Equal opportunities monitoring

Professorship categories

In both categories of assistant professorships - with and without tenure track - the proportion of women rose from 55% to 58% in the reporting year. 59% of tenure-track assistant professorships are held by women. It can therefore be assumed that more women will be promoted in the coming years as well. A high proportion of women among assistant professors with tenure track is a prerequisite for achieving changes in favor of equal opportunities at the next higher career levels, which are typically reached through promotions. Accordingly, the proportion of women at the highest career level - clinical and full professorships - reflects the successes of recent years: The proportion of clinical professorships rose from 25% to 26% in 2025. For full professorships, it even increased by three percentage points, from 23% to 26%.

Faculties

In 2025, the proportion of female professors in the individual faculties has either increased or remained the same. In the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, female professors account for the larger share for the first time, at 51%; among tenured professors, the proportion of women is 45%. In the Faculty of Medicine, the proportion of female professors rose from 28% to 29%, while in the Faculty of Science it remained at 25%. In the Faculty of Psychology, an equal distribution has been achieved, with five female professors and five male professors. While there were no changes in the Faculty of Theology, where 44% of professors are women, or in the Faculty of Law, where 35% of professors are women, the proportion of female professors in the Faculty of Business and Economics rose by one percentage point to 22%.

Committees and Commissions

In February 2026, women accounted for 40% of the university’s governing body. In university-wide committees, this figure remained constant at 33%. In leadership bodies (Rectorate, University Council, Rectors’ Conference, and faculty boards), the proportion of women rose from 30% to 32%. The faculty boardsincludefive female deans and 18 male deans (deans, deans of studies, deans of research). At the level of the department and institute management, the proportion of women rose from 36% to 43% last year.

Leaky Pipeline

The leaky pipeline highlights the gender imbalance across all career levels. While women are clearly in the majority among graduates and early-career researchers - including those in tenure-track assistant professorships - the ratio reverses at the two higher professorial levels. It can be assumed that the number of male and female professorships at these levels will increasingly converge in the coming years. The conditions for this have been laid during the past years.