Research semester
A research semester (also known as a research semester ) is a semester for which professors are released from teaching and administrative tasks for the purpose of research . The professors' salaries will continue to be paid in full during this period. The period between the individual research semesters that must be regularly spent at the university is usually between 6 and 10 semesters.
The details of the exemption for a sabbatical rules in Germany, the country's laws on higher education , in Austria the Universities Act 2002 , in Switzerland, the University of laws of the cantons.
The application must contain a detailed description of the planned research project. For the approval of the application by the faculty, representation by specialist colleagues or teaching assignments must be guaranteed and a positive statement from the faculty must be available. After the research semester, a report on the work or the publications that have been made must be written.
In English, a research semester is generally referred to as a sabbatical. In contrast to research semesters, sabbaticals are also common in other professional groups (especially in large companies).
Many universities have other free semester regulations for functionaries such as rectors or deans, e.g. B. in Austria.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cologne University of Applied Sciences: practical and research semester .
- ^ University of Karlsruhe: research semester .
- ↑ academics.de: research semester
- ↑ Studying on the Net: Research Semester ( Memento of the original from March 25, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ University of Freiburg: Rectorate & Central Administration
- ↑ How does research work at universities of applied sciences in Baden-Württemberg - A set of guidelines ( Memento of the original from December 15, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Regulations for the granting of research semesters at the University of Lucerne (PDF; 96 kB).
- ↑ woxikon.de .
- ↑ Arbeitsratgeber.com .
- ↑ Research semester by academic function .