Habilitation

Habilitation

The process of Habilitation provides highly qualified early career researchers with an opportunity to obtain eligibility for a university professorship and allows independence in research and teaching. In conferring a Habilitation, the University formally acknowledges on the recommodation of the facutly that the conferee possesses the academic qualification and teaching skills required for appointment to a professorship in one of the fields in the Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy.

Candidates may pursue a Habilitation in

• Inorganic chemistry
• Organic chemistry
• Physical chemistry
• Theoretical chemistry
• Materials science
• Biochemistry
• Food chemistry
• Pharmaceutical chemistry
• Clinical pharmacy
• Drug formulation and delivery 

The Habilitation Process

1. Application for acceptance as a Habilitation candidate
2. Presentation to introduce the prospective candidate (Vorstellungskolloquium) - acceptance as a Habilitation candidate
3. Appointment of a mentoring committee (Fachmentorat)
4. Intermediate evaluation (to be conducted approx. two years into the process)
5. Completion of the candidate’s work: scientific evaluation (to be conducted approx. four years into the process)
6. Public presentation and decision on the conferral of a licence to teach

Habilitation Regulations and Legal Provisions

Habilitation Regulations of the Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Bavarian Higher Education Innovation Act (BayHIG)