Postdoctoral qualification

The Dean's Office should be informed in writing of the intention to apply for admission to the Habilitation procedure no later than six months before submitting the application in accordance with § 4. The application for admission to the Habilitation procedure must be submitted to the Dean's Office in writing. It must specify the subject for which research and, if applicable, teaching qualifications are to be demonstrated.

The written Habilitation thesis must be published in accordance with the Habilitation regulations. This can either be done electronically on the OPUS server of the Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg, analogous to the procedure for dissertations – the Office of the Dean then does not require an additional specimen copy; if, alternatively or additionally, publication in a publishing house is chosen, two specimen copies must be submitted to the Office of the Dean (Decision of the Office of the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities dated 12.01.2016 regarding § 13 HabilO GW).

Along with the Habilitation, you may also apply for an authorization to teach as a senior lecturer with no permanent teaching contract at Universität Hamburg in accordance with Universität Hamburg's Privatdozentursatzung (pdf, German only) dated November 17, 2011. The authorization is granted for a specific subject area. The senior lecturer with no permanent teaching contract is obliged to teach two hours of lectures per academic year within his or her subject area free of charge; this obligation expires upon retirement.