Program Goal and Participants

The Management Program focuses on basic skills for coping with complex leadership and management tasks while taking gender-sensitive aspects into account.

The heterogeneous group constellation promotes the formation of networks between the various institutes and departments of the University of Cologne as a basis for successful leadership. The programme is aimed at:

• Female professors (W1 - W3)
• Female executives in research, research management and administration at the University of Cologne
• Prospective female executives, if the takeover of the executive function is about to start. (We reserve the right to focus on active executives depending on the application situation & group composition.)

The program will be conducted in German. In order to follow the content and the exchange and to be able to contribute accordingly, participants should be proficient in German (at least B2 level).

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The Gender Mentoring Agency offers measures to promote particularly talented female doctoral students and students at the University of Cologne. The aim is to attract them – within the scope of a structured talent management – for careers in academia and to provide them with long-term support in planning and implementing their career steps. As an instrument of funds for the promotion of the gifted, the agency supplements existing mentoring programs at the University of Cologne and makes an important contribution to attracting the ‘best minds’ for academia.

In addition to the mentoring partnerships, offers of advanced training and network meetings for mentees, the offer also includes a target-group-specific offer for academic managers and members of non-professorial teaching staff who want to further network and professionalise in their roles as mentors and career developers or gatekeepers.

The Gender Mentoring Agency is a free service offered by Faculty and Academic Staff Development and is directed at female doctoral students and female students across all faculties.

On these pages you will find links to the information of individual sponsors on the promotion of female scientists. (German only)

DFG-funded research associations (SFB/CRC, FOR/RU), graduate schools and programmes as well as excellence clusters at the University of Cologne receive gender funds from the German Research Foundation (DFG), which can be used, among other things, for services in the areas of training (Female Career Center), coaching (Faculty and Academic Staff Development) and childcare (Dual Career & Family Support).

The Referat Gender & Diversity Management will assist you during the application process, the appraisal process and throughout the duration of your research.
They also offer personal consultations.