
• US, UK, or Canadian curricula teaching - applicants must have experience teaching in a US, UK, or Canadian university.
  
• Minimum 3 years experience - international universities prefer teachers with at least five years experience in the subject area of expertise; some require more and others will accept less.
  
• Masters degree - At a minimum a four year Bachelor's degree and a Masters degree from an accredited US, UK, or Canadian institution is required.
  
• Outstanding teaching ability - All teachers should be able to demonstrate a strong teaching ability and a genuine enjoyment of the job.
  
• Flexibility - It is impossible to successfully live and work overseas without a healthy dose of flexibility and a sense of adventure.
  
• Excellent references - professor candidates must provide a reference from a supervisor and a teaching peer. In addition, teaching applicants must not have a criminal record.

Desired Qualifications

• PhD - Many universities require a Doctorate level degree in the teacher's subject.
• Single teacher or a teaching couple - Since travel expenses, housing, insurance, and visa procurement are taken care of by the school, most of the time teachers who have no accompanying, non-working dependents are preferred.
• Overseas experience - International universities prefer teachers who have studied or worked overseas before. Those who have not should strongly desire to work and live in an international environment, should understand the associated challenges, and should demonstrate flexibility in adapting to new situations or living conditions. "
• Global perspective - Evidence of multiculturalism in a teacher's life is particularly important for those who have not lived and worked overseas before. A willingness or desire to learn the language is also a plus.
• Language knowledge - It is good to have some prior knowledge of the local language, or of any foreign language. Not only does this make a teacher more useful to a university, but it indicates a global perspective in their life.