• 1977 The Women's Department of the Austrian Student Union at the University of Graz is founded by the students of the Women's Center Bergmanngasse. They form feminist working groups at individual institutes.
• 1980s The first courses on explicit women's issues are held by female academics: Philosophy, Psychology, Romance Studies, but especially Pedagogy, German Studies and History.
• 1985 Interfaculty association of female students and university assistants at the University of Graz form the project group "Interdisziplinäre Frauenstudien"(Interdisciplinary Women's Studies): women's studies should "gain the best possible knowledge about the human life situation ...". Participants in the 1980s included: Anneliese Felber, Irmtraud Fischer, Elisabeth Katschnig-Fasch, Cecile Huber, Agnes Kurtz, Beate Frakele, Elisabeth List, Gertrude Pauritsch, Roswith Roth, Karin Schmidlechner, Gertrud Simon, Käthe Sonnleitner, Ingrid Spörk, Ulrike Tischler, Silvia Ulrich, Brigitte Verlic.
• 1986 First interdisciplinary lecture series entitled “Weiblicher Lebenszusammenhang und Wissenschaft” (Women's life context and science) at the University of Graz.
• 1987 Interdisciplinary women's lecture series entitled "Kinder machen" (Producing/Making children) and symposium "Menschenproduktion und Nachkommenschaft im Zeitalter der Gentechnologie" (Production of humans and  decendants in the age of gene technology) at the University of Graz.
• 1988 Interdisciplinary lecture series on "Die heilige Familie. Geschlechterverhältnis und Formen des familialen Zusammenlebens" (The holy family. Gender relations and forms of family life).
• 1988 Open working group of the Senate "Frauen an der Universität" (women at the University) is founded and coordinates the courses offered for the subject combination "Interdisziplinäre Frauenstudien" (interdisciplinary women's studies) and the allocation of inter-faculty teaching assignments on women's and gender studies (financed from the so-called "Frauentopf" of the Ministry of Science). List of recommendations to the Senate, including the establishment of an interfaculty institute for interdisciplinary women's studies and the implementation of women's studies as a recommended subject combination.
• 1988 Report on the "Situation der Frauenforschung an der Universität Graz" (the situation for women's studies at the university of Graz) , project management: Elisabeth List.
• 1989 The first Austrian women scientists' conference takes place in Baden, near Vienna.
• 1990 The block seminar on "Wie weibliche Freiheit entsteht" (how female freedom arises) is offered by lecturers of the lecture series.
• 1990 Amendment to the Universities Act (UOG 1975), which obliges every university to set up a Working Group for Equal Treatment Issues (AKGL) as a statutory advisory and monitoring body for all issues relating to protection against discrimination, gender equality and the advancement of women.
• 1991 The Working Group for Equal Opportunities (AKGL) is established at the University of Graz.
• 1991 Start of talks between representatives of the Senate's open working group "Frauen an der Universität" (women at the university) and the Federal Ministry on the establishment of a coordination office for women's research and women's studies. The Working Group for Equal Opportunities submits an application for the establishment of a special university institution §83, para. 5 UOG 1975.
• 1992 Approval from the Federal Ministry for such an institution for all three universities in Graz.
• 1993 Establishment of the Inter-University Coordination Center for Women's Studies in Vienna and Linz.
• 1993 First annotated women-specific course directory at the University of Graz by the Women's Department of the ÖH.
• 1994 13. June: OPENING OF THE INTERUNIVERSITY COORDINATION CENTRE FOR WOMEN'S RESEARCH AND WOMEN'S STUDIES for all three universities in Graz (the Medical University of Graz was part of the University of Graz until 2003): to support and expand research and teaching activities in women's and gender studies; service, advice, coordination and information for female academics and students in the field of women's and gender studies and teaching; promotion of young female academics and staff. Head: Roswith Roth. Research assistant: Barbara Hey.
• 1994 "INFORMATION" is published for the first time as the journal of the Austrian coordination centers (Graz, Linz, Vienna).
• 1994 Female (feminist alternative on the Internet) - Internet-supported communication platform for women's studies and teaching is founded at the University of Linz.
• 1995 The first WOMEN'S PROMOTION PLAN of the Ministry of Science based on the Federal Equal Treatment Act (1993) comes into force.
• 1995 The Scientific Advisory Board of the Coordination Center is constituted.
• 1995 First female professor with "Frauenforschung" as her main area of responsibility at the University of Graz: Ilse Brehmer, Educational Sciences.
