Equal Opportunities
Equal opportunities policy is a core task and a major challenge for every university. In order to master future tasks and to secure the prospective performance, it is important – quoting the German Council of Science and Humanities – to “comprehensively realise the entire society’s full potential and to allow all groups of persons represented in a society a fair participation in the science system.” TU Dresden is committed to the objective of a gender equal university and has firmly anchored this aim in the mission statement and university institution. TU Dresden takes the view that gender equality is closely connected to the concept of a family-friendly university, moving away from a traditional division of responsibilities between women and men by establishing a work-life-balance for both, which makes it possible to reconcile working life with family plans.
In recent years, TU Dresden has stepped up measures to meet the goal of a gender equal and family-friendly university. In 2018, the "Equality Concept 2018" of TU Dresden was updated through a wide-ranging participation process. Here you can download the Gender Equality concept 2018 endorsed by the Rectorate. Research results from the project “Gendered University – Gender Hierarchies at TU Dresden” formed a key basis for the contents of the work. In addition, results of an external evaluation of the equality work of TU Dresden from March 2018 were taken into account. Moreover, a university-wide symposium titled “Thinking ahead – equality at TU Dresden” took place in June 2018.
The Gender Equality Commission with the central Equal Opportunities Officer and the Officer for the Protection of Women's Rights, together with decentralised actors and the unit 9.3 Diversity Management, is responsible for the equality of women and men at the university.
- Research Project Gendered University Recommendations for Action I
- Research Project Gendered University Recommendations for Action II
- Funding programmes
- Advisory service – Equal opportunities
- STEM for women
- Appointments
- Equality of opportunity in faculties and research projects
- Gender in teaching and research
- Documents and data
- Bodies and responsibilities

Unit 9.3 Diversity Management
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Günther-Landgraf-Bau, 7-208 Mommsenstr. 15
01069 Dresden
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Technische Universität Dresden
Directorate 9 University culture
Unit 9.3 Diversity Management
Mommsenstr. 15
01062 Dresden

Gender Equality Commission
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Lehrgebäude Weberplatz, WEB 234
barrierefreier Eingang im Innenhof, Raum 234
Weberplatz 5
01217 Dresden
Postal Address:
Technische Universität Dresden Gender Equality Commission Helmholtzstraße 10
01069 Dresden
Opening Hours:
- Monday to Friday:
- 09:00 - 15:00