CEWS University Ranking: University of Hohenheim achieves best grades for gender equality [02.07.25]
According to the Center of Excellence Women in Science and Research (CEWS), Baden-Württemberg has moved up from the lower to the upper midfield in the state rankings since 2021.
The proportion of women among researchers is growing, once again giving the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart a good result in the CEWS University Ranking. Overall, the University of Hohenheim placed in the top group in four of six indicators, and in the midfield in two others. In Baden-Württemberg, the Universities of Konstanz (also 4 x top group, 2 x midfield) and Tübingen (5 x top group, 1 x need for development) show comparable success. The rankings are based on an evaluation by the Center of Excellence Women in Science and Research (CEWS). The study ranks the absolute percentage of women in the 2023 sample year and compares the relative increases from 2018 to 2023 with that of the previous three years. The University of Hohenheim will publish even more up-to-date figures on 18 July 2025 in the annual report of the Gender Equality Representative. Complete CWUR Ranking at: doi.org/10.21241/ssoar.103043
The CEWS University Ranking 2025 gives the University of Hohenheim top grades for gender equality. | Image source: University of Hohenheim / Max Kovalenko
The University of Hohenheim has a particularly successful gender equality policy above all for early career researchers. One in two doctoral positions was held by a woman in 2023, and the proportion of female doctorates in 2021-2023 was 48.55 percent. In the same period, one in every three habilitations (post-doctoral lecturing qualification) was completed by a female post-doctoral lecturer (28.57 %). Among junior professorships, the proportion of female professors was as high as 50 percent.
Overall, female researchers made up 43.24 percent of the doctoral academic staff at the University of Hohenheim in the period under review 2021-2023. In the year 2018, it was still only 41.16 percent.
The University of Hohenheim is far above the state average also in terms of female professors. For 2023, the CEWS Ranking is 30.51 percent. The University of Hohenheim will publish current figures from the year 2024 on 18 July 2025 at the presentation of the annual report of the Gender Equality Representative.
BACKGROUND to the CEWS Ranking 2025
The CEWS ranking of the Center of Excellence Women in Science and Research is based on the most current figures of the Federal Statistical Office. It distinguishes between three types of university: universities (including colleges of education and theology), universities of applied sciences and administrative colleges, as well as colleges of art and music. The aim of the university ranking is to present the gender equality successes of universities in a nationwide comparison, and in doing so differentiated according to various areas (e.g. students, academic qualifications, staff, and changes over time). All information on the current ranking: https://doi.org/10.21241/ssoar.103043
Additional information
CEWS Ranking 2025: https://doi.org/10.21241/ssoar.103043
Current figures on gender equality in Hohenheim: https://www.uni-hohenheim.de/en/figures
Gender equality in Hohenheim: https://www.uni-hohenheim.de/en/gender-equality
Gender Equality and Diversity Office: https://gleichstellung.uni-hohenheim.de/
Text: Elsner
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