Central University of Jharkhand Guest Faculty (English Studies) Recruitment 2026

Central University of Jharkhand Guest Faculty (English Studies) Recruitment 2026 — 1 post

The Central University of Jharkhand (CUJ), Ranchi, has invited applications for one Guest Faculty post in the Department of English Studies, in the UR category. The number is tentative — the University may increase or decrease it at selection. The engagement is purely temporary, initially for one semester or as per University requirement, and extendable on requirement and satisfactory performance. Guest Faculty are not entitled to allowances, pension, gratuity, leave, accommodation, transport or leave encashment as for regular teachers. This is a separate advertisement from the CUJ Assistant Professor (Temporary), English Studies, Advt CUJ/Advt./2026-27/05, which is already closed — do not confuse the two.

Pay

Guest Faculty are paid Rs. 1,500 per lecture, subject to a maximum of Rs. 50,000 per month. The pay is per lecture, not a fixed monthly salary.

Who can apply

You need a Master's degree with 55% marks (or an equivalent grade) in a concerned, relevant or allied subject, plus NET (UGC or CSIR) or SLET or SET, or a Ph.D. awarded under the UGC (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of M.Phil./Ph.D. Degree) Regulations, 2009 or 2016 (NET exempt). Alternatively, a Ph.D. from a foreign university or institution ranked among the top 500 in the World University Ranking (QS, THE or ARWU Shanghai) at any time is accepted. Your NET or Ph.D. specialisation must be in English, and your Master's must be in English, English Literature, Linguistics, Film Studies, English Language and Literature, Communicative English or Translation Studies. A 5% relaxation at Graduate and Master's level applies for SC, ST, Differently-abled and OBC (non-creamy layer) candidates, and a 5% relaxation (55% to 50%) applies for Ph.D. holders who obtained their Master's before 19 September 1991. No age limit is stated anywhere in the advertisement.

Fee

No application fee is stated anywhere in the advertisement. Do not assume any fee.

Selection and how to apply

Fill the prescribed application form (available with the advertisement in the Career Section of the CUJ website) and email it with your certificates, marksheets and experience certificates to tempfaculty.recruitment@cuj.ac.in by 17 November 2026 up to 5:00 PM. Ph.D. holders must attach the Annexure-I certificate (UGC 2009 compliance); candidates who registered for Ph.D. before 11 July 2009 must attach the Annexure-II certificate. The shortlist will be published on the CUJ website under the Careers Section. The interview for shortlisted candidates only is on 20 November 2026 from 10:30 AM (reporting 9:30 to 10:30 AM; it may continue to the next day). No TA/DA is paid.