The realisation of equal opportunity involves all genders. By equality, we mean that women have equal access to all positions in research, teaching and administration and that any kind of discrimination against people of all genders is dismantled. TUDa is committed to gender diversity and aware to the fact that people are not only defined as male or female. The aim is to create an equal opportunities university that supports its students, employees and trainees in achieving their individual educational and development goals and gives everyone an equal opportunity to participate. This intention unites the Gender Equality Plan (opens in new tab) with TUDa's Diversity Strategy (opens in new tab). Our common ground is to create a more diverse, open and anti-discriminatory university culture. TUDa works on equality at all organisational levels in order to support a working, research and study environment that is equitable in terms of opportunities and low in discrimination.

The majority of study, research and teaching areas at TUDa are subjects in which women are underrepresented. This is why increasing the proportion of women in STEM subjects and at all academic career levels is part of numerous gender equality activities and characterising the gender equality targets:

• Gender mainstreaming = expanding and establishing a culture and structure that is equal in terms of opportunities and gender equality
• Increase the proportion of female professors
• Acquisition of women for STEM subjects and for scientific careers