Equal Opportunity Quality Management

Target Agreements between the University Governing Board and the Faculties for the implementation of gender equality at the Uni-versity of Bayreuth

The target agreements are a regulatory element in higher education policy for the purpose of ensuring equal opportunities in the Faculties. They were initially approved in January 2013 for a period of five years by the University Governing Board and the Deans. The second round for the period 2018-2022 was then approved on 1 February 2018. On July 19, 2024, the third round (now required by the BayHIG, the Bavarian Higher Education Innovation Act) for the period 2023-2027 was approved by the senate and signed by the President and the Deans.

As per the target agreements, the Deans deliver a report on the current development of the proportion of women and puts them up for discussion at one of the Faculty Councils’ sessions in the summer semester. The results serve as a way for the Faculties to evaluate their particular goals and are presented to the Governing Board.

In the current round of target agreements, the university is once again awarding a prize for the promotion of women as an incentive for the Faculties to achieve their goals. The prize amounts to 10.000 Euros and is awarded annually in the category “Professoral Proportion of Women”.

Additionally, the new target agreement round enables the University Governing Board to allocate an annual budget of 10.000 Euros for “Innovative Gender Equality Measures“ again. All individuals or teams affiliated with the University can apply to receive the budget.

Links to the individual target agreements 2023-2027 (German only):

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