Applied Sciences for Life – In this spirit, Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences (HSWT) boasts a unique range of subjects encompassing all aspects of life. We are among the leading universities for applied life sciences and green technologies. We educate our students to become responsible specialists and leaders, optimally prepared for their careers. HSWT’s researchers teach and conduct research at three campuses (Freising, Triesdorf, and Straubing) on socially significant issues such as sustainable land use, climate change, biodiversity, food technology, biotechnology, and renewable energies.
Our Triesdorf campus is located approximately 60 km southwest of Nuremberg. Through cooperation with the “Triesdorf Education Center” institutions for agriculture, energy, nutrition, food, and the environment, valuable synergies are created for application-oriented university education and research.
The professorship at the Faculty of Environmental Engineering, Triesdorf Campus, is expected to be filled by the summer semester of 2027 or later.
Teaching and research content
The professorship represents the field of hydrogeology in teaching, research, and knowledge transfer. The aim is the further development of hydrogeology, taking into account future-relevant issues.
Course content
The professorship is responsible for modern, practice-oriented, and internationally focused teaching within the faculty’s undergraduate and postgraduate programs. Key teaching content includes:
- Geology and soil science
- Groundwater flows and water balance
- Groundwater and surface water extraction
- Infiltration and sustainable stormwater management
- Natural flood protection and landscape water balance
- Remediation of contaminated sites and reactive substance transport
Research content
The professorship is committed to interdisciplinary and applied research as well as the transfer of research results into practice, society and politics.
The main focus areas are:
- Interdisciplinary research, particularly in relation to hydrology and soil science, to explore corresponding interactions.
- Participation in applied research projects, particularly on issues of resource security, climate adaptation and sustainable regional development.
- Integration of future-relevant topics (e.g., digital modeling, GIS-based methods, nature-based solutions and climate adaptation strategies)
- Promoting interdisciplinary collaboration and transferring research results into practice, society and politics
Active participation in applied research, supervision of internships, projects and theses, teaching courses in English, and involvement in university self-governance are required. The ability to teach related subjects is desirable. We offer an interesting field of work at the interface between applied research and practice-oriented teaching, with the opportunity for independent further development of the subject area.
Your profile
They have
- a completed university degree in hydrogeology, geosciences or a related discipline
- Several years of professional experience in the field of water management, soil protection, remediation of contaminated sites or environmental planning
- the ability to convey subject matter in a practical manner and with modern teaching methods in a didactically sound way
- Enjoyment of innovative teaching
- the willingness to engage in interdisciplinary collaboration with neighboring professorships (urban water management, waste management, geoecology, hydrology, agricultural engineering)
- a high motivation to inspire students for the challenges in the fields of soil, water and climate
- the ability and willingness to offer courses in English, as the professorship contributes to the internationalization of teaching.
Hiring requirements
- completed university degree,
- pedagogical suitability
- Special aptitude for scientific work, demonstrated by the quality of a doctorate or by other evidence (expert opinion on doctorate-level achievements),
- Furthermore, exceptional achievements in the application or development of scientific findings and methods in at least five years of professional practice after graduation from university are required. Of these five years of practice, at least three must have been outside of academia. In special cases, professional practice outside of academia also applies if you have spent at least five years working a significant portion of your professional practice in cooperation between a university and non-academic professional practice.
Applications from abroad are expressly welcome. We require the willingness and ability to teach in German from the start of employment.
HSWT – Your Employer
We support newly appointed professors in organizing their teaching and research. This includes offerings for flexible working conditions, opportunities for further training in higher education didactics, and incentive systems for interdisciplinary and international research.
HSWT pursues the strategic goal of continuously increasing the proportion of women in teaching and applied research. We therefore explicitly encourage women to apply to our university.
Here you will find detailed information on the topic of “ becoming a professor ”.
Notes
- We welcome applications from people with severe disabilities. If their qualifications, skills, and professional performance are otherwise essentially equal, they will be given preference.
- HSWT sees itself as a family-friendly employer.
- HSWT promotes equal opportunities and diversity among its students and employees.
- Anyone who has not yet reached the age of 52 can be appointed to the civil service.
