Advising and Counselling Services

General academic advising offers advice and support during your transition from secondary school to university and throughout your studies. This is where you can find help with solving individual problems. Based on your personal and social situation, student advising can provide guidance and help you determine possible courses of action.  

The StudyGuides are students from different faculties that offer individual and varied student advice. All students - whether they have just come to Weimar or have been at the university for a longer period of time - are invited to contact the StudyGuides if they have any questions or difficulties regarding their studies or the university. They draw attention to existing programmes, initiatives, projects, tutorials, assistance and information services.

Students and staff can use the physical or digital suggestion boxes to submit suggestions, concerns or problems to the Equal Opportunity Office and Diversity Department. The physical suggestion box is located at Amalienstraße 13, 3rd floor, directly next to the lift. The online form for anonymous communication can be accessed at any time.

Have you experienced discrimination and/or disadvantage in your studies and/or on campus? Are you personally affected or have you witnessed behaviour or comments that you don’t find right? Do you feel uneasy, but are unsure whether your experience was really discriminatory and what you can do about it?

Diversity Officer Miriam Benteler and the Diversity Department can help you if you experience or witness discrimination and/or disadvantage due to: 

• racist attributions 
• an impairment or chronic/mental illness 
• your religion, world views or cultural background
• your social origin
• your gender or sexual orientation
• your age

Office hours: 12 – 1 pm every first Wednesday of the month in the meeting room at Marienstr. 18, contact us at any time via telephone or <link>e-mail to the Diversity Officer Miriam Benteler to arrange an individual appointment.

Have you experienced unpleasant or transgressive remarks and/or behaviour at the university? Have you been discriminated against or insulted because of your gender, gender identity or sexual orientation? Have you experienced sexualised discrimination and/or violence? Have you been excluded and/or disadvantaged due to your family care responsibilities or being a parent?

Equal Opportunity Officer Tina Meinhardt and the Equal Opportunity Office can advise on: 

• sexualised discrimination and violence
• discrimination and/or disadvantage due to gender or sexual orientation 
• disadvantages due to care responsibilities or being a parent

Office hours: 12 – 1 pm every first Wednesday of the month in the meeting room at Marienstra.18, contact us at any time via telephone or e-mail to equal opportunity officer Tina Meinhardt to arrange an individual appointment.