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Professor/Associate Professor/Lecturer in Urban Design

Vacancy for: Architecture and Urban Design

Ref Code: II6.3

The German University in Cairo invites applications for vacancies to be filled effective September 2024 / February 2025.

The German University in Cairo is looking for highly capable and motivated applicants wishing to join the Architecture and Urban Design Program. The GUC architecture school was founded in 2010 and can claim to be one of the most successful architecture programs in Egypt and the Mena Region.

Description
The position open is to join the Architecture and Urban Design Design Program at the GUC. The department embraces an integrative approach to building design with emphasis on contextual complexities and urban dynamics. Courses taught range from design studios, history and theory of architecture, urban economics and sociology, and planning. The department addresses local and global architectural and urban challenges with sustainability and resilience as core topics of research.

Responsibilities:
Successful candidates will be expected to teach both undergraduate and graduate levels, develop ongoing and innovative research activities, and contribute to the further advancement of the architecture and urban design program.

Successful candidates:
Will be expected to contribute to undergraduate and graduate teaching in:

• History and theories of Architecture
• Design studios with emphasis on contextual challenges
• Advanced elective courses on heritage and conservation
• Supervising bachelor/master/PhD theses in the field Architecture and Urban Design
• Commitment to engage in interdisciplinary studies, research and collaboration with different university departments, and other national and international institutions.

Qualifications:

• Candidates should hold a Ph.D. in Architecture/ Urban Studies
• Experience in teaching history and theories of Architecture should be demonstrated
• Capability of leading design studio is required
• Practical experience in the field of architecture and urban design is highly appreciated.
• The language of teaching is English.

The German University in Cairo is an Egyptian Private University established in cooperation with the German State Universities of Ulm and Stuttgart, under the patronage of the Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education, the Ministry of Science, Research and Arts, State of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, and supported by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the German Embassy in Cairo, the Arab/German Chamber of Industry and Commerce (AHK), the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, the Universities of Stuttgart, Ulm, Mannheim, and Tübingen.

Application Instructions:
Interested applicants are invited to submit their curriculum vitae including employment history, a statement outlining research and teaching interests, samples of design work and publications and the names of at least three referees.

Submissions will be reviewed starting the 15th of April 2024.
Applications are welcome until the position is filled.

For further information, please contact the Human Resources Department (hr@guc.edu.eg)