Lectureship at the THU

Share your expertise and support students as they embark on their professional careers. As a lecturer at Ulm University of Applied Sciences (THU), you will impart up-to-date knowledge from your professional field and enrich the teaching with valuable practical experience.

THU places great emphasis on the transfer of knowledge between academia and the professional world and is seeking committed experts from business, industry and other professional fields who wish to contribute their experience to academic education.

Interactive teaching situation in the smart grid lab: Professor in dialog with students at computer workstations (landscape format).
Copyright: Rico Grund
Professor sits on a windowsill and discusses with a group of students in the modern smart grid laboratory.

Reasons for a teaching position

Help shape practical teaching: Share current developments and real-world examples from your daily professional life.

Innovative academic environment: Work in a modern setting with close ties to research, technology, and current topics of the future.

Interdisciplinary collaboration: Exchange ideas with professors, researchers, and other instructors from various disciplines.

Personal development: Expand your teaching skills and gain experience in university teaching.

Support and infrastructure: Take advantage of the THU’s infrastructure as well as continuing education offerings from the Institute for Higher Education Pedagogy.

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Information on teaching at THU

Before accepting a teaching position, please note the following:

  • Your academic qualifications and professional experience must be relevant to the respective field of instruction. The responsible faculty will conduct a personal interview for this purpose.
  • Lectureships are awarded for one semester at a time and are concluded exclusively in writing. However, the THU strives for long-term collaboration with qualified lecturers.
  • Civil servants and employees under collective bargaining agreements may not accept a teaching position at their own university.
  • Courses are conducted independently and are based on the THU’s study and examination regulations as well as the module descriptions.
  • The content, scope, time, and location of the courses are determined in consultation with the relevant faculty. Preferred dates will be accommodated whenever possible.
  • Lecturers are bound by confidentiality and must adhere to the THU’s guidelines on information security. Communication with students takes place exclusively through the THU’s services.
  • THU supports lecturers with professional development opportunities and programs for teaching quality assurance.
  • Payment is made upon completion of the teaching assignment based on a standardized billing form.

Information on teaching assignments at THU (PDF)

The amount of remuneration depends on the respective qualification of the lecturer:

  • 40.00 per individual lesson (45 minutes) for lecturers with the duties of professors and a university degree
  • 27.00 per individual hour (45 minutes) for lecturers with the tasks of a teacher for special tasks and corresponding qualifications

Application for a teaching position

Are you interested in working as a lecturer at THU? If so, we look forward to receiving your expression of interest. You can use the Expression of Interest Form for Lecturers to have your profile added to our database free of charge and with no obligation. As soon as a suitable teaching position becomes available, we will contact you.

Expression of Interest Form

Please send your completed application form by email (Lehrauftrag@thu.de) or by mail to:
Ulm University of Technology
Finance Department / Payroll Office
Prittwitzstraße 10
89075 Ulm

Contact us

Personnel Office
+49 731 96537-760
Personalabteilung(at)thu.de
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