Doctorate & Habilitation, Adjunct professorships (APL professorships)

Doctoral Study

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Considering a dissertation? Or are you already working on your doctoral thesis and looking for information and contacts?

You can find all further information here: Doctoral Study

Habilitation

At the Faculty of Geosciences, habilitation is possible in the subjects represented at the faculty.

§1 of the habilitation regulations

Aim of the habilitation
The habilitation serves to formally establish the academic and pedagogical aptitude to become a professor in a subject area of the Faculty of Geosciences (teaching qualification). The subject area must be represented by a professorship in the Faculty. The aim of the habilitation procedure is to give particularly talented young academics the opportunity to take on independent teaching and research tasks and thus qualify for appointment to a professorship.

Please observe the current habilitation regulations (PDF, 74 KB).

For enquiries regarding the habilitation procedure, please contact the Dean’s Office.

The Faculty’s habilitation event for the winter term 2026/27 will take place on Wedensday, 11 November 2026.

Adjunct professorships (APL professorships)

Quality assurance concept for the appointment of adjunct professors

The quality assurance concept of the Faculty of Geosciences within the framework of the appointment of adjunct professors (Art. 69 BayHIG) was approved by the university management by July 3, 2025.

Download the quality assurance concept: Quality assurance concept (PDF, 103 KB)