Programme
Faculty & research
Entrepreneurship
Bachelor Programme
Master Programme
Professional master program
Summer schools
Munich
Heilbronn
Academic Departments
Research at TUM Campus Heilbronn
The TUM School of Management at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), founded in 2002, is one of the leading business faculties in Germany. It excels in research and teaching at the interface of management and technology. Awarded with the triple crown accreditations AMBA, AACSB and EQUIS, the TUM School of Management fulfills numerous quality criteria, including top qualification of the teaching staff, internationality of teaching and close exchange with business.
The TUM School of Management currently has more than 50 professors with approximately 300 employees and more than 6,000 students.
We are offering new Assistant Professorships with Tenure Track at our Campus in Munich
The Technical University of Munich (TUM) invites applications for the position of
Tenure Track Assistant Professor in »Entrepreneurial Management«
to begin as soon as possible. The position is a W2 fixed-term (6-year) tenure-track professorship with the possibility for promotion to a tenured W3 position. The professorship is endowed by the Dieter Schwarz Stiftung and will be located at TUM Campus Munich-Garching.
Scientific Environment
The professorship will be assigned to the TUM School of Management and located at TUM`s Garching Campus as part of the School’s Entrepreneurship Research Institute (ERI). The TUM School of Management is one of the leading management schools in Germany and internationally. Our focus in research and teaching is at the interface of management and technology, where we aim to make a real impact. Our faculty members publish regularly in leading journals relevant to the school’s departments Finance & Accounting, Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Strategy and Leadership, Economics and Policy and Operations & Technology and maintain close ties in interdisciplinary research with other schools and industry.
Responsibilities
The responsibilities include research and teaching, third party funding acquisition, as well as the promotion of early-career scientists. We seek to appoint an expert in the research area of Entrepreneurial Management. Applications from a variety of specializations are welcomed, e.g., management of start-ups and emerging enterprises, management of enterprise growth, and management of entrepreneurial change in well established companies. Teaching responsibilities include courses in the school’s bachelor's, master's, and doctoral programs, particularly in the Bachelor in Management & Technology, the Master in Management & Technology, and the Master in Management. Contributions to interdisciplinary programs offered by other Schools are also to be expected. Courses in entrepreneurial prototyping and entrepreneurial management in growing ventures are of special interest to the School.
Qualifications
We are looking for candidates who have demonstrated initial scientific achievements and the capacity for independent research at the highest international level. A university degree and an outstanding doctoral degree or equivalent scientific qualification, as well as pedagogical aptitude, are prerequisites. Substantial research experience abroad is expected (please see www.tum.de/en/faculty-recruiting-faq/ for further information).
Our Offer
Based on the best international standards and transparent performance criteria, TUM offers a merit-based academic career path for tenure track faculty from Assistant Professor through a permanent position as Associate Professor, and on to Full Professor. The regulations of the TUM Faculty Recruitment and Career System apply.
TUM provides excellent working conditions in a lively scientific community, embedded in the vibrant research environment of the Greater Munich Area. The TUM environment is multicultural, with English serving as a common interface for scientific interaction. TUM offers attractive and performance-based salary conditions and social benefits.
The TUM Munich Dual Career Office (MDCO) provides tailored career consulting to the partners of newly appointed professors. The MDCO assists the relocation and integration of new professors, their partners and accompanying family members.
Your Application
TUM is an equal opportunity employer and explicitly encourages applications from women. The position is suitable for disabled persons. Disabled applicants will be given preference in case of generally equivalent suitability, aptitude and professional performance.
Application documents should be submitted in accordance with TUM’s application guidelines for professors. These guidelines and detailed information about the TUM Faculty Recruitment and Career System are available at www.tum.de/faculty-recruiting. Here you will also find TUM’s information on collecting and processing personal data as part of the application process.
Please submit your application by 04 September 2026 via the TUM recruitment portal: www.recruit.tum.de
Contact: faculty.recruiting@mgt.tum.de
The Technical University of Munich (TUM) invites applications for the position of
Tenure Track Assistant Professor in »Technology Management«
to begin as soon as possible. The position is a W2 fixed-term (6-year) tenure-track professorship with the possibility for promotion to a tenured W3 position. The professorship is endowed by the Dieter Schwarz Stiftung and will be located at TUM Campus Munich.
