Appointment – Your Path to a Professorship at a University of Applied Sciences
More than 100 professors teach and conduct research in five departments and shape the profile of the university in teaching and learning, research and transfer as well as digitalisation and internationalisation. The recruitment of professors is of strategic importance for the development of the university and is therefore subject to special quality requirements. The selection of personnel takes place in a multi-stage appointment procedure.
On this page you can find out how an appointment procedure works, which legal regulations have to be observed and what is necessary for a successful application. In addition, you will find information on the status of current appointment procedures as well as general information and recommendations for applicants.
Appeal procedure
The procedure of appointment procedures is regulated in the appointment regulations of the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam. Below you will find explanations of the individual procedural steps.
Notes for your application
Professorships at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam
Learn more about the appointment requirements for research, honorary and part-time professorships at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam.
Research professorship
Within the university, research professorships open up new fields of research – synergetic and interdisciplinary.
Honorary professorship
Honorary professors are usually employed full-time outside the university and can be appointed to the university from practice.
Part-time professorship
The main profession should have a conducive content-related connection to the tasks of the part-time professorship.
Legal framework
The legal framework for appointment procedures and the structure of employment relationships are regulated by laws and ordinances of the state of Brandenburg as well as corresponding statutes of the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam.
The most important ones are summarised below:
University of Applied Sciences Potsdam
- Appointment regulations of the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam
- Basic Regulations of the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam
- Equal Opportunities Statutes of the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam
- Statutes on the awarding of merit pay at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam
- Statutes on the Awarding of Research Professorships of the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam
Status of the ongoing appeal proceedings
In the following overview you will find information on the status of the current appointment procedures.
If the appointment procedure is not too far advanced, it may be useful to contact the chairperson of the appointment committee and ask whether an application is still possible.
Denomination | Reference number | Subject area/programme | Chairperson of the Appeals Commission | Application deadline | Status of the procedure |
Foundation Engineering and Soil Mechanics (W2) | B04.23 | Civil Engineering | Prof. Dr.-Ing. André Brendike | 21/08/2023 | Appeal hearing has taken place |
Professorship for Political Science (W2) | B05.23 | Social and Educational Sciences | Prof. Dr. Armin Schachameier | 01/06/2023 | Appeal hearing has taken place |
Digital building survey and as-built analysis | Civil Engineering | Prof. Silke Straub-Beutin | 31/10/2023 | Preparation of the appeal hearing | |
Counselling and intervention in working with children, adolescents and families | B01.24 | Social and Educational Sciences | Prof. Dr. Tanja Salem | 08/04/2024 | External review |
Sociology in social professions | B02.24 | Social and Educational Sciences | Prof. Dr. Claus Richter | 15/04/2024 | External review |
Handouts
Appointment Commissioner
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