With around 16,000 students and 3,800 employees, the Technische Universität Braunschweig is one of Germany´s leading institutes of technology. It stands for strategic and performance-oriented thinking and acting, relevant research, committed teaching, and the successful transfer of knowledge and technologies to the economy and society. We consistently advocate for family friendliness and equal opportunities.
Our research focuses are mobility, engineering for health, metrology, and city of the future. Strong engineering and natural sciences are our core disciplines. These are closely interconnected with economics, social and educational sciences and humanities.
Our campus is located in the midst of one of the most research-intensive regions in Europe. We work successfully together with over 20 research institutions in our neighborhood as we do with our international partner universities.
Starting from February 2026, the newly founded Institute of Public Transport Planning (IPTP), is looking for two
(EG 13 TV-L, full-time contract for 3 years)
Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):
For PhD applicants
For Postdoc applicants
We welcome applicants of all nationalities. At the same time, we encourage people with severe disabilities to apply. Applications from severely disabled persons will be given preference if they are equally qualified. Please attach a proof of disability to your application. We are also working on the fulfilment of the Central Equality Plan based on the Lower Saxony Equal Rights Act (Niedersächsisches Gleichberechtigungsgesetz—NGG) and strive to reduce under-representation in all areas and positions as defined by the NGG. Therefore, applications from women are particularly welcome in this case.
The personal data will be stored for the purpose of processing the application. By submitting your application, you agree that your data may be stored and processed electronically for application purposes in compliance with the provisions of data protection law. Further information on data protection can be found in our data protection regulations at https://www.tu-braunschweig.de/datenschutzerklaerung-bewerbungen . Application costs cannot be reimbursed.
Questions and Answers
Questions regarding the application process or the positions are received at iptp@tu-braunschweig.de.
Deadline for applications is October 31st 2025.
As part of your application, please submit:
You are welcome to include Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools as part of the topics of the research proposal, if you wish to do so, but the use of Large Language Models (LLM) to write the proposal is not permitted. The proposal must be written by the applicant him/herself.
The ideal start date is February 2026, but there is flexibility on the start date depending on personal circumstances.
Please send your complete application as a single PDF file to iptp@tu-braunschweig.de.
The subject of the email should be “PhD application: your name” or “Postdoc application: your name”).
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