A key priority of the a.r.t.e.s. Graduate School is to implement measures that promote equality and ensure equal opportunities. The focus is on supporting women, doctoral students with children, and first-generation university graduates, for example through counseling services and financial supplements to the a.r.t.e.s. scholarship funding.

Factors that have the potential to delay academic careers – starting a family, caring for sick or elderly relatives, apprenticeship-training periods, or physical disability – are taken into account in the selection of applicants.

The team at the a.r.t.e.s. Graduate School is always available to provide confidential counseling on issues related to equality and equal opportunity, and is also happy to refer you to the appropriate counseling services within the faculty and the university.

The interdisciplinary and independent study group Doktorand*innen Netzwerk Gender und Queer provides an opportunity for all doctoral students of the university to exchange ideas and research on topics related to gender and queer studies.