Know your manager, focus on external projects - Anonymous employee Helmut Schmidt University Employee Review

Despite it being a military institution, you would be surprised at the amount of cutting edge and critical research done by scholars at this institution.

A bureaucratic system which often overcomplicates things. Dealing with the administration can be a long process but they do have great supporting staff

Short-term contracts are typically offered to foreign researchers with a starting level lower than that of Germans.

Tarif base. You cannot negotiate your salary and benefits as a researcher.