Paths to a HAW professorship

Aim of the project funded as part of the federal and state programme "FH Personal". Paths to a HAW professorship is to make the career path of the HAW professorship more visible and attractive, to make the entry conditions for new professors more flexible and to implement sustainable funding and support structures at the THM .

Current event notice
December 4th, 2023, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.: "Doctoral degrees and professorships at universities of applied sciences" - open online information event for everyone interested, especially master's students, doctoral students and postdocs (Register by email by November 30th to This email address is being protected from spam bots! To display JavaScript must be turned on! . Further information can be found here.

The project: planned measures

The project is divided into three different areas.

The first area takes the Qualification for a HAW professorship and is therefore primarily aimed at excellently qualified graduates as well as doctoral students and post-docs. As part of the project, a scouting pool is to be created to specifically address talented students. By establishing permanent cooperations with partners from the business world, doctoral students and postdocs should be able to gain the practical and teaching experience they need for a later appointment. In addition, it should be examined whether it is possible to find a more flexible definition and design of the scientific achievements required for professorship.

The second area of the project deals with creation new types of HAW professorship. The aim is to increase the flexibility and attractiveness of the career path of a HAW professorship via shared professorship and profile professorship models.

The third project area should Support offers for newly appointed HAW professorships coordinate and establish fixed structures in this regard. The plan is to introduce an onboarding programme and a programme for collegial advice. In addition, a support offer for the professional career of the partners of the newly appointed is to be developed with a concept for dual careers.

In all project areas, women should be addressed in particular in order to increase the proportion of women in the area of highly qualified personnel.

News

December 4th, 2023: "PhD and professorship at universities of applied sciences" - open online information event for everyone interested, especially master's students, doctoral students and postdocs (Register by email by November 30th to This email address is being protected from spam bots! To display JavaScript must be turned on! ). Further information can be found here.
10/19/2023: Invitation to the first Female Career Talk: Pathways to a HAW professorship, Registration by 13.10.2023 by mail to This email address is being protected from spam bots! To display JavaScript must be turned on! . You can find the report on the Female Career Talk here.
05/15/2023: The Pro THM talent promotion programme starts the second round with 29 female students.
01/25/2023: Presentation of the certificates of participation in the talent promotion programme by Vice President Ms. Specht. You can use the handover article here recall.
October 13, 2022: "Doctorate and professorship at universities of applied sciences" - open information event for interested master's students, doctoral candidates and postdocs (registration by email to This email address is being protected from spam bots! To display JavaScript must be turned on! )
06./07.10. 2022: Pro THM participates in 'HerCareer', a careers fair for female specialists and managers. information below https://www.her-career.com/
08/17/2022: New - First experience report on the cooperative acquisition of practical experience. You can find the interview here. An article also appeared in the news section of THM about the cooperation between Ms. Nadine Wills and the partner Deutsche Bundesbank, which you here can retrieve.
May 20, 2022: Start of the talent promotion programme for female high potentials
May 6, 2022: Start of the cooperation database with interested companies. More information at For companies (thm.de)
April 1st, 2022: First successful cooperation: Dr. Nadine Wills from the WI department has started her cooperative practical phase via the Pro THM project and from now on she will be gathering the professional experience required for her appointment with our cooperation partner Deutsche Bundesbank!
01/02/2022 : Reinforcement for the project - Hiring of Mrs. Desirée Jost for the areas of scouting/talent promotion as well as image campaign and marketing
09/03/2021: Ways to a HAW professorship: open information event for interested master’s students, doctoral candidates and postdocs (information and registration by email to This email address is being protected from spam bots! To display JavaScript must be turned on! )
September 2nd, 2021: Information event on the Pro THM project for department heads
01.07.2021: Mrs. Dr. As project manager, Stefanie Klos has taken over the central coordination of the project
March 2021: THM has received the funding notification: THM will have around 2.56 million euros for the project over the next six years Paths to a HAW professorship to disposal
November 2020: The THM 's application for the federal and state programme "FH Personal" has been approved

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