Professorship

We focus on the future! We are characterized by diverse and interdisciplinary teaching formats. Digital tools (including the option of hybrid lectures, the use of specially created explanatory videos and much more) are very important to us. Our Institute for Higher Education Didactics supports our lecturers in ensuring and further developing the quality of teaching and studies in a future-oriented manner.

At Fachhochschule Dortmund, we have all the necessary structures in place so that you can devote yourself to your research interests in the long term.

We see ourselves as a university in which not only we are constantly developing, but also our (IT) infrastructure, so that our employees can work efficiently and successfully implement their projects and pass on their knowledge in the best possible way. To our students, to our partners and to the region.

We offer you:

• Modern laboratories and workshops.
• Teaching and research with a high level of practical relevance.
• Free choice of teaching and research focus.
• A place where the compatibility of family and career as well as continuing education are a matter of course.
• Individual and didactic further training.
• Innovative teaching and learning spaces.
• Team support and exchange formats beyond the faculties.
• Support in the publication of research results and the acquisition of third-party funding.
• A good network in the region.
• For the compatibility of family and career: 2nd week off during the Easter and fall vacations.

We teach with enthusiasm and at a high level of quality - we are happy to pass on our knowledge to the next generation. We enjoy teaching and learning from each other and regularly undergo further training.

Freedom of teaching and research - hardly any other profession offers so much freedom in terms of content. Benefit from the fact that you can organize your working hours flexibly. You can plan the 18 semester hours per week of teaching as you wish.

In addition to teaching, you will also be responsible for taking examinations and supervising final theses. We encourage interdisciplinary collaboration and look forward to your participation in our exciting committees.

Bring transfer into your courses through guest lectures, excursions to external partners or supporting projects with Business Studies.

As the largest university of applied sciences in the Ruhr region, we provide important impetus for the region with our research and many transfer projects. We see research as implementation-oriented development work with a clear application perspective and transdisciplinary cooperation between stakeholders from the economy and society.

You choose the focus of your research - we provide you with full support!

At Fachhochschule Dortmund, we have all the necessary structures in place so that you can devote yourself to your research interests in the long term. A research professorship or a reduction in your teaching load for research activities is also possible with us.

In addition to teaching content, skills and abilities, you will identify students' skills and strengthen them in the long term.

As a prospective professor, you will have the following qualifications:

• Several years of relevant professional experience
  (5 years in total, at least 3 years outside the university)
• University degree, usually with a doctorate
• pedagogical aptitude
  (will be assessed and determined during your first year of employment)

In the event of an appointment, we expect you to relocate the center of your life to the Ruhr metropolis of Dortmund.

We work with an online application management system. We therefore ask you to submit your application online if possible.

We would like to point out that an appointment procedure can take up to 1.5 years.

This is what a classic appointment procedure looks like:

1. Announcement of the professorship as proposed by the faculty
   
   
2. Your application
   → Do you meet the recruitment requirements in accordance with Section 36 of the NRW Higher Education Act?
   
   
3. Invitation to a trial teaching event
   → Have you convinced them?
   
   
4. Appointment interview with the Rector
   
   
5. Appointment as a professor according to W2 grade in a civil servant relationship