Professorships

As a professor at HRW, you play a key role in shaping practice-oriented teaching, engage in research, and take on responsibilities in academic self-governance.

We look forward to working with you to accompany and support our students on their educational and career paths.

Information about a professorship at a University of Applied Sciences

 

Section 3 of the North Rhine-Westphalia Teaching Load Regulation (Lehrverpflichtungsverordnung NRW, LVV) governs the extent of the teaching obligation. For professors at Universities of Applied Sciences, this amounts to 18 teaching hours per week (SWS). The LVV also regulates options for crediting/reducing the teaching load, e.g. through lectures, exercises, and seminars.

 

For a professorship at a University of Applied Sciences (HAW) such as HRW, a habilitation is not required. Instead, the following are important:

1. a completed university degree
2. the ability to conduct academic/scientific work
3. at least five years of professional experience, partly outside a university, in a field matching the subject of the vacancy announcement
4. pedagogical aptitude

In addition to the general requirements under civil service law, the appointment requirements are regulated in Section 36 of the Higher Education Act (Hochschulgesetz).

Learn more about a HAW professorship via the link below:

The path to a professorship at HRW

How the appointment procedure at HRW is carried out on the basis of Section 38 of the NRW Higher Education Act is set out in HRW’s appointment regulations.

Find out more about the path to a professorship at HRW in our podcast.

Research at HRW

HRW has set itself the following research goals:

• application-oriented research and development
• linking research and teaching
• interdisciplinary collaboration among researchers
• knowledge transfer, especially to the region and the local community
• practical implementation of results together with local companies
• connections with numerous academic partners in Germany and abroad
• cooperative doctoral projects
• research projects at national and international level

The Research & Transfer team and the Third-Party Funding team provide support.

Teaching at HRW

In its University Development Plan 2021, Ruhr West University of Applied Sciences defined the following four goals for teaching:

• there is a broad and active university-wide discourse on teaching
• students develop career-relevant competencies in practice-oriented learning environments
• teaching staff continuously develop their teaching
• teaching is aligned with the current state of science and practice

Teaching staff are supported by the Higher Education Didactics team and the E-Learning team.

Academic self-governance

Section 10 of the NRW Higher Education Act stipulates, among other things, that participation in the university’s self-governance is among the rights and duties of its members—including professors.

PROForward@HRW

As part of the Federal–State program “FH-Personal” the HRW project PROForward is being funded.

The goals are:

• piloting new pathways into a professorship
• target-group-specific offerings
• systematic qualification of teaching staff interested in a professorship
• expanding the pool of candidates eligible for appointment
• sharpening HRW’s specific profile
• making the professorship more flexible