WHEN YOUR CAREER
BECOMES YOUR CALLING.

THE “HAW” PROFESSORSHIP.

The best thing to happen to your career.

Not everyone is aware of the advantages of a professorship taken at a university of applied sciences (in German: “Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften” or “HAW”). From working in a self-determined manner, setting your own priorities in teaching, combining theory and practice and inspiring young people for your specialist field to taking pleasure in your work, enjoying a better work-life balance and making provisions for the later years, a “HAW” Professorship is one of the best ways to turn your profession into your vocation. We invite you to browse through this site and inform yourself of all the opportunities available and the requirements needed to qualify for a professorship at a university of applied sciences.

HERE, YOU’LL FIND ALL THE INFORMATION TO GET YOU AHEAD.

Are you looking for a career with effect?

Then you have come to the right place. On this page, you’ll find all the information you need to set out on the path to an HAW Professorship. Find out whether you meet all the requirements to apply for a HAW Professorship or take a look at our list of current job vacancies for a HAW Professorship, for which you may apply directly assuming you have met the required qualifications. Our testimonials, an article entitled “The Best of Both Worlds: From Practice to Theory“, and a podcast spotlighting the HAW Professorship will give you an excellent insight into the many sides of being an HAW Professor while at the same time looking at the many opportunities offered by such an engagement. You’ll also find answers to questions like “How does the appointment process work?” and What remuneration may HAW Professors expect?”, as well as other matters concerning the HAW Professorship, provided by the website, academics.de cademics.de, , the careers portal of our partner medium, DIE ZEIT. Should you have questions regarding the individual universities of applied sciences or the individual funding programmes, please contact the respective contact persons on site.

Federal and State-Goverment programs provides momentum.

In an effort to further strengthen the interface between science and practice, a combined federal-state program entitled “FH-Personal”, was conceived to promote concepts for recruiting and qualifying professors. These measures also include this campaign, which is funded by the programme to communicate nationwide the many advantages of a professorship at a university of applied sciences and to provide information on a career with great impact.

For further information on the Federal & State Government Programs (“Bund-Länder-Programm”), click here

SOCIAL RELEVANCE ON MULTIPLE LEVELS.

The universities of applied sciences.

Since their foundation, Germany’s universities of applied sciences have enjoyed great success, offering people from all ages and walks of life access to an academic education. Today, universities of applied sciences present themselves as indispensible, practice-oriented educational institutions, research institutes, drivers of innovation, partners of SMEs and knowledge transfer platforms that have cemented themselves into both German economics and society as a whole. Some 40 percent of all persons involved in tertiary study in Germany do so at a university of applied sciences, where they profit from the practically oriented methods of study and application-oriented research environments. Formerly, technical colleges (now universities of applied sciences or “HAW”) were known for their focus on subject areas like mechanical engineering and the like. Since those days, the range of subjects on offer has become massively diversified. Today, universities of applied sciences focus on all kinds of fields of study, including, for example, engineering, social sciences, healthcare and health science, economics, natural sciences and the development of solutions for business and society.