W2-Professorship of Structural Analysis and Structural Engineering
Technische Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe

Detmold

Permanent

Full Time

Apply by: 2025-07-02

Published: 2025-06-05

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Join our university in the :

W2-Professorship of Structural Analysis and Structural Engineering

at the next possible date | campus Detmold | permanent position | full-time

We are OWL University of Applied Sciences and Arts. In Lemgo, Detmold and H枚xter we develop around 5,700 students: personally, professionally and future-orientated. We foster interdisciplinary exchange and benefit from cooperative structures. This is how we actively shape our appreciative working and educational environment at all locations. Strong institutes and international networks bring our innovations from application-oriented research to the dynamic economic region of East Westphalia-Lippe 鈥� and far beyond.

Your responsibilities

You will teach 鈥淐ivil Engineering鈥� in the Bachelor's degree program and 鈥淪tructural Engineering and Digital Construction Processes鈥� in the Master's degree program.

You represent modules from the fields of structural analysis and bridge construction in addition to those from the fundamentals of civil engineering.

Furthermore you will be teaching content from computer-oriented applications and numerical simulations in structural engineering as well as interdisciplinary topics in the Detmold School of Design department.

You have a strong desire to be on campus and present for your students. Up to 25 % of your teaching can be provided as digital teaching, if required, to enable cross-location lectures.

You are prepared to conduct courses in German as well as in English.

You will promote interdisciplinary study formats, e.g., through practical student projects.

You will conduct research as part of an interdisciplinary network with other specialist areas on current topics in the field of structural engineering and digitally-supported manufacturing.

In doing so, you will address questions from science, industry and society regarding resource-saving sustainable constructions.

Your area of expertise is part and parcel of the Laboratory for Structural Engineering.

You have strong interest in innovative communication formats which encourage the dialog between science and society.

You will shape the teaching and research profile of the Department of Civil Engineering as a committed and team-oriented individual.

You will contribute to the university鈥檚 internal committee work in a collegial manner and participate actively in expanding cooperation relationships with domestic and foreign universities.

Your Profile

You have

the ability to represent the subject area in research and teaching at the required level of detail and depth
didactic competences

In addition, you fulfil the requirements of and have:

a completed university degree
a successfully completed doctorate degree in the field of civil engineering
relevant professional experience (at least five years, at least three of which gained outside the university sector) in the field of structural engineering

Furthermore, you should also have

experience in bridge construction
experience in integrated and international research in the field of structural engineering and in the acquisition of third-party funding
interest in digitalization in the field of civil engineering

We Offer

a lively, interdisciplinary and future-oriented environment for your ideas in teaching, research and transfer
supportive balance between your career and your personal life
personalised onboarding and support for new appointees at the start of their university career
ongoing comprehensive further training opportunities 鈥� professional, didactic and personal
a strong network of external partners in the down-to-earth and economically strong region of East Westphalia-Lippe
a high quality of life thanks to a wide range of cultural, sporting and recreational activities in the region of Teutoburg Forest

OWL University of Applied Sciences and Arts represents the principle of quality through diversity and wishes to increase the proportion of women among its scientific staff. In case of equal qualification, severely handicapped applicants will be given priority.

We look forward to hearing from you!

We will gladly accept your complete application (incl. cover letter, CV, certificates and, if any, teaching evaluations and publication overview) until July 2^nd, 2025.

Please only use our to send your documents and address your cover letter to the President of the University, Prof. Dr. J眉rgen Krahl, quoting reference number 3.3.

Do you have any questions?

Detailed information on your career option professorship at OWL University of Applied Sciences and Arts can be found .

If you have individual questions about the application process, our HR officer, Ines Henning, will be happy to help you:

+49 5261 702-5124

If you have any questions regarding the advertised professorship please contact Prof. Dr. Nikolai Gerzen from the Department of Civil Engineering:

+49 5231 769 6166

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About the employer

Technische Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe

Lemgo

> 500 employees

German + 1

Established 1971

1 Job

Wer wir sind

Die Technische Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe geho虉rt zu den forschungsstarken Hochschulen fu虉r angewandte Wissenschaften in Deutschland. Mit rund 6.200 Studierenden und 750 Bescha虉ftigten in Lemgo, Detmold und Ho虉xter ist sie ein wichtiger Bestandteil der dynamischen Wissenschafts- und Wirtschaftsregion Ostwestfalen-Lippe. Ihre einzigartigen Studien- und Forschungsausrichtungen machen sie zu einem Forschungs- und Studienort von ho虉chster Qualita虉t.