Female Career
As a career service, we are dedicated to all questions relating to applications and careers in order to support students in successfully mastering their career entry. In this context, it is also important to us to address the specific challenges faced by women.Note: For KIT, women are more diverse than a biological gender. We understand women to be anyone who identifies as female.
The Career Service supports all KIT students in successfully starting their careers and positioning themselves successfully in professional life in the long term. Equal opportunities are important to us.
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KIT female power hour
Our Women@KIT exchange groups offer female KIT students a safe space to share their experiences and thoughts. In regular meetings, about three times a year, we discuss topics related to the life of women in studies, science and work. The exchange promotes the coming together of different perspectives and makes it possible to listen to and encourage each other.
Especially in science and STEM, women are often confronted with structural inequalities. Stereotypes, unconscious prejudices and existing power imbalances can influence their careers. In our discussion groups, we can openly address these issues, develop strategies together and learn from each other.
How do we deal with the challenges of the academic world? How can we support each other? How can we support each other when it comes to careers, career entry and work-life balance? It's not just about individual strength, but also about collective awareness. Our exchange rounds provide space for networking in solidarity, self-empowerment and empowerment. The meetings are interactive and open - each participant can contribute as much as she wants. A thematic input is intended to stimulate exchange.Our upcoming events:
- Topic Women Leadership, 10. July, 15 - 16:30 o'clock room 145/146 of the AVG building Register here
- Autumn 2025
Company Fair for women
Objective The mini fair is intended to create a focused platform to bring female students in a specific subject area or on a specific topic into contact with selected companies. The aim is to expand career opportunities for students, enable targeted networking and offer companies access to highly qualified talent.Description:Location: KIT-Campus South, for example in the Audimax-Foyer
Duration: 4-5 hours
Program:
- Greeting and Beginning (15 Min.)
- Company pitches
- Fair start: Students visit exhibitor stands, network and ask questions (2-3 hours)
- Optional: In the meantime there are various lectures.
Next date: 20.11.2025 IT for women - Link for registry follows
Alumnae in the Spotlight: female role models for leadership
How do women lead? What can the path to a management position look like for them? And what challenges await female managers? During a panel discussion, KIT alumnae in management positions will talk about their path and how they overcame obstacles. This will be followed by time for questions and networking. An inspiring evening at eye level - for students, alumnae and alumni and everyone who appreciates new perspectives and exchange. When:Wednesday, 21. May 2025, 18:00-20:00
Where: KIT-Campus SouthFurther informationen and registry
Further events are planned that particularly appeal to women, such as how to combine pregnancy and studying, how to assert yourself as a woman in the male-dominated STEM field, etc.
Our Networks and Programs:
Value-oriented personality and career development for your path to leadership
To the WebsiteThe scholarship and the Network for STEM enthusiasts!
All InformationThis group is there to promote the exchange of all KIT women on topics related to work, career and female empowerment in the digital world and beyond. Are you a student, alumna, scientist or administrative employee? We invite you to network with other women here.
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he aim is to enable both professional and social exchange for women within the department, regardless of where they are in their scientific careers.
To the WebsiteAn informal opportunity to meet up and talk.
To the WebsiteWomen with WITs give insights into their different stages: studentlife, Career paths and personal experiences within IT
To the WebsiteScience or rather business? What does one do during a doctorate? - female PhD students and postdocs give insights and support
To the WebsiteMonthly meetings, Newsletters, and job visits
To the WebsiteA network of women professors at KIT
To the WebsiteThe KIT departments for advise on equality and combining family life and work
Advise and support for discrimination, sexual violence, stalking, compatibility of job, studies, and family, etc.
To the Websiteinformation on studying with children, studying with disabilities, applying for a name change, first-time academics, help with sexualized violence and mental health
To the Websiteall important information about the compatibility of studies, work, and family
To the WebsiteKIT Pages on Equal Opportunities and Diversity
It is our mission to (further) develop innovative and effective measures on the way to more parity and to advance the topic of equal opportunities in strategic projects.
To the WebsiteKIT's diversity management supports employees and students in dealing constructively with the great variety of different lifestyles and social as well as cultural backgrounds and in integrating them profitably into everyday work
To the WebsitePrograms with external companies/scholarships
Special Programs for young female scientists
To the WebsiteUnsere Veranstaltungen
KIT female power hour
Unsere Austauschrunden von Women@KIT bieten Studentinnen des KIT einen geschützten Raum, um Erfahrungen und Gedanken zu teilen. In regelmäßigen Treffen, etwa dreimal im Jahr, diskutieren wir Themen rund um das Leben von Frauen in Studium, Wissenschaft und Beruf. Der Austausch fördert das Zusammenkommen unterschiedlicher Perspektiven und ermöglicht es, einander zuzuhören und sich gegenseitig zu bestärken.
Gerade in Wissenschaft und MINT sind Frauen oft mit strukturellen Ungleichheiten konfrontiert. Stereotype, unbewusste Vorurteile und bestehende Machtgefälle können ihren Werdegang beeinflussen. In unseren Austauschrunden können wir diese Themen offen ansprechen, gemeinsam Strategien entwickeln und voneinander lernen.
Wie gehen wir mit den Herausforderungen der akademischen Welt um? Wie können wir uns gegenseitig unterstützen? Wie können wir uns bei den Themen Karriere, Berufseinstieg und Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Beruf unterstützen? Es geht dabei nicht nur um individuelle Stärke, sondern auch um ein kollektives Bewusstsein. Unsere Austauschrunden geben Raum für solidarische Vernetzung, Selbstermächtigung und Empowerment. Die Treffen sind interaktiv und offen – jede Teilnehmerin kann sich so viel einbringen, wie sie möchte. Ein thematischer Input soll zum Austausch anregen.Nächste Termine:
- Thema Frauen und Führung, 10. Juli, von 15 bis 16:30 in Raum 145/146 im AVG Hier gehts zur Anmeldung
- Herbst 2025