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  • Information Event for International Students

    Information Event for International Students

    The tutors of Studentenwerk Leipzig invite you: Graduated from university, now what? – Applying and working in Germany Do you want to work in Germany after you graduated? International students need to consider many things in this regard. How do you get the work permit? What about the residence title? Who is eligible for the…

  • New bank account for BAföG repayment

    New bank account for BAföG repayment

    Attention: Bank details for BAföG repayments change. As of now, please use another bank account for BAföG repayments. This new bank account concerns students, who received too much BAföG, which is at present being called in or deferred. It does not concern the repayment of lawfully received BAföG to the Federal Administrative Court in Cologne.…

  • Burger week & Veggie Day at Mensa am Elsterbecken

    Burger week & Veggie Day at Mensa am Elsterbecken

    Special week: At least one yummy burger creation a day at Mensa am Elsterbecken from 12 June to 16 June. Whether meat lover, vegan, or ‘superfoods’ worshipper: There is something for every burger fan during burger week at Mensa am Elsterbecken from 12 June to 16 June. Restaurant manager Susan Hilbert and her team have…

  • BAföG wake-up call: Submit your application for continued assistance!

    BAföG wake-up call: Submit your application for continued assistance!

    Reminder to submit your application – to receive funding without interruption Attention! Everyone who receives BAföG: If the current allowance period ends in AUGUST, you need to file the complete application for continued assistance at the Amt für Ausbildungsförderung in JUNE to ensure continued assistance without interruption. If the current allowance period ends in SEPTEMBER,…

  • Student hall of residence under renovation

    Student hall of residence under renovation

    From October: First occupancy after renovation at Straße des 18. Oktober 25 At present, shared apartments for two or three people at the student hall of residence at Straße des 18. Oktober 25 are being renovated, furthermore apartments with en suite kitchen and en suite bathroom. Renovation and modernization measures, for which the building had…

  • SZZ: Closed on Wednesdays until the end of September

    SZZ: Closed on Wednesdays until the end of September

    Changed opening hours at Student Service Center (SSZ) The Student Service Center remains closed on Wednesdays between 31 May and 27 September, just like the previous years. There will be no BAföG service and social counseling as well as no general counseling by Studentenwerk Leipzig available at SSZ during that period. SSZ has the usual opening…

  • SIGNS OF THE FUTURE – exhibition of 5th photo competition by Studentenwerke

    SIGNS OF THE FUTURE – exhibition of 5th photo competition by Studentenwerke

    Photo competition by Studentenwerke: See the winning photos at Studentenwerk. Our environment, our society, everyone constantly changes. For students, dealing with the future is immensely important, as they are at a special junction in life. Many of them are concerned with problems of the future. How will I live? What will my life be like?…

  • Opening hours around Ascension Day

    Opening hours around Ascension Day

    Public holiday and the day after – please notice the changed opening and office hours. On 25 May is Ascension Day. Therefore our mensas and cafeterias will be closed on 25 and 26 May, the Mensa am Park also on 27 May. Also on 26 May, there are no office hours and the Studenten Service Zentrum remains closed. Appointments already made and the 'Schreibwerkstatt'…

  • 24. May:  Veggie Day at Mensa am Park

    24. May: Veggie Day at Mensa am Park

    The next Veggie Day at Mensa am Park is on 24. May. On 24. May, there will be the next Veggie Day at the Mensa am Park! This Veggie-Day, restaurant manager René Sonne and his team will provide cheese with spinach in puff pastry, spring rolls stuffed with vegetables and on the quick plate a mixed salad…

  • Invitation to family breakfast for students with children

    Invitation to family breakfast for students with children

    Family breakfast: Mensa am Park is reserved again for students and their children in the morning of May 20. Student parents and single student parents from all universities and academies in Leipzig along with their children are invited again to attend the 12th family breakfast. Studentenwerk offers a healthy breakfast buffet for young and old,…

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