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Family-friendly TU Dortmund

Guidelines

With a strong commitment to family justice, TU Dortmund University creates the best possible conditions for studying and working. Family‑friendly measures help researchers with families plan their careers more reliably, support students with family responsibilities in successfully completing their studies, and ensure that international guests with families feel welcome.

These guiding principles form the framework for our actions. Help us bring family justice to life at TU Dortmund University.

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Manfred Bayer

[Translate to English:] Porträtfoto vom Rektor Professor Manfred Bayer im Hörsaal © [Translate to English:] Benito Barajas​/​TU Dortmund

Guidelines for a family-friendly TU Dortmund:

  1. TU Dortmund University considers family orientation a key quality criterion in research, teaching, and administration.
  2. Family‑friendly measures support students and employees in balancing their responsibilities for children and family members with their studies and work.
  3. The university is committed to enabling students with children or other family duties to achieve their academic goals, taking their family circumstances into account. It also encourages open discussion about combining family life and career planning throughout the entire course of study.
  4. In research environments—especially for early‑career researchers—work processes and structures are designed to allow flexible and straightforward reconciliation of work and family. Particular attention is given to improving the predictability of academic careers to make starting a family easier.
  5. Overall, TU Dortmund University is guided by the conviction that all university operations should integrate family orientation as an essential framework condition in planning, implementation, and evaluation. Raising awareness, encouraging reflection, and actively promoting family orientation are central to this mission.