Diversity

Workshops to note in advance

• 61007 Stimm- und Kommunikationstraining für Frauen: Starke Stimme. Starke Botschaft Termine am Samstag, 13.12.2025 09:00 - 17:00, Ort: (LU 8) SR 307
  Dr. Elke Krauser
• 61008 Durch Gewaltfreie Kommunikation (Arbeits-)Beziehungen verbessern
  Termine am Freitag, 16.01.2026 14:00 - 18:00, Samstag, 17.01.2026 09:00 - 13:00, Ort: (LU 8) R 206
  Friederike Wagner
• 61014 "Wenn der Notfall eintritt..." - Handlungskompetenzen für angehende Lehrkräfte im Umgang mit Tod und Trauer in der Schule
  Termine am Samstag, 22.11.2025 09:00 - 16:30, Ort: (WIWI) SR 034
  Juscha Stuber-Kranixfeld, Cordula Blüml
• 61071 Interkulturelle Kommunikation: Basisseminar
  Termine am Samstag, 15.11.2025 09:00 - 17:30, Sonntag, 16.11.2025 09:00 - 17:00, Ort: (LU 8) SR 309 (U)
  Eva Pantenburg

Further information can be found in the ZKK-Programme.

There will be no lecture series this semester.

Check out the website of the lecture series to find information on past lectures.

The Diversity & Gender Certificate is a cooperation with Lehre+ Hochschuldidaktik and is aimed at teachers. The function of the certificate is the professional development and expansion of diversity- and gender-sensitive teaching, examination and counselling skills.

Information on the seminars in the winter semester 2025/26

• 68922 Stereotype und Biases im Hochschulalltag (Modul 1/2)
  Friday, 24.10.2025 13:00 - 16:15, Place: ((IG) SR 107)
  Martina Zier
• 68923 Kulturelle Diversität an der Hochschule (Modul 2/2)
  Saturday, 25.10.2025 09:00 - 16:15, Place: ((IG) SR 107)
  Martina Zier
• 68924 Gender- and diversity-sensitivity in teaching, examination and supervision
  Thrusday, 06.11.2025, Thursday, 13.11.2025 16:00 - 19:30, Place: (Online (ZOOM))
  Muriel Aichberger
• 68926 Dialog auf Augenhöhe - Inklusive Sprache und diskriminierungssensible Kommunikation in der Lehre
  Friday, 21.11.2025 09:00 - 16:30, Place: (Online (ZOOM))
  Muriel Aichberger
• 68930 Neurodiversität - anders, aber völlig richtig im Kopf (Onlinevortrag)
  Thursday, 11.12.2025 17:00 - 19:00, Place: (Online (ZOOM))
  Prof. Dr. André Frank Zimpel
• 68931 Nicht alle ticken gleich - Sensibilisierung für Neurodivergenz in der Hochschule
  Saturday, 13.12.2025 09:00 - 16:00, Place: ((IG) SR 107)
  Astrid Wittenberger, Ana Katarina Althammer

Various funding opportunities are available for female students and young researchers at the University of Passau.

• Scholarships for young female scientists
• Scholarships for female students in MINT subjects
• Funding for conference and research trips
• External funding opportunities
• Study-with-Child Award

The MINT Women's Network at the University of Passau offers lectures, workshops, exciting discussions and open meetings to increase equal opportunities for women in mathematics, computer science, natural science and technology (MINT) subjects.

Prof. Dr. Jan-Oliver Decker acts as the contact person for LGBTIQ+ concerns at the University of Passau.
In addition, the Executive Support Unit Diversity and Gender Equality will be happy to assist you at any time.

You can also find information on Change of given name and gender entry for transgender students.

Unisex bathrooms can be found here

• HK12, 1. OG 123
• HK 14b, EG 010
• NK, 1. OG 129 und 2. OG 234a
• WiWi, 1. OG 128
• M, 1. OG 164b
• JUR, EG 025
• IZT/IH, EG 014

Further internal and external offers:

Die Queere Hochschulgruppe (Group for queer students)
LGBTQ Stammtisch Passau
Queer in Niederbayern e.V.
Up2you – Counselling centre for queer people in Lower Bavaria

With the mentUP+ women's mentoring programme, the University of Passau has been supporting and mentoring outstanding young female scientists and the next generation of female managers since 2013.The current cohort starts in October 2025.

With the diversity mentoring programme mentUP*, the University of Passau wants to support and integrate members of groups that have been underrepresented in universities as well as in leadership positions in the best possible way.

You deal with topics such as:

• Clarity about one's own professional role and development
• Dealing with one's own resources
• Career in science or in business
• Work-life balance
• Reconciling family and career

Then let us coach you! Every semester we offer free individual career coaching for female academic staff, habilitation candidates, doctoral candidates, post-doctoral candidates and Master's students with external coaches.

