W2 Professorship

**Become a member of the Saarland University of Applied Sciences family.**
**We are one of the most research-oriented universities of applied sciences in**
**Germany with a strong entrepreneurial spirit. Thanks to our active**
**university partnerships around the world and twelve Franco-German degree**
**programs, we are both Francophile and internationally oriented. Our university**
**currently has over 6,000 students and is located in the heart of Saarland's capital**
**city, Saarbrücken. Enjoy the benefits of a dynamic and lively border region with an**
**exceptionally high quality of life, while providing the next generation of specialists**
**and managers with the best possible education and preparing them for the**
**challenges of the future.**

**The Social Sciences Department has a vacancy for the following position to be filled**

**at the earliest possible date**:
**W2 professorship (M/F/d) in Health Education**

**and Prevention**
- Excellent scientific knowledge of the theory and practice of health education and health

prevention
- Expertise and practical experience in the fields of health education and health training
- Expertise and practical experience related to theories, methods, and fields of action in

health promotion and disease prevention throughout the course of a person's life
- In-depth knowledge of empirical social research methods
- Outstanding scientific and teaching qualifications
- A well-defined research profile, enabling cooperative research projects

**Your profile**
- Representing the department in the fields relevant to health sciences through teaching,

research and continuing education
- Involvement in all of the faculty's degree programs
- Participation in academic self-governance and the further development of degree programs
- Strengthening the transfer of theory into practice through research-based teaching and

learning, as well as promoting students' ability to reflect on themselves
- Involvement in the international orientation of the faculty, cooperation with professional

practice and research institutes, as well as commitment to research and development

projects, also in the international context of the greater region
- Offering English-language lectures, if required
- On-site presence at the university in order to provide optimal support for students

**Your tasks**

short applicant profile (M/F/d)

available on our homepage at

htwsaar.de/stellenausschreibungen

as well as your curriculum vitae,

scholarly background, a description

of your professional activities within

and outside the university sector,

copies of certificates, a list of

publications, a brief concept outlining

potential areas you wish to focus on

in teaching, research and transfer,

quoting the **reference number 583**

by **09.26.2025**, in electronic form only

to

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personal data very seriously.

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We would particularly like to encourage

women and international applicants (M/F/d)

to apply.

Applications from severely disabled

persons or persons of equal status will be

given special consideration in cases of

equal suitability.

If you have any questions about your

modalities, please contact:
Prof. Dr. Petra Riemer-Hommel

Chairperson of the

Appointment Committee

T. +49 (0) 681 5867- 646

For administrative queries

please contact:
Milena Sieger

T. +49 (0) 681 5867-330

**Your qualifications**(according to the Saarland Higher Education Act SHSG,
among others)

Advantages of the htw saar

What we offer

**Our location**
- Initial funding for your research projects
- A research and transfer organization to facilitate contacts with the industry and

social organizations and help implement projects
- A didactic training program for internal qualification
- A university degree in a relevant field (e.g., health sciences, health education,

medicine)
- Teaching skills, generally verified by experience in teaching or training and by

participation in advanced and further training courses in higher education
didactics
- A special aptitude for scientific work, as demonstrated, as a rule, by the quality

of a doctorate, and

and methods gained during at least five years of professional practice, of which
at least three years must have been spent outside the higher education sector,