Professorship (W2) Real Estate Management (m/f/d)

The West Coast University of Applied Sciences is a modern and innovative university on the west coast of Schleswig-Holstein. In the Faculty of Business, the university offers Bachelor's degree courses in Business Administration, Trial Model Business Administration, Real Estate Management, International Tourism Management, Business Law and Business Psychology as well as Master's degree courses in International Tourism Management, Green Energy, Business Psychology and Business, Media & Psychology (part-time online course).

The West Coast University of Applied Sciences is seeking to fill the permanent position of

Professorship (W2)
Real Estate Management

in the Faculty of Business and Economics to be filled part-time (50%). Employment will be on the basis of an employment contract under private law with remuneration based on the W2 salary scale. If pedagogical suitability is established, the employment will be made permanent after two years.

Your tasks:

We are looking for a dedicated individual who can build on their own career to represent the subject area of real estate management in research and teaching, primarily in the Real Estate Management degree program. In addition to in-depth knowledge and practical experience in the field of real estate management, relevant practical experience in at least 2 of the following areas is required:

• Architecture / Civil Engineering
• Real estate valuation
• Facility management
• Digital transformation in the real estate industry

In addition to representing the subject area described above in teaching, applied research and transfer, the responsibilities of the professorship include teaching basic courses in our degree programs. The part-time teaching load is 9 lecture hours (LVS).

What you bring with you:

Requirements for the advertised position are:

• Relevant professional experience of at least 5 years in a responsible position, including at least 3 years outside the university sector, in which particular achievements were made in the application or development of scientific knowledge and methods,
• a university degree in a subject relevant to the position,
• special aptitude for academic work, which is usually demonstrated by the good quality of a relevant doctorate,
• pedagogical and didactic aptitude and ambition to educate our Bachelor's and Master's students with diverse backgrounds,
• Enjoy imparting knowledge and interacting with students,
• Ability and willingness
  • to teach in German and English,
  • for application-oriented research and knowledge transfer
  • to interdisciplinary teamwork.

The legal requirements can be found in the Higher Education Act of the state of Schleswig-Holstein. (https://www.gesetze-rechtsprechung.sh.juris.de/bssh/document/jlr-HSchul-GSH2016V11P61)

Ideally you have:

• Publications in the field of real estate management,
• Experience in the management of externally funded projects,
• Willingness to actively participate in academic self-administration and in the further development of our Department of Economics in teaching, research and networking with regional cooperation partners,
• strong teamwork and leadership skills,
• Willingness to relocate to the region.

We offer you:

• An excellent working and living environment on the west coast of Schleswig-Holstein,
• Freedom for individual development, profiling and setting priorities within the scope of your work,
• the personal atmosphere and other advantages of a small university,
• the opportunity to build on numerous company and university contacts,
• the advantages of a family-friendly university according to the "Audit berufundfamilie",
• a versatile company health management program,
• good public transport connections,
• the opportunity to take part in the EGYM-Wellpass,
• Job ticket as a Germany ticket.

We look forward to seeing you!

The West Coast UAS is committed to the employment of people with disabilities and checks whether vacancies can be filled with severely disabled people, in particular with severely disabled people who are registered as unemployed or looking for work with the employment agency. Persons with a severe disability and their equals are given preferential consideration if they are equally qualified.

We would like to promote the diversity of biographies and skills at the West Coast UAS. We therefore welcome applications regardless of nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion and ideology, age and sexual identity.

We expressly welcome applications from people with a migration background, as well as people with knowledge of Low German, Frisian or Danish.

We strive for equal opportunities for women in all employee groups. The West Coast UAS strives to increase the proportion of female academics in research and teaching and therefore strongly encourages suitably qualified women to apply. In the event of under-representation, women with equivalent aptitude, qualifications and professional performance will be given priority.

The compatibility of family and career as well as the promotion of part-time employment are in the particular interest of the West Coast University of Applied Sciences.

Please send your informative application with the usual documents (at least CV, school, training and work certificates, proof of studies and doctorate) and, if applicable, a declaration of consent for access to the personnel file, by

12.05.2026

to the personnel administration of the FH Westküste, Fritz-Thiedemann-Ring 20, 25746 Heide, preferably in electronic form to bewerbung@fh-westkueste.de. For applications in paper form, please send us copies, as the application documents will not be returned.

We expressly waive the submission of photographs/application photos and therefore ask you to refrain from doing so.

Your personal data will be processed in order to carry out the application procedure on the basis of Section 26 (1) of the Federal Data Protection Act and Section 15 (1) of the State Data Protection Act. Further information can be found in our data protection regulations (https://www.fh-westkueste.de/datenschutz/).

If you have any questions regarding employment or collective bargaining law or questions about the procedure, please contact Ms. Voß in Human Resources (voss@fh-westkueste.de) will be happy to help you. For technical questions about the job profile and the associated tasks, please contact the Chair of the Appointment Committee, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kerstin Main (main@fh-westkueste.de).

West Coast University of Applied Sciences (FHW)
Personnel Administration of the West Coast University of Applied Sciences
Fritz-Thiedemann-Ring 20
25746 | Heide
E-Mail: bewerbung@fh-westkueste.de