
Diversity Education Office
The Diversity Education Office (DEO) team provides awareness training to staff, faculty, students, interested students, and guests on topics related to diversity and consults on individual and structural concerns in the field.
The work of the DEO is divided into two areas. The employees are the contact persons for questions regarding the diversity strategy of the TU Darmstadt. In addition, the DEO offers sensitivity training on topics related to diversity, which introduces the topics and promotes (self-)reflection processes.
This results in the following offers and services:
- Awareness-raising activities in the form of workshops and lectures
- Consulting for departments, institutions and organizational units regarding diversity-conscious and discrimination-critical (re)design of structures and processes
- Consulting of lecturers in close cooperation with the Diversity in Studies and Teaching Office at the ‘Hochschuldidaktische Arbeitsstelle’
- Providing information and, in the near future, self-study units.
The specific content of the services is defined in cooperation with the organizing departments on the basis of a needs analysis and the diversity strategy.
If you have any questions about the offers and services and/or are interested, please contact Derman Aygün-Yıldırım and Lea Belz.

Study on the topic of “dropping out of studies and tendencies to drop out of studies”
As part of the QUIS Flex project, we are conducting a survey on the topic of dropping out of studies and tendencies to drop out of studies. In addition to the expertise of advisory institutions within and outside of TU Darmstadt, we would also like to conduct interviews with affected students. The aim of the analysis is to find out more about the causes and to derive recommendations for action in order to optimize the study conditions at TU Darmstadt and reduce dropouts. Further information can be found via the link below.