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The University of Oldenburg was the first university in Lower Saxony to establish a women’s equality office in 1987. Over the past 35 years, efforts to improve equal opportunities at the University of Oldenburg have scored a number of successes. For example, the university has been successfully participating in the Federal Government’s Programme for Women Professors since 2008 and is committed to the German Research Foundation’s (DFG) research-oriented gender equality standards. In 2013, the university was ranked in the highest achievable category for the implementation of the DFG’s research-oriented gender equality standards. After several successful repeat audits, the University of Oldenburg was officially designated a family-friendly university on a permanent basis. In 2018, the University of Oldenburg’s vision on equal opportunities was positively evaluated in the third phase of the Programme for Women Professors. An overview of key events and achievements is available here (in German).
The Central Equal Opportunities Officer supports women in the worlds of academia and education, technology and administration.