Professorships

Professorships and young researchers (© GDCh)

The GDCh's "Professorships" list includes positions for professors, junior professors and young researchers in chemistry at home and abroad.

Information for providers of professorships and junior academic positions
Information for job advertisers with positions for professors and junior researchers

To the job list "Universities and Research Institutes" for doctoral and postdoc positions

Current tenders

The Institute of pharmacy at the Faculty of Chemistry and pharmacy at the University of Innsbruck is seeking to fill a professorship in pharmacology and drug therapy pursuant to Section 98 of the Universities Act (UG). The employment relationship with the university is under private law and is based on the Salaried Employees Act and is permanent. The employment rate is 100%. The binding long version (published in the University of Innsbruck's membership magazine of July 2, 2025) details of duties, employment requirements, and application procedures can be found here. The University of Innsbruck aims to increase the proportion of women and therefore expressly invites qualified women to apply. Women will be given priority in cases of equal qualifications. Applications must be received by the University of Innsbruck, Faculty Service Center, Innrain 52f, A-6020 Innsbruck ( fss-innrain52f@uibk.ac.at ), by August 31, 2025 at the latest. This position is classified in employment group A1 of the collective agreement for university employees and carries a minimum salary of €6,604.30 per month (14 times the salary). A higher salary, depending on qualifications and experience, and the scope of the professorship are subject to appointment negotiations. In addition, the university offers numerous attractive additional benefits. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Veronika Sexl. Rector

The Technical University of Berlin, Faculty II – Mathematics and Natural Sciences, in cooperation with the Free University of Berlin, is seeking to fill a university professorship (salary grade W3) in the field of "Green Chemistry." Reference number: II-237/25 (available immediately / permanent / application deadline July 15, 2025 ). Job description: The successful candidate will be expected to fully represent the fields of green chemistry and inorganic chemistry in teaching and to contribute to the delivery of courses for the Bachelor's and Master's programs in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, and food chemistry . The courses should be taught in German and English. Duties will also include supervising students in the preparation of their theses. Research should be conducted in a current area of ​​molecular inorganic chemistry, preferably in the field of catalysis based on organometallic or coordination compounds, with a particular focus on the principles of green chemistry, including the development of sustainable, resource- and energy-saving chemical processes. The research area should integrate into the Berlin-based collaborative projects, thereby enabling broad collaboration. Further responsibilities include leadership and management of the department and its staff, the promotion of young researchers, women and social diversity, knowledge and technology transfer, internationalization initiatives, gender- and diversity-competent and sustainability-oriented action, and committee and commission work. The detailed call for proposals with expected qualifications and application instructions can be foundhere (German) and here (English). Please submit your application, quoting reference number II-237/25, along with the usual documents (CV, academic career, copies of certificates and diplomas, research concept, teaching portfolio, publication list, the five most important publications, and evidence of completed or applied for third-party funded projects, summarized in a single PDF file), exclusively by email to the Dean of Faculty II, Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Stannat, at appoint@naturalsciences.tu-berlin.de.

The Institute of pharmacy at the Faculty of Chemistry and pharmacy at the University of Innsbruck is seeking to fill a professorship in Pharmaceutical Chemistry in accordance with Section 98 of the Universities Act (UG). The employment relationship with the university is under private law and is based on the Salaried Employees Act and is permanent. The employment rate is 100%. The full-time version of the job description (published in the membership magazine on June 12, 2025) is available here. The University of Innsbruck aims to increase the proportion of women in its positions and therefore expressly invites qualified women to apply. Women will be given priority in cases of equal qualifications. Applications must be received electronically at the University of Innsbruck, Faculty Service Center, Innrain 52f, A-6020 Innsbruck ( fss-innrain52f@uibk.ac.at ) by July 24, 2025 at the latest. This position is classified in employment group A1 of the collective agreement for university employees and carries a minimum salary of €6,604.30 per month (14 times the salary). A higher salary, depending on qualifications and experience, and the funding of the professorship are subject to appointment negotiations. In addition, the university offers numerous attractive additional benefits. University Professor Dr. Veronika Sexl, Rector.

