Job Details
Posting Date
24/Mar/2026 Expiry Date 23/Apr/2026 Job Reference Number: 2618-2026-03-24T11:47:26
Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics
CATEGORY Faculty Members College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
College Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Department Foreign Languages
Job Purpose

The Department of Foreign Languages at the University of Sharjah invites applications for a full-time Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics with significant experience teaching at Undergraduate level and a growing research profile appropriate to their career stage. 

Main accountabilities & expectations

The successful candidate will be expected to :

  1. Teach undergraduate courses in applied linguistics, EAP, ESP, and communicative English. 
  2. Produce high quality research consistent with the level of appointment.
  3. Fulfil such administrative duties as the department chair or other university authorities appoint to them.​​

Required Skills
  1. The successful candidate should have a PhD in Linguistics and Translation and specialize in one or more of the following areas of research and teaching: AI in teaching, comparative semantics, multimodality, translation and technology, historical linguistics. 
  2. They will also be able to teach English for Academic Purposes and ESP, and to coordinate multi-section courses.
  3. Ability to teach English for Academic Purposes and ESP is essential.

Desirable Requirements
  1. Experience coordinating multi-section courses would be an advantage.
  2. Additional certification (esp. CELTA or use of AI in Education) would be an advantage.
  3. Further specialism in one or more of the following areas is desirable: multimodality, comparative semantics, translation and technology, or related applied linguistics fields.

Job Location University of Sharjah (Main)
Job Criteria
Gender , Male, Female,
Qualifications Phd
Relevant Experience 2
Living In UAE Open for all
Nationality , All,