CDES - Full Time Faculty - Architecture
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The American University in the Emirates invites Ph.D. holder applicants for full-time faculty (Professor and Associate Professor only) who will teach graduate-level courses in the new Master of Architecture (M. Arch.) program in the College of Design. Target Academic year: 2025-2026 (August 2025) The faculty required may teach in one or more of the below Specializations:
- Sustainable and Resilient Architecture
- Smart and Digital Urban Design
- Islamic/Sacred and Cultural Heritage Architecture
- Experiential and Immersive Design
- Landscape Architecture
- Design for Healthcare
- Ph.D. in the related field of Architecture from an accredited or recognized University
- Applicant must have completed a Philosophy Doctorate (Ph.D.) by the time of recruitment from an internationally accredited university.
- 18 credit hours of graduate studies in the required field
- Minimum two research publications in Scopus journals
- Bilingual is a must (English and Arabic)
- Applicants must have a minimum of 2 years of teaching experience in an internationally accredited university.
- Applicants must have a minimum of 3 publications in the last 5 years.
- Proven record of excellence at baccalaureate and graduate program level teaching
- Curricular development and review.
- Record of professional accomplishment including peer-reviewed publications
- Continued research program and interest in collaboration with another faculty.
- Ability to integrate web-based and digital technology in the classroom.
- Willingness to provide service to the University and the College.
- Excellent English Proficiency and Communication skills for Faculty teaching in English
- Excellent Arabic Proficiency and Communication skills for faculty teaching in Arabic
- Present research and practice-driven teaching and adapt to latest pedagogical techniques that stimulate students to inquiry and encompass a broad and coherent body of knowledge, attaining the skills and competencies through engaging delivery techniques and development of appropriate assessments.
- Evaluating students’ performance and grading.
- Provide clear assessment criteria that reflect course content and its learning outcomes.
- Set expectations to students and avoid cognitive biasness.
- For quality:
- Currency and relevancy of the theories and practice in the field.
- Intellectual rigor appropriate to the level of the degree program.
- For Effectiveness:
- Increasingly complex presentation of theories, principles, and practice.
- Increasingly complex levels of analysis and development of competencies.
- Application of theories and principles.
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