Assistant Professor - Architectural Design and Engaged Practice - Architecture

Position overview

Salary range :

The current salary range for this position is $80,800 - $128,700 (9-month academic year salary), however, off-scale salary and other components of pay, which would yield compensation that is higher than this range, are offered to meet competitive conditions.

Anticipated start : July 1, 2026

Application Window

Open date : July 25, 2025

Next review date : Wednesday, Oct 15, 2025 at 11 : 59pm (Pacific Time)

Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.

Final date : Wednesday, Oct 15, 2025 at 11 : 59pm (Pacific Time)

Applications will continue to be accepted until this date.

Position description

The Department of Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, invites applications for two (2) full-time, tenure-track positions at the rank of Assistant Professor in Architectural Design - Engaged Practice. We seek candidates whose design and creative work are grounded in innovative architectural practice.

Engaged Practice refers to design and creative work rooted in architectural practice that synthesizes contemporary issues and disciplinary knowledge to inform distinctive architectural sensibilities with a particular focus on the design of buildings. Candidates may be actively practicing or demonstrate a clear trajectory and strong potential to engage practice as a critical mode of inquiry. Successful candidates are expected to demonstrate how buildings can expand the boundaries of the field-mobilizing design to confront urgent questions around climate, housing, materials, construction, social justice or other critical issues.

Position responsibilities include core instruction in architectural design at both the graduate and undergraduate levels, with particular emphasis on Foundational Studios and Courses, as well as Integrated Design Studios. Candidates are also expected to lead advanced design studios and to offer seminar and / or lecture courses aligned with their specific area of expertise and inquiry in architectural design.

Service to the department, college, university, profession, and broader community is an essential component of the appointment. In addition to teaching experience in design, candidates must demonstrate exemplary architectural work and the ability to disseminate their work through appropriate venues.

The Department of Architecture at UC Berkeley is housed within the College of Environmental Design (CED), along with the departments of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning and City & Regional Planning. Founded in 1959, the CED has long been at the forefront of environmental design education. As the first institution to combine architecture, planning, and landscape architecture into a single college, we offer a vigorous cross-disciplinary environment where collaboration and experimentation flourishes. Within this context, the Department of Architecture's evolution has been nourished by social, cultural, technological, and environmental

values, and our geographical setting. Situated on the Pacific Rim at the border with Latin America and facing Asia, California is an urban laboratory that has long been recognized as a site of design research and experimentation. These values are reflected in our innovative teaching, scholarly research, critical design inquiry, and discursive practices. Our award-winning faculty bring both broad and deep intellectual diversity to our educational community.

The Department of Architecture offers undergraduate and graduate degrees, and provides thoughtful and rigorous instruction to 400 undergraduates and 200 graduate students in the M.Arch, M.AAD, M.S. and Ph.D programs. The Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in architecture offers both a liberal arts-oriented and pre-professional education. The Master of Architecture is a professional degree requiring two, or three years, depending on the student's incoming background. The Master of Advanced Architectural Design is a one-year post-professional degree intended for those with a professional degree who wish to continue exploring design issues in an experimental studio setting. The Master of Science and a Ph.D. in architecture are research-based degrees in one of the following areas of study : History, Theory, and Society, and, Building Science, Technology, and Sustainability. For more information on our department and academic programs, please visit http : / / arch.ced.berkeley.edu.

Department : https : / / ced.berkeley.edu / arch

Qualifications

Basic qualifications (required at time of application)

Bachelor Degree (or equivalent international degree)

Preferred qualifications

One of the following by the start date of the position is strongly preferred :

A professional graduate degree in architecture (M.Arch or an equivalent international degree)

Or an undergraduate degree in architecture (B.Arch or an equivalent international degree) with an additional graduate degree (such as an MA, MS, or Ph.D.)

Application Requirements

Document requirements

Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.

Statement of Interest - A 2-3 page statement of interest specifying the relevance of the applicant's experience to the department with a description of practice, creative work, and teaching.

Portfolio - A digital portfolio of representative design work. The file must be 50MB or smaller in size.

Additional Space Portfolio - In case files need to be split. The file must be 50MB or smaller in size.

(Optional)

Teaching Portfolio - A digital portfolio of teaching material, syllabi, student work, and any other supplementary information. The file must be 50MB or smaller in size.

Additional Space : Teaching Portfolio - In case files need to be split. The file must be 50MB or smaller in size.

(Optional)

Authorization to Release Information Form - A reference check will be completed only if you are selected as the candidate to whom the hiring unit would like to extend a formal offer. Download, complete, sign, and upload the Authorization to Release Information form

Reference requirements

• 3-5 letters of reference required

Apply link :

https : / / aprecruit.berkeley.edu / JPF05034

Help contact : ced-personnel@berkeley.edu

About UC Berkeley

UC Berkeley is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in our public mission of research, teaching, and service, consistent with UC Regents Policy 4400 and University of California Academic Personnel policy (APM 210 1-d). These values are embedded in our Principles of Community, which reflect our passion for critical inquiry, debate, discovery and innovation, and our deep commitment to contributing to a better world. Every member of the UC Berkeley community has a role in sustaining a safe, caring and humane environment in which these values can thrive.

The University of California, Berkeley is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or protected veteran status.

For more information, please refer to the University of California's Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination in Employment Policy and the University of California's Anti-Discrimination Policy.

In searches when letters of reference are required all letters will be treated as confidential per University of California policy and California state law. Please refer potential referees, including when letters are provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service or career center), to the UC Berkeley statement of confidentiality prior to submitting their letter.

As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and / or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.

The University of California is committed to creating and maintaining a community dedicated to the advancement, application, and transmission of knowledge and creative endeavors through academic excellence, where all individuals who participate in University programs and activities can work and learn together in a safe and secure environment, free of violence, harassment, or discrimination. Consistent with this commitment, UC Berkeley requires all applicants for Senate faculty positions to complete, sign, and upload an Authorization of Information Release form into AP Recruit as part of their application. If an applicant does not include the signed authorization, the application will be considered incomplete, and as with any incomplete application, will not receive further consideration. Although all applicants for faculty recruitments must complete the entire application, applicants will only be subject to institutional reference checks if and when they are selected as the candidate to whom the hiring unit would like to extend a formal offer. More information is available on this website.

As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct.

Job location

Berkeley, CA