Appointment procedures at the KU

Open positions for professorships at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt are filled after successful completion of an appointment procedure. Here you will find an overview of the currently ongoing appointment procedures and their respective status.

The procedures are grouped by the eight KU faculties:

  • THF – Faculty of Theology,
  • PPF – Faculty of Philosophy and Education,
  • SLF – Faculty of Languages and Literatures,
  • GGF – Faculty of History and Social Sciences,
  • MGF – Faculty of Mathematics and Geography,
  • WFI – Ingolstadt School of Management,
  • STS - Schoof of Transformation and Sustainability,
  • FSA – Faculty of Social Work.

The appointment procedures are governed by the provisions of the appointment regulations at the KU (Annex 2 of the Basic Rules), that can be viewed or downloaded together with the Foundation Charter at the following link: Legal Basics

The job advertisements for open professorship positions are available here: Job advertisements and vacancies

 

Current appointment procedures at the KU

Faculty of Philosophy and Education (PPF) - Professorship for Empirical Educational Research (W2)

  1. Procedure initiated ✅
  2. Call for applications published ✅
  3. Test lectures open to university public are scheduled ✅
  4. Appointment committee develops appointment proposal ✅
  5. Statement by the faculty council issued ✅
  6. Statement by the Senate issued ✅
  7. KU appointment proposal resolved ✅
  8. Offer of appointment issued ✅
  9. Offer of appointment accepted by Dr. Julia Dietrich
  10. Appointment made
  11. Start of work at April 1, 2024

Faculty of Philosophy and Education (PPF) - Chair of Clinical Psychology and Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy (W3)

  1. Procedure initiated ✅
  2. Call for applications published ✅
  3. Test lectures open to university public are scheduled ✅
  4. Appointment committee develops appointment proposal ✅
  5. Statement by the faculty council issued ✅
  6. Statement by the Senate issued ✅
  7. KU appointment proposal resolved ✅
  8. Offer of appointment issued ✅
  9. Offer of appointment accepted by Dr. Elisa Pfeiffer
  10. Appointment made
  11. Start of work at

Faculty of Philosophy and Education (PPF) - Professorship of Philosophy (W2 with tenure track to W3)

  1. Procedure initiated ✅
  2. Call for applications published ✅
  3. Test lectures open to university public are scheduled
  4. Appointment committee develops appointment proposal
  5. Statement by the faculty council issued
  6. Statement by the Senate issued
  7. KU appointment proposal resolved
  8. Offer of appointment issued
  9. Offer of appointment accepted by
  10. Appointment made
  11. Start of work at

Faculty of Philosophy and Education (PPF) - Professorship of School Education (W2)

  1. Procedure initiated ✅
  2. Call for applications published
  3. Test lectures open to university public are scheduled
  4. Appointment committee develops appointment proposal
  5. Statement by the faculty council issued
  6. Statement by the Senate issued
  7. KU appointment proposal resolved
  8. Offer of appointment issued
  9. Offer of appointment accepted by
  10. Appointment made
  11. Start of work at

Faculty of Languages and Literatures (SLF) - Professorship of Classical Philology (Latin Studies) (W2)

  1. Procedure initiated ✅
  2. Call for applications published ✅
  3. Test lectures open to university public are scheduled
  4. Appointment committee develops appointment proposal
  5. Statement by the faculty council issued
  6. Statement by the Senate issued
  7. KU appointment proposal resolved
  8. Offer of appointment issued
  9. Offer of appointment accepted by Dr. Tobias Dänzer
  10. Appointment made
  11. Start of work at

Faculty of Languages and Literatures (SLF) - Professorship of American Studies (W2 with tenure track to W3)

  1. Procedure initiated ✅
  2. Call for applications published
  3. Test lectures open to university public are scheduled
  4. Appointment committee develops appointment proposal
  5. Statement by the faculty council issued
  6. Statement by the Senate issued
  7. KU appointment proposal resolved
  8. Offer of appointment issued
  9. Offer of appointment accepted by
  10. Appointment made
  11. Start of work at

