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 Comprehensive Oncology
(Chair)
commencing as soon as possible.
The professorship represents the field of interdisciplinary oncology in research and teaching in its entirety. In addition, the professorship is linked to the management of the Comprehensive Cancer Center at the LMU Clinic (CCC-LMU), the joint management of the Comprehensive Cancer Center Munich (CCCM) and the organizational management of the Interdisciplinary Day Clinic.
Collaboration with the research associations of the Faculty of Medicine and the University as well as the German Centers for Health Research based at LMU Munich, in particular the German Consortium for Translational Cancer Research (DKTK) and the Bavarian Center for Cancer Research (BZKF), as well as the Technical University of Munich (TUM), the TUM Klinikum Rechts der Isar (MRI), the Helmholtz Center Munich and the Munich Medicine Alliance (M1) is expressly expected. For this purpose, an integrative leader with good communication skills and proven clinical and scientific management experience is sought.
An internationally visible personality with extensive clinical and scientific experience in the field of interdisciplinary oncology is desired, in particular in the certification, management and strategic development of oncology centers and modules, as well as the establishment and expansion of early phase studies. Active participation in the strategic and operational development of the CCC Munich, the LMU Clinic, and the Munich Medicine Alliance (M1) is expected.
Prerequisites for this position are a university degree, a doctoral degree or a comparable specific qualification, teaching skills at university level, a board certificate in an oncologically related clinical speciality, excellent academic achievements and a productive and promising research program demonstrated e.g. by successful acquisition of competitive external funding, publication record, guideline coordination, patents, spin-offs etc.
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. 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 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 9 th, 2025 .
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