Equal opportunities at TU Darmstadt
Acting in accordance with equal opportunities and strengthening equal opportunities are guiding principles of the Anti-Discrimination Office, the Diversity Education Office and the Gender Equality Office of the TU Darmstadt. With our specific focuses, we work together for the critical view of dominant power relations and the reduction of discrimination.
Prof. Dr. Heribert Warzecha, Vice President, Academic Affairs and Diversity
Our goal is to create an equitable university that supports its students, employees, and trainees in achieving individual educational and development goals and gives everyone an equitable opportunity to participate.
Picture: Katrin Binner
At TU Darmstadt, various departments and units with different expertise and focuses work on structures, processes and activities in the field of anti-discrimination, diversity and gender equality. The work is characterized by subject and thematic overlaps and close cooperation. The areas are united by an awareness for an intersectional perspective in everyday practice. In order to address all topics, it is necessary to work on individual areas in detail from a discrimination-critical, diversity-sensitive or gender-equitable perspective. This results in various tasks on which a constant dialogue and exchange is held and decentralized perspectives are also involved.
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Representative for students with disabilities or chronic illnesses
TU Darmstadt tries to make it as barrier-free as possible for all its students to study – and not just in terms of the buildings. The representative for students with disabilities or chronic illnesses is the central contact and advice point for you at TU Darmstadt. Students can get confidential advice here, for example about compensation for disadvantages, and are supported in all their concerns relating to the TU. Contact: Studium-handicap@tu-darmstadt.de
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International student services (ISS)
The ISS supervise and support international students, exchange students and refugee students in all non-academic areas by offering information and advice on topics such as visa, residence permit, registration with the city and social-cultural events for student networking. To promote a successful start at TU Darmstadt, various programmes such as the Kick-Off Days and X-Weeks are organized.
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Project Handicap
Information will follow soon.
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Family Service
The Family Service offers employees and students of the TU Darmstadt advice and support on issues relating to the compatibility of family and career or studies. It is committed to a family-friendly culture and design and coordinates family-friendly measures. The topics range from childcare issues and financial support to continuing education opportunities and advice for family caregivers.
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Unite! Inclusion Office
The office acts as a liaison between the TU Darmstadt and the European university alliance Unite!. Together with the 8 partner universities, joint standards, processes, and services are developed that endeavor to have a positive impact on international exchange and mobility, especially of historically underrepresented groups. Contact: aaron.szczerba@tu-darmstadt.de
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Representative of handicapped
The tasks include general advice on severely dis*abled issues, support in filling out applications, objections and file inspection at the pension office or in the application for equality. The tasks also include advising severely disabled colleagues at risk of severe disability who have been ill for a long time, also with regard to advice on rehabilitation measures and reintegration.
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Central Coordination Centre for Refugee Integration (ZKF)
The ZFK offers a wide range of advisory services to all students and prospective students with a refugee status: from initial contact and advice on university admission opportunities to university applications and support with questions about student financing. In addition, preparatory language courses are offered in cooperation with the TU Darmstadt Language Resource Centre. Also, refugee scientists and scientists at risk receive support and advice from the ZKF.
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AStA Anti-discrimination
Information will follow soon. Contact: antidiskriminierung@asta.tu-darmstadt.de
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AStA Feminism
Information will follow soon. Contact: feminismus@asta.tu-darmstadt.de
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AStA Queer
The Queer Department of the AStA is a central contact point for all queer students at the TU Darmstadt. The goal is to stand up for queer issues on all areas of the university and to represent the interests of queer students. Furthermore, the contact point organizes events and acts as a consulting point in case of problems or discrimination. Contact: queer@asta.tu-darmstadt.de
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Other consulting services at TUDa
At the TU Darmstadt, in addition to the contact points, there are various consulting offices for different focus topics.