Faculty of History and Social Science (GGF) - Professorship of the History of Latin America (W2)

  1. Procedure initiated ✅
  2. Call for applications published
  3. Test lectures open to university public are scheduled
  4. Appointment committee develops appointment proposal
  5. Statement by the faculty council issued
  6. Statement by the Senate issued
  7. KU appointment proposal resolved 
  8. Offer of appointment issued
  9. Offer of appointment accepted by­­
  10. Appointment made
  11. Start of work at

Faculty of History and Social Sciences (GGF) - Professorship of Didactics of History (W2)

  1. Procedure initiated ✅
  2. Call for applications published
  3. Test lectures open to university public are scheduled
  4. Appointment committee develops appointment proposal
  5. Statement by the faculty council issued
  6. Statement by the Senate issued
  7. KU appointment proposal resolved 
  8. Offer of appointment issued
  9. Offer of appointment accepted by­­
  10. Appointment made
  11. Start of work at

Faculty of Mathematics and Geography (MGF) - Professorship of Geography Didactics and Education for Sustainable Development (W2)

  1. Procedure initiated ✅
  2. Call for applications published ✅
  3. Test lectures open to university public are scheduled ✅
  4. Appointment committee develops appointment proposal ✅
  5. Statement by the faculty council issued
  6. Statement by the Senate issued
  7. KU appointment proposal resolved
  8. Offer of appointment issued
  9. Offer of appointment accepted by 
  10. Appointment made
  11. Start of work at

Ingolstadt School of Management (WFI) - Professorship of BA and Market Psychology (W2)

  1. Procedure initiated ✅
  2. Call for applications published ✅
  3. Test lectures open to university public are scheduled
  4. Appointment committee develops appointment proposal
  5. Statement by the faculty council issued
  6. Statement by the Senate issued
  7. KU appointment proposal resolved
  8. Offer of appointment issued
  9. Offer of appointment accepted by­­ 
  10. Appointment made
  11. Start of work at

Ingolstadt School of Management (WFI) - Professorship of Economics, esp. Sustainable Economic Policy (W2 with tenure track to W3)

  1. Procedure initiated ✅
  2. Call for applications published ✅
  3. Test lectures open to university public are scheduled
  4. Appointment committee develops appointment proposal
  5. Statement by the faculty council issued
  6. Statement by the Senate issued
  7. KU appointment proposal resolved
  8. Offer of appointment issued
  9. Offer of appointment accepted by­­ 
  10. Appointment made
  11. Start of work at

School of Transformation and Sustainability (STS) - Professorship of Philosophy and Ethics of Digitalization (W3)

  1. Procedure initiated ✅
  2. Call for applications published ✅
  3. Test lectures open to university public are scheduled
  4. Appointment committee develops appointment proposal
  5. Statement by the faculty council issued
  6. Statement by the Senate issued
  7. KU appointment proposal resolved
  8. Offer of appointment issued
  9. Offer of appointment accepted by
  10. Appointment made
  11. Start of work at

Faculty of Social Work (FSA) - Professorship of Nursing Science with Focus on Digitalization / Artificial Intelligence (W2)

  1. Procedure initiated ✅
  2. Call for applications published ✅
  3. Test lectures open to university public are scheduled ✅
  4. Appointment committee develops appointment proposal
  5. Statement by the faculty council issued
  6. Statement by the Senate issued
  7. KU appointment proposal resolved
  8. Offer of appointment issued
  9. Offer of appointment accepted by
  10. Appointment made
  11. Start of work at

Faculty of Social Work (FSA) - Professorship for Theories and Foundations of Social Work (W2)

  1. Procedure initiated ✅
  2. Call for applications published ✅
  3. Test lectures open to university public are scheduled
  4. Appointment committee develops appointment proposal
  5. Statement by the faculty council issued
  6. Statement by the Senate issued
  7. KU appointment proposal resolved
  8. Offer of appointment issued
  9. Offer of appointment accepted by
  10. Appointment made
  11. Start of work at