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10.Oct2024

Opening week in the Wilhelmstraße refectory

Gewinnrad Mensa

On 30 September, we reopened the Wilhelmstraße refectory to guests for the first time. The work in the building has not yet been fully completed, so the meal plan is currently still somewhat limited. We ask for your understanding, as many processes are being optimised step by step.

We want to celebrate the return of Mensa Wilhelmstraße with you at the start of lectures. From 14 to 18 October, you can expect a special food offer under the motto ‘Leckeres aus’m Ländle’ as well as many great activities in the foyer. Here is an overview of the programme:

Monday, 14 October 2024 (11 a.m. to 2 p.m.)

Look forward to a Swabian lentil dish, Flädle with creamed vegetables, Gaisburger Marsch, vegan Maultaschen with potato salad and leaf salad as well as Swabian roast beef.

You can also sample freshly roasted coffee from COFYMI for free in the foyer and take part in our Stuwe competition. The main prize is tickets to Europapark!

Tuesday, 15 October 2024 (11 a.m. to 2 p.m.)

The menu includes Maultaschen in broth with potato salad and endive salad, homemade Swabian cheese spaetzle with roasted onions and leaf salad, Swabian apple cakes with vanilla sauce and meat loaf with onion sauce and fried egg.

There will be free lemonades and teas from ChariTea to try in the foyer.

Wednesday, 16 October 2024 (11 a.m. to 2 p.m.)

Today you can expect Swabian dishes with cream sauce, potato salad and endive salad, homemade lentil lasagne, Swabian cabbage fritters with leaf salad and vegetable scrambled eggs with herb sour cream.

The university big band will provide musical entertainment at lunchtime!

Thursday, 17 October 2024 (11 a.m. to 2 p.m.)

Our refectory team will be serving Swabian sauerbraten with red cabbage and potato dumplings, vegan meatballs with creamed savoy cabbage and boiled potatoes, Swabian sausage salad with roast potatoes and roast pork shoulder with sauerkraut and mashed potatoes.

A free photo box is available in the foyer – perfect for capturing fun memories with your fellow students. The Tübingen cinemas will also be on site with a wheel of fortune – there are lots of great prizes to be won.

Friday, 18 October 2024 (11 a.m. to 2 p.m.)

To round off Swabian Week, we are offering ham noodles with egg in a herb and tomato sauce and leaf salad. For the vegetarian guests we offer cabbage noodles.

We look forward to your visit!

09.Jul2024

No more gut feeling

Smartphone mit Speiseplan und CO2 Label

Tübingen. One third of global greenhouse gas emissions are generated in the food supply chain. Our decisions in favour of or against certain foods therefore contribute to climate protection. As part of a pilot project, the Studierendenwerk Tübingen-Hohenheim has therefore introduced CO2 labelling of its food offerings in the Morgenstelle refectory in Tübingen. “Students no longer have to rely on their gut feeling to assess how climate-friendly dishes are,” explains Philipp Mang, press spokesperson for the Studierendenwerk. “By indicating the carbon footprint, we are also making it easier for our guests to make a consciously sustainable choice in their eating behaviour.”

This is made possible by linking the entire merchandise management system and meal planning with the services of an external service provider. On behalf of the Studierendenwerk, the company Eaternity has calculated the emissions generated for each product and recipe on the menu and converted them into scientifically substantiated CO2 equivalents (CO₂e). This process is automated and runs on a daily basis.

The calculation takes into account the entire life cycle of a food product, from agricultural production and further processing through to packaging, preservation and transport – the journey “from farm to fork”, so to speak. These are average or approximate values. Emissions generated during cooling and processing in the refectory are not included.

The calculations are based on the Eaternity database. It is currently the largest and most comprehensive database for calculating climate-relevant emissions from meals and food products. It currently contains more than 550 ingredients. The database is maintained and further developed by scientists from the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), the University of Zurich (UZH), the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), Quantis and other institutions.

