Tips and Information

If you have any questions or problems, you can contact us or one of the following contact points at the University of Tübingen:

• Equal Opportunities Commissioner at the Faculty of Science
• Gender Equality Representive at the University of Tübingen
• Equal opportunities at the Tübingen Students' Council
• Physics Student Council at the University of Tübingen

Of course, there are also Equal Opportunities Committees at other universities:

• Female Physicists at the University Heidelberg
• Female Physicists at the University Hamburg
• Female Physicists at the University Göttingen

Information on support measures and support programs:

• Sturado - Guidebook 'Graduation as a woman' (financing, graduation, financial aid)
• General funding opportunities at the University of Tübingen
• CHEFIN - Equitable development of women's careers in the STEM sector (Online-Tool)

On the following pages, female pupils can find useful information on career-orientation:

• Girl's Day
• Nano-Orientierungsakademie (NOrA) for female high-school graduates

The following link might be of interest to female students:

• Deutsche Physikerinnentagung (German Conference of Women in Physics) of the German Physical Society

To doctoral candidates who are still undecided about their future career when completing their doctorate we recommend a look at the following page:

• Margarete von Wrangell Habilitation Programme for Women

Independent of the current education degree, there are some networks that might be useful:

• Working Group on Equal Opportunities of the German Physical Society
• The Ada-Lovelace-Project is aiming to motivate young woman to take up studies in a MINT-related subject and later take up a MINT-related job
• NUT - Women in science and technology
• F.I.T. - The Women.Innovation.Technology Network
• Nano4Women -  the career-network for (junior-) nano scientists
• Lise-Meitner-Gesellschaft e.V. - Tübingen local group - The Lise Meitner Society is a non-profit organization with the aim to work towards equal opportunities in the natural sciences and mathematics inside and outside of academia
• The Verband Baden-Württembergischer Wissenschaftlerinnen - VBWW - The 'Maria Gräfin von Linden' prize is awarded every two years

Finally, all those who are also interested in history will find below some related links:

• 4000 Years Women in Science
• 20th Century Women and their Contributions to Physics
• Famous Female scientists