W2 Professorship with tenure track to W3 in Animal Health Management
Institution: Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Animal Sciences
Date of Announcement: 12.06.2025
Application Deadline: 10.08.2025
The Faculty of Agricultural Sciences at the University of Göttingen invites applications for a temporary professorship with civil servant status (grade W2 NBesO) with tenure track (grade W3 NBesO) at the Department of Animal Sciences effective at the earliest possible date:
W2 Professorship with tenure track to W3 in Animal Health Management (f/m/d)
The successful candidate will initially be appointed for a period of five years. Transfer to a permanent professorship (W3) shall take place after a positive evaluation without the position being readvertised.
The successful applicant will cover the research area of livestock health in the context of husbandry system and environment, preferably with regard to one health. A focus should be on the development and implementation of strategies to prevent infectious or production diseases.
We are seeking a committed and team-oriented leadership personality with a strong international publication record as well as experience in teaching and with the acquisition and implementation of research projects – all relative to the candidate’s career stage. Research should focus on agricultural topics with an international profile. An interdisciplinary orientation as well as cooperation both within the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and with other faculties and institutions in Göttingen in DFG collaborative research projects or comparable formats are expected.
The professorship will contribute to teaching in B.Sc. and M.Sc. programmes in Agricultural Sciences (Livestock Sciences, Resource Management), in the M.Sc. programme Equine Science, and in the Faculty’s doctoral programme. The successful candidate will be able to teach in both German and English (after a training period, if necessary). The University of Göttingen attaches importance to research-oriented teaching.
Appointment requirements are stipulated by Article 25 of the Lower Saxony Higher Education Act in the most current version of that law. As a rule, junior professors and other members of the University of Göttingen can only be considered for a professorial appointment if after the completion of the doctoral thesis they have transferred to another university or worked for a minimum of two years in research elsewhere. The University of Göttingen is a Public Law Foundation and thereby entitled to award professorships. Details will be provided upon request.
Applications from abroad are explicitly welcome. The University of Göttingen strives to increase the proportion of women in areas where women are underrepresented and therefore explicitly invites qualified female scholars to apply. The University has committed itself to being a family-friendly institution and supports its employees in balancing work and family life. The University is particularly committed to the professional participation of disabled employees and therefore welcomes applications from persons with disabilities. In the case of equivalent qualifications, applications from disabled persons will be given preference. In order for the University to be able to protect the interests of the applicant, information about a disability or equal status should be included in the application.
Please send your application in English to the Dean of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Prof. Dr. Achim Spiller, no later than August 10, 2025 via the Professorial Appointment Portal.
If you have further questions, please contact Prof. Dr. Jens Tetens (jens.tetens@uni-goettingen.de).
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Please note that only the German version of this job announcement is legally binding.