Corona-Pandemie - Aktuelle Informationen für Doktoranden/innen
Services
Funding
Travelling and residence
Health
Services
Services by the Graduate Academy
Open office hours in the Graduate Academy Service Point!
We are pleased to offer our walk-in office hours once again in the Service Point.
Walk-in office hours
Monday: 10 am to 12 pm
Tuesday: 2 pm to 4 pm
Wednesday: 10 am to 12 pm
Thursday: 10 am to 12 pm and 2 pm to 4 pm
and by appointment
Please ring the doorbell at our main entrance.
We look forward to seeing you!
We are also happy to continue to help you by email or by telephone. Please stay healthy and feel free to contact us!
Email: graduateacademy@uni-heidelberg.de
Telephone: +49 (0) 6221 54-19765 or 54-19763 or 54 19768
Coronavirus – Information from Heidelberg University
Heidelberg University has compiled information about the coronavirus on the following webpages:
Frequently asked questions about study courses (contains information for doctoral candidates, too)
Information about the coronavirus
Vaccination opportunities for university members (including doctoral candidates)
City of Heidelberg – COVID-19 regulations and statistics
The city of Heidelberg posts up-to-date information on measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic on its website. The current case numbers in the city can also be accessed online on a daily basis.
Further information (in German):
City of Heidelberg – COVID-19 regulations and statistics
Information in various languages about the current measures and regulations:
https://www.heidelberg.de/hd,Lde/1450290.html
State of Baden-Württemberg – COVID-19 regulations
The state of Baden-Württemberg provides online information on all regulations and measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the status of the vaccination campaign.
Further information:
State of Baden-Württemberg – COVID-19 regulations
Baden-Württemberg also presents the regulations for the containment of the COVID-19 pandemic in different languages.
Further information:
State of Baden-Württemberg – COVID-19 regulations in different languages
re-open EU
This EU website provides an overview of the health situation in the various European countries, based on data from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). The information is available in 24 languages. It enables you to follow the evolution of the COVID-19 virus situation in your country and beyond. This information is also available via the app of the same name.
Further information:
https://reopen.europa.eu/en
Funding
COVID-19-related hardship fund for doctoral candidates
Heidelberg University has created a hardship fund aimed at supporting doctoral candidates who find themselves in financial difficulty through no fault of their own due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
More information:
COVID-19-related hardship fund for doctoral candidates
Information on financial support for young scientists (focus on PhD students) under coronavirus pandemic conditions
We have compiled information on the financial support of young scientists (focus on PhD students) under coronavirus pandemic conditions on the webpage below (at the moment only available in German). You will find information on funding commitments and the design of framework conditions by the BMBF as well as information from the DFG, the DAAD and the Begabtenförderungswerke.
More information:
Information about financial support for young researchers (primarily doctoral candidates) during the COVID-19 pandemic
Travelling and residence
Travelling to Germany
We have compiled information about travelling to Heidelberg and Germany in general on the following webpage:
Information for travelling to Germany
Further rules pertaining to obligatory self-quarantine are found in the Baden-Württemberg corona ordinance governing entry quarantine (in German).
The supervisors of employees who have to self-isolate at home under the Ordinance will notify the Human Resources Division about the quarantine ordered by the public authority and likewise when the employees return to work.
Excerpt taken from the website of Heidelberg University.
Information from the Ausländerbehörde Heidelberg
The Ausländerbehörde Heidelberg is now making it possible to sign up online for an appointment for certain services. These include appointments with case workers to apply for residence permits or at the Servicepoint to pick up a residence permit or “Fiktionsbescheinigung” (temporary extension).
Information about making online appointments is available (in German) on the website of the Ausländerbehörde:
https://www.heidelberg.de/hd,(anker1477385)/HD/Rathaus/terminvereinbarung.html#anker1477385
The link to the online appointment tool is: https://tevis-online.heidelberg.de
If you need to make an appointment that will involve more than two people, the Ausländerbehörde recommends making an appointment by email at zuwanderung-servicepoint@heidelberg.de
Health
COVID-19: Video interviews on prevention with Heidelberg physicians
The city of Heidelberg has posted interviews with Heidelberg physicians on its Youtube channel. They provide information about appropriate measures to protect against infection and about their current daily routine with COVID-19. The videos are available in German, English, Turkish, Russian, Arabic and Hindi.
Further information:
City of Heidelberg - Youtube channel - Interviews with Heidelberg physicians
Mental Health
Psychosocial counselling for students (PCS) at Heidelberg University
The PCS offers expert and confidential psychological counselling for all enrolled students and doctoral students, including issues and psychological problems caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Further information
www.studentenwerk.uni-heidelberg.de/de/PBS
Psychological counselling hotlines
Telefonseelsorge (supported by the German Protestant and Catholic churches):
Tel: 0800 - 1110111 oder 0800 - 1110222
Nightline (9 pm–2 am) – for students by students:
Tel: 06221 – 184708
Social counselling
Social counseling for enrolled university students and doctoral candidates is offered by the Studierendenwerk:
www.studentenwerk.uni-heidelberg.de/de/sozialberatung
General social counselling (also in English) and assistance in times of financial crisis is also offered by the Diakonisches Werk Heidelberg, affiliated with the Protestant Church: www.diakonie-heidelberg.info
Further information on counselling centers can also be found in our brochure for emergencies:
https://www.graduateacademy.uni-heidelberg.de/md/gradakad/aktuelles/notfallauskunft_fur_internationale_doktoranden_juli_2017.pdf