Visiting Professor

Visiting Professor 
from Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences to the German Jordanian University (GJU) 

The German Jordanian University is a Jordanian state university that is modelled on German universities of applied sciences and is currently particularly dedicated to research and the expansion of its research profile. It was opened in Amman in 2005. Approximately 5,000 students are currently enrolled at GJU. All Bachelor students at GJU spend one year of their studies in Germany, for which they receive linguistic and cultural preparation in the first three years of study. The "German Dimension" thus plays a central role in all degree programmes at GJU.

For the Federal Government and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, GJU is one of their most important international higher education projects, funded by the German Academic Exchange Service within the framework of the programme "Transnational Education - Promotion of Binational Higher Education Institutions" (TNE). On the German side, Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences is the project-leading university.
 

2026
 
GJU and the intertwined TNE Project at Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences are going to offer TNE-funded teaching and/or research stays of one or more semesters for professors (including junior professors and junior researchers/postdocs) from the German partner university network.

Professors from all disciplines offered at the GJU are welcome to apply for the TNE-funded stays at GJU.

www.gju.edu.jo

What is required

  • completed university studies & PhD/ doctorate
  • teaching experience in higher education
  • recent scientific publications following your PhD/doctorate (monographs, articles and/or other publications)
  • willingness for interdisciplinary cooperation

 

 
Where we invite you to get involved
(individual arrangements with GJU in each case)
 

Teaching and/or research stay at GJU
(for full professors via special leave of absence (sabbatical) by the German university)

You will be involved in one or several of the following activities:

  • Teaching in German and/or English.
  • (Applied) research projects and, if applicable, establishment of a German Jordanian research cluster and/or knowledge and technology transfer. 
  • Further development of the subject/teaching area and internationalisation of the faculty/ School.
 

Funding in 2026
for professors via special leave of absence by the German university
 
2 places for professors, junior professors and/or young academics for four months –A monthly allowance is paid via TNE project funds in addition to the salary of the home university.

Prerequisite for your application is that you have either the German citizenship or that you are a citizen of a member state of the European Union.
 

Start
 

The teaching and research stays at GJU can be started for the Second Semester 2025/26 (starting approx. 15. February 2026) or for the First Semester 2026/27 (starting approx. 15. September 2026)
 

Application
 
Please send your application documents with the permission to forward them to DAAD (applications without this permission can unfortunately not be considered) electronically as one single pdf-file until --> 30.09.2025 to both addressees below:

 

Office of the Vice President for International Affairs 
German Jordanian University 
Vice.President-IA.Office@gju.edu.jo
 
Ruth Pappenhagen
Director Project Office TNE Project GJU,
Magdeburg-Stendal UAS
 
 
For technical and administrative queries about this position, please contact  
 
Dr. Jennifer Gronau 
Director International Affairs Department 
German Jordanian University 
 

 

 

Ruth Pappenhagen
Director Project Office TNE Project GJU,
Magdeburg-Stendal UAS
 

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