Full Professor in Hydrology (permanent, salary grade W2)

European Geosciences Union; Bayern; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU), Faculty of Arts, invites applications for a Full Professor (Universitätsprofessorin/Universitätsprofessor) of Hydrology (salary grade W2) to be filled as a permanent civil servant.

The appointee will lead hydrology research and teaching, contribute to climate and water research, supervise early-career researchers, and teach in English-language Master GEOSPHERES and other geography programs.

Qualifications

• Relevant university degree and demonstrated academic excellence.
• Strong research, teaching, and third-party funding record.
• Expertise in hydrology, hydrogeology or geosciences.

Responsibilities

• Represent hydrology in research and teaching.
• Teach courses in geography degree programs, incl. English-language Master GEOSPHERES.
• Engage in interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research.

Job description

Full Professor in Hydrology (permanent, salary grade W2)

Employer

Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg, Faculty of Arts

Research profile: future-oriented and internationally recognised

True to its guiding principle of "Science for Society", Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU) strives to gain new insights in Research Areas relevant to the future. In interdisciplinary Focal Research Areas and innovative Emerging Research Areas, scientists are working on solutions for the challenges of tomorrow.

Geomorphology (GM)
Hydrological Sciences (HS)
Natural Hazards (NH)

Type

Full time

Level

Experienced

Salary grade W2 in Bavaria, Germany

Required education

Other

4 December 2026

Posted

9 November 2026

At the Faculty of Arts of Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU), the Institute of Geography and Geology invites applications for the position of
Full Professor (Universitätsprofessorin/Universitätsprofessor) (f/m/d) of Hydrology (salary grade W2) to be filled at the earliest possible date as a permanent civil servant position (Beamtenverhältnis auf Lebenszeit).

The Institute of Geography and Geology at JMU Würzburg seeks to appoint an internationally recognised individual with a strong commitment to research, teaching, academic self-governance and the support of early-career researchers, who will meaningfully complement the Institute’s existing profile at the interface of society and the environment.
The Institute welcomes innovative research perspectives and methods as well as a focus on the major societal challenges of the 21st century, in particular global change in the Anthropocene.
As the holder of this position, you will represent hydrology in research and teaching. The successful candidate is expected to have an internationally visible and recognised research profile in hydrology, demonstrated by corresponding research and publication activities as well as a record of successful third-party funding acquisition.
To complement the Institute’s scientific strengths, a focus on one or more of the following research fields is expected: climate change and water balance, hydrological modelling, urban hydrology, water resources management, as well as catchment hydrology and critical zone hydrology. A broad methodological spectrum should be covered, ranging from numerical models, remote sensing techniques and AI applications to field methods.
Teaching duties comprise courses in the modularised geography degree programmes offered at the University of Würzburg. These include, in particular, the English-language Master’s programme GEOSPHERES as well as the Bachelor’s and teacher-training programmes in geography. A strong commitment to the further development of the degree programmes is expected.
The research and teaching concept should set out inter- and transdisciplinary impulses for a sustainable, future-oriented development of the Professorship of Hydrology in Würzburg, as well as thematic links and interfaces with the existing chairs and professorships. Willingness to engage in research cooperation and collaborative research within the Institute and the University is explicitly expected.
Requirements for appointment are a relevant completed university degree, pedagogical aptitude, a special aptitude for academic work, usually demonstrated by the quality of a doctorate, as well as additional academic achievements as specified in Art. 57 (1) sentences 3 and 4 of the Bavarian Higher Education Innovation Act (BayHIG). The additional academic achievements should have been attained in the field of physical geography, hydrology, hydrogeology, geosciences or related research disciplines.
Pursuant to Art. 60 (3) BayHIG, appointment to civil servant status is only possible up to the completion of the 52nd year of age. Exceptions are possible in urgent cases.
The University of Würzburg attaches great importance to intensive supervision of students and doctoral candidates and expects its teaching staff to show corresponding commitment.
The University of Würzburg aims to increase the proportion of women in research and teaching and therefore explicitly encourages suitably qualified female scientists to apply.
Severely disabled applicants will be given preference in the case of otherwise substantially equal qualifications.
Further information is available on the website of the Faculty of Arts: www.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/berufungen .
In case of any legal ambiguities, the German-language version of this job advertisement shall prevail.