The central Gender Equality Office is headed by the university’s Gender Equality Representative (elected from within the tenured faculty), and supports the Senate Equality Committee, and the faculties’ own gender equality officers and committees. The office is also open to all other members of the university and external parties needing information and advice on the broad issues of equal opportunities for men and women as students, researchers, and faculty.
Among other responsibilities, the Gender Equality Office provides you with information on programs to foster gender equality in research, provides support for third-party funding applications under the specific focus of gender equality measures, it provides advice in cases of sexual harassment, guides to gender-sensitive language and implements the support measures for individual female researchers. Another focus of the equality work at the University of Tübingen is on structure-building measures aimed at creating favorable conditions for the equality of female researchers and students.
The Diversity Office supports the University of Tübingen in its goal of developing a university culture based on diversity and equal opportunity, in which all its members can develop and contribute their individual abilities regardless of gender, ethnic origin, age, social and religious background, disability or sexual orientation. This is anchored accordingly in the university's mission statement. It is responsible for developing and implementing a diversity policy that encompasses all areas of the University of Tübingen and takes diversity into account in all its dimensions. With this mandate, it is the point of contact for all questions related to the topic of diversity. It advises, supports and mediates in cases of disadvantage and discrimination in studies and in the workplace.
For further information on gender equality and contact please refer to: Gender Equality Office