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Endowed Professorship (W3) in Neurology with a Focus on Neurodegenerative Diseases

University of °Õü²ú¾±²Ô²µ±ð²Ô - Faculty of Medicine

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Permanent
Full Time
Apply by: 2025-01-23
Published: 2024-12-11
The °Õü²ú¾±²Ô²µ±ð²Ô Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital are part of the University of Excellence °Õü²ú¾±²Ô²µ±ð²Ô. They provide medical services at the highest level and cover the entire spectrum of modern medicine, research, teaching and clinical care.

The Hertie Foundation is actively engaged in °Õü²ú¾±²Ô²µ±ð²Ô since 2001. The Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research (HIH) together with the Neurological Clinic of the University Hospital °Õü²ú¾±²Ô²µ±ð²Ô form the Hertie Center for Neurology. The structural integration of the HIH with the Neurological Clinic creates a multifunctional facility that enables world-class clinical and translational brain research, medical treatment and scientific training at an international top level.

The Faculty of Medicine at the University of °Õü²ú¾±²Ô²µ±ð²Ô invites applications for a position at the Hertie Center for Neurology for an

Endowed Professorship (W3) in Neurology with a Focus on Neurodegenerative Diseases

available by 1 October 2026, potentially earlier. The position will be filled on a salaried basis unless the successful candidate already is a civil servant.

The successful candidate is expected to represent neurology in patient care, research and teaching and to have both clinical as well as scientific expertise in the areas of neurodegenerative diseases and/or neuroimmunology.

Associated with the professorship are the directorship of the Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases in the Neurological Clinic at the University Hospital °Õü²ú¾±²Ô²µ±ð²Ô as well as the management of a research group at the HIH. This includes membership in the HIH board of directors.

The proven scientific achievements of the successful candidate should be documented through publications in leading journals in the field and through the acquisition of structure-building third-party funds. Furthermore, the ability and willingness for interdisciplinary collaboration and in particular to design and lead as well as participate in interdisciplinary and translational research networks at the Faculty of Medicine and University are expected.

In the field of teaching, comprehensive experience evaluated as outstanding and involvement are expected, as well as active design of lectures and other teaching formats, particularly in view of innovative curricula in the degree programs taught at the °Õü²ú¾±²Ô²µ±ð²Ô Faculty of Medicine.

The position has a teaching commitment of two hours per week during the semester.

Required qualifications include a license to practice medicine, postdoctoral qualifications and teaching experience equivalent to the requirements for tenure, as well as a board certification in neurology obtained in Germany or an international certification recognized as equivalent by the Medical Council of Baden-Württemberg. If the person to be appointed has a board qualification in neurology acquired outside of Germany, bridging scenarios are available for the duration of the recognition process.

Parallel to this professorship, a W3-Professorship in Neurodegenerative Diseases at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) °Õü²ú¾±²Ô²µ±ð²Ô with its own research group is being advertised. Close synergies between both professorships as well as between the HIH and DZNE more generally are desired. A co-affiliation is possible.

The University of °Õü²ú¾±²Ô²µ±ð²Ô is committed to equity and diversity and actively promotes equal opportunities. Female academics, in particular, are explicitly invited to apply, as are applicants from outside Germany.

Applications from equally qualified candidates with disabilities will be given preference.

Please observe the effective vaccination regulations.

General information on professorships, hiring processes and the German academic system can be found here:

Please submit your entire application using the web-based application platform . The deadline for applications is 23 January 2025.

The scientific lectures and personal interviews with the appointment committee in °Õü²ú¾±²Ô²µ±ð²Ô are currently scheduled for calendar week 9.

Questions regarding the application may be directed to berufungen.dekanat@med.uni-tuebingen.de.

Enquiries concerning the professorship may be directed to the Dean.

Dean of the Faculty of Medicine
University of °Õü²ú¾±²Ô²µ±ð²Ô
Professor Dr. rer. nat. Bernd Pichler
Geissweg 5/1
72076 °Õü²ú¾±²Ô²µ±ð²Ô, GERMANY
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