The cross-mentoring program, opens an external URL in a new window targets (future) women executives, experts, and professionals in order to actively support women and advancing their respective careers.

Over the course of 8 months, a mentor from 'company A' mentors a female participant from 'company B', creating an individual, mutually enriching, supportive and guidance-oriented relationship spanning multiple companies.

The program seeks to boost the number of women in executive positions throughout Upper Austria, as their expertise, creativity and characters are key resources in leadership positions.

The JKU established a “Coordinating Office to Support Research by Women and Women's Studies” back in the summer of 1993. The 30th anniversary in 2023 was an opportunity to learn more and address the history of the advancement of women at the JKU.
 

See: www.jku.at/frauenfoerderung to learn more.

Despite some encouraging progress in recent years, the proportion of women actively involved in the fields of mathematics, computer science, natural sciences and technology remains relatively low. The Department of Gender & Diversity Management has joined forces with the Department of STEM Didactics (Linz School of Education) to create a digital career guidance program for 4th class MS/AHS students and introduce girls to STEM subject areas as potential career opportunities.

A series of five short films made by junior women researchers at the JKU provide insight into their respective areas of research and and point out that it's time to leave the (exclusively) male bias in technical/science subjects far behind us. In addition to the videos, educators can also find inspirational materials to support in-class lessons.

Click here, opens an external URL in a new window to learn more about the "MI(N)TMACHEN - Berufsorientierung an der JKU" program.