At Paderborn University and generally at all universities, you can be employed as a research assistant (WHK) or research associate (WiMi) with a Master's/Magister/Diplom degree. The following information applies to the general conditions for both types of employment:
...as a graduate assistant:
- max. 3 years
- max. 19 hours per week
- current: 15 €/hour gross
- Prerequisite: completion of the Master's programme
- after completion of the doctorate, employment as a WHK is no longer possible
...as a research assistant:
- Prerequisite: completion of Master's degree (or comparable degree)
- Salaried employment according to TVL
- usually limited to a maximum of 6 years
- for the maximum fixed-term employment period of further qualification positions, see the WissZeitVG (website only available in German).
Job offers at Paderborn University can be found in the job portal of Paderborn University (website only available in German). Here you will find calls for proposals for positions at institutes as well as at central facilities of the university.