The University of Tübingen has been recognized as a certified family-friendly university ("audit familiengerechte hochschule" by berufundfamilie GmbH) since 2014. Further information on the topic of family can be found on the website of the University of Tübingen's Family Office.
Family at the Faculty of Science
The Faculty of Sciences is committed to actively contributing to family-friendly working conditions for all university employees and family-friendly study conditions for students. The primary goal for the future is to optimize and further expand family-friendly structures, as the compatibility of work and study with family responsibilities is a central cornerstone of an equality-oriented, future-oriented and family-friendly university.
A KIDSBOX is available for faculty members on both the Morgenstelle and Sand campuses. This mobileKIDSBOX (120 * 120 *60 cm) contains high-quality toys for babies and children up to primary school age and offers sleeping and changing facilities. The KIDSBOX is simply rolled into the workplace and turns it into a parent-child room in no time at all. Of course, the KIDSBOX can also be used for events in the working groups and institutes (workshops, conferences, Christmas parties, etc.) to provide suitable play facilities for the children present.
All important information can be found in this flyer .
A parent-child room has been set up in the Hörsaalzentrum Auf der Morgenstelle, which can be used by students and staff to look after their children for short periods of time. If required, the room can also be used as a quiet room during pregnancy. The room has a changing table, a sofa, a workstation with a computer and space for small children to play. Breastfeeding mothers can also borrow a mini fridge from the MNF dean's office.
Information on access authorization to the parent-child room can be found here.
At the Morgenstelle, foldable diaper-changing tables are available in the men's and women's restrooms in every central building. Further information can be found here.
Doctoral candidates, postdocs and habilitation candidates with small children can apply for funding for research assistants to continue their scientific project and for childcare.
