Associate professorships

The University of Münster continuously strives to support young academics by providing transparent and dependable working conditions and viable career paths. To this end, it has established a new associate professorship (Juniorprofessur) model with a tenure track for excellent academics while taking into account the various disciplinary cultures at the University. This model is based on international standards and offers early planning security for your own career path. University is especially committed to increasing the proportion of women academics in attractive positions, providing equal opportunities, promoting internationalisation and expanding target group-specific personnel development measures for all.

Tenure track

With the tenure track model, the University of Münster offers young academics a career path that offers transparency and reliability. After a successful probationary phase, the model offers candidates the prospect of an immediate transition to a lifetime professorship. In addition to interdisciplinary academic standards, the model ensures a high level of procedural quality.

Young Professors Programme (YPP)

The Young Professors Programme (YPP) is an accompanying, advanced training programme for highly-qualified junior academics which promotes individual career and personality development. The programme is based on a mentoring concept which further develops one's competence and strengthens potentials which improve one's career prospects in the long term. Thanks to its supportive, advisory and voluntary character, the programme enhances the attractiveness and sustainability of the tenure-track career path at the University of Münster.

Support and services

At the University of Münster, those who decide to pursue an academic career receive support every step of the way. Our support services include advice on career planning and development, a healthy work-life balance, funding opportunities and grants, as well as programmes specifically promoting women academics. These established structures ensure planning security, transparency and the freedom to shape one's individual career path.