Please make sure to submit the requested documents digitally with the application (possible formats for security reasons: pdf, jpg). This is because only the documents you provide us with can be evaluated:

• a meaningful cover letter
• a curriculum vitae
• the completed application form
• proof of your degree (certificate and diploma); if you have a degree from a foreign university, it is helpful for the appointment committee if you submit a certificate stating that this degree is recognized in North Rhine-Westphalia. Information regarding recognition can be found on the website of the Ministry for Schools and Education in North Rhine-Westphalia.
• proof of your doctorate (certificate and diploma); if you completed your doctorate abroad, it is helpful if you include a note on the recognition of your doctorate in Germany with your application
• further proof required in the advertisement
• proof of your professional activities (e.g. in the form of references)
• a list of publications
• an exposé of previous and planned research activities and cooperation ideas within the university
• a teaching profile

After submitting your application, you realize that you forgot to upload documents to the application portal? You are welcome to send additional documents by e-mail, stating your application number (you will receive this with the automatic confirmation of receipt) to the Appeals Management:

berufungsmanagement(at)hs-niederrhein.de

. The documents will then be uploaded to the system.

Work experience is counted after the first university degree (e.g. Bachelor's degree) related to din der advertised professorship.
Internships or training periods are not counted as professional experience.

You can provide evidence of your work experience by submitting your curriculum vitae and the completed application form. You can provide evidence of these activities, for example, in the form of work references.

If, for example, you have not been working full-time for family reasons (e.g. parental leave, caregiver leave), this will not put you at a disadvantage. If you have been employed for at least 50% of the time, this period can be taken into account when proving the respective work experience (independent of the proof of work experience outside the university).
Example: After the birth of your child, you worked part-time (at least 50% of the job) for three years. Accordingly, you still need proof of two more years to meet the 5-year work experience requirement.

Work experience inside and outside of college

For example, you are employed in an academic capacity at an institution of higher education after graduation (job share of at least 50%). This professional activity is counted as activity within an institution of higher education.

If you have worked for a company or an affiliated institute of a university, this will be counted as professional experience outside the university. However, the in-institute must be legally independent.

Professional periods at Helmholtz, Leibniz, Fraunhofer and Max Planck institutes are recognized.

Note: A look at the organization chart or the imprint of the institute's website can help to determine the legal status of an institute.

Self-employment

If you are self-employed or have been self-employed, these periods can of course also be taken into account in your professional experience.

Please provide us with suitable documents that allow us to gain an insight into the extent of your self-employment, e.g.

• List of references with details of companies and projects

• Confirmation from a tax office attesting to the extent of your self-employed activity in comparison to an employed activity.
  

Evidence of the third-party funding you have raised is relevant for assessing your research competence. Of course, we are aware that from a funding point of view it makes more sense to mention another surname as the applicant in the applications (e.g. the supervising professor or the head of the institute). Then describe what part you played in the application and the implementation of the projects.

The doctorate and its quality serve as proof of the ability to work scientifically.

If a doctoral grade is mentioned in the advertisement (e.g. magna cum laude), you must prove with your application documents that your doctorate was graded at least "magna cum laude", for example. If you are unable to do this because you only completed your doctorate with "cum laude", you will be excluded from the procedure because you do not meet this knock-out criterion.

If no doctoral grade is mentioned as a requirement in the announcement, your doctoral grade fulfills the aspect of quality if you have completed your doctorate with at least "laude". A doctoral grade of "rite" will disqualify you from the process.

If you have completed a doctorate without a grade, it will help the committee if you can provide, for example, an assessment/evaluation of the quality of your doctorate by the issuing university.

In the research exposé, you present your previous work and experience in the research field. Based on the research exposé, we are able to assess whether and which thematic externally-funded projects you have already submitted and worked on with which project sponsor.

At the same time, you provide an outlook on future topics of your research activity, which you may also want to tackle with colleagues at the Hochschule Niederrhein.

Note: Take alook at the research landscape of the HochschuleNiederrhein. With over 240 professorships in ten faculties, there may well be thematic overlaps.

In the teaching profile you describe

• what your teaching education specialisations are and how they fit into the profile of the faculty,
• your academic background with regard to your previous teaching experience (for example, from the time of your doctorate; type and scope of courses) or experience in imparting knowledge and skills,
• why you have chosen a position with a high teaching content,
• Your understanding of teaching and which didactic goals guide your future teaching education.

Note: A look at the Degree programme's module handbook or the faculty's module handbooks can help here.

The selection procedure for filling a professorship is very complex. In the following, we briefly present the most important points of the procedure.

Who is involved?

Primarily, the selection process is accompanied by a specially appointed appointment committee.

The appointment committee usually consists of

• five lecturers (professors from the advertised faculty supplemented by a professor from another faculty or university),
• one academic employee,
• one employee from technology and administration (advisory, without voting rights)
• two members from the group of students.

All members are bound to secrecy and are aware of the confidential treatment of all documents in the procedure.

The commission is supported by the appeals officers, who assist the commission in applying compliance with the appeals regulations .

The head of the department, the Equal Opportunity Officer and, if applicable, the Representative for Severely Disabled Persons may attend the meetings of the Appeals Commission in an advisory capacity.

Who decides on the appointment?

The President of the Hochschule Niederrhein decides on the granting of an appointment.

The report of the appointment committee, the presentation of the appointment representative, the statement of the equal opportunity representative and a procedural presentation of the appointment management serve as the basis for his decision.

Duration of the procedure

An appointment procedure usually takes between eight and twelve months.
This is due in part to the involvement of the various boards and committees and external reviewers, which require a certain amount of lead time and processing time. We endeavor to carry out the procedure as quickly as possible in compliance with the applicable rules.

If you have any questions about the status of the appointment process, you can always contact the chair of the appointment committee.

Information about the status of the procedure

Upon receipt of your application, you will receive a confirmation of receipt from the appeals management.

As a rule, you can expect to receive an invitation to a personal interview within 8-12 weeks after the closing date of the call if your application has been assessed as suitable.

However, you will not receive a rejection until the process has been completed.

If you have any questions about the status of the appointment process, you can always contact the chair of the appointment committee.

However, you will not receive a rejection until the process is complete.

If you have any questions about the status of the appeal process, you can always contact the chair of the appeals committee.

On what basis does an appeal procedure take place?

An appointment procedure is carried out on the basis of the appointment regulations of the Hochschule Niederrhein and is accompanied by the appointment officers.

Stages of the selection process

An appointment procedure usually includes various stages at which your suitability for the professorship is examined:

• Application documents
• Structured interview with pre-determined questions that are asked equally of each applicant (ensures objectivity, comparability and equal treatment of all applicants)
• Technical presentation, in which you give a presentation on a predefined topic that is the same for all applicants or on a topic of your own choosing
• Technical interview with pre-determined questions, which are asked equally to each applicant
• Trial course, in which you give a course in front of students on a topic previously determined by the appointment committee for all applicantsTwo external reviews based on the documents you submitted (application documents, presentations on the trial course and lecture, ...)

We guarantee absolute confidentiality of your application documents.

For this reason, only persons who are involved in the procedure on the university side (including the appointment management, appointment committee, equal opportunity representative, if necessary the representative for severely handicapped persons, presidium, faculty council, if necessary external reviewers) are allowed to view the documents.

Then simply get in touch with us!

Appeals Management Team:
berufungsmanagement(at)hs-niederrhein.de

Central Equal Opportunity Officer:
gleichstellung(at)hs-niederrhein.de