Lectureships at the HdM
As a University of Applied Sciences (HAW), we provide practice-orientated teaching and conduct application-related research and development.
Each semester, around 200 lecturers supplement the teaching of the HdM professors by imparting specific knowledge from the current world of work. We enable students to carry out artistic activities in professional practice and to independently apply and further develop scientific knowledge and methods. Valuable practical expertise is of great importance for our teaching at the HdM. The further development and promotion of our lecturers is important to us. Various support programmes and career opportunities are available for this purpose.
Have we aroused your interest?
Would you like to teach as a lecturer at our university? We will be happy to forward your enquiry internally and check whether there is a demand for your subject area. When enquiring about a teaching assignment, please be sure to state the relevant faculty or degree programme and briefly describe your subject area. So that we can include you in our talent pool and forward your data internally, please agree to the HdM talent pool declaration of consent in your e-mail.
Further information and FAQs on teaching at the HdM can be found later on this page. We will be happy to answer any further questions you may have in person.
Become part of our practice-orientated teaching and shape the future with us.
We study in order to understand the world.
We know in order to scrutinise ourselves critically.
We do in order to dare to do something new.We are the HdM.
FAQs for your application as a lecturer at the HdM
Please send us an enquiry by email to lehrauftrag@hdm-stuttgart.de, stating your subject area and the relevant faculty or degree programme. We will be happy to forward your enquiry internally and check whether there is a need for your subject area.
Requirements for lecturers are regulated by § 56 LHG. Lecturers must generally have completed a university degree and demonstrate pedagogical aptitude, which is usually proven by experience in teaching or training or by participation in further and advanced training in university didactics, and must correspond to their intended area of responsibility in terms of previous education, ability and professional performance.
Application costs and any travelling expenses cannot be covered. You may be able to claim these costs against tax.
Lecturers are appointed by the universities by means of a teaching assignment. The teaching assignment is a public-law employment relationship of its own kind.
Please note that only teaching assignments totalling a maximum of 8 SWS (240 teaching hours per year) may be awarded simultaneously (across all colleges and universities in Baden-Württemberg)! No more than 8 SWS may be taught on one day.
Teaching assignments are generally awarded for the duration of one semester and paid at the end of the semester. Remuneration is calculated on the basis of the individual hours actually taught and eligible for remuneration.
Lecturers receive an individual hourly remuneration of EUR 40.00 per teaching hour (SWS). This also covers any travelling expenses incurred. The remuneration rates refer to a lecture/lesson hour of at least 45 minutes. The following points are included in the remuneration:
- Preparation and follow-up of the course
- the course
- Examinations (the obligation to prepare, conduct and correct an examination is set out in the applicable SPO)
- Time spent travelling to the course
- travelling expenses
