AUW seeks high-caliber faculty for flexible short- and long-term appointments in fields spanning arts and humanities, social sciences, life sciences, engineering, technology, and more. Join a diverse, international academic community with competitive benefits and global impact.

Join Our Faculty

AUW seeks exceptional, multidisciplinary faculty dedicated to transformative education. Ideal candidates will hold a PhD from a recognized institution and possess a minimum of five years of teaching experience. Research and, where applicable, industry experience, are highly valued. Successful candidates will deliver high-quality courses across disciplines, demonstrate teaching excellence, open to new and innovative pedagogical approaches, contribute to research, and actively enrich the academic and social experience of students and the wider community. Faculty are also expected to engage in university service and collaborative initiatives. AUW welcomes high-energy educators who thrive in dynamic environments, are deeply committed to the advancement of women’s education, and embrace the values of inclusivity, affirmative action, and support for the most vulnerable in a multicultural setting. Women and women of color are particularly encouraged to apply.

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Benefits

• Competitive, tax-free salary for non-Bangladeshi nationals, paid in USD based on experience and position chosen for.
• 5% employer contribution to a pension fund, subject to a vesting schedule.
• Roundtrip airfare and visa fee reimbursement.
• Comprehensive health insurance.
• Furnished faculty housing.
• Complimentary access to on-campus dining halls.

Application Instructions

Please send your complete application with the following to the attention of Jobs@asian-university.org, with the subject line: Application for Faculty Position in [subject of interest]. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the positions are filled.

• Cover letter detailing qualifications, research, teaching, and interest in the position
• Detailed CV
• Proposal and syllabus for the courses (include information on labs and anything necessary to supplement course)
• Teaching Philosophy and Approach
• Teaching evaluation reports, if available
• Copies of recent publications or working papers
• Contact information of three references
• Copies of all the educational certificates

Timeline

Flexible teaching appointments that can be long-term contracts or seasonal but must be in person for the duration of at least one term.

Note: Faculty are asked to arrive to Bangladesh at least 3 days before the start of each term.

SPRING ‘26

First Day of Spring Trimester: Jan 5

Spring Trimester Ends: Apr 18

Grade Submission: Apr 22

SUMMER ‘26

First Day of Summer Trimester: May 12

Summer Trimester Ends: Aug 14

Grade Submission: Aug 19

FALL ‘26

First Day of Fall Trimester: Aug 30*

Fall Trimester Ends: Dec 3*

Grade Submission: Dec 10*

*2026-27 Academic Calendar has not yet been published; the dates listed for the Fall trimester are tentative.

AUW also invites applications for the following leadership and faculty positions (only for long-term appointments):

Pre-Undergraduate Program:

• Director of Pre-Undergraduate Programs
  • Leads the strategic development and delivery of AUW’s foundational academic programs, preparing students for success in undergraduate studies.
• Principal IELTS Instructor
  • Designs and delivers high-impact IELTS instruction to support students’ English proficiency for university admission and global opportunities.
• Pre-Undergraduate Instructor (English, Math & Computer Science)
  • Teaches core subjects to bridge academic gaps and build essential skills for undergraduate success.

English Language Programs:

• Director of English Language Programs
  • Oversees curriculum design, faculty development, and student outcomes for AUW’s English language instruction across all levels.

German Language Programs:

• Director of German Language Programs
  • Oversees curriculum design, faculty development, and student outcomes for AUW’s German language instruction across all levels.

Japanese Language Programs:

• Director of Japanese Language Programs
  • Oversees curriculum design, faculty development, and student outcomes for AUW’s Japanese language instruction across all levels.

Environmental and Biological Sciences:

• Environmental Sciences Program Director
  • Leads AUW’s interdisciplinary environmental sciences program, shaping future sustainability leaders through teaching, research, and partnerships.
• Agronomy
  • Conducts research and teaches sustainable agriculture practices, focusing on food systems and climate resilience in South Asia.
• Evolutionary Biology
  • Explores biological diversity and evolutionary processes through teaching and research, contributing to AUW’s life sciences curriculum.
• Botany
  • Specializes in plant biology and ecology, supporting both classroom instruction and field-based research initiatives.
• Marine Biology
  • Investigates ocean ecosystems and marine life through teaching and research, advancing environmental awareness and conservation in AUW’s life sciences program.

Politics, Philosophy and Economics:

• Politics, Philosophy and Economics Program Director
  • Leads a multidisciplinary program that equips students with analytical and ethical tools to address global and regional challenges.

