Dorothea Schlözer Medal

With the Dorothea Schlözer medal, which was endowed in 1958, the University honours women who have rendered outstanding services to academia and are committed to women’s education, in particular in higher education.


  • 2016 Prof. Dr Rita Süssmuth
  • 2011 Prof. Dr. Helga Nowotny
  • 2009 Prof. Dr Jutta Limbach (deceased 10 September 2016)
  • 2007 Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Mary Osborn
  • 1992 Ingeborg Behr-Hoyer
  • 1987 Dr. Julia Dingwort-Nusseck
  • 1962 Dr. Dr. h.c. Marie-Elisabeth Lüders (deceased 23 March 1966)
  • 1962 Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Lise Meitner (deceased 27 October 1968)
  • 1958 Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (deceased 1 December 1990)