The Institute of Biochemistry at the Faculty of Chemistry and pharmacy at the University of Innsbruck is seeking to fill a professorship in biochemistry in accordance with Section 98 of the Universities Act (UG). The employment relationship with the university is under private law and is based on the Salaried Employees Act and is permanent. The employment rate is 100%. The binding long version (published in the membership magazine of June 4, 2025) details of duties, employment requirements, and application procedures can be found here. The University of Innsbruck aims to increase the proportion of women and therefore expressly invites qualified women to apply. Women will be given priority if they have equal qualifications. Applications (with the fully completed “Questionnaire” form, download ) can be submitted no later than July 22, 2025, in any case electronically, to the University of Innsbruck, Faculty Service Center, Innrain 52f, A-6020 Innsbruck ( fss-innrain52f@uibk.ac.at ). This position is classified in employment group A1 of the collective agreement for university employees and carries a minimum salary of €6,604.30 per month (14 times the salary). A higher salary, depending on qualifications and experience, and the professorship's equipment are subject to appointment negotiations. In addition, the university offers numerous attractive additional benefits. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Veronika Sexl, Rector.

Information for providers of professorships and junior academic positions

Guidelines for submitting classified ads


Job advertisements on this website are included free of charge if they are received by email. The list of professorships and young researchers will then be updated as soon as possible, but no later than within one working week.

Please send your offers to karriere@gdch.de and put the ad text directly in the email or attach it as an .rtf file. Please do not send us a PDF! To avoid further queries, please state whether the advertisement should only be published on the Internet or also in the "News". The job advertisement should be written in continuous text.

To give interested parties a quick overview, the ad text should contain the advertised position (professorship) and the institute or university advertising the position in the first sentence ("A professorship in the field of inorganic chemistry is to be filled at the Institute of xxx at the University of yyy"). At the end of the ad, please state the address for applications and the application deadline. You can find examples in the current advertisements below.

Advertisements for professorships and young academic staff should not exceed approximately 2,500 characters (including spaces).
Please do not send us a designed advert! However, if you provide an address, we will be happy to link to the full advert text. We ask for your understanding that we will send texts that do not comply with our guidelines back to the sender with a request for revision or shorten them without informing the advertiser.

If you would also like to publish the call for proposals in "Nachrichten aus der Chemie", you have two options:

1. The individual ad with graphics, logo, etc. Here you can freely choose the design and text length. Examples of designed ads can be found in our job list for industry and public services. The cost of the ad depends on its size. more

2. A classified ad in the body text without a logo, graphics, etc. As before, you have the option of publishing your Internet classified ad as a classified ad in the "News". A flat rate of EUR 150 plus VAT will be charged for publication. Please then let us know in your email that you would like the classified ad to be published in the "News" as well.

Information for job advertisers with positions for professors and junior researchers

Guidelines for the submission of job advertisements

Job offerings on this website will be posted for free on these websites if they reach us via email. The job list Professors and Junior Researchers is updated within a week at the latest.

Please send the text of your job advertisement to karriere@gdch.de and insert it right into the mail or attach it as an .rtf-file. Please do not send PDF files! In order to avoid further inquiries from our sides please do also indicate whether the publication should be online only or additionally in the “Nachrichten”, our monthly member's magazine.

To provide job seekers a quick overview, the first line of the advertisement should name the vacant position (professorship) and the institute or university with the vacancy (eg "Professorship available at the Institute for xxx of yyy University" – please see sample texts). Please also mention the application deadline and give the address for applications at the end of the ad.

The advertisement should have about 2,500 characters including blanks. We reserve the right to shorten longer texts without notifying the advertiser. Please do not send us a designed advertisement! However, you can of course link to the complete announcement on your website.

Should you additionally want to publish your announcement in “Nachrichten aus der Chemie”, you have two options:
1. The individual job advert with graphics, logos etc: Choosing this option you can decide on the layout and text length yourself. For examples of individual ads take a look at our online job market “Industry and public service”. Prices vary according to the ad's size. more

2. A small ad in the form of a continuous text without graphics, logos. etc: You can choose to publish the same announcement as from the list “Universities and Research Institutes” additionally as a small ad in the “News”. For a small ad in print we charge EUR 150,- (+ tax). Please mention in your mail if you want an additional publication as a small ad in “News”.

Contact

GDCh Career Service
Varrentrappstr. 40-42
60486 Frankfurt a. M.
Tel.: +49 69 7917-665 or -668
Email: karriere@gdch.de

Deadline for advertisements in the "Nachrichten aus der Chemie"

(The publication date of the news is always the first working day of the respective month)

"News" Issue 09/2025

Closing date for advertisements: 15.08.2025

"News" Issue 10/2025

Closing date for advertisements: 17.09.2025

You will occasionally find further vacant professorships on the Industry & Public Service job list.

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last modified: 02.07.2025 13:27 H from A.Miller