Pan African University Sabbatical Leave Opportunities 2025/2026: The Pan African University (PAU) invites applications from suitable candidates for the 2025 / 2025 Sabbatical Leave Placement Opportunities. Allowance: USD1,000.00 per month. Interested candidates must be full Professors, Associate Professors and Senior Lecturers with a minimum of PhD and 3 years work experience from recognized universities.

The Sabbatical Leave Placement Opportunities at PAULESI for 2025/2026 Academic Session is currently open.

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Pan African University Sabbatical Leave Opportunities 2025/2026.

The Pan African University (PAU) is a flagship Institution of the African Union Commission, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This was the culmination of the decision of the Assembly of Heads of State and Governments of the African Union to create the Pan African University (EX.CL/579(XVII). It has five Institutes namely Life and Earth Sciences (including Health and Agriculture) at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria; Governance, Humanities, and Social Sciences at University of Yaoundé II, Cameroon; Science, Technology and Innovation at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya; Water and Energy (including Climatic change) at University Tlemcen, Algeria and the Institute of Space Sciences, South Africa.

Applications are invited from suitable candidates for:

Sabbatical Leave Placement Opportunities at PAULESI for 2025/2026 Academic Session

The Pan African University Institute of Life and Earth Sciences (PAULESI), is currently offering seven thematic areas namely:

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Plant Breeding (MSc/PhD)
Sport Management and Policy Development (MSc)
Environmental Management (MSc/PhD)
Medicinal Plant Research and Drug Development (MSc)
Geosciences with Mineral Exploration and Petroleum Geoscience options (MSc/PhD)
Veterinary Medicine with Avian Medicine, and Vaccine Production and Quality Control options (MSc)
Reproductive Health Sciences with Reproductive Health (MSc/PhD)

The PAU nurtures quality and exemplifies excellence and admits African students from all over the continent including the Diaspora. Consequently, PAULESI is seeking renowned experts in the various thematic areas being offered in the institute from all over Africa and the Diaspora to internationalize and beef up the quality of its Faculty.

To this end, PAULESI invites full time academic staff from renowned universities all over the world willing to share their experience to respond to this call. The duration of their physical stay at PAULESI would be six months between 1^st April and 30^th September 2025.

Qualifications and Experiences | Sabbatical Leave Placement Opportunities at PAULESI

The programmes are offered at Masters and PhD levels. Qualified academic staff will be expected to participate in teaching/supervision/organizing practical’s/clinics for agreed periods starting from 1st April to 30th September 2025. Furthermore, they will be expected to set and mark answer scripts at the end of the semester. The language of instruction is English, so applicants must be fluent in English.

Applicants must be full Professors, Associate Professors and Senior Lecturers with minimum of PhD and 3 years teaching experience from recognized universities. Applicants should show evidence of handling similar courses in their institutions. Official letter from the relevant authorizing official from the home university is required to take up the placement.

Package for Sabbatical Academics

Return Economy air ticket.
Single occupancy accommodation for self will be provided, however, staff wishing to be accompanied by their spouses may have to meet the cost of upgrade.
An allowance of USD 1,000.00 per month for the period.
Office space with internet facility will be provided.

Teaching Mode

The teaching mode shall be hybrid; face to face and online via the virtual learning platform.

How to Apply for Pan African University Sabbatical Leave Opportunities 2025/2026.

Applicants should state the thematic area of interest; in pdf format including detailed, signed and dated, current curriculum vitae (CV). The CV should among others include qualifications, teaching experience/professional experience, prizes, grants/awards and publications. Contact details of referees and details of next of kin. University approval to be at PAULESI.

Sabbatical leave applicants must indicate from the available thematic areas at least two (2) courses per semester they intend to teach. In all, they may choose four courses during the period. The participants will be expected to teach, guide students in research and publications, undertake students’ assessment, and tests for small class size (under 10) students. Other pertinent ideas and academic/research contributions are welcome.

Global Invitation

Applications are invited from qualified candidates from all over Africa, Asia, Europe, and Americas and beyond meeting the qualifications criteria above. Female applicants are encouraged to apply.

Further Information

Further Enquiries should be directed to:

The Deputy Director
Pan African University
Institute of Life and Earth Sciences
University of Ibadan
Ibadan, Nigeria
Tel: +234 70 350 15980/+234 8056962900

Applications be mailed to: academic@paulesi.org.ng kindly note that only electronic copies of applications will be accepted. All documents to be submitted must be in a single file.