Professor Tenure Track for Solid Wood Bonding (80 - 100%)
Berner Fachhochschule
Biel
Key information
- Publication date:14 November 2025
- Workload:80 – 100%
- Place of work:Biel
Job summary
Join our team in expanding the field of solid wood bonding! Enjoy a collaborative work environment with growth opportunities.
Tasks
- Lead the development of solid wood bonding applications for structural use.
- Represent and advance this field in teaching and research initiatives.
- Independently acquire research projects at national and international levels.
Skills
- Possess a degree in wood technology, wood construction, or similar fields.
- Strong communication and teamwork abilities are essential.
- Fluency in German, with French or English as a second language.
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What you will do here
- You are responsible for expanding the field of solid wood bonding for applications in load-bearing and non-load-bearing areas
- You are responsible for representing and further developing the field in teaching and research
- You independently and continuously acquire research projects in the national and, if applicable, international environment
- You promote interdisciplinary and interdepartmental collaboration with experts from teaching and research and actively build cooperations
- You demonstrate presence in the public, in committees and commissions within the scope of the subject area and represent the university
With a position in the Tenure Track program, young researchers with potential are offered an attractive career perspective.
What you ideally bring with you
- Completed university degree in wood technology, timber construction, or a comparable field
- Several years of practical experience in solid wood processing, timber construction, or bonding for load-bearing applications
- High communication and teamwork skills as well as a pronounced degree of initiative
- Excellent German skills as well as French or English as a second language
- Strong enthusiasm for teaching and openness to didactic development
The title of Professor can be used if the requirements according to the BFH personnel regulations are met.
Here are some of our advantages in advance
- Many contacts with young, eager people from all over the world who want to achieve something.
- Curiosity is required, and not just a little. And a lot of independence and personal responsibility.
- Family-friendly conditions and a lot of understanding for family duties.
- Diverse opportunities for further development.
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application process
application process
Barbara Zwahlen
HR Consultant
T +41 31 848 50 55
The Department of Architecture, Wood and Civil Engineering
At the Department of Architecture, Wood and Civil Engineering , we shape the built environment for the future. Together with partners from business and society, we develop pioneering solutions for sustainable living spaces and infrastructures and learn from nature through the material wood.
