Learn more here about formal requirements, required application documents, the application procedure and remuneration for scale-wage positions and professorships.
Employees in science, technology and administration are generally covered by the collective wage agreement of the Federal State of Bremen (Tarifvertrag der Länder, TV-L). Some positions are also reserved for civil servants.
This legal basis also permits alterations in the application procedure and deadlines that can be speedier compared to the professorial appointment procedures.
The employment requirements for scale-wage employees at the HSB are based on the responsibilities specified in the job offer and the currently applicable collective wage agreement law (Tarifvertrag des Landes Bremen, TV-L Bremen).
You can find the qualifications required for each job offer in the ‘Profile’ section of the respective job advertisements.
If you have obtained your university degree in one of the participating Bologna countries, it will generally be recognised by us.
For university degrees that were not obtained in any of the participating Bologna countries, we will check individually upon receipt of your application whether they can be recognised in Germany.
For the recognition procedure, we require
Official recognition by the Central Office for Foreign Education (Zentralstelle für ausländisches Bildungswesen, ZAB) is complex, may last several weeks and incurs fees. However, it may be worth applying, even if you wish to work in a non-regulated profession. Recognition can help future employers to better classify your foreign qualification.
The ZAB provides information on the recognition procedure and its fees.
In Germany, certain professional fields, such as healthcare professions, are regulated. In order to practise a regulated profession in Germany, official recognition is required.
In the state of Bremen, the Senatorial Authority for Children and Education is responsible for the recognition of foreign professional qualifications in regulated professions. There you will find further information and points of contact with regard to obtaining a recognition for your profession.
General information on regulated and non-regulated professions can be found at the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training.
Here, you will also find a general list of all regulated professions in Germany.
Payment in accordance with the collective wage agreement of the Federal State of Bremen protects against discrimination, provides security and stands for good working and living conditions. The payment group to which you can belong – and, thus, the essential information on the payment – can be found in the respective job offer.
The pay-tables made public on the internet serve to offer you an initial overview of the salary you may expect.
The recruitment procedure for scale-wage employees in the Federal State of Bremen (TV-L) is based on the current employment offer guidelines of the state of Bremen and the TV-L Bremen. As a rule, all job offers are advertised for a minimum of three weeks. In order to ensure that your application has been received, we recommend that you submit your application via our application portal.
Each selection procedure is supervised from start to finish by the selection committee. The committee is composed of:
Generally, we try to invite candidates to interviews as soon after the application deadline date has passed as possible.
We will inform you as soon as the selection committee has reached a decision following the interviews.
Appointments – on the path to a professorship
The appointment of new university teachers is a long-term decision that shapes the profile of our institution, and is therefore strategically highly significant for its development. Because we want to maintain and improve the quality of teaching and studies, and because applied-science-oriented research and the transfer of knowledge and technology are vitally important to us, transparent and fair selection procedures for prospective professors form an important basis for achieving it.
The appointment of professors at the HSB is governed by the Bremen Civil Service Act, section 116, article 3.
Ideally, all appointment requirements are already met at the time of application. However, you can still apply if you are only missing a few months of professional experience or are about to complete your doctorate. Please note that appointment procedures can take several months, it is therefore left to the discretion of the appointment committee whether you will be able to meet all requirements by the time of appointment.
The appointment procedures at the HSB are criteria-based, consist of several stages and are time-consuming. The equal opportunities officer and, where applicable, the representative for disabled employees is involved comprehensively at an early stage in every procedure.
The basis for the appointment procedure is primarily the appointment regulations, the guidelines for the implementation of the HSB’s equality mandate, the Bremen higher education act (BremHG) and the general equal treatment act (AGG).
1. Initiation phase
2. Formation of a selection committee
3. Advertising the position
4. Selection meeting
5. Hearing and trial-lecture
6. Shortlisting, obtaining of evaluators and the appointment recommendation
7. Appointment and appointment negotiations
8. Position preparation/placement of newly appointed persons
The Centre for Teaching and Learning (ZLL) at the HSB offers a free two-day workshop on university and media related teaching topics twice a year at the start of each semester for newly appointed lecturers and other new staff members involved in teaching. There, you will receive the support you need for a good start in teaching and can take advantage of the extensive range of further training and advisory services on offer.
Bremen City University of Applied Sciences promotes equal employment opportunities for all genders at all levels.
Severely disabled applicants will always be given priority if they can demonstrate equivalent professional and personal qualifications.
We expressly welcome applications from people with a migration history!
Even if you do not (yet) meet a 100% of the requirements, we would specifically like to encourage you to apply.
Find the right contact person here – we wish to help you as quickly as possible with any questions or concerns you may have.