With this project, the Studierendenwerk is creating more transparency in terms of sustainability. In future, the labelling will be extended to other refectories.

28.Jun2024

Relocation coming soon

Mensa Shedhalle

Mensa returns from the Shedhalle to Wilhelmstraße

Tübingen. Studierendenwerk Tübingen-Hohenheim will reopen the landmarked refectory in Wilhelmstraße in the winter semester 2024/25. The existing refectory has been extensively renovated and modernised in recent years. The kitchen and operations building was also rebuilt. This means that operations in the temporary refectory in the Shedhalle will end on 26 July 2024.

Edith Hein, Managing Director of the Studierendenwerk, explains: “The Wilhelmstraße refectory is our central supply and service facility on the Valley Campus. We are therefore very pleased to be returning to the original location for the coming winter semester. In future, we will be offering our guests a wide range of culinary delights in the Wilhelmstraße refectory. The refectory not only offers our guests a place to eat, but also plenty of space for socialising, personal encounters and a good learning environment. A varied cafeteria offer and a modern coffee bar will be available to students and university employees until the evening hours. We would like to thank everyone who has made a diversion to the Shedhalle in recent years.”

Saying goodbye to the Shedhalle’s interim solution

On 26 July 2024, the kettles in the Shedhalle will be fired up for the last time. To bring this chapter to a fitting close, we are inviting all guests to  special days of events from 22 to 23 July 2024. Once again, popular refectory classics such as lentils with spaetzle or currywurst with chips will be on the menu. Those who have the right spin on the wheel of fortune can also look forward to exclusive refectory vouchers.

Relocation and changeover phase

The move from the Shedhalle to the new buildings will start on 29 July 2024. It will take a few weeks until everything is set up in the Wilhelmstraße refectory.

During this time, the University Library cafeteria and the Prinz Karl refectory will be open for students and staff. Unlike in previous years, the popular refectory in the old town will not be taking a break this summer.

At the end of the summer semester, we will also be saying goodbye to the Clubhaus cafeteria. It will also open for the last time on 26 July 2024 under the management of the Studierendenwerk. In future, the cafeteria will be run by the student body.

Information on the reopening

We will inform you about the exact opening date of the renovated Wilhelmstraße refectory and details of the new operating concept before the start of the winter semester 24/25.

 

11.Apr2024

Moderate adjustment of refectory prices for summer semester 2024

Studierende bedienen sich an der Salattheke

For the summer semester 2024, the Studierendenwerk is making a moderate adjustment to meal prices in the refectories for the first time in over four years. For students, the price for the daily menu will increase by 20 cents from €3.25 to €3.45 (the guest price for university employees and external visitors will increase from €6.90 to €7.10). This is the first price adjustment since January 2020.

The reason for the necessary price changes are the massive cost increases in the procurement of goods and energy prices since 2020. “We did not take this step lightly,” explains Edith Hein, Managing Director of the Studierendenwerk, “especially as many students are in a tight financial situation. However, the current price adjustment is necessary so that we can continue to ensure the good quality level of our meals. At the same time, it remains our aim to source products from local suppliers in the region – this is an important concern for many of our guests”.

The Studierendenwerk Tübingen-Hohenheim is financed not only by revenue from the halls of residence, refectories and cafeterias, but also by grants from the state of Baden-Württemberg and semester fees. This contribution is comparatively favourable for students in the Tübingen-Hohenheim university region. It is currently around €56 per semester. The national average for students is around €78 as a student union fee.

 

29.Jan2024

New date – Refectory Tour

Mensa Tour

How do you cook for several thousand guests every day? How are the ingredients processed in a large kitchen? And how much effort does it actually take to comply with the hygiene regulations?

All these questions will be answered by refectory manager Klaus Finkenzeller on the next guided refectory tour, to which we would like to cordially invite you.

The tour will take place on 26.04.2024 at 10:00 a.m. in the refectory Morgenstelle (Tübingen) and in German language. The number of participants is limited to 25 persons. If there is great interest, the event will be repeated at a later date.