• 1997 The equivalence of women's and gender studies with other research disciplines is incorporated into the University Studies Act.
• 1999 The Aigner-Rollet Visiting Professorship for Women's and Gender Studies is established and awarded to the faculties and universities for each semester in a rotation system. Financed mainly from third-party funds until 2012, since then it is funded from own funds.
• 1999 Head of the Inter-University Coordination Center: Gertrude Pauritsch.
• 2000 Barbara Hey takes over the management.
• 2001 The first plan for the advancement of women at the University of Graz comes into force. Among other things, a contingent of 17 inter-faculty courses on women's and gender studies, coordinated by the Coordination Center, is established (and thus secured).
• 2001 Start of the cross-university programme "Potenziale" on an EU-funded basis to promote a gender-balanced organizational culture at the universities in Graz. Since 2007, Potenziale has been financed exclusively by the four universities in Graz.
• 2001 Austrian women scientists' conference at the University of Graz, topic: "Frauenförderung = Hochschulreform".
• 2002 The curriculum "Interdisziplinäre Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung" (Interdisciplinary women's and gender studies) is offered as an elective specialization as part of the free electives or as an individual diploma program.
• 2003 Report "Zahlen und Fakten. Zur Situation der Frauen an der Universität Graz" (Numbers and facts. About the situation of women at the University of Graz), published by the Coordination Center, AKGL and the Vice-Rector for the Advancement of Women, is published for the first time and causes quite a stir, even in the Austrian press.
• 2003 First Summer School for young female academics, a ten-day condensed further education programme to promote academic organizational and career-promoting skills. It is held a total of five times until 2011.
• 2004 The universities set up their own coordination center on the legal basis of the UG. Renamed the Coordination Center for Gender Studies, Women's Studies and the Advancement of Women at the University of Graz.
• 2005 Constituent meeting of the Interfaculty Curriculum Commission for Women's and Gender Studies.
• 2005 Establishment of the professorship for "Soziologie der Geschlechterverhältnisse" (sociology of gender relations) at the Institute of Sociology, after several years of preparatory work. Appointed with Angelika Wetterer, and since 2015 Libora Oates-Indruchova.
• 2007 Start of the four-semester interdepartmental Master's program "Interdisziplinäre Geschlechterstudien" (interdisciplinary gender studies).
• 2007 Integration of a "Gender Studies" module into the university-wide basic module for all first-year students.
• 2009 Completion of the accreditation of the Joint Degree Master's program "Gender Studies" together with the University of Bochum.
• 2010 The "Bias-Sensibilisierung" workshop for academics with committee responsibilities is offered for the first time to optimize personnel selection procedures.
• 2011 Establishment of the event series "To be published" to highlight outstanding theses in Gender Studies.
• 2012 Start of the project "Work-Life-Balance" - for a cultural change in favor of new models of academic working methods.
• 2014 December 4: 20th anniversary celebration of the Coordination Center for Gender Studies, Women's Studies and the Advancement of Women as part of the 2nd Annual Conference of the ÖGGF (Austrian Society for Gender Studies) at the University of Graz.
• 2016 Renamed the Coordination Center for Gender Studies and Equal Opportunities
• 2017 Publication of the handbook"Mentoring als Nachwuchsförderung" with practical instructions for mentors.
• 2019 Diversity is anchored as an equality topic in the Coordination Center
• 2019 Establishment of the Elisabeth-List-Fellowship-Program for gender research.
• 2019 "DAY OF EQUALITY" on June 12 to celebrate "25 years of the Coordination Center"
• 2021 First "Summer School for female* scientists", 8 days in July 2021 in Semriach/Graz
• 2024 September 19: 30th anniversary celebration of the Coordination Center for Gender Studies and Equal Opportunities as part of the 10th conference of the ÖGGF (Austrian Society for Gender Studies) at the University of Graz. The conference entitled “Menschen - Maschinen - Umwelten” took place from September 18th to 20th in cooperation with Graz University of Technology.
• 2024 Sarah Zapusek takes over the management of the Coordination Center

When it comes to the education of girls and women, there are many efforts and struggles going on in the background. Since the middle of the 19th century, women from the middle and working classes have campaigned for women as well as men to have unrestricted access to education, training and teaching. For a long time, universities were exclusive to men and until well into the 20th century, women, although admitted, were at best treated as alien and often seen as a disruptive factor. For a long time, they were denied advancement as lecturers at universities in most branches of science due to their gender. Many behaviours that are now recognized as discrimination were considered normal and it was only the women's movement of the 1970s that brought about a real change in gender relations. The struggles and protests of female students, the demands and many years of efforts by female university assistants and the support from a part of politics that is critical of the patriarchy have since led to a slow, gradual reform of universities, which is certainly visible in the numbers.

