W3 professorship in the field of Structural Analysis and Dynamics

Faculty VI - Planning Building Environment, Institute of Civil Engineering

W3 professorship in the field of Structural Analysis and Dynamics

About us

Technische Universität Berlin has approximately 35,000 students, 350 professors, and 7,000 staff, and is a University of Excellence within the Berlin University Alliance We very much value the diversity of our members and are committed to equal opportunities. We are a certified family-friendly university.

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The candidate must fulfill the hiring requirements pursuant to Section 100 of the Berlin State Higher Education Act. These include a university degree in civil engineering or a related discipline; an aptitude for scientific work (generally demonstrated by the quality of the applicant’s doctorate); additional academic achievements (generally demonstrated by a positively evaluated junior professorship, Habilitation, or other achievements equivalent to a Habilitation); as well as an aptitude for teaching demonstrated by a teaching portfolio. (For further information about the teaching portfolio, please see ).

In-depth knowledge, skills, and experience in one or more of the above-mentioned research areas are required, as are:

• strong technical and methodological skills in modelling and simulation of structures, as well as in experimental methods;
• experience of interdisciplinary collaboration;
• experience with and willingness to acquire and manage third‑party funded projects;
• willingness to actively participate in the faculty’s research areas with regard to the challenges in structural analysis and dynamics described above and TU Berlin’s research areas.

Technische Universität Berlin requires professors to be willing and able to assume responsibility for the management and strategic development of their academic group and staff. In particular, this includes an understanding of the special responsibility of creating gender and diversity‑sensitive work and study conditions. The position also requires the willingness and ability to advance junior scholars, women, and social diversity as well as to contribute to academic self‑governance. The successful candidate is expected to be willing and able to contribute new ideas for internationalisation and sustainability‑oriented action in research and teaching, as well as foster the use of digital technologies in the areas of teaching content, teaching formats, and student services. Experience with initiatives in science communication as well as knowledge and technology transfer is desirable.

As a university with an international profile, we require our professors to have excellent English-language skills and very much welcome applications from international candidates. The successful candidate will be expected to have a command of German or be willing to learn the language as quickly as possible; this is necessary to fulfil the requirements of the job posting (minimum C1 in accordance with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages). Applicants must be able to teach in German and English. (See the current Language Policy of the Academic Senate of TU Berlin at ).

It is not possible to offer the position as two part‑time professorships.

How to apply

Technische Universität Berlin is committed to increasing the proportion of women in research and teaching and strongly encourages qualified female researchers to apply. Qualified individuals with disabilities will be favoured. TU Berlin values the diversity of its staff and is committed to an equality of opportunity. Applications from people of all nationalities and with a migrant background are welcome. Applications from abroad are explicitly welcome.

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Area of responsibility Academia and research, Research (academic), Teaching (university)

Start date (earliest)

Duration

Duration permanent

Full/Part‑time

Full/Part‑time full‑time; part‑time employment may be possible

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