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Preparing your stay

Planning your research or teaching project 

• University of Heidelberg - Research Profile
• Affiliated Organisations
• Language skills

Funding options

• Fellowship or Grant
• Employment Contract with the University of Heidelberg
• Personal Funding

Visa and other immigration-issues

• Visas
• Special regulations for highly qualified applicants
• Heidelberg City Municipal Offices

Living in Heidelberg

• University Guest Houses
• Private Accommodations Market
• Registering your Residence

How to reach Heidelberg

Living in Heidelberg

Life on Campus

• Visiting Scholar Card
• The University Cafeteria - the Campus Card
• The University Library
• The University Computer Centre
• University Sports

Accommodations

• University Guest Houses
• Private Accommodations Market
• Registering your Residence

Insurance

• Social Security:
  • Health Insurance
    • State-Regulated Health Insurance
    • Private Health Insurance
    • Short Stay of Up to 3 Months
    • You will receive a fellowship or fund
    • You will have an employment contract
  • Long-term care insurance
  • Pension Insurance
    
    • Receiving credit for pension insurance payments
    • Reimbursement of pension insurance payments
  • Unemployment Insurance
  • Accident Insurance
  • Other Types of Insurance: Liability Insurance, Household Insurance

Banking

• Opening a Banc Account
• Banks in Heidelberg

Language Courses

Helpful Hints

• Out and About in Heidelberg
• Cultural Activities in Heidelberg: Music, Theater, Film, Sightseeing In and Around Heidelberg, Lectures

Working in Heidelberg

Working

• Work Permit
• Special regulations for highly qualified applicants
• Working at Heidelberg University
• Administrative Offieces in Heidelberg

Taxes

• With a Fellowship
• With a Employment Contract
• Income Tax Return
• Double Taxation Convention
• Church Taxes

Family and children

Child care

• Day Care for Babies and Toddlers
• Preschools
• Child Care at the University of Heidelberg

Schools

Financial assistance for families: child benefit, parental allowance, maternity pay

• Child benefit (Kindergeld)
• Parental allowance (Elterngeld)
• Maternity pay (Mutterschaftsgeld)

Special services for women

• Services Provided by the University of Heidelberg: The Equal Opportunities Office, Safety en Route
  
• Services Provided by the City of Heidelberg

Activities for children

Events for visiting scholars

Contact and service

• Contact
  
• Office hours
• Team
• Our Service
• Further service