Awards and Rankings
Diversity Audit "Shaping Diversity" - Certificate 2023
The University of Potsdam has successfully completed the diversity audit "Shaping Diversity" and received the certificate of the same name from the Stifterverband für die deutsche Wissenschaft. It confirms that it sees the diversity of its students and employees as an opportunity and has found ways to use this potential for the development of the university. The certificate is valid for three years. To date, 59 universities have already successfully participated in the Stifterverband's Diversity Audit.
TOTAL E-QUALITY
Organizations from business, science and administration as well as associations that successfully implement equal opportunities in their personnel and organizational policies are awarded the TOTAL E-QUALITY rating. TOTAL E-QUALITY stands for Total Quality Management (TQM), supplemented by the gender component (Equality). The University of Potsdam received the award in 2023 for the 8th time in a row.
Federal Cliché-Free Initiative
The initiative Klischeefrei (Cliché-Free) promotes career and study choices that are free of gender stereotypes. The nationwide association of partner organizations from education, politics, business, practice and science implements goal-oriented measures, networks and exchanges materials and good practice. As a partner of the initiative, the University of Potsdam pursues the goal of establishing gender-equitable study and career choices in the STEM field, e.g., with the orientation week tasteMINT or Roberta workshops.
CEWS University Ranking by Equality Aspects
The CEWS University Ranking Based on Gender Equality Aspects has been compiled since 2003 by the Centre of Excellence Women in Science and Research (CEWS) as part of the GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences and has since established itself as an integral part of quality assurance for gender equality at universities. The aim of the university ranking is to present the gender equality achievements of universities in a nationwide comparison using quantitative indicators. Every two years, it highlights changes and trends in gender equality at universities, differentiating between various areas (students, academic qualifications, staff, and changes over time). In 2025, the University of Potsdam once again secured its place in ranking group 2 in the CEWS overall ranking of universities with 11 out of 12 points, placing it in the highest category possible (together with the universities of Berlin Hertie School of Governance (private university), Duisburg-Essen, Hildesheim, Marburg, Munich University of the Federal Armed Forces, and Saarbrücken University of the Saarland).
CEWS-Publication 2025 (only available in German)