Heriot-Watt University’s Dubai Campus is recruiting an Assistant Professor in Chemical Engineering for a full-time, open-ended position. The role involves teaching and assessing undergraduate and postgraduate courses, including multiphase thermodynamics and sustainability, while utilizing Aspen HYSYS for process simulation. Candidates must hold a PhD in Chemical Engineering with at least two to three years of tertiary teaching experience and a research track record. Responsibilities include developing high-quality learning materials, supervising student projects, and contributing to research activities on the Dubai campus. The salary ranges from AED 260,000 to 320,000 per annum, inclusive of housing allowance, depending on experience. Applicants are expected to collaborate with colleagues across Edinburgh and Malaysia campuses and engage in continuous professional development. Successful candidates must meet UAE attestation requirements within six months of joining.
Role: Assistant Professor in Chemical Engineering
Grade: G7
Salary: AED 260,000 - 320,000 per annum including housing allowance (Depending on Experience)
FTE and working pattern: Full-time (1FTE); 35hrs per week
Contract Type: Open Ended
Department: School of Engineering and Physical Sciences (EPS)
Location: Dubai Campus
Heriot-Watt University (HWU) has five campuses: three in the UK (Edinburgh, Scottish Borders and Orkney), one in Dubai and one in Malaysia. The University offers a highly distinctive range of degree programmes in the specialist areas of science, engineering, design, business, and languages.
With a history dating back to 1821, Heriot-Watt University has established a reputation for world-class teaching and practical, leading-edge research, which has made it one of the top UK universities for business and industry. We connect with industry at every level and develop programmes to match their needs – so employers get work-ready industry-fit graduates.
Heriot-Watt is also Scotland's most international university, boasting the largest international student cohort.
We have an established set of values that help us to nurture innovation and leadership and show our commitment to continuous improvement and development in all our activities.
Heriot-Watt University established a campus in Dubai International Academic City (DIAC) in 2005 and moved in 2020 to a state of the art, digitally enabled campus within Dubai Knowledge Park. The Dubai campus now has nearly 4000 students. The School of Engineering and Physical Sciences (EPS) in Heriot-Watt University Dubai offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes in Automotive, Chemical, Mechanical, Energy, Renewable Energy, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Robotics, Autonomous and Interactive Systems, and Global Sustainability Engineering. Staff based in EPS Dubai also contribute to the development and delivery of courses to students based in Edinburgh and Malaysia.
Heriot-Watt University Dubai is seeking to recruit an enthusiastic academic with experience of teaching and research in Chemical Engineering who is expected to deliver and assess a range of undergraduate and postgraduate engineering courses, that include but are not limited to: Multiphase Thermodynamics, Reaction Engineering, Transport Phenomenon, Separation Processes, Sustainability and Economics. The candidate should be able to effectively teach process simulation and design using Aspen HYSYS, integrating the software into relevant Chemical Engineering courses.
Successful candidates are expected to have a broad knowledge of a range of topics within Chemical Engineering and relevant research activities. They will also be expected to develop strong links to colleagues based in Edinburgh and Malaysia campuses to deliver high-quality learning and teaching and contribute to the continued development of the programmes offered to students. Whereas the appointments are primarily for teaching, we expect academic staff to have an existing research interest in a relevant area and to contribute to developing research on the Dubai Campus.
An Assistant Professor must hold a PhD degree in Chemical Engineering, with tertiary teaching experience.
Please note that this job description is not exhaustive, and the role holder may be required to undertake other relevant duties commensurate with the grading of the post and its general responsibilities. Activities may be subject to amendment over time as the role develops and/or priorities and requirements evolve.
Applicants must meet the following essential criteria:
PhD in relevant subject area
Capable of delivering relevant Chemical Engineering courses
Research track record
Capable of supervising and guiding UG and PG students in project work/dissertation.
Commitment to HWU values
2-3 Years Teaching experience at undergraduate and/or postgraduate level of an accredited programme
The following criteria are desirable:
Fellowship or Senior Fellowship of Advance HE, or equivalent recognition of teaching excellence
Chartered Engineer status or membership/fellowship of IChemE or an equivalent professional organisation
A track record of Journal and Conference Publications and research grant applications
Experience of supervising a PhD student to completion
With a history dating back to 1821, Heriot-Watt University has established a reputation for world-class teaching and professionally relevant, leading-edge research, which has made it one of the top UK universities for business and industry.
We are a vibrant, forward-looking university, well known for the quality of our degrees with employers actively seeking out our graduates. Heriot-Watt is also Scotland’s international university with an unsurpassed international in-country presence. We deliver degree programmes to circa 30,000 students in 143 countries around the world, have a further overseas campus in Dubai and boast the largest international student cohort in Scotland.
In addition to the Edinburgh campus, we currently have campuses in the Scottish Borders, Orkney, Dubai and Malaysia. For all of our campuses we aim to provide stimulating, supportive environments conducive to effective learning and research, where staff and students can excel. At Heriot-Watt, we have an established set of values that help us to nurture innovation and leadership, and show our commitment to continuous improvement and development in all our activities.
Our values describe our deeply held beliefs and our community spirit. They characterise not only how we are as a higher education institution but also frame how we want to be.
Our values are:
As learning, living and working institution, we use our values as the building blocks of how we go about doing our work and how we each conduct ourselves as members of Heriot-Watt University. They represent what binds us together as a University community and help us to become the best at what we do.
For full details on our University, please view our website About
At Heriot Watt we are passionate about our values and look to them to connect our people globally and to help us collaborate and celebrate our success through working together. Our research programmes can deliver real world impact which is achieved through the diversity of our international community and the recognition of creative talent that connects our global team.
Our flourishing community will give you the freedom to challenge and to bring your enterprising mind and to help our partners with solutions that can be applied now and in the future. Join us and Heriot Watt will provide you with a platform to thrive and work in a way that also helps you live your life in balance with well-being and inclusiveness at the heart of our global community.
Heriot-Watt University is committed to securing equality of opportunity in employment and to the creation of an environment in which individuals are selected, trained, promoted, appraised and otherwise treated on the sole basis of their relevant merits and abilities. Equality and diversity are all about maximising potential and creating a culture of inclusion for all.
Heriot-Watt University Dubai is (Commission for Academic Accreditation) CAA Licensed; therefore, successful candidates will need to either provide terminal degrees attested from a UAE institution accredited by the CAA or if the degree is not from a UAE Institution, the candidate will need to have MoE (Ministry of Education) Equivalency. More info on attestation can be found on the MoE website. The candidate is responsible for getting their degree attestations done and these should be completed within six months of joining.
The appointment is conditional upon successful completion of all Labour and Immigration formalities.
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