Equal Opportunities and Diversity for Students

All information on this page are also available as a brochure

for download (pdf) (july 2021)
as a printed version
(can be ordered from the Diversity Service Centre).

Equitable Study Conditions

Offers	Institution
General choice of studies, change of subject, advice on study programmes and personal problems during studies	Student Advising
Questions, problems and conflicts concerning your study situation	EduCare
Information and initial advice, empowerment and networking	Diversity Service Centre
Questions about financing a course of study, e.g. study loans, income support	Social Counselling (Studentenwerk Oberfranken)

Conflicts, Discrimination, (Sexual) Harassement

Offers	Institution
Advice and support in cases of discrimination and conflicts, initiation of complaint proceedings	Diversity Service Centre
Anti-discrimination consultation, complaint procedure	Anti-Discrimination
Initial contact and advice on sexual harassment and sexualised discrimination	Equal Opportunities Department
Initial contact and advice on sexual harassment and sexualised discrimination	Women's Representatives of the University and the Faculties
Legal Counselling	Legal Advice (Studentenwerk Oberfranken) Law & Legal e.V. (Student Legal Advice)
Problems with lecturers or fellow students	Department of Culture, Campus Design and Equal Opportunities – Student Parliament
Help with harassment and feeling of insecurity on campus	University Emergency Number
Services by phone	External Hotlines

Gender und Equal Opportunities

Offers	Institution
Support for queer, trans* and inter* students (e.g. advice and support with changing your name and gender entry), application for funds from the budget for innovative gender equality measures	Equal Opportunities Department
Initial contact and advice, promotion of the factual implementation of equal opportunities for women and men	Women's Representatives of the University and the Faculties
Projects and networking on LGBTQ+-issues	AK Queer
Gender equality networking and projects	HeForShe Bayreuth
Series of lectures, reading group	Women in Philosophy
Services by phone	External Hotlines

Inclusion und Accessibility

Offers	Institution
Inclusive studying, access to studies, examination conditions, disadvantage compensation, financing	becks – Office of the Commissioner for Students with Disabilities and Chronic Illness
Inclusive and accessible sports	University Sports
Contact persons für student assistants (Studentische Hilfskräfte) with impairments	Employer's Inclusion Representative Representative for severely disabled persons and those with an equivalent status

Offers

Institution

Inclusive studying, access to studies, examination conditions, disadvantage compensation, financing

becks – Office of the Commissioner for Students with Disabilities and Chronic Illness

Inclusive and accessible sports

University Sports

Contact persons für student assistants (Studentische Hilfskräfte) with impairments

Employer's Inclusion Representative

Representative for severely disabled persons and those with an equivalent status

Study and Family

Offers	Institution
Compatability of family and studies (children, relatives in need of care), financial support, need-based study organisation, childcare	Family-Friendly University
Services by phone	External Hotlines

Health and Mental Stress

Offers	Institution
Personal burdens, crises and conflict situations, coping with stress, test anxiety, feeling of being overwhelmed	Psychological Counselling (Studentenwerk Oberfranken)
Consultation on addictions	Commissioner for Addiction Prevention
Healthy on Campus	University Health Management
Regeneration, balance, retreat, prayer	Room of Silence

Internationality, Migration, Refuge

Offers	Institution
Support before, during and after the stay of international students	Welcome Services for International Students International Office
Advice, guidance and support for refugees	Welcome Services for Refugees International Office
International exchange, networking	Erasmus Student Network
Legal advice in the field of asylum and residence law	Refugee Law Clinic Bayreuth by Lay & Legal e.V. (Student Legal Advice)

Religion and Worldview

Offers	Institution
Prayer, meditation, retreat	Room of Silence
Consideration of religious holidays and rest days during examinations	Diversity Service Centre, Examinations Office
Service by phone	External Hotlines

Study Offers

Offers	Additional Information
Supplementary Programme: Intersectionality Studies and Diversity Competencies The supplementary course "Intersectional Studies and Diversity Competencies" imparts basic skills and knowledge in order to recognise the complexity of power and power relations. You will learn about strategies to overcome discrimination and inclusion. The spectrum of these competencies enriches professional profiles in various occupational fields in personnel and corporate management, education, media and all fields of research.	Website of the Study Programme
Courses from Gender, Queer, Intersectionality and Diversity Studies The network GeQuInDi creates each semester an overview of all courses from gender, queer, intersectionality and diversity studies.	Overview over Courses
Women in Philosphy Women in Philosophy promotes the visibility of women philosophers acknowledges their contribution to the subject with a series of lectures and a reading group.	More information on Women in Philosophy

Offers

Additional Information

Supplementary Programme: Intersectionality Studies and Diversity Competencies

The supplementary course "Intersectional Studies and Diversity Competencies" imparts basic skills and knowledge in order to recognise the complexity of power and power relations.

You will learn about strategies to overcome discrimination and inclusion. The spectrum of these competencies enriches professional profiles in various occupational fields in personnel and corporate management, education, media and all fields of research.

Website of the
Study Programme

Courses from Gender, Queer, Intersectionality and Diversity Studies

The network GeQuInDi creates each semester an overview of all courses from gender, queer, intersectionality and diversity studies.

Overview over Courses

Women in Philosphy

Women in Philosophy promotes the visibility of women philosophers acknowledges their contribution to the subject with a series of lectures and a reading group.

More information on Women in Philosophy

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