• 1585 - 1897 Exclusion of women as regular students in 312 years since the founding of the University of Graz
• 1774 Compulsory education for "both sexes" (General School Regulations of Empress Maria Theresa)
• 1867 For the first time, women are permitted to study and are able to get a degree at a European university: Zurich
• 1873 Establishment of the first "girls' lyceum", with education spanning over six years, in the Danube Monarchy in Graz (without the right to take the school-leaving examination)
• 1896 External school-leaving examinations become possible for women at (boys') grammar schools
• 1897 Admission of women as regular students at the faculties of philosophy at the k.k. Universities
• 1898 Admission of the first regular female student at the University of Graz: Seraphine Puchleitner
• 1900 Admission of women as regular students at the medical faculties of the k.k. Universities
• 1902 First doctorate at the University of Graz: Seraphine Puchleitner, Geography
• 1905 Doctorate of the first practicing female doctor in Graz: Oktavia Aigner-Rollett
• 1907 First habilitation of a woman in the k.k. Monarchy (Vienna): Elise Richter (murdered in Theresienstadt in 1943)
• 1912 First girls' grammar schools with a regular school-leaving exam (Matura), including university entrance qualification, are admitted in Austria
• 1918 Admission of women as regular students at law faculties
• 1920 Rejection - due to her gender - of the habilitation application of Christine Touaillon, Germanist, by the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Graz
• 1929 First habilitation at the University of Graz: Dora Börner-Patzelt, histology and embryology
• 1934 First habilitation of a female physicist at the University of Graz: Angelika Szekely, Experimental Physics
• 1938 to 1945 Jewish teachers and students were excluded or expelled by the National Socialist terror regime
• 1945 Admission of women to study at Catholic theological faculties in Austria
• 1949 Carla Zawisch-Ossenitz, histologist, is appointed the first female regular professor at the University of Graz
• 1970s The second women's movement increasingly influences public life. Universities are identified as a stronghold of the patriarchy.
• 1970 The proportion of female students at the University of Graz is 32 % of the total number of students
• 1970 The proportion of female professors at the University of Graz in the total number of professorships is 2 %. A notable increase did not occur until 1973, when the number of female professors reached six (by 3 %). However, it remained at this level for the next two decades or so.
• 1971 Education offensive by the SPÖ all-party government - a "women's education revolution" begins
• 1975 According to the 5th SCHOG amendment, all types of schools are now open to both genders
• 1975 The new university law changes the old patriarchal Humboldtian university model (full professorial university) into a group university, which enables more democratic structures of representation and decision-making power. The women's movement as an external factor opens a window of opportunity for change at universities in the direction of equality.
• 1989 First Austrian women scientists' conference in Baden near Vienna
• 1990 Beginning of legal protection against discrimination for women at universities: amendment to the law establishing working groups for equal treatment issues at universities.
• 1991 Publication of the results of the "Women at Universities" working group of the Austrian Rectors' Conference with recommendations for the promotion of young female academics, for reducing access problems to the academic system and for ensuring that women are considered for equal qualifications.
• 1993 The Federal Equal Treatment Act is passed
• 1993 The first woman habilitates at the Institute of German Studies at the University of Graz: Beatrix Müller-Kampel
• 2001 The Karl-Franzens-University adopts a mission statement that includes equality, equal treatment and the advancement of women.
• 2002 The proportion of female students at the University of Graz is 61 % of the total number of students
• 2002 Proportion of female professors at the University of Graz is 7 % of the total number of professorships
• 2003 Brochure "Facts, figures, analyses - equal opportunities at the University of Graz" is published for the first time
• 2007 Start of the four-semester interfaculty Master's program "Interdisciplinary Gender Studies" at the University of Graz
• 2005 First female dean of the University of Graz: Ursula Schneider, Faculty of Social Sciences and Economics
• 2011 First female Rector of the University of Graz: Christa Neuper (until 2019), after 427 years of the University of Graz
• 2021 Share of female students at the University of Graz in the total number of students remains constant at 62 %
• 2021 Share of female professors at the University of Graz in the total number of professorships is 34.5 % (after 28 % in 2014)