Family-friendly university

Financial aids

An overview of financial assistance for families can be found

• here at Seezeit Studierendenwerk Bodensee
• here at the German Student Union
• here at the Studentenwerk Gießen.

BAföG-eligible students with a child under the age of 14 receive a childcare supplement. Applications are available online or at the Seezeit Service Center in the Mensa. Initial advice can also be obtained there.

There is no other financial aid specifically for student parents, but there are various support measures or offers for parents in general, for students in general, and for people in financial need. They are presented in the brochure Studying with Family Responsibilities, which can be downloaded below. In particular, we would like to point out the information on the child supplement (KiZ). Here you can find out more, and here you can check whether you are eligible and, if necessary, apply for the supplement online. Please also note the information on possible subsidies for childcare costs.

In cases of hardship, students can apply for bridging assistance from the Seezeit Student Union apply.

The Federal Foundation Mother and Child - Protection of Unborn Life helps pregnant women in emergency situations.

Students who have an ERASMUS-stay (study or internship semester in another European country) with one or more children receive a monthly top-up. Please contact the International Office.

Parents Forum and Club F.A.I.R.

In cooperation with our university and the PH Weingarten, the student club F.A.I.R. organizes a so-called parents' forum. The dates are announced by the Club F.A.I.R. via e-mail. The Parents' Forum is intended to offer students with child(ren) the opportunity to make contact with each other, to exchange information and experiences, to learn about new developments at the universities and to voice their concerns.

Club F.A.I.R. is a joint initiative of RWU and PH students and primarily supports students with children, contact: clubfair@web.de.

For employees: Caregiver leave

For employees, the Act to Improve the Reconciliation of Family, Care and Work has created a legal entitlement to time off for various situations in which close relatives require care or assistance. For state civil servants, the very similar provisions under Section 74 of the State Civil Servants Act apply.

An initial overview of the leave options can be found in the overview of caregiver leave, and detailed information can be found at the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs.

Caregiver leave can be applied for or reported at the HR Department.

For students: Special regulations in the study and examination regulations

For students caring for a close relative, the same special regulations of the Study and Examination Regulations (SPO) apply as for students with children. The special regulations allow the study program to be stretched out over a longer period of time. They can be found in § 28 of the Bachelor's SPO and § 26 of the Master's SPO. The SPO's are deposited in the download area of the examination office.

Verification:

• In the case of home care, a caregiver must be specified in the application to the nursing care insurance fund. This caregiver will then also be named in the benefit notification that the care insurance company sends to the person in need of care if his/her application has been positively decided, i.e. a care degree has been granted. If the student is the caregiver listed here, this benefit notification is the proof that must be presented in the examination office.
• If the student is not the caregiver listed, but lives in the same household as the caregiver and provides care support to the caregiver (i.e.: Student lives with his/her mother; she is the registered caregiver for the grandfather, but student assists the mother with care), the caregiver should confirm in an informal letter that the student is involved in caregiving. This letter must then be submitted to the Student Examinations Office along with the above-mentioned benefit notification.
• If neither case applies to you, please describe your situation. A case-by-case examination will then be carried out

Close relatives according to § 7 para. 3 of the Caregiver Leave Act are

1. Grandparents, parents, parents-in-law, stepparents,
2. spouses, life partners, partners in a marriage-like or life partnership-like community, siblings, spouses of siblings and siblings of spouses, life partners of siblings and siblings of life partners,
3. Children, adopted or foster children, the children, adopted or foster children of the spouse or domestic partner, children-in-law and grandchildren.

If necessary, please contact your program director or contact the person listed under "Contact & People".

You can find an initial overview of questions and answers on the topic of "Study and Care" in the: CHE guidebook "Short and compact: Studying and caring for relatives".

Crèche and day nursery

On campus

There are two facilities on campus that preferentially accept students' children. Applications for admission for a kindergarten year (September - August) must be submitted to the respective institution by mid-February. Thus, there is only one application deadline per year and it is well before the time when applicants find out if they will be offered a place at the university. Unfortunately, for first-year students, especially in the summer semester, it is therefore usually not possible to obtain a childcare place at short notice.

Day nursery Villa Kunterbunt for children from 8 months - 3 years

Provider: Studierendenwerk Bodensee Seezeit

Daycare center Mullewapp for children from 2 - 6 years

Provider: Studentenwerk Weiße Rose e.V.

In the city

In addition, the childcare facilities at the parents' place of residence are an option.

Childcare City of Weingarten

Childcare City of Ravensburg

Betreuung im Krankheitsfall

Da-Sein für Kinder

Die St. Elisabeth-Stiftung bietet die Vermittlung von geschulten ehrenamtlichen Betreuerinnen, die sich um Ihr krankes Kind bei Ihnen zu Hause kümmern. Näheres erfahren Sie auf den Seiten der St. Elisabeth-Stiftung. 

Individual support

Tageselten

Daycare mothers or fathers can be an alternative or supplementary option for care. For children between 1 and 3 years of age, the youth welfare office covers a large part of the costs, regardless of income.

For more information, please contact the daycare placement office in the Ravensburg district.

Vacation care

In Weingarten

The city of Weingarten offers:

• Vacation care (full or half day) for elementary school children during the Easter vacations, the Whitsun vacations, the last two weeks of the summer vacations, and the fall vacations.
• Half-day care including lunch for children transferring from kindergarten to school during the first week of school in September.

Both offers are also open (with a small surcharge) to children who do not go to school in Weingarten. You can find more information here.

In Ravensburg and the surrounding area

The Ravensburg vacation program and camps offered by other providers and reported to the city of Ravensburg can be found here.