Childcare
Studying or working and raising a child—are these compatible? Yes! If you have good, flexible childcare.
This page contains information on childcare services near the University and about Hamburg's "Kita" or childcare voucher system.
We can help find the right type of childcare for your child!
Parent-child rooms
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: loge-mittelweg@uni-hamburg.de(loge-mittelweg"AT"uni-hamburg.de)
Bahrenfeld Campus
Building 67, Room 004, Building 6, Room 001 and Building 610 (HARBOR), Room 2026
Luruper Chaussee 149
22761 Hamburg
For registration, booking requests and further Informations please contact Eileen Schwanold (eileen.schwanold"AT"uni-hamburg.de)
Stellingen Campus
Informatikum, Haus C, Room 120
Vogt-Köln-Straße 30
22527 Hamburg
Grindel Campus
Room 1007
Grindelberg 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 E005
Mollerstraße 10
20148 Hamburg
Parent-child room Faculty of Humanities
Room A8001
Von-Melle-Park 6
20148 Hamburg
Parent-child room Department of Asia-Africa Studies
ESA East, Room 107
Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, East wing
20146 Hamburg
Flexible childcare
Casper playgroups (in German only)
Studierendenwerk Hamburg has also set up so-called Casper playgroups to ensure regular childcare in the late afternoon and early evening, a service for students and employees alike. You do not need a Kita voucher to use Casper!
"Zwischenspeicher" – Family room at the informatics campus
Students and employees in the MIN Faculty can also find last-minute childcare at the Zwischenspeicher on the informatics campus in Stellingen.
Weekend care at the UKE day care centre (in German only)
The first weekend of every month, the childcare center at the University Medical center (UKE) provides weekend childcare services for children aged 0 to 6. This offer targets UKE staff and students with children as well as students from other universities in Hamburg.
Weekend day care at the KinderCampus (in German only)
You can have your child(ren) looked after by experienced teachers from 10am to 4pm on weekends at the KinderCampus day-care facility.
Childcare near the University
Studierendenwerk Hamburg runs five "Kitas" (combined daycare and nursery school facilities) providing regular supervision for approx. 370 children between one and six years old whose parents are either studying or working at one of Hamburg's universities.
From August 2023 there will also be space for 95 children between the ages of 6 months and 6 years in the newly opened „Kita kinderzimmer Grindelhof“. Applications for admission are already being accepted.
Parents who want to use one of the Studierendenwerk Kitas must have a Kita voucher.
Kita voucher system
Hamburg's parents have a right to childcare, which is governed by the Kita voucher system. You can find more information about this on the webpages maintained by the City of Hamburg. These pages also contain application forms for Tagesmutter services (subsidized childcare run by one nanny or a team of nannies for small groups of children, in either the nanny's home or separate premises) and aged and nursing care both in and outside of the home.
- Application forms for childcare and aged and nursing care (City of Hamburg website - in German only)
The Hamburg Service Portal provides a kindergarten fee calculator (in German only), which will help you estimate how much childcare will cost you on a monthly basis.
Emergency childcare
For all employees of the University
Universität Hamburg offers academic and administrative staff emergency childcare for children up to school entry in cooperation with Elbkinder (also known as Vereinigung Hamburger Kindertagesstätten, an association of childcare providers in Hamburg).
The services are free!
Emergency childcare, close to your home or workplace, is available in all Elbkinder Kitas (combined daycare and nursery school facilities) throughout the Hamburg metropolitan area. The Kitas are open daily from 6 am to 6 pm (until 5 pm on Fridays).
You can visit the facility beforehand for an on-site impression of a given Kita. All Kitas hold open-house days.
Prerequisite
Services are provided under the condition that at least 1 parent cannot fulfill work commitments without emergency childcare.
Emergency/exceptional situations include, for example, the unexpected cancellation of regular childcare, hospitalization of a parent, professional development courses, work-related travel, or other unexpected work-related appointments or assignments. Vacation periods are not considered emergencies as childcare can be planned accordingly.
Registration
If you are interested in the Elbkinder emergency childcare, please register in the Family Office at Universität Hamburg, even if you do not know if or when you will make use thereof. You then receive from us an emergency childcare ID, which you present to the Kita of your choice.
