You hold a Master's degree in Interior Architecture or its equivalent, and a design-driven PhD whose topic is related to the research and education field.You have a strong research record in the field of Interior Architecture linked to a practice in interior architecture with a clear research character. The research quality is demonstrated by ADROs (Artistic and Design-related Research Output), publications in leading/international journals, and international research and/or practice experience. Your CV/portfolio shows an active link with Interior Architecture and demonstrates this in particular through realised ADROs.You have demonstrable qualities for academic teaching. You have extensive experience of the design studio working format as a learning environment.You have organisational skills and a collegial attitude. You also possess leadership skills in a university context.A good knowledge of English is a requirement. KU Leuven offers courses in academic English.The official administrative language used at KU Leuven is Dutch. If you are not fluent in Dutch at the start of your employment, KU Leuven will provide language training to enable you to take part in meetings.Before teaching a class assignment in Dutch, you will be given the opportunity to acquire the knowledge of Dutch required for this purpose.At the Science and Technology Group, Faculty of Architecture, Department of Architecture of the KU Leuven, there is a part-time vacancy for independent academic staff in the field of “interior architecture” in the section Architecture & Design on the Sint-Lucas Brussels and Ghent campus. We are seeking candidates with a strong research record in Explorative Design, a practice in Interior Architecture with a clear research orientation, and with teaching competence in Interior Architectural Design (studio environment).The structure of KU Leuven combines faculties and research departments in a multi-campus model. The Faculty of Architecture consists of the academic architecture programmes (interior architecture, architecture, urban design and spatial planning and the educational master) on the Sint-Lucas Brussels and Ghent campuses. The faculty is responsible for organizing educational activities. It is driven by a consciously assembled diversity of practices and is renowned for its futureoriented education that cultivates a freedom of exploration. There are currently 2400 students, of which ca. 300 are international students. www.arch.kuleuven.be The Department of Architecture is a research department which groups research in the fields of architecture, interior architecture, urbanism and spatial planning of researchers of the Faculty of Architecture (Sint-Lucas Brussels and Ghent campus) as well as of the Faculty of Engineering Science (Leuven). The department is an international centre for expertise in these domains and the research is being led by numerous professors and research groups with around 150 (international) doctoral students. www.architectuur.kuleuven.be Both the education and the research are performed at the Sint-Lucas campuses across the locations by around 300 staff members.We offer parttime employment (70%) in a vibrant and intellectually stimulating design environment. You will be part of a university that has been systematically ranked highly for the quality of its teaching and research by independent accreditation commissions. KU Leuven is a research-intensive, internationally oriented university that carries out both fundamental and applied scientific research. Our university is highly focused on interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research and strives for international excellence. In this regard, the university actively works together with research partners in Belgium and abroad and provides its students with an academic education that is based on high-quality practice and scientific research.As a member of the Faculty of Architecture, you will work at the Sint-Lucas campus in Brussels and Ghent. Your main place of work will be determined by mutual agreement. The Department of Architecture operates at locations in Ghent, Brussels and Leuven.Depending on your record and qualifications, you will be appointed to or tenured in one of the grades of the senior academic staff: assistant professor, associate professor, professor or full professor. In principle, junior researchers are appointed as assistant professor on the tenure track for a period of 5 years; after this period and a positive evaluation, they are permanently appointed (or tenured) as an associate professor.KU Leuven is well set to welcome foreign professors and their family and provides practical support with regard to immigration & administration, housing, childcare, learning Dutch, partner career coaching, … To facilitate scientific onboarding and accelerate research in the first phase a possible starting grant of 110 000 euro can be offered to new professors without substantial other funding, appointed for at least 50%.