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Around International Women's Day on March 8, 2026, the Technical University of Munich is hosting action weeks from March 4 to 19, 2026. Under the motto "For all women and girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment,“ the participating actors are jointly sending a visible signal for gender equality,… [read more]

The International Day of Women and Girls in Science was established by UN Women over ten years ago. The aim of this day is to promote full and equal access to participation in science for women and girls. [read more]

How can women utilize and change existing structures and draw strength from them for their own paths? This question is the focus of the Women of TUM Talk 2026, which will take place on March 17, 2026, from 5:30 PM to 9 PM at the Oskar von Miller Forum in Munich under the title “Closing the Gap –… [read more]

Under the title “What does neutral actually mean? – Dealing with attacks on universities”, an external online lecture will take place on Friday, February 20, from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM, dealing with current legal and higher education policy debates surrounding academic freedom, the requirement for… [read more]

At the beginning of December 2025, a new initiative by the Gender Equality Office in cooperation with the ZONTA women was successfully launched at TUM. The project, funded by the TUM Future Learning Initiative, uses innovative learning and participation formats to combat poverty among older women… [read more]

On December 2, 2025, TUM hosted the first “Power Breezer” – an innovative event format organized by the Gender Equality Office that symbolizes the new self-image of the newly formed team: powerful, agile, and consistently focused on creating an inclusive and gender-equitable environment. The “Power… [read more]

Great confidence in the work on gender equality at the Technical University of Munich (TUM): At the Senate meeting on November 27, 2025, Dr. Daniela Schwarz was unanimously confirmed in her position as Gender Equality Officer. Having been elected for the first time on January 29, 2025, she can now… [read more]

Congratulations: Prof. Dr. Gabriele Schrag (Professor of Microsensors and Actuators, TUM School of Computation, Information and Technology) has been awarded the Angela Molitoris Diversity Award 2025. The award recognizes her long-standing and outstanding commitment to gender equality and diversity,… [read more]

Five years ago, President Prof. Dr. Thomas F. Hofmann launched the TUM Future Learning Initiative, a competition that creates a forum for the entire TUM community to not only formulate their ideas for improvements in studying and teaching at TUM, but also to implement them. [read more]