Family friendly university
The University of Applied Sciences Mainz received an audit certificate naming it a family friendly university at the end of March 2007, as the fifth university in Germany, after having already received a basic certificate in March 2004.
The certificate was awarded by the berufundfamilie gGmbH, an initiative of the non-profit Hertie-Stiftung. This was presented to the President of the University Dr. Gerhard Muth by the Family Minister Dr. Ursula von der Leyen on 19th June 2007 in Berlin.
With this auditing, the university accepts responsibility in society for ensuring the working and studying conditions of parents with children, in order to promote expertise and also to make the university more attractive for women, thus increasing its competitiveness. Our overall goal is to promote the university’s image as a family friendly university.
The family-oriented measures instituted by the University of Applied Sciences Mainz include:
- Flexible working hours
- Family friendly atmosphere
- Childminder network
- Partial retirement is possible
- Decentralised work in scientific areas
- Women’s promotion plan
Goals for future measures are:
- Family friendly meeting scheduling
- Promotion of the acceptability of decentralised work
- Taking social competence into consideration as a criteria for staff appointments
- Incentive system to promote participation in leadership training
- Introduction of a yearly work account
Further information about the audit can be found under Work and family
