Appointment Models

1. Jülich model for joint professorial appointments (secondment model)

Within the scope of joint professorial appointments in line with the Jülich model, a professor is appointed to a particular university either under a civil service contract or under private law. The appointee is simultaneously seconded by the university, without remuneration, to Forschungszentrum Jülich in order to perform duties there. As part of this secondment, teaching duties at the university are reduced to two hours a week per semester.

The appointee signs a private-law employment contract with Forschungszentrum Jülich, under which Forschungszentrum Jülich pays the salary specified in the appointment agreement with the university (including performance bonuses and any other additional salary components granted by Forschungszentrum Jülich). For appointments under a civil service contract, Forschungszentrum Jülich pays a pension allowance to ensure that the period of secondment at Forschungszentrum Jülich counts as a period of pensionable service and consequently the appointee's pension entitlement from the university or the federal state remains in place.

Appointments can also be made within the framework of a hybrid Jülich model, provided this is permitted by the laws of the respective federal state. This is possible, for example, with universities in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. In such instances, the appointee is not the subject of a full secondment to Forschungszentrum Jülich, but one that falls within the scope of a predefined agreement between the appointee, the university, and Forschungszentrum Jülich.

2. Berlin model for joint professorial appointments (reimbursement model)

With this model for joint professorial appointments, a professor is appointed to a university and assigned research and leadership tasks at Forschungszentrum Jülich. The university pays the professor's salary in full and Forschungszentrum Jülich reimburses the university for this salary, in addition to a pension allowance. The appointee fulfils their responsibilities at Forschungszentrum Jülich within the scope of their tasks defined by the university (primary employment), but is given a largely reduced teaching load in order to perform research and leadership tasks at Forschungszentrum Jülich.

The appointee assumes teaching and examination responsibilities at the university and is also obliged and entitled to take on academic management duties in the same manner as other professors in their field. With the pure Berlin model, teaching duties at the university are reduced to two hours a week per semester.

However, a hybrid variant of the model is also possible. A hybrid Berlin model is such that the appointee is not fully assigned to Forschungszentrum Jülich, but also performs duties at the university within the scope of a predefined agreement between the appointee, the university, and Forschungszentrum Jülich.

Other models include the secondary employment model and the Karlsruhe model.