The Department of Architecture and Design is one of the prominent departments housed in the College of Engineering and offers two undergraduate programs, a Bachelor of Science in Interior Design, and a Bachelor of Architecture. The department is inviting applications from interested Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Interior Design to join on a full time basis in the fall 2024 semester. The successful candidates will have experience teaching at the undergraduate level and demonstrated record of scholarship and peer reviewed indexed publications. English language proficiency is a must.

Duties of Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Interior Design

Primary roles and responsibilities for full time appointments include, but not limited to:

• Assist in developing undergraduate curricula and course content as directed.
• Supervise graduation projects and teach courses, organize seminars/workshops.
• Develop a research program and design graduation projects with high affinity to the needs of professional practice and local/global communities.
• Provide students with appropriate learning materials and expertise in assigned subjects.
• Evaluate students’ performance and provide effective feedback to guide student learning and success.
• Participate in developing and enhancing assessment tools for the learning outcomes of the program.
• Actively participate in service, including department, college, and university committees.

Job Requirements

The requirements for the job role of Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Interior Design are as under:

• Candidates should have an earned doctoral degree in interior design or related field from a recognized, highly ranked, and internationally accredited institution of higher education. Candidates without doctoral degrees may be considered with an excellent record of peer reviewed publications, professional practice experience, and effective teaching.
• Candidates with degrees, other than doctoral must have a minimum of six years of full time teaching experience, along with significant interior design industry experience.
• Experience in international and/or regional accreditation is desirable.

About Candidate

• Candidates with academic and professional practice experience are likely to teach a variety of courses including but not limited to freehand drawing, design foundations, design communications, interior design studios, graduation project courses, textiles/furniture design, technical drawing, interior Construction, building technology, working drawings, sustainable design.
• Candidate must have demonstrated ability to teach using standard design and graphic communication software. Such as 3D Max, AutoCad, Sketch, Vray, or others. The language of instruction at Abu Dhabi University is English.
• Candidates with present evidence of creative accomplishment in terms of completed design work, exhibitions, presentations, publication. Juried recognition at the regional, national, and international levels.
• Candidates should be active in societies/ boards of professional organizations and/or editorial boards of recognized journals/publications.

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