The Anton Bruckner Private University, funded by the province 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 work-life balance form the basis for an attractive and diverse working environment for employees.

The following position is available at the Institute for Theory and History (ITG) starting March 1, 2026:

Requirements

1. Conditions of employment

• a domestic or equivalent foreign university degree appropriate to the position
• outstanding pedagogical and didactic aptitude

2. 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)

3. Please enclose the following with your documents

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

Role & Responsibilities

• Relevant teaching experience at university level
• You teach courses in acoustics, particularly in the bachelor's degree programs in arts and arts education. The course content includes:
  • Basic knowledge: Basic knowledge: Physical fundamentals, musical acoustics, physiological acoustics (sound perception, information processing in the brain, psychoacoustics, etc.)
  • Historical development of sound recording media
  • Room acoustics (fundamentals of geometric and statistical room acoustics, acoustic room design, comparison of acoustic concepts, acoustic analysis of concert halls)
  • Instrumental acoustics
  • Electroacoustic media (signal flow and components of a sound system, analog vs. digital technology, comparison of recording methods)
• You are required to participate in academic self-administration.

Contact & general information

• The salary based on 6 teaching hours per week is at least € 1257.20 gross per month (depending on age). The classification is in salary group C (this corresponds to the functional career LD 10 of the Upper Austrian Salary Act 2001.
• Procedure in accordance with our appointment 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 17. & 27 November 2025
• Appreciative environment with plenty of scope to contribute artistically, academically and administratively to the further development of ABU
• Opportunities for personal and professional development
• Company health promotion and other benefits
• Limited to 3 years, permanent position if evaluation is positive

Further information

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

In accordance with its mission statement, the Bruckner University strives for a diverse, socially representative staff structure. We therefore address all people in all their diversity with our job advertisements. It is not important to us what gender identity you have, whether you have a disability, whether you have a history of migration or whether you belong to another underrepresented group. Only your personal and professional suitability for the advertised position is decisive for a successful application. Information about your rights as a data subject in accordance with Art. 13 GDPR and the Bruckner University's privacy policy can be found at https://www.bruckneruni.ac.at/datenschutz/

Unfortunately, costs incurred in connection with an application to the ABU cannot be reimbursed. Your application documents will be destroyed after the selection procedure.