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Job advertisement W1 Professorship with tenure W2 for "Urban Geophysics"

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W1 Professorship with tenure W2 for "Urban Geophysics"

Position
W1 Professorship with tenure W2 for "Urban Geophysics"

Employer

TU Braunschweig

Technische Universität Braunschweig is one of Germany’s leading institutes of technology and offers an inspiring work environment with a wide range of research and teaching opportunities in state-of-the-art facilities. The 3,800 members of our academic, technical and administrative staff – including more than 400 international scientific staff – work together to ensure that our university successfully fulfils its mission of providing excellent teaching for our approximately 16,000 students and 100 trainees.

We focus our research on mobility, metrology, engineering for health, and the future city. Our core disciplines include a comprehensive engineering division and a strong natural sciences division, closely linked with business sciences, social sciences, educational sciences, and the humanities.

Our university is located at the heart of one of Europe’s most research-intensive regions. We cooperate closely with the more than 20 internationally renowned research institutions in our vicinity and our network extends to our partner universities in Germany and all over the world, with whom we maintain strong relationships.

Homepage: http://www.tu-braunschweig.de/


Location
Braunschweig, Germany

Sector
Academic

Relevant divisions
Biogeosciences (BG)
Geomorphology (GM)
Hydrological Sciences (HS)

Type
Full time

Level
Experienced

Salary
Open

Required education
PhD

Application deadline
10 January 2026

Posted
20 November 2025

Job description

The person to be appointed should represent geophysics in its entirety in teaching and the field of urban geophysics in research. Geophysical methods for non-destructive exploration of the subsurface will be studied and applied. The focus lies on the near-surface subsurface, which is relevant for life in cities and surrounding area.

The successful candidate (f/m/d) is expected to be committed to the university’s strategic goals and to actively shape its holistic development (https://www.tu-braunschweig.de/hochschulentwicklung). In addition to the classic service areas of a university (research, teaching and studies, transfer, governance and administration), this applies in particular to digitalisation, internationalisation, equality and diversity, as well as knowledge exchange.


How to apply

Details on the position and the application process can be found here:

https://vacancies.tu-braunschweig.de/jobposting/97fde2165484360474f00db5ca4fdd7d6cc54939