Tenured Academic Positions

The Faculty of Design and Art at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (Italy) wishes to appoint full and associate professors in the area of Product Design or Visual Communication (in the role of project leader).

Only candidates who already hold a tenured academic position may express interest for the positions.

The Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, in Italy, was founded in 1997 as an independent, state- recognised university. As an internationally oriented educational institution the Free University of Bozen- Bolzano has an important bridging role between the German and the Italian cultural and economic spheres. With its 100.000 German-speaking and Italian-speaking inhabitants, Bozen-Bolzano, as the capital of the province of South Tyrol, is a multilingual business and tourist centre located in a beautiful setting in the Dolomite area.

The Faculty of Design and Art currently offers a degree course (BA) in Design; a specialized course in Design (MA) as well as a degree course in Art (BA) are set to begin in the near future. Teaching at our faculty follows an interdisciplinary project-based model where product design and visual communication are supported by a strong complement of comprehensive theoretical subjects and intensive practical experience in workshops. The projects are organised by a team composed of teaching staff from practical and theoretical disciplines and co-ordinated by a graphic designer or product designer (project leader). The complex problems confronted by the teaching staff require keen analytical skills and stimulate research and the individual creation of new solutions. The projects are conceived with the aim of encouraging the acquisition of skills related to the work carried out and favouring the gradual development of a personal working method.

Teaching languages used at the faculty are English, Italian and German.

The Faculty of Design and Art is looking for prospective faculty members whose approach to their discipline is complementary to the Faculty's teaching methods, facilities and priorities. They must also have experience of undergraduate and/or graduate teaching. Salary is negotiable and highly competitive at the European level. The Faculty expects its professors to take up residence in the immediate vicinity of Bozen-Bolzano.

For more information view our website www.unibz.it/design-art/ .

The internal Committee will begin examining the expressions of interest as soon as possible and will continue until the positions are filled. Primary consideration will be given to expressions of interest received by September 17, 2010. The supporting documents should include a detailed curriculum vitae, a list and description of own projects and/or publications together with some examples/documentation of your design work, documentation of some of your students' work, a description of previous and planned research projects, a short description of courses taught should be sent to the following address:

Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

Faculty of Design and Art

Dott. Fabia Dattilo

Piazza Università, 1 - P. O. Box 276

39100 Bozen-Bolzano, Italy