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We’re Hiring Assistant, Associate and Full Professors

With a growing student population of more than 15,500 students and a steady increase in the number of academic programs offered, the UCF College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS) continues to enhance the University of Central Florida’s reputation as the premier engineering and technology university in Florida. This past fall, the college hired a total of 17 faculty members with 11 more joining the college in spring 2025.

We’re actively hiring 36 additional faculty positions in UCF’s areas of strategic emphasis:

  • Space Technologies and Systems
  • Entertainment and Immersive Experiences
  • Health and Human Performance
  • Energy and Sustainability
  • Transformative Technologies and National Security

Tenure-earning opportunities are also available through UCF’s multidisciplinary faculty research clusters that leverage the university’s collective strengths in areas of national importance.

Join UCF’s charge to build the university for the future through teaching, learning and research.

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Why UCF

About the UCF College of Engineering and Computer Science
UCF serves as Florida’s Premier Engineering and Technology university and is the nation’s top workforce supplier to the aerospace and defense industries (Aviation Week Network). The college’s seven academic departments offer 40+ bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees, tracks, and certificates. Its $60-million annual research enterprise addresses society’s greatest challenges and aspirations in aerospace, computing, energy, the environment, healthcare, transportation, and more.
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Our Faculty: World-Class Talent
Unleash your potential in a workforce of educators and researchers who transform lives, improve communities and advance society. Learn more about UCF Faculty Excellence. Among Engineering and Computer Science faculty are 8 National Academy members, 35+ NSF CAREER/early career awardees, and many more national and international distinctions.
Our Students: Relentless Achievers
Our college attracts and welcomes diverse and motivated thinkers, creators, innovators, entrepreneurs, leaders and scholars. Engineering and computer science students make up about half of the 500 incoming students to UCF’s esteemed Burnett Honors College. Our students work together with a diverse group of faculty and staff who together create a welcoming, entrepreneurial hub of learning and discovery.

36 Faculty Opportunities
College of Engineering and Computer Science

Assistant or Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering (R109623)

Assistant or Associate Professor, Computer Science (R109773)

Assistant Professor or Associate Professor in the Virtual and Augmented Reality Group, Knights Digital Twin Strategic Initiative – KDT (R109105)

Assistant Professor or Associate Professor, Knights Digital Twin Strategic Initiative – KDT (R109674)

Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor, Artificial Intelligence Initiative – Aii (R102905)

Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor in Non-Combustion Reaction and Data Analytics – RISES (R109605)

Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor of Decarbonized Energy (R109483)

Assistant Professor or Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Hypersonics and Space (R109673)

Associate Professor or Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering – Advanced Manufacturing (R109571)

Associate Professor or Professor, Logistic and Supply Chain Management (R109494)

Associate Professor, School of Modeling, Simulation, and Training (R109446)

Assistant Professor or Associate Professor, Renewable Energy and Chemical Transformations (R108784)

Professor and Cluster Lead, Genomics and Bioinformatics Cluster (R108940)