Unfortunately, all places are already booked. The next event is expected to take place in May or June. We will inform you about this in time.

13.Nov2023

Information for pupils on the study information day

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Studierende in der Mensa

We invite all pupils to our refectory for the study information day on 20th November. However, payment is only possible without cash.

Pupils from all over Baden-Württemberg have the opportunity to get a taste of university life for the first time. Studies and refectory, they belong together. That’s why the Studierendenwerk invites all pupils interested in studying to eat in the refectory at a special student price on this day. Please note that payment is only possible without cash! Payment transactions in the refectory and cafeterias of the Studierendenwerk were completely converted to card payments some time ago. Payments for external guests are therefore only possible with EC and credit cards as well as via Apple and Google Pay.

15.Jun2023

One week without meat

Speiseplan Reutlingen Aktionswoche

Soy Bolognese, sesame-carrot sticks with dip or sweet potato-vegetable curry: From 26 to 30.6.2023, the team at the Mensa Reutlingen proves that a tasty and sustainable menu does not need meat. During the special promotion week, only vegetarian and vegan dishes will be offered.

You can find out in detail which dishes you can look forward to here or, as always, in our app. We wish you a good appetite!

14.Jun2023

Important info on cash-free upgrading

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Debitkarte

Many direct banks (such as ING, DKB, etc.) will no longer issue their customers with giro cards from 1.7.2023, as the provider Mastercard is discontinuing the Maestro payment system worldwide. So-called debit cards will then be used as an alternative.

This decision also has far-reaching effects on the Studierendenwerk’s payment transactions. Please note that our topping up stations do not support debit or credit cards! In these cases, it will only be possible to revalue your student ID or refectory card during opening hours at the payment terminals/checkouts in the cafeterias and refectories or via Autoload.

More information about Autoload can be found here.

14.Dec2022

Closing times over the turn of the year 2022/2023

News Weihnachtsessen
Closing times over the turn of the year 2022/2023

The Studierendenwerk is saying goodbye to you for a short winter break. We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year in 2023!

In the last week of lectures from 19 December 2022, our Tübingen cafeterias in the valley will be open for you as follows:

Clubhaus: 08:00 am – 02:00 pm; Unibibliothek: 10:00 am – 05:00 pm; Neuphilologicum and Theologicum: 09:30 am – 02:00 pm.

All catering facilities (cafeterias and dining halls) of the Studierendenwerk will be closed from Friday, 23 December 2022, up to and including Friday, 6 January 2023. From Monday, 9 January 2023, the usual opening hours will apply again.

There are different regulations for the BAföG InfoPoints and the Office for Student Financial Aid, the residence administrations, the psychotherapeutic counselling centre and the day care centres:

BAföG

The BAföG Office at Listplatz in Reutlingen and the International BAföG Office in Bismarckstraße in Reutlingen will be closed from Thursday, 22 December 2022 to Friday, 6 January 2023 inclusive. The team will be available again from Monday, 9 January 2023.

The Bafög-InfoPoint at Keplerstraße 2 (Tübingen) will be closed from Thursday 22 December 2022 until Monday 09 January 2023. The Hohenheim BAföG-InfoPoint will close from Wednesday 21 December 2022 until Friday 06 January 2023 and will reopen for you on 09 January 2023.

Residence administrations

The dormitory administrations in Tübingen and Hohenheim will be closed from Friday, 23 December 2022. The administration in Tübingen will be open again on 2 January 2023, and the staff in Hohenheim will be open again on 9 January 2023.

Psychotherapeutic Counselling Centre

The Counselling Centre will be closed from Friday, 23 December 2022 until Sunday, 01 January 2023. From 02 January 2023, the usual registration times will apply again.

Day care centres

The day care centres in Tübingen and Hohenheim will be closed from Friday, 23 December 2022 until Sunday, 01 January 2023.

 

 

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