Studying for parents

Studying with children is a challenge – in organizational as well as financial areas. For this reason, academies of higher education, the AKAFÖ and several initiatives offer support for students with children.

General Information

The Women's office "Frauenbüro" has released a detailed brochure for students with children. The brochure is available in the Frauenbüro an on the internet (PDF). The most current edition points out the problems that arise for student parents due to the introduction of the study accounts (Studienkonto).

Frauenbüro of the RUB
Tel. 0234/ 32-27 837
FNO 02/012
Ruhr-Universität
http://ww.rub.de/frauenbuero

Daycare center from the AKAFÖ (Kindertagesstätte)

In the KiTag run by the AKAFÖ children of students are taken care of at the university Mondays through Fridays from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. children from four months to six years are cared for in mixed age groups, which means that in each group there are three infants (four months to one year), four toddlers (till three years) and eight preschool children (till six years). In addition, trained educators tend to two after-school groups of 30 schoolchildren from the first to the fourth grade (including help with homework). There is a fee, currently of 70,- €, due to the AKAFÖ for participation in meals and as a flat rate for other costs in addition to the legally defined Parent Dues paid to the city of Bochum.

KiTag – Kindertagesstätte des AKAFÖ
Ms. Söhngen-Heppner or Ms. Wiese
Lennershofstraße 64
44801 Bochum (across from the Hochschule Bochum)
Phone 0234/ 32-11510 or 32-11511
E-Mail
http://www.akafoe.de/kinderbetreuung

Child-care options on the RUB Campus

Unizwerge
Universitätsstraße 150
44801 Bochum
Phone 0234/ 32-22044
http://www.rub.de/uni-zwerge

Child-care options at the Evangelic University of Applied Sciences (EFH)

Verein für Kinderbetreuung an der Evangelischen Fachhochschule e.V.
Kindertagesstätte (daycare center) 
Rosenbergstr. 5
44803 Bochum
Phone 0234/ 462112 (students can bring children from 1 to 6 years, too)

Contact person at EFH

Prof. Roderich Kulbach
Phone 0234/ 36901-205