Equal opportunities in the department

The Department of Mathematics/Computer Science is committed to the principle of recruiting, developing or promoting people at all levels according to their qualifications and performance. The Basic Law, University Law, Equal Opportunities Act and Equal Treatment Act provide legal guidance in this regard. If decisions, measures or structures at the faculty systematically disadvantage groups of people contrary to the qualification and performance principle, the faculty will uncover and eliminate the causes of these disadvantages; this is in its own interest. If disadvantages or restrictions exist objectively without any action on the part of the department, it will endeavour to mitigate their causes and consequences as far as possible.

The  department's equality plan (PDF, 459 kB) is essentially limited to the issue of equality regardless of gender.

Within the university: For information on equal opportunities work at the department, see  StudIP.

Equal opportunities and family friendliness

The university has set itself the goal of improving the compatibility of career, studies and family and establishing a family-friendly university culture in the long term. In addition to the traditional nuclear family, the programmes are aimed at a variety of family models, such as patchwork families, and also include care for the older generation. All information on the university's programmes and measures can be found on the central page  Family & Care Work. The  Equal Opportunities Office offers you service and advice on all issues relating to compatibility, diversity and equal opportunities. Contact persons in the department are  Judith Plümer, Solveig Jensen, Maik Lepper, Carola Meyer, Maren Pukrop, Paula Scharlach, Sabine Schröder and Mandala von Westenholz.