Athletics:

• Director of Athletics
  • Develops and manages AUW’s athletics programs, promoting student wellness, leadership, and competitive sports.
• Soccer/football coach
  • Trains and mentors student athletes in competitive soccer, offering high-level coaching during a pivotal stage in their development.
  • AUW recruits students at or around age 19—often the final opportunity for women to play competitively in their position. This role is critical in reigniting athletic ambition and providing elite coaching when it matters most.

General Faculty Appointments

AUW is looking for faculty at multiple levels in the following subject areas. Faculty are ordinarily required to teach three courses each term. The courses listed are just a few of the courses included in our course catalogue.

ARTS AND HUMANITIES

History

Modern European History; History of South/Southeast Asia; History of War; History of Medicine, Science and Technology; History of Gender and Sexuality; History of Social Movements, History of Dictatorships; Japanese History; Art History

Philosophy

Introduction to Ancient Philosophy; Philosophy, Race, and Racism; Philosophy and Education; Introduction to Ethics; Ethics and International Affairs; Minds and Machines; Morality and Relationships; Language and Power

Literature

Introduction to African Literature; Literature, Racism and the Spirit; Japanese Literature from Myth to Manga; Classics of Hindu Spirituality; Happiness; Traditional Romances of East Asia;

Comparative Religion

Religion and History; Religion in South/Southeast Asia; Mysticism and Faith; Sufism; Women in World Religions; Christianity; Buddhism; Islam; Judaism; Chinese Religious Traditions; Hinduism; Japanese Religious Traditions; Theory of Religion; Religion and Capitalism; Indigenous Religious Histories; Religion and Human Rights; Political Theology; Islam in Southeast Asia; Climate, Religion, and Colonialism; Women and Islam

Music

Musics of the World; Sonic Arts in Society; Music and Physics; Music and Gender; Music and Ecology; Building Community Through Music

Theater and Dance

The Language of Movement; Introduction to Playwriting; Digital Music Production and Recording; Dramatic Diversities; Dance: A Global Movement; Introduction to Costume Design

FOREIGN LANGUAGES

Japanese

Introduction to Classical Japanese; Contemporary Japanese Language and Culture; Elementary Japanese; Intermediate Japanese; Advanced Japanese; Integrative Advanced Japanese

French

Beginning Frech; Intermediate French; French Violence & Resistance; Power and Space; Intro to Francophone Lit; History of the French Language; French Language and Society

Arabic

Modern Standard Arabic; Intro to Islamic Civilization; Arabic Media; Modern Arabic Poetry; Intro to Arabic Linguistics; Palestinian Literature; Early Islamic Texts

Mandarin

Character Writing; Modern Chinese; Beginning Conversational Chinese; Intermediate Chinese Conversation; Chinese Calligraphy; Advanced Chinese Conversation; Chinese through Modern Fiction; Business Chinese

German

Elementary German; Scientific German; Introduction to German Literature; German for Engineers; Advanced German

INTENSIVE ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROGRAM

Global and Regional Literature

Tagore and his Inspirations; Introduction to Literacy and Cultural Studies; Masterpieces of World Literature; Theories of Comparative Literature; Middle Eastern Literature; Global Literature; South Asian Literature; East Asian Literatures; Literature of the Global South; Latin American Literature

English Literature

Foundations of English Literature; Modern and Contemporary Literature; Literary Theory and Criticism; From Shakespeare to Shaw; Writing for Publication; Interdictions; Creative Writing; Anglophone Writing in the Postcolonial World; Literature and the New World; Performance and Literature

Core Language Development

Academic Writing and Research Skills; Advanced Grammer and Syntax; Reading Comprehension and Textual Analysis; English for International Relations; English for STEM and Technical Writing; Business Writing and Communication

Translation Studies

Translation Theory; Linguistics; Terminology Management; Computer-Aided Translation Tools; Intercultural Communication; Medical Translation; Legal Translation

Writing and Communication

Digital Storytelling and Multimedia Writing; Performance and Literature; Creative Writing; Fiction; Memoir; Flash fiction; Poetry; Women Poets; Poets and Poetry; Contemporary Poetic Movements

Comparative Literature

Introduction to Comparative Literature; Japanese Literature; Bengali Literature; Persian Literature; European Literature; The Nature of Narrative; Writing for Humanities; Metafiction

SOCIAL SCIENCES

Economics

Microeconomics; Macroeconomics; Military Economics; Econometrics; Research Methodology; Game Theory; Labor Economics; Health Economics; Development Economics; Behavioral Economics; Gender Economics; International Political Economy; Environmental Economics; Economics of International Trade; Microeconomics of Development; and Transportation Economics, Regional Economics

