Young Professors' Programme (YPP)

Goal of the programme

Associate professors (Juniorprofessoren) and junior research group leaders find themselves in a challenging situation. They have achieved early academic success and must likewise assume positions of responsibility for themselves and others quite early in their career. Junior researchers require a wide range of knowledge and skills in order to continue producing outstanding research results as they get involved in teaching, supervising and administrative activities.

The Young Professors' Programme (YPP) supports these early-career academics by helping them adjust to various challenges and mastering the current stage of their career.

Target group

The Young Professors' Programme is targeted at associate professors with or without tenure track, as well as junior research group leaders.

Other programmes:
WWU Graduate Centre

Our services

The Young Professors' Programme (YPP) supports associate professors and junior research group leaders in three different ways. Support and advice within the faculty is of central importance to associate professors. Through peer mentoring, one-to-one mentoring and group mentoring, the programme provides individual solutions from experts for experts. YPP offers courses and workshops divided into five modules which address all areas relevant to early-career academics in research at the University of Münster: career development, working in an academic context, academic management, academic teaching, and life at the WWU. In addition to traditional seminars, the programme organises micro-sessions which allow participants to gain a general overview of new thematic areas in a short time.