Please find here frequently asked questions regarding applications. Should you have individual questions, please contact us personally: In the case of questions concerning a specific job offer, please contact the person named in the corresponding job advertisement. For all other application-related questions, please find the contact information here.
Please submit your application to us online using the job portal. To access the job portal, click “Apply” on any of our job advertisements.
Please provide us with a full set of application documents. They should include: your letter of application, your résumé and, most importantly, your examination certificates and references from employers. For unsolicited applications, please ensure that you also inform us of the type of role you wish to be considered for and when you would be able to start work.
If you have not found a position that suits you among our current job offers, please feel free to send us an unsolicited application. Please use our job portal to send unsolicited applications. In your unsolicited application, please be sure to inform us of the type of role you wish to be considered for and when you would be able to start work. Click here to access our job portal.
The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft abides by the provisions of the German Federal Data Protection Act (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz, BDSG). Please refer to our Data Protection Policy for more details. You will see this Policy as you go through the online application process.
Your submitted application along with all your application data will be stored for a maximum of six months from the date on which the application process is concluded. If your application is rejected, your application and all application data will be fully anonymized after the six months have passed and will be archived in a fully anonymized format. From this point onward, this data will only be used for statistical purposes. You will no longer be informed specifically about this activity. If your application is successful, the application data will be transferred to the personnel dossier. You will receive information about the storage period for data held in the personnel dossier in the information on processing personal data concerning our employees.
TVöD is the German Federal Collective Bargaining Agreement for the Public Service. The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft acts in compliance with the regulations set out in this agreement with regard to employment, remuneration and social security benefits. Click here to find out more about the TVöD and TVöD pay tables.
We would be happy to answer your questions about the advertised position. Please contact the person named in the advertisement directly.
We regret that we are unable to give a general time frame, as the processing of applications depends on several factors and the time required can therefore vary. We ask for your patience while we carefully assess each application. Applications submitted via the job portal will receive automatic confirmation of receipt.
If you have any questions, please contact the person named in the advertisement directly.
Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Experimental Medicine