Politics, Philosophy and Economics

Comparative Politics; Conflict Management & Post-War Development; Democratic Theory; Globalization & Development; Global Ethics & Human Rights; Growth & Development; International Leadership; International Relations; Political Identities of Asia; Political Psychology; Political Science; Political Violence; Ethnicity, Race, and Migration; Participatory Democracy; Democracy and Sustainability; Moal Philosophy; Elementary Logic

Philosophy

Introduction to Philosophy; Ancient Philosophy; Modern and Post-Modern Philosophy; The History of Philosophy; Continental Philosophy; Non-Western Philosophy; Feminist Philosophy; Environmental Philosophy; Comparative Philosophy; Philosophy of Science; Philosophy of Art; Critical Thinking; Ethical Reasoning; Ontology, Epistemology, and Metaphysics; Logic; Moral Philosophy; Existentialism; Phenomenology; Aesthetics; Critical Theory

Psychology and Neuroscience

Neurobiology of Behavior; Cellular Basis of Neuronal Function; Animal Behavior; Computational Neuroscience; Neuroengineering; The Brain: Development, Plasticity, and Disease; Genes and Behavior; Psychopharmacology; Modern Neuroanatomy

Demography

Introduction to Demography; Population Theories and Policies; Fertility and Reproductive Health; Mortality and Public Health; Migration and Urbanization; Population Data and Surveys; Statistical Methods for Demography; Population Projections and Estimation; GIS and Demographic Mapping; Population and Development

International Relations

Policy Design and Delivery; National and International Security; International and Global Affairs; Foundations of Political Theory; Geopolitics of Technology; Law and Human Rights

Anthropology

Neoliberalism; Medical Anthropology; Archaeology; Social Anthropology; Ethnography; Mobility in Asia; Culture and Evolution; Disability and the Body

Sociology

Sociological Theory; Logic of Social Inquiry; Sociology of Religion; Race and Immigration; Urban Structure and Process; Social Theory for the Digital Age; Social Networks

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Biological Sciences

Biology; Bioinformatics; Bioethics; Human Disease Biology; Molecular Biology; Statistics in Biology; Physiology; Immunology; Microbiology; Genes and Genomes; Metabolism and Biochemical Pathways; Bioinformatics and Machine Learning; Molecular Omics and Evolution; Computation Drug Discovery; Protein Modeling and Computational Biology; Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology; Pharmaceutical and Industrial Biotechnology; Plant and Marine Biotechnology; Vaccine Technology and Molecular Diagnostics; Pharmacology; Pharmacogenomics; Pharmaceutical Chemistry; Toxicology; Virology

Biochemistry

Chemistry; Organic Chemistry; Biochemistry; Physical Chemistry; Inorganic Chemistry; Bioinorganic Chemistry; Medicinal Chemistry/Molecular Medicine; Biochemical Analysis & Lab Techniques; Cell and Molecular Biology; Metabolism and Biochemical Pathways; Cell and Molecular Biology; Molecular Modelling and Drug Design; Biochemistry of Gene Regulation and Cancer; Biochemistry of Metabolic Diseases; Nanomaterials in Biochemistry; Forensic Chemistry; Clinical Biochemistry

Biostatistics

Biostatistics; Epidemiology; Quantitative Methods in Epidemiology; Design and Analysis of Epidemiological Studies; Clinical Trials and Experimental Design; Health Data Analysis

Microbiology

Microbial Biology; Microbial Genetics; Microbial Physiology; Laboratory Techniques in Microbiology; Environmental Microbiology; Food Microbiology; Medical and Pathogenic Microbiology; Microbiome and Host Interactions; Bioinformatics and Computational Biology; Virology, Mycology, or Parasitology; Advanced Molecular Techniques

Physiology

Organ Systems-Physiology; Pathways and Regulation; Cardiovascular Physiology; Gastrointestinal Physiology; Endocrinology; Reproductive Physiology

PUBLIC HEALTH

Public Health

Introduction to Public Health; Research Methods in Public Health; Anatomy & Physiology; Epidemiology; Occupational Health & Safety; Biostatistics; Social & Behavioral Sciences in Public Health; Health Policy & Management; Environmental Health; Environmental Microbiology; Toxicology; Global Health Challenges; Global Health Research; Global Mental Health; Human Form & Function; Infection & Immunity; Infectious & Tropical Diseases; Maternal, Child Health & Nutrition; Health Ethics; Climate Change and Health; Health Statistics and Surveillance; Disability

