Substitute Professor in the following subject area: Design and Construction
Would you like to share your knowledge, conduct research with passion, and make a real difference? Then you have come to the right place! Become part of the scientific team at our faculty 1: Architecture • Civil Engineering • Geomatics. Contribute your ideas, and get involved in creating a sustainable future.
As a university of applied sciences, we focus on application-oriented research and teaching. We embrace practical relevance, interdisciplinarity, internationality, sustainability, digitalization, and social responsibility. Our campus in Frankfurt’s Nordend district comprises more than 15,000 students and 1,000 teachers, researchers and professional and administrative colleagues. Here, you can contribute your expertise with flexibility of time and in content. Together with motivated colleagues, you exchange ideas in the European university alliance U!REKA and shape the world of tomorrow.
The following position is to be filled for a period of two years, beginning with the summer semester 2027:
Substitute Professor (100%)
in the following subject area:
Design and Construction
(According to W2 salary scale HBesG, Hessian Federal Civil Service Remuneration Act)
Job advertisement number P01/2026
It is a special type of employment relationship under public law.
Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences aims to strengthen internationality in architecture. Therefore, we have been offering the Master’s program “Advanced Architecture” from Urban Design to Building Construction since April 2017.
Your tasks
- Provide innovative and high-quality teaching primarily at graduate level in English on campus
- Help set the agenda for the growing social and environmental challenges to which architecture and urban planning have to respond
- Help enhance the program “Advanced Architecture”
- Contribute to further develop the program’s international relationships in the fields of teaching and research
Your profile
- Demonstrate excellence in architectural or urban design
- Be experienced in relevant research and practical work
- Be enthusiastic about opportunities and challenges that design and construction provide for architecture and the urban environment
- Be an experienced designer who possesses strong professional skills in construction
- Hold a professionally recognized degree in architecture as well as a completed doctorate or an equivalent qualification
- Ideally, you are professionally registered (e.g., NZRAB, RIBA, or AIA)
- Possess a very good command of English and ideally, a basic knowledge of German
In addition,
- Be an active member of our institution and provide continuous student support
- Have a predisposition and inclination to engage in research and secure third-party funding
- Show gender and diversity competence
- Participate in the institution’s international activities
- Take personal responsibility for academic self-administration
- Cooperate with other educational institutions in the region and the world
- Demonstrate set commitment, initiative and performance standards
Our offer
Work-Life Balance & Family Friendliness
- Flexible work arrangements with a high degree of autonomy in both content and scheduling
- Family-friendly services as part of our certification as a “familiengerechte Hochschule”
Onboarding & Networking
- Structured onboarding at the department, the university of applied sciences, and within teaching
- Collegial and international environment fostering exchange in both teaching and research
Research & Career Development
- Support for your national and international funding applications
Mobility & Campus Life
- Free public transport pass for Hesse (Landesticket Hessen) and excellent accessibility via public transport and underground parking
- Bicycle-friendly infrastructure with bike parking, service stations, and rental bikes
- Vibrant campus life with a wide range of sports and cultural events
Further information as well as good reasons to work with us you will find on our career page.
We are actively committed to equal opportunities, diversity and inclusion. We expressly welcome applications from people with an international family background and attach great importance to family-friendly working hours. Preferential consideration will also be given to severely disabled applicants if they can provide equal qualifications. Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences is particularly committed to increasing the proportion of women in computer science, engineering and other fields in which they are underrepresented and therefore strongly encourages women to apply.
If you have obtained a university degree abroad, please enclose a statement of comparability for Foreign University Degrees with your application. More information on the statement of comparability can be found in English at the webpage of the Kultusministerkonferenz.
Contact
For any enquiries, please feel free to contact the head of the program, Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Tatjana Vautz (email: tatjana.vautz@fra-uas.de).
Have we piqued your interest? We look forward to receiving your application by September 20, 2026, including the reference number and the job platform, sent via e-mail to:
info-prof@hr.fra-uas.de. Please submit the following documents as a single PDF-file:
- curriculum vitae,
- a list of publications,
- a project portfolio
- a description of previous teaching and research activities.
The President of the
Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences,
Human Resources,
Nibelungenplatz 1,
60318 Frankfurt.
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