The interuniversity Coordination Center for Women's Research and Women's Studies (KFF) opens its doors at the JKU on July 1, 1993. The KFF is funded by the Ministry of Science and the universities involved.

Legal expert and AKG chairwoman, Ursula Floßmann, becomes head of the KFF up until 1996. The institute is also staffed with a research associate and an administrative assistant. Sylvia Wiesner, who had been a research assistant at the KFF since 1994, succeeds her as director in 1997

The KFF's duties and responsibilities include providing women academics and students with academic advising services, publishing an annotated "Course Catalog for Women" and an information sheet for women, as well as supporting activities by women and publicizing these activities. At the beginning, the main focus lies on creating an international contact list of international feminist academics and women's research institutions.

In the fall of 1998, the JKU Senate votes to discontinue the Coordination Office and instead establish a university-wide Institute for Women's and Gender Studies (IFG). Monika Bacher is tasked with planning and coordinating the institute. The IFG opens its doors in 2001. The Office for the Advancement of Women is also established, assuming prior responsibilities at the KFF.