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The Anton Bruckner Private University, which is supported by the state of Upper Austria, offers around 850 students artistic, artistic-educational and artistic-scientific degree programs in the fields of music, drama and dance. The strong mix of internationality, anchoring in the regional cultural and educational landscape, diversity and compatibility of career and family form the basis for an attractive and diverse working environment for employees.

The Institute for Theory and History (ITG) is seeking to fill the following position from 01.03.2026

Senior Lecturer for Acoustics (f/m/d)

2 teaching hours, approx. 4 hours per week (9.09% of full-time employment)

Your duties

• You teach the "Acoustics" courses, particularly in the artistic and artistic-pedagogical Bachelor's degree programs. The course content includes:
  
  • Basic knowledge: Physical basics, musical acoustics, physiological acoustics (sound perception, information processing in the brain, psychoacoustics etc.)
  • Historical sound carrier development
  • Room acoustics (basics of geometric and statistical room acoustics, acoustic room design, acoustic concepts in comparison, acoustic analysis of concert rooms)
  • Instrumental acoustics
  • electroacoustic media (signal flow and components of a sound system, analog vs. digital technology, comparison of recording methods)
• You are obliged to participate in academic self-administration

Your profile

Conditions of employment

• a domestic or equivalent foreign higher education qualification appropriate to the position
• Outstanding pedagogical and didactic aptitude

Desired qualifications

• relevant teaching experience at university level
• Practical experience with musicians as clients (room acoustics, etc.)
• Publication activity
• Willingness to cooperate and ability to work in a team
• Very good knowledge of German (C1)

Please enclose the following documents

• Curriculum vitae (in tabular form)
• Certificates and documents relating to the use of the relevant qualification
• Proof of pedagogical, artistic and scientific activity
• Publication list / links
• Letter of motivation
• Pedagogical concept

Your opportunities and prospects

• Scope of employment: 2 teaching hours, approx. 4 hours per week (9.09% of full-time employment)
• The salary based on 2 teaching hours per week is at least € 419.06 gross per month (depending on age). The classification is in salary group C (this corresponds to the LD 10 functional career path of the Upper Austrian Salary Act 2001.
• Procedure in accordance with our appeal regulations
  
  • Pre-selection by an appointment committee
  • Application deadline: 19.10.2025 exclusively by electronic means via our job portal https://jobs.bruckneruni.at
  • Hearing: expected on November 17 & 27, 2025
• An appreciative environment with plenty of scope to contribute artistically, academically and administratively to the further development of ABU
• Opportunities for personal and professional development
• Workplace health promotion and other benefits
• Limited to 3 years, permanent position if evaluation is positive

Contact and other information

If you have any questions, please contact the Human Resources and Legal Department (personal@bruckneruni.at).