Useful Links

Collected information for applicants to professorships can be found on the central website of the University of Tübingen: https://uni-tuebingen.de/en/research/support/applicants-to-professorships/. 

The Department of Interdisciplinary Education and Professional Orientation of Tuebingen University offers consultation and coaching for graduates that are about to enter the German labor market. The consultation is also available in English.

More information on the services of the Career Service can be found here.

Just visit their office if you are interested!

The University's computer center provides support with all IT-related questions. Having trouble with your workplace computer? Questions about your university card or university e-mail address? Just contact their support team at the e-mail address or phone number provided on their homepage.

The Family Office offers support on all questions regarding balancing work and family life.

The University of Tuebingen's Welcome Center exclusively offers support for all non-academic issues of your research stay. However, funding of research stays at our university is unfortunately not included.

Nevertheless, we are glad to provide help with the following websites of our university homepage that inform comprehensively about funding programs for researchers and scholars.

• The departement for Research Funding offers a general overview.
• Under the category of Research Funding News you will find information on calls for applicants for special funding programs of organizations and companies.
• Additionally, you can find an overview about further sources of information on funding with a list of information and contact details of numerous foundations, organizations, clubs, associations, and companies.
• The Calls for Proposals within the Institutional Strategy inform you of further international offers of grants for researcher, doctorals, and students.
• The Graduate Academy is targeted specifically at PhD students and postdocs. It is the umbrella institution of the graduate programms of the faculties.

Unfortunately, most of the information is only available in German. Online translation tools can help you get a rough overview of the content. If you have any questions regarding a specific topic, please contact Ms. Judith Schittenhelm.

judith.schittenhelmspam prevention@verwaltung.uni-tuebingen.de

As English information sources, we recommend the homepage of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. There you will find extensive information  about funding programs for researchers and scholars.

Furthermore, please visit the EURAXESS homepage. There you will find extensive information in English.

We wish you the best of luck in finding a suitable funding program!

We are happy to support you, as you plan your research stay at Tuebingen University. Please contact us for more information.

The Gender Equality Office of Tuebingen University provides you with information and advice on current issues men and women face in their studies and in academia regarding equal opportunities. In addition, the staff of the Gender Equality Office offers advice if you experience sexual harrassment.

More information on the topic "Learning German" is available on our page about German Language Courses.

The Fachsprachenzentrum (Language Learning Center) offers language courses in eight languages (Catalan, English, French, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Swedish and Spanish) from beginner to advanced levels for students of all faculties as well as other groups. Students can join these classes for free, employees and scholarship holders need to pay a small fee.

The University of Tübingen also offers information on support through preventive services, counseling options and competent contact points for all aspects of mental health (Website in German).

Additional help:

Psychological counseling service for university employees:
https://uni-tuebingen.de/en/facilities/staff-representatives-advisory-services/psychosocial-counseling-service/

Psychotherapeutic counseling center at the Evangelische Studierendengemeinde (ESG) Tübingen (Website in German):
https://www.esg-tuebingen.de/hilfe-finden/seelsorge-und-beratung

Psychotherapeutic counseling center Brückenstraße (Website in German):
https://www.pbs-brueckenstrasse.de/willkommen

Psychotherapist Search Engine (Website in German):
https://www.arztsuche-bw.de/

On the pages of the Researcher Development & Graduate Academy you will find an extensive program for further education and development as well as numerous event and support offers for researchers.

Inside the University Library (UB), the "room of silence" offers an opportunity for prayer, meditation, or simply a moment of peace.

location: Wilhelmstr. 32, in the passage between Bonatzbau and main building
opening hours: Mon - Fri 8 a.m. - 12 a.m., Sat & Sun 8 a.m. - 10 p.m.

TRACe, the Tübingen Research Alumni Centre, fosters contacts between the University’s researchers, research alumni, and international guest scholars. If you are interested in getting in touch with fellow research alumni from any discipline based in any country, or in applying for international collaborative research funding, please see the following page for further information: https://uni-tuebingen.de/en/78208

The main university library (UB) offers a large collection of books, journals, and manuscripts. In addition,small rooms for group work can be booked. To access the internet or write papers several computer rooms are available as well.

Everybody can freely enter the library and read books or newspapers; however, to borrow or order books you will need a student ID, employee ID, or a university card. If you are not a student or employee, the Welcome Center will be glad to order a university card for you - just contact us.

location and opening hours

Do you enjoy doing sports? The University of Tuebingen’s sports department offers a wide variety of sports from aerobics to Zumba at low prices to students, employees, and other residents of the Tuebingen area. More information is available on the homepage of the sports department.

Check out their new offer for Internationals.