Prerequisites

 

apl Professorship

  • Fulfillment of the hiring requirements for university professors according to Section 36 HG
  • Outstanding performance in research and teaching
  • Outstanding academic performance after doctoral studies, especially in the two years before being appointed an apl professorship
  • Doctoral studies completed with a grade of 1.0 or 2.0
  • Below the legal age of retirement
  • Regular, successful, and independent teaching totally 20 SWS in the last five years, including at least one year at RWTH
  • The candidate can not have been an awarded a comparable or similar title.

Honorary Professorship

  • Outstanding performance in a discipline represented at RWTH encompassing professional practice and application or the development of scientific discoveries

or

  • Outstanding performance in research, art, and teaching, which reflects the requirements for full-time professors

and

  • Outstanding performance in research and teaching
  • Outstanding academic performance after doctoral studies, especially in the two years before being appointed an honorary professorship
  • Below the legal age of retirement ( Exceptions possible)
  • Regular, successful, and independent teaching totally 20 SWS in the last five years, including at least one year at RWTH
  • The candidate can not have been an awarded a comparable or similar title.