Academic Career and Appointments
at the Medical Faculty

Requirements for a W1 professorship

• Completed university degree
• Pedagogical aptitude, i.e., experience in teaching
• Special aptitude for scientific work, usually demonstrated by an outstanding doctoral thesis
• Periods of employment as an academic assistant must be taken into account in accordance with LHG §51 (3), if applicable.
• No habilitation may be present

Features

• Limited to four years, with a positive interim evaluation: six years
• Teaching obligation of 4 semester hours per week (SWS), after positive interim evaluation: 6 SWS
• The interim evaluation will take place in the fourth year

Opportunities afterwards

• Awarding of the title “adjunct professor” by the Senate, provided that teaching continues to be provided
• Transfer to a W2 or W3 professorship as part of a complete and competitive appointment process. 

Special feature: W1 professorship with tenure track 

If the junior professorship was advertised from the outset as a W1 professorship with tenure track, a positive interim evaluation in the fourth year and a positive final evaluation in the sixth year will result in appointment to a permanent W3 professorship. 

Evaluation criteria

Further information on the university's evaluation criteria can be found here.

For procedures at the Faculty of Medicine, these are specified as follows:

Evaluationskriterien und Maßstäbe bei Juniorprofessuren

Evaluationskriterien und Maßstäbe bei Tenure-Track-Professuren

Requirements for a W2 professorship

• University degree completed with a doctorate
• Pedagogical aptitude, which generally means experience in teaching or further training in university didactics
• Habilitation or equivalent achievements
• Proof of independent acquisition of relevant third-party funding
• For medical practice: specialist certification

Features

• Teaching load of 9 semester hours per week (SWS)
• Fixed term: The term of a W2 professorship in Baden-Württemberg is generally limited, usually to six years; if fully funded by third-party funds, for a maximum period of ten years.

Possibilities afterwards

• Transfer to a W3 professorship as part of a complete and competitive appointment process

Evaluation criteria

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Requirements

• University degree completed with a doctorate
• Pedagogical aptitude, which generally means experience in teaching or further training in university didactics
• Habilitation or equivalent achievements
• Proof of independent acquisition of relevant third-party funding, management skills, and leadership experience
• For medical practice: specialist certification

Features

• Teaching load of 9 semester hours per week (SWS)
• Fixed term: The term of a W3 professorship is generally unlimited.

The Senate may award a private lecturer the title of “adjunct professor” upon recommendation by the faculty, generally after two years of teaching (§ 39 (4) LHG of December 23, 2004). Please refer to the information sheet for the requirements and the documents to be submitted.

The Faculty Council has established an Apl Committee. The three chairpersons of the habilitation commissions, one of the deans of studies, one representative of the academic staff, and one representative of the students have been elected as members of the committee. A deputy has been appointed for the member from the student body. 

The Committee

• deals with the applications,
• may issue recommendations to applicants,
• advises the faculty council in the final decision-making process.

 No information will be provided on ongoing proceedings or the status of proceedings.

Application

Please submit your documents for your application to initiate the procedure for an adjunct professorship via the portal. Please request your login details via:

apl@med.uni-tuebingen.de

Downloads

The Dean's Office may propose to the Rector's Office that retired W3 professors be awarded the title of “senior professor” as an academic honor for a limited period of time.

The conferral of the title “senior professor” has no consequences under civil service, remuneration, pension, labor, or insurance law; it does not establish an employment relationship; however, the Rectorate treats applications from senior professors for the provision of resources for research in the same way as applications from active professors.

Requirements

Important role in research networks, e.g. as

• Spokesperson for a research training group (DFG)
• Project management in a cluster of excellence
• Project management in a Collaborative Research Center (SFB)

Significant and above-average acquisition of third-party funding, which requires the continued involvement of the person concerned over a longer period of time.

Grundordnung der Universität (Seite 19)

Richtlinie des Rektorats zur Vergabe der Bezeichnung Seniorprofessorin und Seniorprofessor (Seite 31)

Procedure

A subject representative applies to the dean's office for the award of a senior professorship. 

karriere.dekanat@med.uni-tuebingen.de

The following documents are required:

• Cover letter 
• Academic CV of the person to be awarded the senior professorship
• Proof of the above requirements

The dean's office reviews the application and, if appropriate, decides to submit the application for the award of senior professorship to the university.

The appointment is made by the rector's office.

Persons with proven expertise who, for example, hold a management position at a non-university research institution may be appointed as honorary professors by the university. The appointment is for an indefinite period, but may be revoked by the university if justified. These individuals may use the title “honorary professor.” Honorary professors must teach 2 SWS (student teaching hours per week) and may also participate in examinations and research.

Requirements

• The person is habilitated or has achieved equivalent qualifications (see § 47 LHG).
• The person is not employed by the University of Tübingen in a full-time position as a university lecturer or private lecturer.
• The person must have at least three years of independent teaching experience at a university.

Procedure

You or a member of the faculty submit the application together with the application documents to the dean's office. 

dekanat@med.uni-tuebingen.de

The following documents are required:

• Letter of motivation
• Scientific CV
• Proof of academic qualifications
• List of publications

The faculty's honorary commission reviews the application and forwards it to the faculty council if appropriate.

The faculty council of the medical faculty and the senate of the University of Tübingen review the fulfillment of the requirements in two meetings, taking external expert opinions into account.

The appointment as honorary professor is made by the rector.

Further information

§ 55 LHG BW: Honorarprofessur; Gastprofessur

§ 20 Grundordnung der Universität Tübingen: Honorarprofessur (Seite 16)

Professors may become members in faculties other than their own or at another university through co-optation.

Co-opted members of the University of Tübingen have the same rights and obligations as professors appointed to the Faculty of Medicine; they are eligible to vote in both their original faculty and the Faculty of Medicine, but cannot be elected as dean of the Faculty of Medicine.

Co-opted members of other universities can, for example, supervise doctoral theses at the Faculty of Medicine.

The co-opting of external professors is initially for a limited period (usually for a duration of two years) and can be extended upon request. Internal professors can be co-opted for an indefinite period.

Requirements

For professors at the University of Tübingen: scientific overlap with the research topics of the Faculty of Medicine.

For external professors: academic excellence and affiliation with a renowned university

Procedure

You or a member of the faculty submit the application for co-optation together with the application documents to the dean's office. 

karriere.dekanat@med.uni-tuebingen.de

The following documents are required:

• Letter of motivation
• Scientific CV
• Letter of support
• MFT questionnaire (available on request from the Dean's Office) 

The faculty council reviews the application and decides on the co-optation.

In the case of external professors, a resolution by the rectorate is also required.

The dean's office will then inform you whether your application for co-optation has been approved or rejected.

In accordance with the Baden-Württemberg State Higher Education Act, professors may be temporarily released from some or all of their other duties while retaining their remuneration for specific research, teaching, and development projects, including knowledge, design, and technology transfer, as well as for practical training. Proper representation of the subject in teaching and the conduct of examinations must be ensured. As a rule, exemption can only be granted for one semester and at the earliest four years after the end of the last exemption. The university rectorate decides on the application for exemption. 

Procedure

• The application form for approval of a research semester can be downloaded from the university intranet.
• Please submit the completed application to the Dean's Office. karriere.dekanat@med.uni-tuebingen.de
• The Dean's office checks whether the subject is adequately represented in teaching, supervision of academic work, and participation in examinations.
• The application is then submitted to the university by the Human Resources Department of the University Medical Center.