A master's degree relevant to the desired field is mandatory.
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We are delighted that you are interested in a professorship at Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences! This page provides you with detailed information on professorships at our seaside university.
The FAQs provide you with a summary of the most important questions asked about academic appointment procedures. You are also welcome to reach out to our service centres and designated contact people.
You must have completed your doctorate at the latest by the time of your appointment. If you have not yet completed your doctoral degree at the time of your application, you must state when you expect to have completed it.
The requirement of a doctorate can only be replaced by alternative (academic) achievements in the case of arts and design disciplines if this is specifically mentioned in the call for applications.
Typically, 5 years of relevant professional experience is required prior to appointment, of which at least 3 years is required to be outside of the university setting. This work experience must amount to at least 50% of the professional workload. Lower workloads may be considered cumulatively if applicable. Professional experience subsequent to the first master’s degree that qualifies towards the doctoral degree will be taken into account.
Aptitude for teaching is generally demonstrated by at least some experience in the teaching of content – ideally within a higher education context.
Your documents should demonstrate your motivation and suitability for the advertised professorship and provide evidence of your fulfilment of all formal employment requirements. In particular, this includes:
- a motivation letter
- your CV
- proof of your academic qualifications: your undergraduate and graduate degrees as well as your doctorate
- proof of professional work experience: employment references or other documents that prove the duration and relevance of your professional experience (e.g. employment contracts, or in the case of self-employment, tax documents, contracts, etc.)
- publication list
- teaching evaluations, if applicable
- relevant proof of qualifications, if applicable
- evidence of disability, if applicable
Note: If you are invited to campus interviews, we also ask you to submit a 2-page teaching philosophy.
For university degrees acquired outside the EU, we require a German translation of the documents and a Statement of Comparability from the Central Office for Foreign Education (ZAB). Alternatively, a PDF extract from ANABIN – the database for the recognition and evaluation of foreign educational qualifications – can also be submitted.
2025:
- Information and measurement technology
- Mechatronics
- Fundamentals of business administration
- Informatics (focus tbd)
Are you interested in a professorship and meet the above formal requirements, but your field of expertise is not listed here? Please feel free to register in our talent pool; we are always looking for professors in various fields!
The academic appointment process for filling a professorship lasts several months. A selection panel consisting of representatives from faculty, academic and non-academic staff and students is formed by the department and is responsible for preparing the recommendations for nomination.
The selection panel reviews the application documents and invites the most promising candidates to campus interviews. The campus interviews comprise a section open to the university public, in which the candidate gives a teaching demonstration and a presentation or lecture in their area of expertise, and a non-public section, which consists of an interview between the candidate and the selection panel. Following this, the selection panel draws up a short list of candidates, whose suitability for the position is then assessed by external experts – usually professors from the field in question. After consideration of all the information, the selection panel prepares a recommendation for nomination with a ranking of – usually three – candidates. The final decision on the recommendation for nomination is made by other executive bodies at the university.
Our Staff Council represents the interests of employees in their dealings with the employer. Please contact us if you have any questions.
Our Women's Representatives are divided into the central Women's Representatives and the decentralised Women's Representatives for Faculty 1 and Faculty 2. Please feel free to contact them if you have any questions.
For questions on inclusion, our Disabled Persons Representative is your port of call.
In keeping with the motto 'Community: All aboard!' our Centre for Equal Opportunity and Diversity offers a wealth of information and extensive services on the topics of accessibility, diversity, compatibility, equality of opportunity and health.
We help all our newly appointed professors and other target groups to familiarise themselves with their new tasks, roles and functions during their first year with us, and help to establish innovative forms of teaching and learning by providing university didactic support.
In addition to the specific support services for our professors, the university as an employer offers a range of general benefits.
- Passing on valuable practical knowledge to young people
- A career without risk or fixed-term contracts / Secure job with civil servant status (basic salary usually W2)
- Opportunity to set your own priorities in teaching and research
- Multi-faceted and diverse thanks to a broad and interesting range of tasks
- Work-life balance (flexible working hours, workload is easy to calculate)
- Family-like environment: Universities of Applied Sciences are generally much smaller than universities, which means smaller classes and more intensive contact with students
- Interdisciplinary environment and strong link between theory and practice
- Through professional experience
- Through cooperative professorships
- Contributing your own professional experience: diverse experiences are valued
- Increasing number of job vacancies ensures good career prospects
FAQs
The teaching load is usually 18 workload hours per week. For more information, see the Ordinance on the Extent and Documentation of the Fulfilment of Teaching Duties at State Universities (Lehrverpflichtungs- und Lehrnachweisverordnung, LVNV).
No, a postdoctoral degree is not a requirement for appointment to a professorship at a university of applied sciences (Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften, HAW).
Due to the stringent legal requirements and the large number of official offices involved, the academic appointment process usually takes at least 9 months from the call for applications to the awarding of the appointment.
You can ask the chairperson of the selection panel or the Academic Appointments Management team about the current status of the appointment procedure. If you are appointed, you will be informed by post by the Senator for Science and Ports. Should you not be offered the appointment, you will be informed by the Human Resources department of our university after completion of the relevant step in the procedure.
In compliance with academic appointment regulations, the selection panel usually consists of five professors, two scientific (or technical) staff members and two students, who are entitled to vote. For procedural reasons, the names may not be disclosed. In addition, the panel includes, in an advisory capacity, the Staff Council, the Women's Representative, the Disabled Persons Representative and a representative from Academic Appointments Management.
Data security is important to us. Academic appointment procedures comply with the guidelines of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR) and the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG).
The main areas of responsibility of a professorship include teaching, research, professional development, knowledge and technology transfer, committee work and administrative tasks. The principal duties of a full-time professorship can be found in Sect. 16 of the Bremen Higher Education Act (BremHG).