Habilitation

The process of Habilitation provides highly qualified early career researchers with an opportunity to obtain eligibility for a university professorship and allows independence in research and teaching. In conferring a Habilitation, the University formally acknowledges on the recommodation of the facutly that the conferee possesses the academic qualification and teaching skills required for appointment to a professorship in one of the fields in the Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy.

Candidates may pursue a Habilitation in

Inorganic Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Physical Chemistry
Theoretical Chemistry
Materials Science
Polymerchemistry
Biochemistry
Food Chemistry
Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Clinical Pharmacy
Drug Formulation and Delivery
Chemistry Teaching Methods

The Habilitation Process

Application for acceptance as a Habilitation candidate
Presentation to introduce the prospective candidate (Vorstellungskolloquium) - acceptance as a Habilitation candidate
Appointment of a mentoring committee (Fachmentorat)
Intermediate evaluation (to be conducted approx. two years into the process)
Completion of the candidate’s work: scientific evaluation (to be conducted approx. four years into the process)
Public presentation and decision on the conferral of a licence to teach