Appointment portal of the Faculty of Law
Legal notice (Impressum)
Information pursuant to § 5 of the Digital Services Act (Digitale-Dienste-Gesetz, DDG) and § 18(1) of the Interstate Media Treaty (Medienstaatsvertrag, MStV)
This translation is provided for convenience; the German version is legally binding.
Innstraße 41
94032 Passau, Germany
+49 851 509-0
praesident@uni-passau.de
www.uni-passau.de
As a higher education institution of the Free State of Bavaria, the University of Passau is a corporation under public law (Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts) and at the same time a state institution (staatliche Einrichtung) (Art. 4(1) BayHIG).
It is legally represented by its President, Prof. Dr. Jan Hendrik Schumann.
Salvatorstraße 2
80333 München, Germany
Legal supervision (Rechtsaufsicht) pursuant to Art. 10(1) BayHIG
VAT identification number (Umsatzsteuer-Identifikationsnummer) pursuant to § 27a UStG:
DE 212 319 577
Management of this portal
The content, programming and design of the portal are managed by:
Prof. Dr. Michael BeurskensFaculty of Law, University of Passau
+49 851 509-2360
michael.beurskens@uni-passau.de
Website of the Chair
Purpose of the portal
The Faculty of Law uses the portal to conduct appointment procedures (Berufungsverfahren): it receives applications for advertised professorships and supports the appointment committees (Berufungsausschüsse) with meetings, votes and the obtaining of expert reports (Gutachten). The internal area is available exclusively to the members of the appointment committees, the administrators of the procedures and the appointed reviewers (Gutachterinnen und Gutachter).
Information on the processing of personal data is provided in the privacy policy; for accessibility, see the accessibility statement.
Technology and licences
Programming and design: Prof. Dr. Michael Beurskens. The portal's own JavaScript, CSS and HTML files may be reused under the MIT licence. Third-party components are excluded; their own licences apply. In particular, the Font Awesome Pro files are subject to a paid licence and must not be redistributed.
In the browser
| Component | Version | Licence |
|---|---|---|
| Bootstrap | 5.3.8 | MIT |
| Font Awesome Pro | 7.3.1 | commercial licence (free parts: CC BY 4.0 / SIL OFL 1.1 / MIT) |
| DataTables | 3.1.5 | MIT |
| Source Sans 3 (font) | – | SIL OFL 1.1 |
On the server
| Component | Version | Licence |
|---|---|---|
| Windows Server with IIS | IIS 10 | proprietary (Microsoft) |
| .NET Framework | 4.8 | proprietary (Microsoft) |
| ASP.NET MVC | 5.3 | Apache 2.0 |
| Microsoft SQL Server | – | proprietary (Microsoft) |
| MailKit / MimeKit | 4.4 | MIT |
| iText Core (PDF forms) | 8.0.3 | AGPL 3.0 or commercial licence |
| Open XML SDK (Word export) | 3.3 | MIT |
| Bouncy Castle | 2.3 | MIT |
| Newtonsoft.Json | 13 | MIT |
Privacy policy ·Accessibility ·Last updated: November 2026