For us in Germany, these "more teaching, less research" universities are actually a separate kind of institution. While "regular" universities are mostly resea

For us in Germany, these "more teaching, less research" universities are actually a separate kind of institution. While "regular" universities are mostly research oriented, "universities of applied sciences" have only a small bit of a professor's time allocated to research. Most of their time is spent giving lectures, preparing material, managing student projects and talking to people from the industry about possible collaborations. Both universities have bachelors + masters degrees. PhDs are usually only available at the "regular" universities, not the "applied science" ones. I actually think that being a professor at one of the universities of applied sciences must be a fun job. You get to read about new stuff, play with it and teach students. From time to time, there is a small research project or a conference you can go to... Something interesting, at least at my university (an applied sciences one) is, that one of the prerequisites for being a Professor are at least ?6? years in the industry. I was part (the student rep) of a commission that selected a new professor. They're basically looking for a Senior Project Manager from a research and development department that is fed up with the way the industry works and loves his craft (this was in CS)