• For questions relevant to equality
• Equality advice and support is currently provided by phone or digitally via Jitsi-Meet. If you have any questions about this, just send me an email.
• In the area of reconciling studies/work and family , Equal Opportunity works closely with the Office of Equal Opportunity 's Compatibility Division:
  • The Hochschule Niederrhein places a high priority on the compatibility of family and/or studies and career. As a family-friendly university, we offer various childcare options:
    • In cooperation with the MaxiMUMM daycare center, we offer daycare occupancy places for children of our students and employees near the university in both Mönchengladbach and Krefeld.
      If you are interested, please contact the Office for Equal Opportunity.
    • For the 6-12 year old children of our students and employees, the Compatibility Department of the Office for Equal Opportunity regularly offers a Vacation Care during the school holidays.
    • The KreativLaboffers the 9-14 year old children of our students and employees the opportunity to become creatively active themselves.
  • The topic of care is becoming increasingly important.In addition to our consultations on the topic of care, our network partner, the "Netzwerk pflegend Beschäftigte" (network of employees who care), offers our employees further services. In addition to regularly offered specialist lectures, the network can be reached by telephone seven days a week around the clock for those seeking help and supports the persons concerned in various aspects relating to the topic of care.
  • Under the term teleworking/mobile working, we summarize flexible forms of work in which our employees perform part of their work outside the university buildings. Within the scope of the possibilities of the respective position, we offer work in a home office to support a better balance between family/care and career. Currently, the service agreements for this area are being revised.
  • All employees of the Hochschule Niederrhein have the option of using flexible working hours to better balance their work with individual needs.
  • Manage work and family! Do you have family responsibilities or other personal reasons that require you to reduce your working hours / work part-time? The Hochschule Niederrhein follows the principle of accommodating you as far as possible regarding your working hours. Why? We want you to be able to manage your life well in all areas.
  • With us, you can advance your career on a part-time basis. We make sure that, as far as possible for service reasons, management responsibilities can also be taken on part-time. Many further training courses for employees can also be taken part-time. We attach great importance to this when selecting providers. If this is not possible, we give preference to offers that organize childcare.
  • Take advantage of the part-time apprenticeship opportunity. We want to give you, as a committed parent caring for a relative, the chance to complete a good apprenticeship and earn a vocational qualification. To this end, we offer you family-friendly framework conditions. Part-time apprenticeships are currently available in our administration. If you are interested, we would be happy to provide you with more information about part-time apprenticeships.
  • One job - two jobs At our company, it is generally possible to share a job(job-sharing). If the position allows it, we implement a variety of individual models. In practical application, we initially allocate a vacant position on a part-time basis and, once the contract has been completed, look for a suitable counterpart, then also on a part-time basis.
  • The central equal opportunity officer is involved in the revision of regulations (currently: basic and election regulations) and can thus contribute aspects relevant to equal opportunity.

All people have the same dignity and the same rights. We want to prevent discrimination of any kind at all levels. No person should be discriminated against because of their gender. Equality actively works to prevent sexism in any form and at all levels.

Have you experienced a sexist assault or feel discriminated against because of your gender?

Get in contact with us, we will help!

By law, equality is involved in selection procedures for professorships(appointment procedures) and employees.

When making a professional decision for the Hochschule Niederrhein is a decision also depends on the private conditions, for all those who are affected by your change of location or profession. That is why we are here for all those affected.

We are a member of the Dual Career Network Rhinelanda network of universities and research facilities. The aim is to attract excellent scientists to the Rhineland region. To this end, the network partners not only offer excellent job opportunities, but also provide dual-career couples with a practical means of combining career and partnership/family. Academic couples in particular will find support here.

Orientation measures on studies and apprenticeships at the Hochschule Niederrhein are organized for pupils(Girls' & Boys' Day, MINT DUAL, projects in and with schools) to help them broaden their perspectives and make their decision about their future career path detached from traditional gender roles.

Equality regularly organizes lectures, seminars and workshops on equality issues, also with the involvement of cooperation partners.

One specialisation is the special promotion of women with regard to their careers, as women, despite equal performance and often better degrees, are often placed at a disadvantage in professional life. To counteract this disadvantage, we provide women with knowledge and skills in seminars that enable them to market themselves more effectively.

In addition, Equality also supports female doctoral students(doctoral sponsorship), particularly in areas where women with doctorates are underrepresented.

Equality supports the university in positioning itself as an attractive employer and place to study.
The Hochschule Niederrhein has been certified with the "audit familiengerechte hochschule" since 2010. As a family-friendly employer, The Hochschule Niederrhein strives to align its culture in the area of organization and leadership with the talents and competencies of its employees. To this end, we want to make optimal use of the diversity of our employees' skills, experience and potential. To this end, we align our HR work with the phases of life and focus on framework conditions that contribute to a better balance between work, care, nursing and private life. We are developing strategies to prepare our HR culture and our managers for these challenges and tasks.

As an attractive place to study, we want performance alone to count.
Everyone should have an equal opportunity to pursue higher education, regardless of background, circumstance or educational background.
As a university, we want to comprehensively consider the diversity of our students in their everyday studies. We design tools and measures for different university groups that enable us to better integrate them and accompany them more successfully on their path to a degree.
The university expresses this attitude, among other things, with the "Shaping Diversity" certificate from the Stifterverband der deutschen Wissenschaft (Donors' Association for the Promotion of Sciences and Humanities in Germany) received in 2018 as part of the diversity audit.