The Appointment Manager acts as your central point of contact and guides you through the integration process (see right-hand column for contact details).

A colleague from your department will be there to assist you with technical, organisational and academic questions and to help you settle into the university and faculty.

During the first year, you will have a meeting with the dean to reflect on your initial experiences, challenges, and prospects, and to discuss any concerns you may have or possible steps for your development. 

The inaugural lecture offers another milestone where you, as a newly appointed professor, can present your main areas of research and network with colleagues and peers of the faculty.

A close exchange with the graduate academy of the faculty is already initiated by the Onboarding@HHU programme. The interdisciplinary Graduate and Research Academy Düsseldorf – iGRAD supports your doctoral researchers and offers career counselling for the future career. 

Postdocs and research group leaders are supported by the Junior Scientist and International Researcher Center (JUNO). All the graduate academies of the faculties at HHU form an umbrella institution at HHU – the Heine Research Academies (HeRA), in order to jointly support early career researchers.