Career Centre for Professorial Development
We support your career path at a Technical University of Applied Sciences
German versionWelcome to the Career Centre website!
The Career Centre for Professorial Development (KpE) offers information and services concerning your professorial career at TH Wildau or another Technical University of Applied Sciences (UAS, German: HAW).
UAS are a type of university that is very popular in the German-speaking countries. In comparison to regular universities, research at the UAS is particularly practice-oriented. Professors cooperate closely with partners from industry and business to find solutions to urgent application-related questions. Unfortunately, the UAS type of university is still little known outside of German-speaking countries, which is why only few international applications arrive for advertised professorships. Yet there are many international candidates who are qualified for a career as a UAS-professor. We would like to attract international professors and support people at different career stages.
Current events
Diversity topics in a nutshell
A new online format of the KpE starts in the winter semester 2025/2026. Together with other experts from inside and outside the university, Lunch & Learn offers one-hour, exciting input on a wide range of university-related topics.
It starts with a series of sessions on diversity topics, which we present in cooperation with our Diversity Manager Ray Trautwein. Experts will provide accessible input from their field of knowledge and will then be available for a moderated Q&A.
*** Next: November 4, 2025 | Lars Bergmann (expert for LGBTIQ+ rights, Fachstelle für geschlechtliche & sexuelle Vielfalt des Landes Brandenburg) | Safe Brandenburg? Queer visibility at universities ***
Tune in and be inspired!
About the Career Centre
The Career Centre for Professorial Development is committed to the principle of diversity and consciously promotes the diverse career paths to a UAS-professorship. Since the Career Centre is working against the Germany-wide shortage of experts at Technical Universities of Applied Sciences, it is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space within the framework of the "FH Personal" programme.
