Appointment of (endowed) professor and overview of chairs

The Professorship policy is under review and is expected to be updated on this page in early 2024.

Overview of endowed and sponsored chairs VU

Endowed chairs connect university and society and make it possible to position or represent new knowledge or adjacent disciplines within education and research. An important goal is to bring in and generate specific expertise in research and/or teaching. In general, an endowed professor usually has a job elsewhere; his or her chair is an ancillary position.

Sponsored chairs are regular chairs that are sponsored. The professor appointed to a sponsored chair is employed by the university. A sponsor has no formal role when it comes to the content of research and teaching, but sponsor(s) can be involved in the chair.

Overview of endowed and sponsored chairs VU Amsterdam
^{Reference date: 1 July 2024. This overview will be updated twice a year.}

Information recruitment, selection and appointment of an (endowed) professor:

• Professorship policy VU The Professorship policy describes VU Amsterdam’s policy on appointing (endowed) professors.
• AAC advisory report recruitment and selection of (endowed) professors  
• Factsheet for the nomination of an (endowed) professor in the science and medical domain
• Overzicht meetlatten in bèta/medisch domein (text in Dutch) 
• Factsheet for the nomination of an (endowed) professor in the humanities and social sciences domain
• Overzicht meetlatten in alfa/gamma domein (text in Dutch) 
• Standard regulations for endowed professors

After appointing an (endowed) professor the administrative processing in the personnel system follows.

• A professor is registered with the self-service option Start onboarding internal employees
• An endowed professor is registered with the self-service option Start onboarding external