As one of Europe’s leading research universities, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) in Munich is committed to the highest international standards of excellence in research and teaching. Building on its more than 500-year-long tradition, it offers a broad spectrum that covers all areas of knowledge within its 18 Faculties, ranging from the humanities, law, economics and social sciences, to medicine and the natural sciences.
The Faculty of Medicine invites applications for a
Full Professorship (W3)
of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
(Chair)
commencing as October1 st, 2026.
The Professorship is fully responsible for research, teaching and patient care in Occupational and Environmental Medicine. This Professorship is attached to the position as Head of the Department of Institute of Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, at the University Hospital of LMU Munich. Engagement in one of the faculties’ research focuses and in one of the German Centers for Health Research is expected.
Prerequisites for this position are a university degree, a doctoral degree or a comparable specific qualification, a board certification in occupational medicine, teaching skills at university level, excellent academic achievements and a productive and promising research program.
The clinical duties and responsibilities of this professorship, including the billing of private patients, shall be reimbursed under the terms of a “Chefarztvertrag” (chairmanship contract) with a private-law contract for the professorship including the services to be provided (e.g., assessments for courts and statutory accident insurance providers). This regulation can, however, potentially be disregarded if a professor has already been a chair of a department in a fully tenured professorship (C4-/W3-status) with the authorization to bill private patients.
LMU Munich makes a point of providing newly appointed professors with various types of support, such as welcoming services and assistance for dual career couples.
LMU Munich is an equal opportunity employer. The University continues to be very successful in increasing the number of female faculty members and strongly encourages applications from female candidates. LMU Munich intends to enhance the diversity of its faculty members. Furthermore, disabled candidates with essentially equal qualifications will be given preference.
Please submit your application (curriculum vitae, scientific career, references, certificates, a list of publications and lectures, external funds) as well as a structural concept for the chair in Occupational and Environmental Medicine, taking into account the scientific and clinical environment and a short application form (see to the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Bavariaring 19, 80336 Munich, Germany, no later than October 2 nd, 2025 .
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