Equal Opportunities and Diversity Unit

Contacts beside the FamilyService


  • Elterngeld: Responsible office: dpt. for administration and financial aid
    Neues Rathaus, Hiroshimaplatz 1-4, 37083 Göttingen
    The person to contact depends on the first letter of your family name.
    If you do not live in Göttingen, please contact your local office responsible for Elterngeld.
  • Kindergeld: Familienkasse in Göttingen, Bahnhofsallee 5, 37081 Göttingen (within the Bundesagentur für Arbeit).
    If you are employed at the university (this also applies to students/ undergraduate assistants) Familienkasse, Postfach 3744 (Goßlerstr. 5 - 7),
    37073 Göttingen, Tel. + 49 (0)551 / 39-24243, Email: Familienkasse@zvw.uni-goettingen.de
  • Alimony advance: Responsible office: Beistand- und Vormundschaften, Pflegschaften (dpt. for guardianships)
    Neues Rathaus, Hiroshimaplatz 1-4, 37083 Göttingen
    The person to contact depends on the first letter of your child’s last name.
    If you do not live in Göttingen, please contact your local youth welfare office.
  • Family appartments at the Studentenwerk: Dormitory administration Albrecht-Thaer-Weg, Frau Elend, Albrecht-Thaer-Weg 6, 37075 Göttingen, Email: wvatw@studentenwerk-goettingen.de
  • Financial aid with costs for childcare: Responsible office: Administration and financial aid
    Neues Rathaus, Hiroshimaplatz 1-4, 37083 Göttingen
    The person to contact depends on the first letter of your child’s last name.
    If you do not live in Göttingen, please contact your local youth welfare office.
  • Day-Care Centres and „childcare in emergencies“: Kindertagespflegebörse Göttingen
    Waageplatz 8, 37073 Göttingen
    Petra Daunicht, Tel.: (0551) 384 385-11, Email: daunicht(at)kindertagespflege-goe.de
  • Public trust “Mutter und Kind”: Pro familia
    Weender Landstr. 76a, 37075 Göttingen, Telefon: 0551 58627 Email: goettingen@profamilia.de
  • Family-recovery: Diakonieverband Kirchenkreissozialarbeit
    Schillerstraße 21, 37083 Göttingen, Tel: 0551/517810, Email: diakonieverband.goettingen@evlka.de


In case you have severe difficulties – financially or in any other way – based on the reconciliation of family and study life, please seek help with one of the following contacts.