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EMF – Academic Fixed-Term Contract Act – Overview on the "Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz" – Online event

This workshop will provide you with an overview of the legal basis for fixed-term contracts for academic staff in universities and research institutions.

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Event language: English

This workshop provides an overview of the legal basis for fixed-term employment contracts for academic staff at universities and research institutions. Employment contracts for academic staff are concluded on the basis of the "Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz". For university-funded positions, the maximum fixed term is 12 years. The workshop will explain how this is calculated and how contract extensions due to childcare or parental leave are taken into account. 

However, many academic staff are also employed in third-party-funded positions at the university. In this case, it is not the maximum duration of the academic contract that is important, but rather the availability of third-party funding for a specific task and duration of a project. The applicable regulations and their effects on the maximum term limit will be discussed in detail in the workshop.

Qualification Outcomes

After the workshop, you will be able to

• Give an overview of the regulations of the Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz.
• Calculate the 12-year maximum fixed-term limit.
• Explain the possibilities for extension in the case of childcare periods and parental leave.
• Elucidate how fixed-term employment contracts are concluded within the framework of third-party funding at the university.

Methods

Trainer input and plenary discussions

Requirements

To participate in the online course, you need a PC/laptop with a current browser (recommended: Chrome or Firefox) as well as a headset (or speakers and microphone), a webcam plus a stable internet connection.

Date

February 26, 2026, 9:30 am–11:30 am

Target group

Doctoral candidates and postdocs from all disciplines

Modalities

Maximum number of 20 participants
Free of charge

Registration

This workshop is part of the certifying program "Designing and Managing Research Projects" (EMF).

Please register via the external database Campus Events until February 11, 2026.

Please note that your registration is binding. You may cancel your registration up to twelve days before the course begins without providing specific reasons. Thereafter, you will be required to pay the attendance fee even if you do not attend the course.

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