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Family life on campus

There are many services and facilities which make family life on campus easier, such as changing tables and nursing rooms, child-friendly cafeterias, student dorms for families, and free-time activities located directly on campus.

If you know of other parent-child facilities or changing tables which we haven't listed here, don't hesitate to contact us!

Changing tables and parent-child rooms at Universität Hamburg

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Service: Parent-child room

The parent-child room in the University Administration

The parent-child room at Mittelweg 177 (ground floor, Room S 0014) is available to all University Administration employees for short-term gaps in childcare. In exceptional cases, academic faculty and other University staff members may also use the room. For more information and to register prior to first use, please contact Svenja Saure (svenja.saure"AT"uni-hamburg.de)!

Advance registration required: familienbuero"AT"uni-hamburg.de
Booking requests: wd.mittelweg"AT"uni-hamburg.de

Parent-child rooms MIN-Faculty

Bahrenfeld Campus
Building 67, Room 111
Luruper Chaussee 149
22761 Hamburg

Stellingen Campus
Informatikum, Haus C, Rm 120
Vogt-Köln-Straße 30
22527 Hamburg

Grindel Campus
Room 1007
Grindelberg 5-7
20144 Hamburg                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

For registration, booking requests and further Informations please contact Sebastian Zubrzycki (sebastian.zubrzycki"AT"uni-hamburg.de)


Parent-child room Institute of Psychology
Room K02
Mollerstraße 10
20148 Hamburg

Parent-child room Faculty of Humanities
1st Floor, Room 01042
Überseering 35
22297 Hamburg

Parent-child room Department of Asia-Africa Studies
ESA East, Room 107
Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, East wing
20146 Hamburg


Toy boxes

Students and staff might have to bring their children to the campus or the office for many reasons: Perhaps the childcare provider is closed for the day, there is an outbreak of lice at the kindergarten, the nanny has to cancel, a child has just recovered from an illness but is not ready to return to school, or a guest lecturer needs to bring children along over the weekend. To ease the situation for parents and children, we provide portable toy boxes (sponsored by the University's Equal Opportunity Unit). You can borrow one at any of the locations listed below.

Where to borrow a toy box

  • Testothek of the Institute of Psychology
    Contact person: Ines Vester
    Von-Melle-Park 5, Room 4048
    20146 Hamburg
    Tel.: +49 40 42838-8104
    testothek.pb"AT"uni-hamburg.de

Free time activities

University Sports

University Sports at Universität Hamburg runs a special children's program for children between one and eleven, including opportunities with and without parents. For information about current courses, costs, and capacities, please see the University Sports pages.

Children's University Hamburg

Every fall, children between eight and twelve years old can attend the University over a period of six weeks. Real professors come to the Audimax to answer questions like "Where does wind come from?" or "What was Ötzi doing in the mountains?" For more information about the Children's University and the current course catalog, please see www.kinderuni-hamburg.de!

The University's scientific collections help empower kids

Within the framework of the initiative "Culture is Strength. Education Alliances" of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), children get a chance to explore Hamburg's museums and realize ideas on their own. Two of our University collections succeeded with their application projects in the national contest:

In 2014 Universität Hamburg's introduced its Center for Collections and Museums. Ever since, the center has coordinated numerous educational projects like the empowering young people initiative, and has strongly been promoting the implementation of similar projects. Thus, our valuable scientific collections will further contribute to education, research, and teaching purposes.

Child-friendly cafeterias

  • Furnishings and equipment (children's corner, high chairs, changing tables)
    The cafeterias run by Studierendenwerk Hamburg provide various types of high chairs. The cafeteria on the main campus also has its very own children's corner, with toys and room for baby carriages or prams. 
  • YoungsterCard
    Children up to the age of twelve and whose parents are enrolled at Universität Hamburg, the HAW, HafenCity Universität (HCU) or the TU Harburg can eat for free at cafeterias run by Studierendenwerk. Parents merely need to apply at the cashier's for a YoungsterCard (using valid proof of enrollment and your child's birth certificate) or sign online form (PDF, german only). Just show this when you eat at the cafeteria.