The Habilitation, or post-doctoral degree, is the highest university degree that can be awarded. An academic examination procedure determines the candidate’s suitability for teaching (facultas docendi) in an academic field. The recognition of a teaching qualification (facultas legendi) is the prerequisite for the additional issuance of a teaching permit or an authorization to teach (venia legendi), which, unlike the teaching qualification, is tied to regular teaching commitments. The Habilitation is meant to ascertain whether the scholar can represent the full breadth of his or her field in research. The Habilitation is an often important step towards becoming a professor, yet it is neither necessary nor sufficient.
You will find all required information on a Habilitation on the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences on this page.
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of 27 July 1995 AmBek Nr. 3/96, S. 46. (German)
of 16 April 1998; AmBek Nr. 7/98, S. 124. (German)
of 08 October 1998; AmBek Nr. 3/99, S. 34. (German)
of 26 May 2004; AmBek Nr. 9/04, S. 96. (German)
Please submit the following documents to the Dean of the Faculty:
An application for admission to post-doctoral qualification, submitted in writing to the Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences. This document must identify the subject area for which the candidate wishes to receive permission to teach, as well as the following documents:
You should also include further scholarly publications that do not belong to the documentation qualifying the candidate for an Habilitation. These serve merely to illustrate the applicant’s scholarly work, yet will not be part of the evaluation.
The Dean acknowledges receipt of the application and documents and then performs a formal review.