TUM Faculty Tenure Track: The Career Path
TUM offers promising young scientists from around the world attractive career perspectives with its new career model: TUM Faculty Tenure Track. Highly qualified candidates are appointed as assistant professors (W2) with prospects for performance-based advancement to a permanent professorship (associate professor, W3). With further research achievements at the highest international level, this path can lead to promotion to a chair position (full professor, W3).
Enjoy research autonomy: With an attractive entry package, reduced teaching workload and academic independence. Resources and rights.
From appointment to tenure: Details on the mentoring team, the annual performance interviews and status assessments on the way to the tenure evaluation. Tenure phase
Successful dual careers: Advice and support for the partners of TUM professors looking to start a career in and around Munich. Munich Dual Career Office
Making time for family life: With work models like part-time professorships, TUM makes it easier for academics to reconcile their professional obligations with their home life. Family & career
Acquiring new skills: A specially designed program to support Tenure Track Assistant Professors expand their capabilities.
TUM Tenure Track Academy
Teaching skills are crucial: That is why TUM supports its teaching staff – with advice, further training and financial assistance. Teaching at TUM
For employees: New to TUM • Research funding • Business start-ups • Sport & health • Talent development • IT • Press & communication. Services
At a glance: TUM Faculty Tenure Track • Career and family • Application • Timeline of the Tenure phase • Tenure evaluation • & more: FAQs on faculty recruitment system
Download: Documents on the TUM Faculty Recruitment and Career System
- Official Statute on TUM’s career system for professors:
TUM's Recruitment and Career System (PDF, 3,3 MB); English text: pp. 60 - Code of conduct for the work of appointment committees:
TUM Faculty Recruitment Code of Conduct (PDF, 114 KB) - Internal documents faculty recruiting
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