Tenure Track
General information
The European University Viadrina is characterised above all by its internationality. Its excellent location - in the middle of Europe and on the border with neighbouring Poland - makes it particularly attractive for students and researchers from Germany and abroad.
As one of the most international universities in Germany, the European University Viadrina offers excellent career opportunities with its tenure track programme, especially for academics in an early career phase.
The Tenure Track Programme is a programme funded by the federal and state governments to promote young academics and create new career paths. These are intended to ensure a predictable and secure professional future for young academics. The Viadrina is characterised in particular by its attractiveness to international applicants due to its flexible structure with regard to the duration until probation or tenure evaluation.
After Viadrina's successful participation in the federal-state programme in 2019, the total of eight funded Professorships at all three Faculties and the European New School of Digital Studies were filled in the period 2021-2023. (Professorships filled)
On the following pages you will find everything you need to know about the Tenure Track Programme at the European University Viadrina.
Course
Tenure-track professors
Tenure Advisory Board
The Tenure Advisory Board advises the Executive Board of the European University by making general recommendations on call texts, target agreements and appointment commitments. It also submits proposals for improving the tenure-track procedure. This ensures a university-wide, standardised and transparent procedure as well as equivalent leadership requirements. Each appointment and evaluation committee includes a member of the Tenure Advisory Board.
The Tenure Advisory Board consists of five university professors who have made a particular name for themselves in research and teaching as well as in the promotion of academics in early career phases.
Members of the Tenure Advisory Board:
| Prof. Dr Silvia von Steinsdorff | Professor of Comparative Democracy Research and Political Systems of Eastern Europe at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Chairwoman of the Advisory Board) |
| Prof. Dr Sebastian Späth | Professor for Management & Digital Markets at the University of Hamburg |
| Prof. Dr Annette Werberger | Professor of Literary Studies/Eastern Europe, European University Viadrina Foundation Frankfurt (Oder) |
| Prof. Dr Martin Krzywdzinski | Professorship for International Labour Relations at the Helmut Schmidt University Hamburg and the Social Science Research Centre Berlin |
| Prof. Dr Katharina de la Durantaye | Professor of Civil Law, Business, Competition and Intellectual Property Law at the Freie Universität Berlin (Deputy Chairwoman of the Advisory Board) | .
Personnel development
Personnel development & career support
This section is currently under construction. If you have any questions, please contact the Tenure Track Programme Office.
E-mail: tenuretrack@europa-uni.de
Frequently asked questions
The tenure-track professorship represents an alternative career path to obtaining a lifetime professorship. Tenure-track professors are initially appointed for a fixed term and, after successfully completing two evaluation procedures, are offered a subsequent position for life.
The target group for a tenure-track professorship is primarily academics in an early career phase.
In addition to the general requirements under civil service law, a university degree and pedagogical aptitude, the formal requirements also include a special aptitude for academic work, usually demonstrated by the particularly outstanding quality of a PhD. The subject-specific requirements can be found in the respective advertisement text for the tenure track professorship.
You can find the job advertisements in our section for job advertisements for Professorships and academic staff. You can find them here.
The documents required for an application are requested and required directly from the applicants when applying online via our application portal. The addressee of the application is the respective faculty that has published the call for applications.
The tenure track phase usually lasts six years and is divided into two phases: the probationary evaluation phase and the tenure evaluation phase. The respective tenure-track professor can decide in advance whether he or she would like a probationary evaluation after three or four years. The evaluation procedure is carried out by the respective faculty. If it is determined that the candidate has proven themselves, the employment contract is extended until the end of the maximum term in accordance with Section 46 (1) BbgHG. However, if the assessment is negative, the candidate will be given the opportunity to comment.
After the maximum term has expired, a tenure evaluation is carried out. If the tenure evaluation is positive, the candidate will be appointed for life.
Further information can be found here.
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Tenure evaluation
The tenure evaluation is based on the candidate's self-report, at least two external reviews and one student review.
Tenure evaluation
The tenure evaluation is based on the candidate's self-evaluation report, at least three external reviews and one student review.
Answers to frequently asked questions about appointments at Viadrina can be found >>> here.
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