Emergency childcare notification
Should you require emergency childcare, please notify the Kita, if possible,1 day in advance. Since many emergencies, however, arise suddenly, parents can also notify the Kita on the same day (e.g., call in at 7 am to drop off a child at 7:30 am). Prior notification by phone is necessary so that the Kita can organize a proper greeting and supervision.
Mandatory confirmation
Should you make use of the services, punctually submit confirmation (by phone or email) to the Family Office, if possible before or at the latest on the first day of emergency childcare. State your name, position, the reason for and duration of emergency childcare, and the number of children involved. Confirmation is mandatory for all staff members who make use of the emergency childcare services.
MIN Faculty
Students and employees of the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences may apply for financial support for emergency childcare.
In this case, parents are responsible for organizing childcare, e.g., arranging for a suitable babysitter. For further information please look on the homepage of MIN faculty for the respective contacts.
Faculty of Law
The Faculty of Law’s equal opportunity plan includes measures to improve childcare services.
For example, Faculty employees are offered a contribution of up to €300 per semester if they incur additional childcare costs.
Students with children may also apply for a childcare subsidy of up to €300 per semester if they require emergency childcare, especially in the case of Kita closure or Faculty weekend seminars.
For additional information, consult the pages of the Faculty of Law’s equal opportunity advising services.
Faculty of Psychology and Human Movement Science
The Faculty of Psychology and Human Movement Science offers financial support for faculty students and staff in need of emergency childcare (e.g., during days when childcare facilities/schools are closed or when participating in events that take place outside of regular daycare hours).
For further information on conditions and how to apply see the faculty's equal opportunity web page.
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.
Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences
- Biocenter Klein Flottbek
Contact Person: Ruzica Latinčić
Administration Service
Department Biology
Ohnhorststr. 18, Room E.054
22609 Hamburg
Tel.: +49 40 42816-627
E-Mail: ruzica.latincic"AT"verw.uni-hamburg.de<br /><br />(ruzica.latincic"AT"verw.uni-hamburg.de) -
Department of Chemistry
Contact Person: Ingke Klemm
Service Point – Human Resources
Martin-Luther-King-Platz 6a, Room 6
22149 Hamburg
Tel.: +49 40 42838 – 2410
E-Mail to: ingke.klemm"AT"uni-hamburg.de<br />(ingke.klemm"AT"uni-hamburg.de) -
Department of Informatics
Contact Person: Daniel Moldt
Vogt-Kölln-Straße 30
22527 Hamburg
Building C, Room: 120 („Zwischenspeicher“)
E-Mail to: moldt"AT"informatik.uni-hamburg.de - Hamburg Observatory
Contact Person: Anke Vollersen
Department of Physics
Gojenbergsweg 112, Room 005
21029 Hamburg
Tel.: +49 40 42838 8516
E-Mail to: anke.vollersen"AT"hs.uni-hamburg.de -
Institute of Experimental Physics
Luruper Chaussee 149
22761 Hamburg
Building 67b, Room: 30 -
Institute of Geography
Contact Person: Sonja Kanemaki
Main Office
Bundesstr. 55, Room 707, 7th Floor
20146 Hamburg
Tel.: +49 40 42838 49 63
E-Mail: sonja.kanemaki"AT"uni-hamburg.de -
Institute of Marine Ecosystem and Fishery Science
Contact Person: Stefanie Schnell
Department Biology
Olbersweg 24, Room 102
22767 Hamburg
Tel.: +49 40 42838-6604
E-Mail: stefanie.schnell@uni-hamburg.de<br /><br />(stefanie.schnell"AT"uni-hamburg.de) - Institute for cell- and systems biology of animals
contact person: Hara Ortiz Hernandez
Martin Luther King Platz 3
20146 Hamburg
room: 425
E-Mail to: hara.ortiz.hernandez@uni-hamburg.de
Faculty of Psychology and Human Movement Science
