Tenure Track Procedure

The Unit for Quality Assurance supports the Rectorate, the Human Resources and Gender Equality Unit as well as the faculties and centers in the further development of the tenure track procedure, the selection of assistant professors, the verification of the fulfillment of the qualification agreement (associate professors) and the appointment procedure according to University Act §99-4 (university professors). In particular, it performs the tasks listed below.

1. Appointment of Assistant Professors

The Unit for Quality Assurance:

checks the preparatory documents for the job advertisement (data record sheet)
checks reviewers for potential bias towards panel members and shortlist candidates
takes part in the panel meetings to independently check the consistency of the decisions and compliance with the procedural standards

2. From Assistant Professor to Associate Professor

At the end of the qualification phase, the Unit for Quality Assurance creates from the university data sources a standardized representation of the following data for the assistant professors:

publications
third-party grants
courses taught
exams
theses supervised
results of course evaluations

3. Appointment procedure from Associate Professur to University Professor

In the appointment procedure according to §99-4 of the University Act, the Unit for Quality Assurance

creates standardized data lists for each applicant with publications, third-party grants, courses taught, exams, theses supervised, results of course evaluations
researches potential reviewers and checks them for potential biases towards applicants and panel members
takes part in the panel meetings to independently check the consistency of the decisions and compliance with the procedural standards

Information and documents on the tenure track procedure can be found on the intranet.

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