The Ruhr-University Bochum (RUB) is one of Germany’s leading research Universities. The University draws its strengths from both the diversity and the proximity of scientific and engineering disciplines on a single, coherent campus. This highly dynamic setting enables students and researchers to work across traditional boundaries of academic subjects and faculties. The Faculty of Medicine of the Ruhr University Bochum invites applications for a tenured professorship (W3, Chair) in Molecular Immunology The appointee shall become Head of the Department of Molecular Immunology. Applicants shall have an excellent scientific track record in the areas of adaptive and inherited immunology and engage in interdisciplinary research on these topics.. Integration into the focus areas of the Faculty, in particular protein science, neuroscience, oncology and into the target areas of infectiology and immunology, as well as cooperations with our clinical competence centres are explicitly desired. The appointee is also expected to participate in all aspects of the integrated and reformed medical degree curriculum that relate to infectiology /immunology, as well as in teaching of fundamental clinical topics within our modular teaching concept. Applicants must have an M.D. or PhD degree, relevant teaching experience including a Habilitation degree or equivalent scientific and educational qualifications, an outstanding research track record including successful acquisition of third party funding, and be willing to participate in academic faculty management. Fluency in the German language ist required. The University of Bochum is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to increase the number of female scientists in its staff. Qualified woman are particularly encouraged to apply. Disabled persons will be preferred in case of comparable qualifications. Qualified applicants with a proven record in the indicated field of research and a record in teaching should send a CV, list of publications, current and past grant funding, sketch of long term research and goals, survey of teaching experience and reprints of five important publications and the application form (http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/medizin/dekanat/sachgebiete_service/berufung.html) must be sent not later than 6 weeks after the post date to the Dean of Medical Faculty, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44780 Bochum Die Zeit: 01.02.2018 – Application End: March 15, 2018 .