Academic Employment

Opportunities for academic employment are constantly updated on the Academic Positions page of the UC Merced Web site. Current openings are grouped according to University of California Academic Series categories: permanent faculty, academic administrative, research, temporary teaching, academic student employee, fellows and library.

UC Merced is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer with a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of diversity among its faculty, staff and students.  The University is supportive of dual career couples.

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The UC Merced Personnel Application Web-based System (PAWS) allows hiring managers to view applications at any stage of the hiring process. Hiring managers can also generate reports necessary for completing the appointment review file through this system. Click here for instructions to access PAWS or click on the PAWS login link to directly access PAWS and search for an applicant, view applications, and generate reports.