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Added clarification footnote to the word 'requires'
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In Germany (and countries with similar systems) the route to becoming a professor requiresrequires* an additional qualification above your doctorate. This process is known as Habilitation. So a "Habilitationsstelle" is the position / job that you will do while working towards this even higher qualification. Same as a Doktorstelle is the position / job you will hold while working towards your doctorate. So yes it is postdoctoral, but not really equivalent to the way the US or UK systems work.

* Thanks to the commenters who have clarified it's not strictly required, it's also possible to have your body of work judged to be equivalent to having completed a Habilitation.

In Germany (and countries with similar systems) the route to becoming a professor requires an additional qualification above your doctorate. This process is known as Habilitation. So a "Habilitationsstelle" is the position / job that you will do while working towards this even higher qualification. Same as a Doktorstelle is the position / job you will hold while working towards your doctorate. So yes it is postdoctoral, but not really equivalent to the way the US or UK systems work.

In Germany (and countries with similar systems) the route to becoming a professor requires* an additional qualification above your doctorate. This process is known as Habilitation. So a "Habilitationsstelle" is the position / job that you will do while working towards this even higher qualification. Same as a Doktorstelle is the position / job you will hold while working towards your doctorate. So yes it is postdoctoral, but not really equivalent to the way the US or UK systems work.

* Thanks to the commenters who have clarified it's not strictly required, it's also possible to have your body of work judged to be equivalent to having completed a Habilitation.

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In Germany (and countries with similar systems) the route to becoming a professor requires an additional qualification above your doctorate. This process is known as Habilitation. So a "Habilitationsstelle" is the position / job that you will do while working towards this even higher qualification. Same as a Doktorstelle is the position / job you will hold while working towards your doctorate. So yes it is postdoctoral, but not really equivalent to the way the US or UK systems work.