Centre for Student Refugees Berlin

Initial counseling and orientation for refugee students or prospective refugee students who were affected by the war in Ukraine.

Our mission

We offer refugee students and prospective refugee students - in short: those affected by the war in Ukraine - initial advice on taking up studies as well as orientation for successful studies in Berlin. We collect relevant information and prepare it clearly.

The Centre for Student Refugees Berlin is available under the telephone number 030 93939-8425 as well as under the following e-mail: studentrefugees@stw.berlin. In addition to that we offer an office hour every Thursday between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. The office hour on 14th of September is not taking place.

To avoid long waiting times, please make an appointment. If you cannot make it during our office hours, we are happy to offer counselling outside of it.

Personal counsellings as well as video counsellings via Cisco-Webex on appointment are also possible.

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Preparation for the university application

Application processes overview

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University application in Berlin

What is the application process at a Berlin university?

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Further counselling centres

If you need more information about our topics, you can find contacts here.

Deadlines for university applications

On this page you will find important deadlines for university applications, language courses and preparatory courses.

Events of the studierendenWERK Berlin

Events and activities for refugee students of the Centre for Student Refugees and other departments of studierendenWERK Berlin

German courses for refugees in Berlin

Here you can find German courses for refugees from Ukraine

Residency in Berlin

Overview of current regulations for the stay in Berlin

English-language Degree Programmes

Degree programmes in English from Berlin Universities

Wie können wir beraten? / How can we advise?

Vorname und Name / First name and surname*:

Gerne kannst du uns mitteilen, mit welchem Geschlecht du angesprochen werden möchtest. / You are welcome to tell us with which gender you would like to be addressed.:

Email*:

Telefon / Phone (für tel. Beratung / for consultation via phone):

Wie möchtest du beraten werden? / How do you want your consultation? *:

Zu welchen Themen möchtest du eine Beratung? / On what topics do you need consultation?:

Bewerbung an einer Hochschule / Applying to universities

Bewerbung an einem Studienkolleg / Applying to Studienkolleg

Aufenthalt / Residence

Wohnen / Housing

Sprachkurse / Language courses

Sonstiges / Other

Welches sind deine konkreten Fragen? / What questions do you have?*:

Wie habt ihr von uns erfahren? / How did you hear about us?:

Sonstige Anliegen oder Anmerkungen / Other concerns or remarks::

Datenschutz / Data privacy*:

Die Informationen zum Datenschutz habe ich zur Kenntnis genommen. / I have taken notice of data privacy rules

Offers of the studierendenWERK BERLIN for refugee students

Enrolled students who have financial or study organisation problems due to the current situation in Ukraine and the sanctions against Russia can contact our social counselling service at any time. We will take a look at your case and look for solutions together.

Since 1 June 2022, refugee Ukrainian students with a residence title according to § 24 AufenthG can receive financial support through BAföG.

In addition to that, there are various funds that can be applied for once, such as the Solidarity Fund of the UdK Berlin or a scholarship within the framework of the DAAD program "Zukunft Ukraine". The funds are linked to different conditions. Further questions can be answered by the respective universities.

If you need psychological or psychotherapeutic support in this stressful situation, our psychotherapeutic counselling service will be happy to help you at any time.

Refugee children can be admitted to the daycare centres of the studierendenWERK Berlin. The prerequisite for this is the application for a daycare voucher.