Groups and initiatives
The University is home to a number of groups and initiatives in which students can become involved.
Political Groups
- GEW-/ver.di university group, contact: hochschulgruppe.tuebingen @gew-bw.de
- Grüne Hochschulgruppe
- JEF Tübingen – Junge EuropäerInnen Tübingen / Young Europeans Tübingen
- Juso-Hochschulgruppe
- Liberale Hochschulgruppe
- RCDS Tübingen
- Solid SDS Tübingen
- United Nations Hochschulgruppe Tübingen
Further groups and initiatives
- AIAS-Tübingen – Initiative against leukemia
- AKTV – working group of Tübingen fraternities
- Amnesty International – Tübingen university group
- Arbeiterkind.de, Tübingen branch
- Arbeitskreis Klima at the Center for Interdisciplinary and Intercultural Studies
- BFS Society – for students interested in finance topics
- BSH Tübingen – The Academic Association for Security Studies
- Campus magazine Kupferblau
- Campusnah – students help high-school students find a course of study
- Concerto vocale – chamber choir of the University of Tübingen
- Debattierclub Streitkultur – debating club
- Deutsches Rotes Kreuz Tübingen University Red Cross group
- Écondébat – french debating club
- Effektiver Altruismus Tübingen – initiative of the World Citizen School
- Enactus Tübingen e.V. – student initiative for social entrepreneurship
- Faktor14 – The student magazine for science and research
- Frauen für Frauen - a feminist organisation of female students at the University of Tübingen
- Global Marshall Plan Tübingen – local branch of the Global Marshall Plan Initiative
- Hochschul-SMD Tübingen – network of Christian student groups
- InOne Consult – consultancy firm run by students
- Islamic-Christian discussion group – student initiative for interreligious understanding
- Jewish Student Union Württemberg
- juFORUM e.V. – local branch of the young researchers' forum
- Junge Tübinger Tafel – charity that redistributes leftover food
- Klimagarten – climate farming garden of the University of Tübingen
- LeHrnen – Studierende engagieren sich für Kinder – Tutoring for disadvantaged children
- Lise Meitner Society, Tübingen branch – initiative for equal opportunities in the natural sciences and mathematics
- Mach Schule e.V. – student initiative for equality in education
- Market Team e.V. – student initiative for project management
- Menschenrechtswoche Tübingen – student initiative organizes an annual "human rights week"
- Mindful Science - A mental health initiative
- nez: Nachhaltige Entwicklung - gemeinsam für die Zukunft – Academy for Sustainable Development
- Nightline Tübingen e. V. - helpline by students for students
- oikos Tübingen – initiative for sustainability in economy
- PfAU in Tübingen (Scouting in Training and at Universities) – Boy scout/girl guide student group of the initiative VCP
- Queer university group Tübingen
- Rethinking Economics Tübingen – student initiative for pluralism in economics
- ROCK YOUR LIFE! Tübingen e.V. – mentoring program for pupils and students
- Spätzünder – initiative for mature-age students and doctoral candidates, contact: spaetzuender.studis @web.de
- Sprungbrett Bildung e.V. – student initiative supporting disadvantaged children and young people in their academic and personal development, contact: neckar-alb @sprungbrett-bildung.de
- Start with a Friend e.V. – initiative that creates personal encounters between people with and without an immigration background, contact: tuebingen @start-with-a-friend.de
- Studieren Ohne Grenzen e.V.
- Studierendeninitiative "Bunte Wiese"
- StuDifäm – students for health in one world
- sustainAbility – PhD initiative for sustainability
- Tuebingen University Go-Club - student group to play "Go" together
- UNICEF Hochschulgruppe Tübingen
- Vegan group in Tübingen
- Welwitschia – education initiative for Namibia, regional group Tübingen