- Testothek of the Institute of Psychology
Contact person: Ines Vester
Von-Melle-Park 5, Room 4048
20146 Hamburg
Tel.: +49 40 42838-8104
E-Mail: testothek.pb"AT"uni-hamburg.de
Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences
- International Office
Contact person: Katja Wittenberg
Von-Melle-Park 5,
Entrance C, First Floor, Room C1072/C1076
20146 Hamburg
Tel.: +49 40 42838-2805
E-Mail: Katja.Wittenberg"AT"uni-hamburg.de
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Socioeconomics Academic Office
Von-Melle-Park 9
Entrance A, First Floor
(Service desk)
20146 Hamburg
E-Mail: Hatice.Yalcin"AT"uni-hamburg.de
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Economics Academic Office
Von-Melle-Park 5
Entrance C, Ground Floor
(Service desk)
20146 Hamburg
E-Mail: Carina.Tanner"AT"uni-hamburg.de( Carina.Tanner"AT"uni-hamburg.de)
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Social Sciences Academic Office
Contact person: Hans-Joachim Rieckmann
Allende-Platz 1
First Floor, Room 145
(Service desk)
20146 Hamburg
E-Mail: Hans-J.Rieckmann@uni-hamburg.de( Hans-J.Rieckmann"AT"uni-hamburg.de)
Faculty of Humanities
- Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies
Contact person: Karolin Berends
Schlüterstraße 51, Room 5020
20146 Hamburg
Tel.: +49 40 42838-9767
E-Mail: karolin.berends"AT"uni-hamburg.de
Faculty of Education
- Contact person: Dr. Marius Herzog
Projekt ProfaLe
Universität Hamburg
Max-Brauer-Allee 58/60, Room 418
22765 Hamburg
Tel.: +49 40 42838-9670
E-Mail: marius.herzog@uni-hamburg.de( marius.herzog"AT"uni-hamburg.de) / profale@uni-hamburg.de( profale"AT"uni-hamburg.de)
Faculty of Law
- Equal Opportunity Office
Contact person: Felix Bode
Rothenbaumchaussee 33, Room A 208
20148 Hamburg
Tel.: +49 40 42838-9327
E-Mail: gleichstellung.jura@uni-hamburg.de( gleichstellung.jura"AT"uni-hamburg.de)
Faculty of Pre- and Early History Archaeology
- Contact person: Angelika Wohlers
Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, westwing, Room 125
(Service desk)
20146 Hamburg
Tel.: +49 40 42838-4755
Fax: +49 40 42838-3255
E-Mail: archaeologie.fb09@uni-hamburg.de( archaeologie.fb09"AT"uni-hamburg.de)
Hamburg Research Academy
- Contact person: Hannah Schmiegelow
Gorch-Fock-Wall 7, Room C1069
20354 Hamburg
E-Mail: office@hra-hamburg.de( office"AT"hra-hamburg.de)
Regional Computing Center (RRZ)
- Contact person: Tobias Ramin
Schlüterstr. 70, Room 218a
20146 Hamburg
Tel.: +49 40 42838-9109
E-Mail: tobias.ramin@uni-hamburg.de( tobias.ramin"AT"uni-hamburg.de)
Hamburg Center for Teacher Training (ZLH)
- Contact person: Marcus Prey
Bogenallee 11, Room 216
(Service desk)
20144 Hamburg
Tel.: +49 40 42838-7913
E-Mail: Marcus.Prey@verw.uni-hamburg.de( Marcus.Prey"AT"verw.uni-hamburg.de) / sekretariat.zlh@uni-hamburg.de( sekretariat.zlh"AT"uni-hamburg.de)
Hamburg Center for Health Economics
Contact Person: Katja Sudmann
Esplanade 36
20354 Hamburg
Raum: 4007
Tel: +49 40 42838 - 8041
E-Mail: katja.sudmann"AT"uni-hamburg.de
Career Center
- Career Center
Contact person: Dr. Jasmina Crcic
Rothenbaumchaussee 19
Raum 3008
20146 Hamburg
Email: jasmina.crcic"AT"uni-hamburg.de
Campus Center
- Campus Center
Contact person: Natalia Chernysh
Alsterterrasse 1
20354 Hamburg
Room: 320, 3. Stock
E-Mail: natalia.chernysh@uni-hamburg.de(natalia.chernysh"AT"uni-hamburg.de)
Loki Schmidt Garden
- Contact Person: Pauline Rix
Botanical Garden Universität Hamburg
Jungiusstrasse 4
20355 Hamburg
Tel: +49 40 42 83 82 327
Email: pauline.rix"AT"uni-hamburg.de
Special opportunities for children
- University Sports has a special children's athletics program.
- The cafeterias run by Studierendenwerk offer children's meals (german only).
Changing tables
- See our Family-Friendly University Map (PDF) for information about changing tables and parent-child rooms at the University.
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