Population, Family and Reproductive Health

Reproductive Biology; Perspectives on Health; Nutrition and Growth in Maternal Child Health; Women’s Health; Population Change; Basic Demography and Population Dynamics; Child Health and Development; Schools and Health; Adolescent Health and Development Migration and Health; Public Health Perspectives on Abortion; HIV Infection in Women, Children, and Adolescents

Global Health and Epidemiology

Water and Sanitation; Chronic Disease; Communicable Disease; Healthcare Management

Environmental Health

Global Environment, Climate Change, and Public Health; Public Health Toxicology; Fundamentals of Occupational Health; Food Systems; Occupational and Environmental; Health Hygiene; Molecular Toxicology; Global Sustainability

Nurse-Midwifery

Physiology and Pathophysiology across the Lifespan; Obstetric and Gynecological Ambulatory Care; Ethics and Quality Care; Intrapartum, Postpartum and Newborn Care; Midwifery Integration; Pharmacotherapeutics; Birth Equity and Reproductive Justice

PHYSICS

Physics

Physics-1; Physics-2; Classical Mechanics; Electricity and Magnetism; Thermal and Statistical Physics; Nonlinear Optics; Modern Physics; Introduction to Relativity; Engineering Physics; Computational Physics; Solid State Physics; Condensed Matter Physics; Nuclear Physics; Photonics

Astronomy

Astrophysics and Astronomy; Mechanics; Electromagnetism; Quantum Mechanics; Computational Data Analysis; Starts and Stellar Evolution; Planetary Systems; Observational Astronomy

MATHEMATICS

Mathematics

Computing and Numerical Methods; Probability and Statistics; Linear Algebra; Mechanics; Mathematical Methods; Rings and Polynomials; Probability Theory; Computational Methods for Differential Equations; Complex Analysis; Analytical Dynamics; Number Theory; Asymptotic Methods; Graph Theory; Functional Analysis; Statics for Large Data; Applied Mathematics

Calculus

Calculus; Single-variable and Multivariate Calculus; Trigonometry; Differential Equations

Statistics

Applied Statistics; Number Theory; Operational Research; Stochastic Methods in Finance; Advanced Complex Analysis

Algebra

Linear Algebra; Matrix Algebra; Commutative Algebra; Algebraic Topology; Algebraic Geometry

Financial Mathematics

Stochastic Analysis; Financial Econometrics; Financial Optimization Models; Dynamic Game Theory; Quantitative Finance; Probability theory

CHEMICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

Chemical Engineering

Transport Phenomena, Thermodynamics, Chemical Reaction Engineering, Separation Processes, Process Engineering, Materials Engineering; Polymer Chemistry

Environmental Management

Waste Management Infrastructure; Environmental Policy and Regulations; Sustainable Solutions; Water and Waste Management; Environmental, Safety and Health Management; Earth Resources Engineering; Sustainable Waste Management

Environmental Engineering

Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering; Air Quality Management; Environmental Fluid Mechanics; Water Pollution Treatment and Resource Recovery; Environmental Chemistry and Pollution Control; Atmospheric Chemistry; Climate Change Science; Climate Modelling; Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Adaptation; Environmental Justice and Policy; Sustainability

Recognizing the urgent need for climate resilience and environmental sustainability, AUW is launching the Program on Environmental Engineering to equip future leaders with the technical expertise and problem-solving skills necessary to address global environmental challenges. As part of this initiative, AUW has also established the Centre for Climate Change and Environmental Health, which serves as a hub for research, policy engagement, and community-driven climate solutions. The Centre integrates academic expertise with real-world environmental challenges, fostering interdisciplinary collaboration to develop sustainable strategies for climate adaptation and public health resilience. It will play a pivotal role in supporting the Environmental Engineering program through research opportunities, partnerships, and practical training.

COMPUTER SCIENCE

Computer Science

Introduction to Computing and Programming; Introduction to Data Science; Linear Algebra; Discrete Mathematics; Numerical Methods; Algorithms and Data Structures; Programming Languages; Object-Oriented Programming; Software Engineering; Web Applications; Computer Architecture and Operating Systems; Computer Communications and Network; Computer and Network Security; Cloud Computing; Human-Computer Interaction; Computer Vision and Robotics; Machine Learning and Deep Learning; Artificial Intelligence; Data Analysis and Visualization; Database Management Systems; Software Engineering; Foundations of Software Practice; Mobile Apps Development; Compiler Design; Computer Vision and Robotics; Graphics; Computer Science Ethics & Impacts on Society; Data Mining; Technical Entrepreneurship