Childcare opportunities are an important component in ensuring a successful balance between studies, work and family life with children. Here you will find an overview of Studierendenwerk Thüringen’s care services, flexible childcare at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and childcare services in the city of Weimar.
Day care centres of the Studierendenwerk
The Studierendenwerk runs two day care centres for children in Weimar which are located in the immediate vicinity of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and offer places especially for children of students and employees at Weimar universities. Places are offered to children from six months of age onwards.
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Flexible childcare – Bauhäuschen
In the Bauhäuschen ("Little Bauhaus") – the flexible childcare services at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar – children of students and employees can be cared for at short notice and also at times when regular childcare services may not be available. Students on Master’s degree programmes which allow study while working can also take advantage of this childcare service at weekends during the face-to-face phases in Weimar - following advanced registration and agreement with the Bauhäuschen. Children aged between twelve weeks and seven years old can be looked after by trained students for four hours per day and a maximum of ten hours per week. The Bauhäuschen has two play and sleep rooms as well as space for pushchairs and a cloakroom. In order to use this service you must register in advance and book a place.
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Further childcare opportunities in Weimar
The website of the city of Weimar provides an overview of nurseries and childminders in Weimar and the surrounding area.
Exemption from day care centre fees
Families on low incomes can apply to be exempted from day care centre fees in accordance with Section 90 SGB VIII (Eighth Book of the Code of Social Law). Fees are covered from the month in which the application is submitted at the earliest, retroactive reimbursement is not possible.
Applications have to be submitted to the ‘Amt für Familie und Soziales’, Weimar.