Scientific Environment
The professorship will be assigned to the TUM School of Management and located in Munich. The TUM School of Management is one of the leading management schools in Germany and internationally. Our focus in research and teaching is at the interface of management and technology, where we aim to make a real impact. Our faculty members publish regularly in leading journals relevant to the school’s departments Finance & Accounting, Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Strategy & Leadership, Economics & Policy and Operations & Technology, and maintain close ties in interdisciplinary research with other schools and industry.
Responsibilities
The responsibilities include research and teaching, third party funding acquisition, as well as the promotion of early-career scientists. We seek to appoint an expert in the research area of Technology Management with a focus on transformative technologies such as e.g., artificial intelligence, digital platform enterprises, or green technologies. Teaching responsibilities include courses in the school’s bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral programs, particularly in the Bachelor in Management and Technology, Master in Management (MIM), Master in Management and Innovation (MMI), and TUM’s Executive MBA Program. Courses in R&D Strategy, Technology Management, and Technology Commercialization are of special interest to the School.
Qualifications
We are looking for candidates who have demonstrated initial scientific achievements and the capacity for independent research at the highest international level. A university degree and an outstanding doctoral degree or equivalent scientific qualification, as well as pedagogical aptitude, are prerequisites. Substantial research experience abroad is expected (please see www.tum.de/en/faculty-recruiting-faq/ for further information).
Our Offer
Based on the best international standards and transparent performance criteria, TUM offers a merit-based academic career path for tenure track faculty from Assistant Professor through a permanent position as Associate Professor, and on to Full Professor. The regulations of the TUM Faculty Recruitment and Career System apply.
TUM provides excellent working conditions in a lively scientific community, embedded in the vibrant research environment of the Greater Munich Area. The TUM environment is multicultural, with English serving as a common interface for scientific interaction and as the dominant teaching language. TUM offers attractive and performance-based salary conditions and social benefits.
The TUM Munich Dual Career Office (MDCO) provides tailored career consulting to the partners of newly appointed professors. The MDCO assists the relocation and integration of new professors, their partners and accompanying family members.
Your Application
TUM is an equal opportunity employer and explicitly encourages applications from women. The position is suitable for disabled persons. Disabled applicants will be given preference in case of generally equivalent suitability, aptitude and professional performance.
Application documents should be submitted in accordance with TUM’s application guidelines for professors. These guidelines and detailed information about the TUM Faculty Recruitment and Career System are available at www.tum.de/faculty-recruiting. Here you will also find TUM’s information on collecting and processing personal data as part of the application process.
Please submit your application by 4 September 2026 via the TUM recruitment portal: www.recruit.tum.de
Contact: faculty.recruiting@mgt.tum.de
We will be offering new Assistant Professorships with Tenure Track at our Campus in Munich
We invite applications from promising candidates who exhibit strong potential for outstanding research and teaching in Operations Research in combination with AI. We particularly welcome applicants whose research focuses on developing new methods or innovative applications of OR/AI methods to relevant problems, e.g., in manufacturing, services, transportation, logistics, supply chains, and healthcare.
We invite applications from scholars whose research and teaching focuses on marketing, particularly with a focus on quantitative methods and technologies. Relevant areas include AI applications for marketing such as generative AI for content creation, predictive analytics, social media, and human-AI interfaces. We also welcome work on emerging technologies including VR/AR and immersive experiences, platform economics, AI-powered marketing systems using multi-modal data for markets and society
Postdoctoral Positions 2026
Our offer:
We are pleased to launch a call financed through the Dieter Schwarz Foundation offering the possibility for up to two full-time Postdoctoral positions at TUM School of Management. The payment is granted for a period of up to 2 years. The conditions of employment follow the rules of the German tariffs of public services at level E 14 TV-L.
Requirements:
In case of doubt, candidates with foreign nationality and/or female candidates will be favored.
The following documents of a candidate are required to be submitted:
Contact information of two referees
Latest begin November 15, 2026.
Selection criteria are the expected scientific potential of the candidates and the associated grant writing project.
Please submit your application through the nominating TUM-MGT professor by email at the latest by July 26, 2026:
TUM School of Management
Joanna Radko-Mintzlaff
hr@mgt.tum.de
As part of your application, you provide personal data to the Technical University of Munich (TUM). Please view our privacy policy on collecting and processing personal data in the course of the application process pursuant to Art. 13 of the General Data Protection Regulation of the European Union (GDPR) at portal.mytum.de/kompass/datenschutz/Bewerbung/. By submitting your application, you confirm to have read and understood the data protection information provided by TUM.