Intensive programme for refugees with university entrance qualifications

The Refugee Programme is suitable for refugees who would like to study at the University of Passau or another German university in the future and who have already completed the B2 language course. The programme includes intensive German language courses as well as seminars and workshops to get to know the university system.

The iStudi Coach is there for you!

Since October 2015, the University has had an iStudi Coach, who offers specific advice to international degree-seeking students enrolled at the University of Passau within the Study & Work initiative. This service is specifically targeted at international students – which is what the 'iStudi' stands for – and helps you with all your questions regarding studies, career orientation and everyday life in Passau.

Welcome to the University of Passau!

The Welcome Centre is the central advice centre for international (visiting) academics and doctoral students. We support you with all non-academic questions and thus make your start at the university and in the city easier.

A study done by the University of Konstanz reports on the "Student climate of opinion on th escalation of violence in Israel and Gaza and Anti-Semitism at German Universities". (Study is in German) 

Intern

Contact person for anti-discrimination:

• Theresa Schmidt

Extern

Reporting offices for discrimination incidents:

• Disability: Lebenshilfe Passau
• First Time Graduates: Arbeiterkind (Deutschland)
• Extremism: Beratungsstelle Radikalisierung (Deutschland)
• Family: ProFamilia Niederbayern e.V.
• Women: Hilfetelefon "Gewalt gegen Frauen" (Deutschlandweit)
• Violence: Verband der Beratungsstellen für Betroffene rechter, rassistischer und antisemitischer Gewalt e.V.
• LGBTIQ+: LGBTIQ+ Stammtisch Passau

Reporting office for incidents of anti-Semitism:

• Recherche- und Informationsstelle Antisemitismus Bayern (RIAS Bayern)

Workshops

• Empowerment Workshop for BIPoC students in Germany, Stud.IP-Nummer: 63031 (German/English)
• "The rumor about Israel - Rising anti-Semitism in Bavaria since October 7, 2023" on 24.05.2024 at 10-13:00 o'clok in presence with the RIAS Bayern, Stud.IP-Nummer: 63036 (German)

Courses for Self-defence

• Deescalation and Self-defence training for female students and employees at 11-14 o'clock, Stud.IP-Nummern von 69032 bis 69039 (German/English) 

The University of Passau offers individual counselling to students with disabilities in all phases of their studies.

Personal counselling
Your contact person at the university, Dr Ulrike Bunge, will be happy to advise you personally on all questions regarding the application for access arrangements. You are also welcome to contact us if you have special needs. Together with you, we will try to find a solution tailored to your personal needs.

Further information on access arrangements

At the University of Passau, various contact points offer free and confidential help with psychological problems during studies.

• Psychological Counselling Service
  The Psychological-Psychotherapeutic Counselling Centre is there to support you as a student of the University of Passau during your studies with individual counselling and support services. It tries to make it easier for you to integrate into the university, helps you to fulfil the requirements of your studies well and advises you on any personal, family or performance-related problems.

• Psychological Counselling of the Student Union
  Dipl. Psych. Johanna Zechmeister
  Dipl Psych. Sofia Morogianni
   

Free menstrual products at the University of Passau

On the initiative of the AStA, menstrual products are now available free of charge in the following toilets as part of a pilot project in cooperation with the Diversity and Equality Department:

Juridicum 025 (Unisex)
Nikolakloster 234 (Women's toilet)
Central Library 116 (Women's toilet)

University Day Care Centre "Krümelkiste"

TheUniversity Day Care Centre "Krümelkiste" is located on the campus grounds. There are two groups, each with twelve children aged from 8 months to 3 years. Preference is given to children of university members, especially students.

Short-term childcare on campus for children of students and guests of the University of Passau

An important date is coming up and you have a childcare shortage for your child at that time?
Please note the information in the leaflet.
It is necessary to make a request as early as possible using the online form.

Childcare at conferences

The Equal Opportunities Office advises and supports the organisation of childcare during conferences and events at the University of Passau.

Childcare services City of Passau

An overview of all day care centres, kindergartens and day nurseries as well as information on holiday care offers can be found on the website of the City of Passau.

The KidsBox: A mobile parent-child room

Since 2019, a mobile parent-child room, the so-called KidsBox, has been available at the University of Passau. The KidsBox is intended to help parents reconcile work or study and family life more easily, for example in the event of a childcare bottleneck.

The KidsBox can be borrowed from the Family Service.

Family Day on Repentance Day

The University of Passau organises its Family Day every year on Repentance Day (no school) in November. This is intended to facilitate the reconciliation of work or study and family: Employees and student parents of the University of Passau are cordially invited to bring their school-age children and grandchildren to the University on this day.

This year's Family Day will take place on 17 November 2021.

Thanks to the commitment of various institutions, professorships and chairs, a diverse workshop programme will be offered for school-aged children and young people.