The term habilitation is derived from the Medieval Latin habilitare, meaning "to make suitable, to fit", from Classical Latin habilis "fit, proper, skillful".
Habilitation is the highest university degree, or the procedure by which it is achieved, in Germany, France, Italy, Poland and some other European and non-English-speaking countries. The candidate fulfills a university's set criteria of excellence in research, teaching, and further education, which usually includes a dissertation. The degree is often a qualification for full professorship in those countries.
A doctorate from an academic institution of higher education whose quality demonstrates the applicant's ability to conduct academic work, as well as additional academic teaching and research experience in the subject for which the teaching qualification is sought, is required.
If the required qualifications were not acquired in the German-speaking region, the habilitation committee will decide on the recognition of the equivalence of further achievements.
Please submit your application for admission to the habilitation procedure in accordance with our habilitation regulations, stating the desired venia and the mentor who will represent you within the faculty, in person to our dean. Further documents to be enclosed are listed in Section 5 of the habilitation regulations.
The Habilitation Committee of the Faculty of History will decide on the initiation of the procedure. Meeting dates will be scheduled as needed.
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