KU Equal Opportunity Concept

The KU's gender equality concept was updated as part of the application for the 2030 female professors program of the federal and state governments to promote gender equality in science and research at German universities.

The gender equality concept for parity at the KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt includes a current situation analysis, which is used to determine the priorities for gender equality work until 2030. In accordance with the call for proposals for the Female Professors Program 2030 and in line with the Bavarian University Innovation Act, the goal of gender parity is considered in particular. As part of the proposed package of measures, the focus is on increasing the proportion of women in the professoriate and on KU committees, as well as on supporting female academics who are pursuing a qualification project at the KU.

The equal opportunities concept for parity was drawn up by the KU's Women's and Equal Opportunities Officer in collaboration with the Conference of Women's and Equal Opportunities Officers, the Staff Development and Continuing Education Office, the Center for Research Promotion/Academic Careers and the Central Institute for Marriage and Family in Society.

Gender Equality Plan of the KU

In order to counteract the underrepresentation of women in science, the EU Commission has required a Gender Equality Plan from universities applying for EU third-party funding since 2022.

The Gender Equality Plan of the KU provides information about the structural anchoring of gender equality at the KU, about personnel and financial resources for gender equality work, about central offers in the field of gender equality, about gender equality and gender research in teaching and further education, about the monitoring of equality-related data at the KU and about the prevention of sexual harassment. All relevant KU documents are linked in the document, which can be found here.