The Berlin University of the Arts (UdK Berlin) is one of the largest and most diverse art universities in Europe, where artistic teaching and practice intersect with academic discourse to shape its distinctive profile. With a history spanning more than 300 years, it is deeply rooted in the city of Berlin and, with more than 700 events each year, serves as a significant cultural driving force.

UdK Berlin unites a broad spectrum of study programmes in Fine Arts, Design, Music, Performing Arts, and the academic disciplines related to these fields. Its profile is complemented by the Inter-University Centre for Dance Berlin and the Jazz Institute Berlin. For its approximately 4,500 students – about one third of whom come from abroad – the university offers excellent opportunities for study and research, fostering ongoing exchange between artistic practice and scholarly reflection.

The UdK Berlin, College of Performing Arts – Study program Acting –, is seeking to appoint a:

Professor at a university of arts (m/f/d)

– Salary group W 2 LBesG (basic salary €7,387.68 plus additional allowances according to §3 LBesG ICW §33 BBesG transitional version Berlin) –
Permanent full-time professorship
Field of teaching: Acting and Performing
Teaching obligation: 18 course hours (LVS)

Start of service of the professorship: 1 October 2027

Reference number: 4/278/26

The Acting study program at the UdK Berlin sees itself as a teaching and research institute for contemporary performance techniques. The training in the major subject Performance and Scene is oriented towards the teaching of techniques and horizons that enable a broadly differentiated aesthetic professional profile.

Duties the open position offers:

• basic scenic instruction, understood as basic training in acting expression, conceptualization of different acting styles, teaching the ability to work autonomously in the fields of improvisation, structure and reproduction
• role and scene studies as well as partner work in basic and advanced studies
• instruction for performing on camera/camera acting
• project work in basic and advanced studies

Employment requirement in accordance with § 100 of Berlin Act on Higher Education (BerlHG):

• a completed university degree (master‘s or equivalent) in acting and/or directing
• teaching aptitude, demonstrated through several years of teaching experience
• a special aptitude for artistic work
• other artistic achievements

Other requirements:

• an outstanding artist with several years of successful professional experience in acting and/or directing in the performing arts
• comprehensive, methodically diverse, several years of experience in contemporary acting training
• the ability to impart methodological principles in practice
• active participation in the innovative further development of the acting course
• presentation of a written teaching concept with perspectives for training in basic, role and scene studies
• knowledge in German at CEFR C2 level, both written and spoken
• In the event of an appointment, applicants undertake to be continuously involved in the self-administration of the university and to actively participate in committee work.

What we offer:

• an interesting, varied academic and artistic environment providing access to various artistic events of all disciplines
• occupational health management
• good public transport connections to the workplace and a discounted ticket for public transport (VBB job ticket)
• subject to the availability of funding: participation in the Erasmus+ Staff Exchange, an EU mobility programme for professional education

UdK Berlin is committed to being a non-discriminatory learning, teaching and working environment of equal opportunity and is working towards removing structural barriers (such as, for example, physical, language, racial, age-related, gender-specific, heteronormative and other barriers). It is striving to increase the proportion of women on its staff by recruiting and promoting qualified women, especially in executive positions and in areas in which they are underrepresented, and places particular emphasis on an intersectional approach. UdK Berlin expressly invites qualified candidates with a history of migration, black people and/or people of colour to apply. Equally qualified applicants with a recognised severe disability receive preferential consideration. If you have a severe disability, please mention it in your application.

We look forward to receiving your full application complete with relevant documentation to arrive by 12 October 2026; to be submitted only via the application portal.

Should you require any further information, please phone Ms Lenzen on 030/3185-2334, who will be happy to assist you.

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