Gender Equality: Uni Osnabrück

The Equal Opportunity Office offers a comprehensive range of advisory and support services in the area of gender equality, which is open to all students, employees in science, IT and administration as well as all professors. On the pages listed here you will find further information on the individual services and the contact persons for your concerns.

In addition to personal advice, we also support the university in implementing its gender equality and equal opportunities mandate at a structural level. We are also happy to work with you to develop tailor-made measures for the specific needs of your institution.

Gender Equality at the UOS

Find out more about the guiding principles as well as the history of gender equality measures at UOS.

Our Principles

History & Successes

TIN* Consulting

Trans*, inter*, non-binary and agender members of the UOS can get advice on changing their name and gender entry.

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Sexual Harassment

In cases of gender-based discrimination or sexualized harassment, those affected are supported by qualified advisors.

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Gender Consulting

The Equal Opportunity Representative advises on various equality issues at the decentral and project level as well as on individual career decisions.

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EmpowHer for Female Leaders

Become part of the empowHer Network for female professors and managers in IT and administration.

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EmpowHer for Students

Benefit from the workshops and exchange formats of the empowHer Program for FLINTA* students.

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EmpowerMINT FB06

Network with other female PhD students and postdoctoral researchers in the STEM field.

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All-Gender Bathrooms

All-gender bathrooms are not yet available throughout the campus. In order to give as many people as possible access to the sanitary facilities in which they feel comfortable, we are providing you with an up-to-date list of bathroom facilities that are accessible to all genders:

Mensa Schlossgarten | Building M: all sanitary facilities

Mensa Westerberg | Building M-W: all sanitary facilities

Student Government | Building 08: all sanitary facilities

Student Center | Building 53: all sanitary facilities

Altes Kreishaus | Building 41: 41/B05 (integrated barrier-free WC)

Since June 1, 2022, newly built university buildings in Lower Saxony must have at least one all-gender bathroom.