Our Policies for Strengthening Diversity, Ensuring Equal Opportunities and Encouraging Tolerance
The Bauhaus-Universität Weimar is actively committed to ensuring equal opportunities and inclusion, encouraging diversity and equality, protecting against discrimination and reducing disadvantage at the university. The Equal Opportunity Office and, since 2019, the Diversity Department are responsible for achieving these goals. Numerous measures, support programmes and initiatives have already been developed and implemented, including:
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar successfully completes »Shaping Diversity« audit
Together with eight other universities from Thuringia, the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar has successfully completed the two-year procedure for fostering diversity and been awarded certification for the coming three years. Various measures were developed as part of the audit and implemented at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. These include the installation of toilets for all genders, establishment of a diversity fund, implementation of measures for structural and digital accessibility, and deployment of diversity guides, who enable easy access to peer-to-peer counselling in case of discrimination.
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar recognized with »Total E-Quality« award
The Bauhaus-Universität Weimar successfully applied for the »Total E-Quality« award. This award is presented to scientific and industrial institutions that have successfully implemented and sustainable strengthened equal opportunities for both women and men within the institutions’ personnel and organisational policies. The jury confirmed that the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar »promotes a well-developed, professional equality, which is impressively practiced at the university«.
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»We, the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, are committed to freedom, open-mindedness, diversity , and internationality. We welcome everyone who comes here.
We reject all forms of exclusion, discrimination and attempts to turn those of different backgrounds and opinions against one another, as this undermines our fundamental values.
The Bauhaus-Universität is, and will continue to be, an open-minded place.
We are committed to an open-minded Thuringia and look forward with courage, curiosity and confidence to everything that comes our way.«
Prof. Peter Benz, President of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Dr. phil. Ulrike Kuch, Vice President for Social Transformation
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Timon Rabczuk, Vice President for Projects and Research
Dr. Simon Frisch, Vice President of Student and Academic Affairs
Dr. Horst Henrici, Chancellor
Project Team: Dr. Ulrike Kuch, Steven Mehlhorn, Claudia Weinreich, Luise Ziegler, Marit Haferkamp, Christiane Hempel
Many thanks to the following locations for allowing us to film there: The University Sports Centre, the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering’s »Abwasserlabor«, the Graduiertenkolleg Media Anthropology (GRAMA) Lounge in the Faculty of Media, the Bauhaus.Atelier, and the Faculty of Art and Design’s Wood Workshop.