Category: Wohnen

  • Welcome to Winter Semester 2023/24!

    Welcome to Winter Semester 2023/24!

    The new semester has started: Welcome to all Leipzig students! Studentenwerk Leipzig welcomes all newcomers and returning students to Winter Semester 2023/24!  We offer many services around studying and living in Leipzig. You can find information on all of our departments and their respective contacts on our website.

  • “Maibaumwerfen” and “Hexenbrennen”: Sorbian culture from the Lausitz region in Leipzig

    “Maibaumwerfen” and “Hexenbrennen”: Sorbian culture from the Lausitz region in Leipzig

    Sorbian culture is a fixed component of Leipzig as a place of study. With their traditional festivals this year, Sorbian students brought a piece from the Lausitz to Leipzig again.  Every May, people in the Sorbian Lausitz traditionally celebrate the "Maibaumwerfen" (throwing maypoles) – a custom which is perpetuated by the Sorbian students far away…

  • Bridging day on May 19, 2023: Please note the changed opening and office hours!

    Bridging day on May 19, 2023: Please note the changed opening and office hours!

    On May 18 and 19, 2023, the Studentenwerk Leipzig will remain closed. Since May 18 is a holiday, we will use May 19 as a bridging day. The Studentenwerk Leipzig will not be available on these two days, the facilities will remain closed. On May 19, especially the following departments are affected by this: the…

  • Modernisation of student halls of residence is proceeding

    Modernisation of student halls of residence is proceeding

    Reopening after modernisation: Student hall of residence Mainzer Straße 2a already fullly booked / Beginning of modernisation of student hall in Grünau One and a half years after the beginning of its restructuring the student hall of residence Mainzer Straße 2a is not only ready for occupation again but also already fully booked – right…

  • Welcome to summer semester 2023

    Welcome to summer semester 2023

    A warm welcome to all new students and returning students for the summer semester 2023! We are going to inform you on our services and update you constantly on all channels. The Studentenwerk Leipzig welcomes all new students and returning students for the summer semester 2023! We are offering a lot of counselling services as well…

  • Mobility survey: How do students use public transport?

    Mobility survey: How do students use public transport?

    Take five minutes of your time and actively influence the future of the semester ticket – participate in the mobility survey now! The contract between the Studentenwerk Leipzig and the Mitteldeutscher Verkehrsverbund (MDV) regarding the semester ticket is going to end by summer term 2024. In order to represent the interests of the students concerning…

  • Rent increase in Student Halls of Residence lower than expected

    Rent increase in Student Halls of Residence lower than expected

    Starting this month, tenants in our Student Halls of Residence will have to pay additional 10 euros of rent instead of the previously planned 35 euros. The rent adjustment in our Student Halls of Residence will in a first step be lower than previously announced. Instead of 35 euros per place and month, rent has…

  • Turn of the year 2022/23: These are our opening and office hours

    Turn of the year 2022/23: These are our opening and office hours

    Over Christmas and the turn of the year, we have changed opening hours in our Mensas and Cafeterias as well as office hours at the Studentenwerk Leipzig. Mensas & Cafeterias The opening hours can be found on the website of the respective institution. Mensacardservice in the SSZ: last office hours 20.12.2022 // first office hours 05.01.2023…

  • Studentenwerk Leipzig has approved an increase in dormitory rents for 2023

    Studentenwerk Leipzig has approved an increase in dormitory rents for 2023

    Increase in operating costs by up to 35 euros per place and month from 1.2.2023 / Further increase in the basic rent planned from 1.6.2023 / Online consultation hour of the Student Housing and Social Counselling for financing questions. Due to the ongoing inflation and the energy crisis, the Studentenwerk Leipzig expects drastic price-related cost…

  • Energy Saving Campaign “Flip the Switch”

    Energy Saving Campaign “Flip the Switch”

    Studentenwerk Leipzig participates in DSW energy saving campaign „Flip the Switch“.