Requirements for a professorship

Professorship with a scientific focus:
1.    A completed university degree
2.    Pedagogical and didactic aptitude confirmed by practical experience (teaching experience)
3.    Special aptitude for scientific work (proven by an above-average doctorate)
4.    At least five years of professional practice after the first university degree, of which at least three years gained outside the university sector. Your professional experience does not need to have been gained in one go, but must have been your main occupation (at least 50% of a full-time post).

Professorship with an artistic and creative focus:
1.    A completed university degree
2.    Pedagogical and didactic aptitude confirmed by practical experience (teaching experience)
3.    Special aptitude for artistic and creative work (proven, for example, by outstanding projects, exhibitions)
4.    Additional artistic and creative achievements (e.g. prizes, competitions)
 
Even if you do not yet fulfil all the requirements: Apply now and catch up later on anything you are missing (for example, a few months of professional practice or defending your thesis). An appointment procedure usually takes several months, so there is time to catch up on things in the meantime.
 
* Section 25 of the Lower Saxony Higher Education Act (NHG)

The professional, subject-specific requirements are set out in the individual vacancy notice.
Please note: It is very rare for applicants to fulfil all of these requirements. Often, what matters most is having the right specialism and practical experience. Both your study programme and your professional experience should be relevant.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch with the contact person named in the job advertisement.

For a UAS professorship, you also need communication and leadership skills, organizational skills and the ability to cooperate with others.

Show that you are a committed potential colleague who is actively involved in teaching, research, university management and continuing education.

Would you like to talk directly to a female UAS professor specializing in a HAWK subject and ask her your questions? We’ll put you in touch. Please contact Susanna Pförtsch.

Follow this link to discover the six HAWK faculties and their specializations.

Female applicants with general questions or any other women interested are welcome to contact the

HAWK Equal Opportunities Officer, Nicola Hille.

Teaching assignments offer excellent opportunities to acquire pedagogical and didactic experience. You will also gain an insight into everyday university life and the job of a professor at a university of applied sciences and will be able to establish important contacts.

Would you like to take on a teaching assignment? We will be happy to put you in touch with HAWK professors in your subject area. Please contact Susanna Pförtsch.

• Advice, coaching and mentoring services offered by the German Association University Professor and Lecturers (DHV)
• Events and qualification programmes at other universities

A doctorate is usually a prerequisite for a UAS professorship. Would you like to do a doctorate? Find out more about this here:

• Doing a doctorate at HAWK
• Brochure: Doing your doctorate: Making conscious decisions and getting off to a good  start -  Qualitätszirkel Promotion

To become a professor at a university of applied sciences, you generally need at least five years of professional experience. At least three years of this must have been gained somewhere other than at university (e.g. in industry, in public institutions, as a self-employed person).
Professional experience counts from the first professionally qualifying university degree, provided it is your main occupation (at least a 50% post).

Your work experience does not have to be carried out in one go. So make sure you note down all the evidence concerning your professional experience at an early stage, including evidence of periods of self-employment.

To be kept informed about vacancies for professorships in your subject area, you can subscribe to the Projekt PROfessur email distribution list. Every fortnight you will receive the latest job advertisements from numerous partner universities.

You can find job advertisements for academic positions throughout Germany at www.academics.de.

We offer regular professorial appointment training courses for women. 12 participants have the opportunity to take part in a workshop with coach Franziska Jantzen to prepare professionally for applying to become a professor at a university of applied sciences. The training course is held in German. Further information.