# Gender Monitoring
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Copyright: © Stefan Hense
At RWTH Aachen University, women remain underrepresented in most areas. To address this imbalance, the University has set a goal of increasing the proportion of women in professorial positions to 30 percent by 2030. In addition, discipline-specific gender quotas for hiring are determined for the various faculties in accordance with [§ 37a HG NRW](https://recht.nrw.de/lmi/owa/br_bes_detail?sg=0&menu=0&bes_id=28364&anw_nr=2&aufgehoben=N&det_id=685564) using the cascade model. The current quotas for each discipline are published in the [official announcement linked here](https://www.rwth-aachen.de/global/show_document.asp?id=aaaaaaaacpawijj). Please note that these documents are only available in German.
## Gender Quotas Under the Higher Education Act
The cascade model is a quota system designed to increase the proportion of women at successive career stages in higher education. The goal is for the share of women at each higher level to reflect the proportion of women at the level below.
Under § 37a HG NRW, the proportion of women at the rank immediately below professorship is used as the benchmark for setting targets in new appointments. This step serves as the reference point within the cascade.
- [Source: Netzwerk Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung NRW - Glossar (de)](https://www.gender-statistikportal-hochschulen.nrw.de/glossar-k#c2060)
## Facts and Figures
RWTH publishes annual gender monitoring data that track the representation of women and men across different roles and areas of the University, as well as changes over time. These data highlight progress, stagnation, or even regression, making it possible to evaluate whether additional measures are needed or whether existing initiatives are having an impact. Gender monitoring is therefore both an accountability tool and a means of benchmarking against other universities nationally and internationally.
For reasons of data protection, and because automatic data collection does not (yet) adequately capture diverse gender identities, the data continue to be reported in binary categories.
## Gender Monitoring at RWTH
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## Gender Ratios Across University Roles
### Academic Career Paths
The figures show the gender distribution across academic qualification levels, from students to full professors. The data make clear that the proportion of women decreases with each successive stage.
The [Gender Leporello](https://www.rwth-aachen.de/global/show_document.asp?id=aaaaaaaachrnnkk) (de) is available in print from the Equal Opportunities Office.
### Leadership Positions
The figures show the current gender distribution in leadership roles at RWTH. Women are underrepresented at nearly all levels.
[Leadership Positions](https://www.rwth-aachen.de/global/show_document.asp?id=aaaaaaaacdnmzki) (de)
### Women Students in STEM Fields
This report provides an overview of trends in the proportion of women students in STEM (MINT) fields at RWTH Aachen University since the winter semester of 2008/09. During this period, women have made up more than 50% of students in biology and architecture, while remaining significantly underrepresented in fields such as computer science and mechanical engineering (fewer than 20 percent). In many disciplines, the proportion of women has stagnated or even declined.
[Women Students in STEM Fields](https://www.rwth-aachen.de/global/show_document.asp?id=aaaaaaaacdnncqp)
### Gender Ticker
The Gender Ticker offers an annual snapshot of gender representation across different roles and areas at RWTH Aachen University.
[Gender Ticker 2025](https://www.rwth-aachen.de/global/show_document.asp?id=aaaaaaaadazjlwf) (de)
## Contact
### [Jana Zimmermann](https://www.rwth-aachen.de/cms/root/wir/Einrichtungen/Einrichtungen-A-Z/Gleichstellungsbuero/~uiqtv/Zimmermann-Jana/lidx/1/contact/aaaaaaaaabdkjrf/)
Deputy Equal Opportunities Officer
[Phone:
+49 241 80-99237](tel:+4924180-99237)\
[Send Email](mailto:jana.zimmermann@gsb.rwth-aachen.de)\
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## Downloads
- [RWTH Equal Opportunities Plan (de) (pdf: 1841kb)](https://www.rwth-aachen.de/global/show_document.asp?id=aaaaaaaaaaxkxas&download=1)
## External Links
- [2025 Ranking of Higher Education Institutions by Gender Aspects (de)](https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/103043?locale-attribute=en)
- [Statistics Portal of the NRW Women and Gender Research Network (de)](https://www.gender-statistikportal-hochschulen.nrw.de/start)
- [Participation figures and statistics on women in European science (She figures) (de)](https://projects.research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/en/knowledge-publications-tools-and-data/interactive-reports/she-figures-2024)
- [European Institute for Gender Equality – Gender Statistics](https://eige.europa.eu/gender-statistics/dgs)
- [GWK Publication: Equality in Academia and Research (de)](https://www.gwk-bonn.de/en/themen/weitere-arbeitsgebiete/chancengerechtigkeit)
- [Gender Report for NRW (de)](http://www.genderreport-hochschulen.nrw.de/start-genderreport/)
- [CEWS Gender Statistics (de)](http://www.gesis.org/cews/unser-angebot/informationsangebote/statistiken/)
- [Gender Equality in Executive and Decision Making Bodies at Universities and Research Institutions (de)](https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/bitstream/handle/document/79603/ssoar-2022-lother-datenreport_Geschlechtergleichstellung_in_Entscheidungsgremien_von.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y&lnkname=ssoar-2022-lother-Datenreport_Geschlechtergleichstellung_in_Entscheidungs)
- [WSI Gender Data Portal (de)](https://www.wsi.de/de/wsi-genderdatenportal-14615.htm)