Equal Opportunity
Gender equality
The University of Konstanz offers targeted career support for women.
Support for (junior) women academics
- Affirmative action povided by the Cluster itsef (Ph.D. and Post-Doc scholarships)
- Ph.D. scholarships (start-up and wind-up funding) and Post-Doc scholarships (start-up funding)
- Grants for career promotion measures (Conferences, Summer Schools, Further Education)
- Grants for travel expenses for accompanying children and partners or babysitters at conferences
- Individual counselling for junior women academics
- Career planning and coaching in connection with the ASDU
- Information and qualification offers, for example in connection with applications for Ph.D. posts and scholarships, for funding opportunities or for core competences
- Support with applications for scholarships for junior women academics with children (Margarethe-von-Wrangell-Habilitation Scholarship; Schlieben-Lange-Scholarship)
- Participation in the state-wide Mentoring-Programme for junior women academics.
Shaping of a gender-fair structure and culture
- Invitations to and integration of foreign junior women academics
- flexible employment models and contracts also in highly and most highly qualified academic posts
- Implementation of criteria relevant to the equality of women in research and teaching
- Courses on Gender Studies
Family and scholarship at the University of Konstanz
Family friendly conditions
The University of Konstanz supports students and university employees with children by means of:
- Day nursery places (60 places for children from 0-3 years-old)
- Kindergarten “Kinderhaus”, opening September 2011
- Holiday programmes for school children
- Audit “Family Friendly University” and re-audit
- Project “Academic Study with Child”
Service Center “Dual Career Couples”
The University of Konstanz offers advice and support for academic couples and dual-career couples by means of:
- Advice on contact opportunities for previous professional activities
- Cooperation with other universities in regard to opportunities for joint funding
- Contacts of the university with the regional economy and employers in the region
Dossier
Information for scholars with children
day care in Konstanz, work life balance, leisure activities, paediatricians and information centers