All students who are not studying full-time (i.e., if you are studying part-time, on a leave of absence (Urlaubssemester), or not studying at all) are advised to apply for a “Bürgerhartz” application if you receive a refund for heating and/or additional costs from your landlord! If you submit a “Bürgerhartz” application in the month of […]
At the start of the semester, activists replaced the binary toilet signs with “FLINTA*” (women, lesbians, inter*, nonbinary, trans* and agender) and “All Gender” signs. In times of rising transphobia and transmisogyny it becomes ever more necessary to provide protective spaces for people of all gender identities. Binary restrooms force trans*, inter* and nonbinary to […]
++++UPDATE 3/15/2023: The TU Berlin has sent all TU students their access code by mail. How to get the payment you can read below++++ The €200 energy cost flat rate (Energiepreispauschale) for students and technical college students, decided by the federal government in September 2022 (!), is finally supposed to be paid out! However, the […]
Just like the first heating cost subsidy (Heizkostenzuschuss) in fall 2022, a second subsidy for BAföG and housing allowance (Wohngeld) recipients is also planned to be paid out this spring 2023. For Berlin, the payment is expected to start in April. The amount is €345 for BAföG recipients and €415 for housing allowance (Wohngeld) recipients […]
We will publish the FAQ in English as well, but the translation will take some time. You will find the English version linked here (when it is ready) and on the English website of our consultancy!
What do we want?Free menstrual products at TU!When do we want this? Now! Key Info On 9.1.2023, the pilot project for free menstrual products has started at the TU Berlin. As part of this, free menstrual products will be available for TU students and staff at selected locations. We will collect feedback and see how […]
The semester ticket office is in the process of moving, please understand, delay. From 16.2. you will find us on the Eighth Floor in rooms 8113 – 8114
Since we keep getting questions about the “Bescheid über Heizkostenzuschuss” letter from the BAföG-Amt, here is an explanation: The letter is to be understood as a notification! It is a letter that goes out to all students and explains that IF you have also received housing allowance (Wohngeld) in addition to the BAföG, a double […]
Higher earnings limit in family health insurance: Due to the increase of the mini-job limit from 450 to 520 EUR, the limit for remaining in the family health insurance of the statutory health insurance funds has accordingly also increased from 450 to 520 EUR. In addition to the mini-job limit, a limit of €470 continues […]
Note: The XLII. Student Parliament passed the following resolution in the 1st ordinary session on 8.11.22. The AStA supports this resolution. Since the death of 22-year-old Iranian-Kurdish Jina (Mahsa) Amini in September of this year by the Iranian morality police, a variety of protests have been taking place in the country. What began as a […]
