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