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Diversity
The Department of Mechanical Engineering is dedicated
to increasing diversity, especially with respect to gender
and international background. This process was formal-
ized in a target agreement with the university board in
2012, defining 2011 as a point of reference.
Since 2011, the share of female students has increased
by a quarter from 12% to 15%. At the same time, the
share of female researchers with a time-limited contract
(i.e. Ph.D. candidates) increased by almost three quarters
from 11% to 18.4% and the share of female researchers
in a leading position (i.e. with a permanent contract or at
higher pay grades) also by almost three quarters from a
mere 6% in 2011 to 10% in 2017. Especially the increase
in senior scientific staff gives rise to hope that it will also
be possible to gain more female professors in the future.
Since 2011, the department has not only become more
female but also much more international. Now 24.6% of
all students are international, more than twice the number
in 2011, and 15% of all professors are international – more
than half of them have gained significant expertise abroad
during their career.
12%
+
25%
15%
2011
2017
Students
11%
+
75%
18,4%
2011
2017
Scientific Employees
6%
+
75%
10%
2011
2017
Senior Scientists
12%
+
100%
+
150%
24,6%
15%
6%
2011
2011
2016
2016
Students
Professors
Percentage of international students and professors
Percentage of women