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  • Christmas Meals In All Student Restaurants

    Christmas Meals In All Student Restaurants

    We offer Christmas meals in the week of 4 December. Roast venison in prune gravy at student restaurant Mensa Academica, smoked tofu goulash together with cinnamon pear and lingonberries at student restaurant Mensa an den Tierkliniken, roasted duck leg with gingerbread-orange au jus at student restaurant Mensa am Park, venison goulash with wild mushrooms at…

  • More Surfing: 300 GB Data Volume In Our Halls

    More Surfing: 300 GB Data Volume In Our Halls

    Attention, tenants of our halls of residence: More web for everyone! The data volume in our halls of residence has been increased: From now on, students are provided 300 GB per month. Thereby, Studentenwerk Leipzig adapted the data volume to the needs of students and increased the allowed data throughput of 100 GB by 200 GB. Internet…

  • Psychosocial Counselling: New Service for HMT Students

    Psychosocial Counselling: New Service for HMT Students

    Expanded psychosocial counselling service of Studentenwerk Leipzig. Suffering from stress or stage fright? As of now, students of Hochschule für Musik und Theater “Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy” (HMT) can benefit from a new service! In order to preserve the fun of artistic and musical production, the focus is on the special needs of HMT students. There will…

  • Soup Week at Mensa am Park

    Soup Week at Mensa am Park

    Cold? Wet? Hungry? We have tasty soups! In response to the current cold weather conditions, Mensa am Park offers autumnally soups to warm you up from 27 to 30 November. René Sonne, head of student restaurant Mensa am Park, and his team prepare refined soups like stirred wasabi and beetroot foam soup, stirred cream of wild mushroom soup…

  • Veggie Days Will Return Soon!

    Veggie Days Will Return Soon!

    Two veggie days are planned for the last full week of November. “Meat-free and Tasty” is the veggie day slogan at our student restaurants. On November 21, there will be a veggie day at Mensa Academica, on November 23 Mensa am Elsterbecken will have its veggie day. Among other things, Mensa Academica offers sweet potato churros,…

  • Student Hall of Residence with Historical Significance

    Student Hall of Residence with Historical Significance

    A building full of history is located at Seeburgstraße 47. A remembrance plaque has now been installed. Some of our halls of residence are in their younger days and others have many years under their belt: From 1872 to 1874 the married couple von Herzogenberg lived in student hall of residence Seeburgstraße 47. Heinrich von…

  • New Chair of the Semester Ticket Committee

    New Chair of the Semester Ticket Committee

    Franz Hempel is now the new chairman of the semester ticket committee. Franz Hempel, head of the Sustainable Mobility Unit at StuRa (University of Leipzig), was voted the new chairman of the semester ticket committee. The semester ticket committee is appointed by the administrative board of Studentenwerk Leipzig and decides among other things on the granting…

  • Photography Exhibition: “Leipzigs Lichter. Leipzigs Farben.”

    Photography Exhibition: “Leipzigs Lichter. Leipzigs Farben.”

    The current exhibition at Studentenwerk Leipzig is called “Leipzigs Lichter. Leipzigs Farben.” Photographer Volmar Hartung sets off after sunset and captures unique atmospheres. In his current exhibition at Studentenwerk Leipzig, Volmar Hartung shows Leipzig as beautiful and diverse as it is. Under the title “Leipzigs Lichter. Leipzigs Farben.”, Hartung spotlights famous and lost places of the…

  • Tandem Meeting: Learning New Languages and Making Friends

    Tandem Meeting: Learning New Languages and Making Friends

    Students who want to improve their language skills and would like to get to know new people have the opportunity to do so on November 7. Students will receive information on the Tandem program and might even find a tandem partner on that occasion. Improving language skills and meeting new people: The Tandem program of…

  • Burger Week at Mensa am Elsterbecken

    Burger Week at Mensa am Elsterbecken

    During burger week, a total of nine different burgers are on offer from November 6 to 10 at student restaurant Mensa am Elsterbecken. Attention, burger fans: At least one tasty burger is on offer daily at student restaurant Mensa am Elsterbecken from November 6 to 10. Head of student restaurant Mensa am Elsterbecken, Susan Hilbert,…

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