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Briefly explained
Why are there offers for women?
We offer female students and graduates the opportunity to exchange and network with female peers and role models. We want to encourage female KIT students to believe in themselves, to pursue their personal career goals with determination and to stand up for themselves.
As a career service, we are dedicated to all questions relating to applications and careers in order to support students in successfully mastering their career entry. In this context, it is also important for us to address the specific challenges faced by women.

Note: For KIT, women are more diverse than a biological gender. We understand women to be anyone who identifies as female.

Our events

KIT Female Power Hour

Our KIT female power hour exchange groups offer female KIT students a safe space to share their experiences and thoughts. In regular meetings, about three times a year, we discuss topics related to the life of women in studies, science and work. The exchange promotes the coming together of different perspectives and makes it possible to listen to and encourage each other.
Especially in science and STEM, women are often confronted with structural inequalities. Stereotypes, unconscious prejudices and existing power imbalances can influence their careers. In our discussion groups, we can openly address these issues, develop strategies together and learn from each other.
How do we deal with the challenges of the academic world? How can we support each other? How can we support each other when it comes to careers, career entry and work-life balance? It's not just about individual strength, but also about collective awareness. Our exchange rounds provide space for networking in solidarity, self-empowerment and empowerment. The meetings are interactive and open - each participant can contribute as much as she wants. A thematic input is intended to stimulate exchange.

Next dates:
  • 6. November 2025
  • 13. March 2026

Topic:
  • Clear the stage for improv
  • Floweredition

Click here to register for November 6

Oliver Wyman
How to detect fraud – Challenges im Transaktionsmonitoring
When: 13.11.2025 14 to 18 o'clock
Location: Online
Organizer: Oliver Wyman, a company of Marsh McLennan, advises clients worldwide on risk, strategy and operations, combining deep industry expertise with specialized analytics.
Target group: Female students of STEM and Industrial Engineering and Management

What is it about?


The workshop is specifically aimed at female studentswho can imagine a career as a data analyst in a dynamic environment. The Oliver Wyman Data & Analytics team will provide you with practical knowledge from the strategy consulting and financial sector.

In this interactive workshop "How to detect fraud", you will learn how transaction monitoring is used to detect financial fraud. The focus is on analyzing the large volumes of financial data that banks generate every day. You will learn how machine learning helps to identify patterns, detect suspicious transactions and make informed decisions.

Workshop focus:
  • Methods for analyzing transaction data and detecting suspicious accounts
  • Using modern algorithms to increase efficiency in monitoring
  • Current challenges and trends in the financial services sector
  • Practical approaches to data analysis and problem solving
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Meet & Match - Female Career

Objective the mini fair is intended to create a focused platform to bring female students in a specific subject area or on a specific topic into contact with selected companies. The aim is to expand career opportunities for students, enable targeted networking and offer companies access to highly qualified talent.

Event format:

Location: KIT Campus South, e.g. in the Audimax foyer
Duration: 4-5 hours
Procedure:
  • Welcome and opening (15 min.)
  • Company pitches
  • Fair operation: Students visit the company stands, ask questions and make contacts (2-3 hours)
  • Optional: Parallel short presentations or workshops by companies

Next Date:
  • 09.12.2025
  • No need to register

More information

Comments from our participants
Inspiring experiences
“I only planned to stay for a little while, but I was so captivated by the discussion that I stayed until the end. The panellists were inspiring: authentic, courageous mothers who spoke from the heart with great energy. I was particularly impressed by the appreciative tone — not women against men, but genuine cooperation.”

Adisa on the Alumnae in the Spotlight event: Female Role Models for Leadership on 21 May 2025.

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Consultations/coaching
The Career Service supports all KIT students in successfully starting their careers and positioning themselves successfully in professional life in the long term. Equal opportunities are important to us.
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Our programs and networks

Leadership Talent Academy
Value-oriented personality and career development for your path to leadership
Click here for the LTA

Women@KIT Linkedin group
This group is there to promote the exchange of all KIT women on topics related to work, career and female empowerment in the digital world and beyond.
Are you a student, alumna, scientist or administrative employee? We invite you to network with other women here.
Click here for the LinkedIn group

KIT Programs & Networks

Network of female engineers in the Faculty of Chemical Engineering
To enable women within the faculty, regardless of where they are in their academic career, to engage in both professional and social exchange.

Click here for the website
Mathematicians' lunch
An informal exchange in mathematics (students, staff and professors) - just give them the opportunity to get into conversation.

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Women in IT - WIT
Women with WITs* report on their very own experiences with computer science at various stages of their studies, lives and careers.

Click here for the website

MINToring – Mentoring program for female master students
Industry or research? What do you actually do during a doctorate? - Mentors provide insights and help with the decision.
To the IAI Website

WPF-KIT Women Professors Forum
A network of women professors at KIT.
To the WPF Website

WiKIT-Network for female scientists at KIT
Monthly network meetings, e-mail distribution list and mutual job introductions.
To the WIKIT Website

KHYS - Special programs for women
Special programs for young female scientists
To the KHYS Website

KIT pages on Equal Opportunities and Diversity

Advice on discrimination, sexualized violence and harassment, stalking, balancing work, studies and family, and much more.
Information on studying with children, studying with disabilities, applying for a name change, first-time academics, help with sexualized violence and mental health
With all the important information on balancing studies, career and family