Academic university staff

Personnel categories

The increase in the proportion of women in top academic positions has slowed recently, with the proportion of female professors currently standing at 35%, as it was in 2024.  In tenure track positions, the proportion of women is 51% in 2025. However, it should be noted that associate professorships are counted as university professors according to § 99/6 UG. Tenure track positions are therefore a highly fluctuating group of people and reflect not only new appointments but also “departures” to 99/6 professors in terms of gender proportions.

In 2025, there are five faculties/centers where the proportion of female professors ranges between 0 % and 17 %. At the other end of the scale, there are five faculties/centers where the proportion of women is 50 % or above. The difference between senior lecturers and senior scientists is striking: while the former have a female share of just under 60 %, the proportion is just under 40 % in the currently growing group of senior scientists.

The  categories “predocs total” and “postdocs total” encompass both employees funded through the global budget (university assistant predocs and postdocs) and those funded through third-party funds.

Note: associate professors accoring to § 99/6 UG (tenure track after fulfilling the qualification agreement) belong to university professors in terms of organizational law and are therefore assigned to the university professors. Tenure track positions include assistant professors and associate professors who fulfilled their qualification agreement before the 2016 amendment to the University Act.