An overview of all equality initiatives
On this page, you will find key information on gender equality for professors, for example on gender-equitable appointment procedures, support for balancing work and family life, and raising the profile of your research.
Please feel free to contact us – we are here to advise and support you.
The Equal Opportunities team will be happy to advise and support you! Among other things, we can advise you on
Information about a professorship at our university can be found on the page Professorial career at THU . All current vacancies are listed here: Vacancies.
The Equal Opportunities team will be happy to support interested women with their application.
You can also find helpful links here:
The THU places great emphasis on recruiting women for faculty positions.
The Dual Career Service is a support service offered by THU that is aimed at the partners of newly appointed professors or academic staff at our university. It supports dual career couples in pursuing the professional development paths of both partners in the Ulm region.
THU is a network partner and founding university of the Dual Career Network Swabia (DCNS). All information about the network can be found on the website of our network partner Neu-Ulm University of Applied Sciences: Dual Career Network Swabia - HNU
If you are interested in the offer, please contact the team of the Department for Equal Opportunities: gleichstellungsteam(at)thu.de.
THU is very happy to make teaching assignments available to women in all faculties in order to support them in qualifying for a professorship and to offer them an opportunity to get to know university life. To this end, it makes active use of the Mathilde Planck Teaching Assignment Program of the State Conference of Equal Opportunities Officers at Universities of Applied Sciences in Baden-Württemberg (LaKof). You can find out more about the program in the Flyer on the Mathilde Planck Lectureship Program.
If you are interested in a lectureship, please contact us directly: gleichstellung(at)thu.de.
Ulm University of Applied Sciences has been awarded the title "family-conscious company". The following offers are currently available for families:
There are family rooms at both THU campuses. These are rooms to which students with children can retreat if, for example, they have not found childcare on a particular day. All rooms have desks and child-friendly equipment. There is also a PC in Prittwitzstraße.
You will find the family rooms
Employees can have the family rooms unlocked. All you have to do is contact Technical Services.
You can also borrow the keys from the respective libraries during their opening hours. The terms of use of the Library of Things apply. The rules of use for the family rooms (internal document) can be accessed via the intranet.
You can find the THU guidelines on this at Maternity protection and parental leave(internal document). Further general information on parental leave can be found on the Family portal of the federal government.
The Equal Opportunities team will be happy to advise you on parental leave and reconciling work and family life. Simply contact us at gleichstellung(at)thu.de.
You work at THU and have become a parent? We send our baby package home as a surprise to mothers who have reported the birth of a child to THU. If you do not notify us of a birth (for example, because you have become a father), you will also receive a package - but you will need to write to us by e-mail at gleichstellungsteam(at)thu.de.
Ulm University offers a vacation program for children of school age and above, for which THU employees and students can register their children for the Whitsun and summer vacations. You can find all the information on this page of Ulm University.
In cooperation with Ulm University Hospital, employees of Ulm University of Applied Sciences have the opportunity to receive counseling in stressful situations. Further information and contacts can be found under Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy | Ulm University Hospital. Counseling is free of charge and conversations are subject to confidentiality.
The Advice Center for Pregnancy and Family Planning also offers support in finding accommodation, looking for a place in a daycare center, dealing with authorities and social and financial assistance for pregnant women.
To help balance work and family life, we would like to support all university members by providing practical tips and an overview of the available resources and the institutions responsible for them.
If you have any questions regarding caregiving, care navigator Eva Zuchold is also available to assist you.
Ulm University of Applied Sciences does not tolerate sexual discrimination, harassment, or violence in any form. To this end, the university has adopted a policy (internal document) on this matter, which you can access on the intranet.
The following contact persons are available to anyone at our university who has experienced sexual discrimination, harassment, or even violence, or who wishes to report related grievances or risks:
Every conversation will be treated strictly confidentially, and further steps will be taken only at the request of the person concerned.
The THU is also developing a safety policy to address this issue. A safety policy, for example, defines measures designed to better protect people from sexual harassment, establishes prevention programs, and outlines procedures.
THU recommends using either gender-neutral forms or the gender asterisk. Examples of use and more information can be found in the Manual for gender-neutral language.
Why is gender-inclusive language important?
Language has the potential to discriminate and exclude. At the same time, however, it also offers the opportunity to create visibility and change reality in the long term.
Example: People should choose a career based on their interests. However, if we only ever talk about engineers or technicians, it seems as if only men can pursue these professions. Of course, this is not the case - but for schoolgirls, for example, this can unconsciously have a major influence on whether they can imagine themselves in such professions or rule them out from the outset.
How do I gender correctly?
The THU recommends
The gender asterisk as a placeholder to make all other genders visible in addition to female and male.
You can find an overview of gender-neutral alternatives in the dictionary "Clever gendering".
Make sure that you use consistent forms within a document, email or website.
Aspects of gender equality and diversity are now actively demanded in calls for proposals and are included in the assessment of research proposals. The Gender Equality Unit will be happy to advise you on the preparation of your research proposals with regard to gender equality and diversity: gleichstellungsteam(at)thu.de.
Information on the relevance of gender and diversity in research, including in the engineering sciences, is provided by the German Research Foundation (DFG) on its website. A checklist for applicants can also be found there. It is also worth using this as a guide for applications to other funding bodies.
You can find tips on this on the Prof:inSicht website. It lists further links with information and tips on various aspects of visibility, such as the effective use of social media, scientific studies on the topic of visibility, optimizing scientific visibility and dealing with negative reactions.
