Location: | Cairo - Egypt |
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Salary: | Not Specified |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Permanent |
Placed On: | 13th May 2022 |
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Closes: | 15th June 2022 |
Job Ref: | II8.4.2 |
The GUC invites applications for vacancies to be filled effective September 2022 or February 2023
The Faculty of Applied Science and Arts enrolls 1,250 students across three design majors: Graphic, Product and Media Design. The GUC invites highly motivated applicants for the following vacancy in the Product Design Department. Successful candidates will contribute to undergraduate and graduate teaching.
Responsibilities:
The position will focus on the design process in the context of sustainability, and challenges conventional ways of defining, designing and producing functional objects. S/he should teach design in a compelling, innovative, human-centred way that explores the meaning and practice of sustainable design. The applicant should have strong knowledge of economic, social, political and ecological challenges for the designer. S/he should be able to cover the complete product design process, including semantics/semiotics, techniques of presentation as well as production techniques and material knowledge. The applicant should have a previous professional experience in product design teaching or should have a related professional background.
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The German University in Cairo is an Egyptian Private University, established in cooperation with the German State Universities of Ulm and Stuttgart, under the patronage of the Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education, the Ministry of Science, Research and Arts, State of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, and supported by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the German Embassy in Cairo, the Arab/German Chamber of Industry and Commerce (AHK), the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, the Universities of Stuttgart, Ulm, Mannheim, and Tübingen. Situated at the ancient city of Cairo, the GUC’s mission is to achieve excellence in teaching and research.
Application Instructions:
Interested applicants are invited to submit their CV including: employment history, a statement outlining research and teaching interests, list of publications and projects undertaken and names of at least three referees, motivational letter and an online access to a portfolio of your work. Applications to be submitted online through the GUC website by referencing posting: Ref-Code: II8.4.2. Please click the above 'Apply' button to access.
Applications will be reviewed until position is filled. For best consideration, submit applications before 15th of June 2022.
For further information, please contact the HR Department (hr@guc.edu.eg)
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