An advertisement at the University of Münster has particularly caught your attention and you would like to apply to us? We are delighted to hear that!
On this page you will find all the information about your application as well as helpful information and links.
Your application should generally consist of the following documents:
In some job advertisements, a cover letter/motivational letter is not required.
The application procedure at the University of Münster normally proceeds as follows:
Once all formalities are completed, your new colleagues look forward to your first working day. We want you to feel welcome from the start and provide a structured onboarding and a Welcome Day for a successful start.
And what if the hiring process does not work out?
When deciding for a candidate, frequently nuances make the difference. Even if your qualifications are convincing, it can happen that we ultimately decide for another person.
In this case, we will of course inform you by telephone or in writing. Your application documents will subsequently be deleted in accordance with data protection regulations.
Please do not understand a rejection as a final decision against you: Our university is continuously developing, and new positions are advertised weekly. Perhaps a future position will suit your profile even better.
To ensure you do not miss any interesting opportunity, we recommend our job newsletter. This way, you will regularly receive current job offers by email – of course only as long as you wish.
And we look forward to hearing from you again at a later date!
You have discovered an exciting job advertisement but are unsure whether you meet all the requirements?
Do not let this deter you. We explicitly encourage you to apply anyway. Not all criteria need to be fully met – often the willingness to develop further counts just as much.
We look forward to your application!
We kindly ask for your understanding that we only accept applications for advertised positions and that speculative applications are not possible. If there is currently no suitable position for you, please feel free to sign up for our job newsletter. You will receive regular updates on current job offers by email – and perhaps the perfect position for you will be among them soon.
Due to the size and diversity of our university, it is possible that you may be interested in several positions at the same time. We are pleased about this and of course it is possible to apply for several positions in parallel. However, a separate application is required for each job advertisement to ensure that the correct contact person is reached
We strive to conduct our selection procedures efficiently so that you do not have to wait too long for a decision. However, the duration of our selection procedures can vary depending on the position advertised. Each application is carefully reviewed by several responsible persons. Furthermore, bodies such as the Staff Council, the Equal Opportunity Officer, and the Representative for People with Severe Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses are involved in the decision-making process.
Should the procedure take a little more time, we will inform you by email or telephone about the current status.
In the scientific field as well as for Professorial Appointments, we often advertise positions in both German and English. In these cases, two separate advertisements appear on our homepage.
However, it is always a single selection process. You can identify this by the identical reference number and the same application deadline.
You only need to apply once. Please submit your application either via the German or the English advertisement.
Do you have an officially recognised severe disability or are you equalised with a severely disabled person? Then you benefit from various legal and contractual regulations that are intended to prevent disadvantage on the labour market.
Employers in the public service of the state of NRW are obliged to fill at least 5% of the available jobs with severely disabled or equalised persons (§ 154 SGB IX).
Section 165 of the SGB IX provides that vacant, newly to be filled and new jobs must be reported to the Federal Employment Agency.
Should you apply externally or internally for a advertised position, an invitation is only dispensable if the professional suitability is completely obvious. Here, the legal regulation can only be applied if you openly state your severe disability (GdB from 50) or equalisation with a severely disabled person in the application. For this purpose, a copy of the "Schwerbehindertenausweis", the first page of the determination notice (without diagnoses), as well as a copy of the equalisation notice is sufficient.
Applicants who are chronically ill or threatened by disability but without an officially determined disability do not fall under the above-mentioned regulations.
What happens next?
The University of Münster, as an employer in the public service, is obliged to inform the Representative for People with Severe Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses and the responsible Staff Council directly about the receipt of applications with severe disability status. This applies to both internal and externally advertised appointment procedures.
The Representative for People with Severe Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses has access to all decision-relevant documents. These include not only the applications of persons with severe disabilities or equalisation, but also, for comparability, all application documents of the applicants invited to the procedure.
The Representative for People with Severe Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses has the right to participate in all presentation, final and decision-making discussions. The Representative for People with Severe Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses must agree to the selection decision if it does not favour the severely disabled or equalised applicant, because severely disabled or equalised applicants are generally to be given preference if they have the same qualifications.
The protection of your personal data is a matter of great importance to us. You can find our current data protection instructions here.
If you apply via our online application portal, we will delete your application documents from our system in accordance with data protection regulations six months after the completion of the selection process.
Appointment procedure - your path to a professorship
For candidates, the appointment procedure can sometimes seem extensive and lengthy. We are pleased to have been awarded the certificate "Fair and Transparent Appointment Procedures". To give you an insight, we show you the typical course of an appointment procedure at the University of Münster here.