Become a member

Benefits of a Membership

Join the German Association of University Professors and Lecturers (DHV) and elevate your academic career. As a DHV member, you gain access to:

• Comprehensive Legal Advice: Receive expert legal guidance on university, salary, pension, secondary employment, medical, and labour law.
• Career Support: Benefit from ongoing career development through seminars, workshops, appointment counselling, application training, and personalised coaching.
• Exclusive Job Listings: Access our subject-specific job posting service, keeping you informed of the latest opportunities.
• Monthly Publications: Stay updated with "Forschung & Lehre," Germany's leading journal on university politics and science, along with daily updates on www.forschung-und-lehre.de.

Advocacy and Representation: The DHV actively advocates for its members' interests, striving for optimal working conditions in science and research. Your membership provides access to a wealth of expert knowledge and a supportive community.

Any university professor can become a member of the DHV*

* (university professor, professor at an academic college, professor at an academy of art and music, supernumerary professor, honorary professor, lecturers with postdoctoral degrees) at a university, an academic college or at an academy of art and music in Germany as well as any German professor at a university, academic college or at an academy of art and music abroad.

Any junior professor or person preparing a postdoctoral thesis can join the DHV.

The DHV finances its work through its members subscription fees. The membership fees are graded according to working position at the university.

Notices of withdrawal take effect at the end of the calendar year, if they have arrived at the office by 1st Dezember of the respective year. Notices of withdrawal that arrive later take effect at the end of the following year.

Annual membership fees 2024:

Pay scale:

• C4, W3, C3, W2: Euro 238,-
• all other professors and up-and-coming academics including those abroad: Euro 138,-
• professor emeritus, pensionary: Euro 128,- 

Annual membership fees 2025:

Pay scale: 

• C4, W3, C3, W2: Euro 250,-
• all other professors and up-and-coming academics including those abroad: Euro 145,-
• professor emeritus, pensionary: Euro 135,- 
   

Membership declaration
 

Service agreement

You do not currently meet the membership requirements, but you still have a need for service and advice in connection with universities and science? In this case, you can take out our service agreement as an alternative to membership from the point in time at which you are awarded your PhD.

If you would like to conclude a service agreement please fill the form.

Service Agreement