Social Topics
Students can contact the Studierendenwerk for personal, financial or legal questions. Support is provided free of charge and confidentially. Students with children also receive special support.
Psychotherapeutic
Counselling Centre
For over 50 years, the Student Services Association’s Psychotherapeutic Counselling Centre has been supporting students in Tübingen and Hohenheim with study-related and personal crises. The temporary counselling sessions provide relief, stabilise and, if necessary, point students towards further help. The low-threshold service uses psychotherapeutic methods, but is not a substitute for medical treatment.
The service is free of charge for students and is financed from the organisation’s own funds, semester fees and state subsidies. In addition to personal counselling sessions, online formats via video and messenger services are also available.
Stefan Balz
Head of Psychotherapeutic Counselling Centre
“In 2024, a total of 151 consultations took place on 42 Tuesdays as part of the open consultation hours.”
Insurance cover
The Studierendenwerk Tübingen-Hohenheim offers students comprehensive insurance coverage for everyday life. In 2024, 95 accidents were reported through statutory accident insurance. There were three claims under supplementary insurance: one household contents claim and two claims under cloakroom and bicycle insurance, with a total reimbursement of €260.99.
legal advice
In 2024, 427 students took advantage of the legal advice services offered by the Tübingen-Hohenheim Student Union – an increase of 25.6% over the previous year. A total of 487 consultations took place, evenly distributed between in-person and telephone appointments. Most of those seeking advice came from Tübingen, followed by Hohenheim and Reutlingen.
As in previous years, the main topic was tenancy law, followed by questions about higher education law, student financing and broadcasting licence fees. Lawyer Sabine Gehweiler provided expert advice on behalf of the Student Services Association. Appointments can be made easily and conveniently online.
daycare centers
The campus-based daycare centres in Tübingen and Hohenheim offer student parents flexible all-day care thanks to their long opening hours. Fees are based on income (Tübingen) or currently amount to €110 plus €80 for meals for students’ children (Hohenheim).
An average of 70 children of students and university staff were cared for at both locations – 28 children under the age of three and 42 children over the age of three.
The daycare centres were financed by municipal subsidies amounting to €1,347,000, parental contributions amounting to €201,000 and the student union’s own funds amounting to €336,000
