General information about the coronavirus

Current information on the Bridging Aid for Students in Financial Emergency Situations can be found here.

All information on the Hamburg Corona Emergency Loan for Students can be found here.

Please contact us by phone or email, we have extended our service hours for you (see contact information for student finance, contact information for the Social & International Advisory Centre).

Our Advisory Centres for Financing your Studies, Housing, Social & International Affairs and BAföG offices in Grindelallee and Nagelsweg, the Office for HVV Semester Tickets and the Office for Examination Scholarships for International Students will be closed to visitors from 16.03.2020 until further notice. 

The Schlüters (Pizza & More), Cafeteria Studierendenhaus, Cafeteria Harburg, Pizzabar Harburg, the Café Student Affairs and the Café Finkenau is open for guests again.

The café shop Blueberry, Café-Shop Geomaikum, Campus Café, Café HCU (for HCU staff), the Campus FoodTruck, Café insgrüne Botanischer Garten, Café CFEL, Café Bucerius Law School, Cafeteria Armgartstraßeand Café am Mittelweg are open in the to go sales.

You can find more information here.

Due to recent events, not all cafeterias and cafés of the Studierendenwerk are open at the moment.

Parents

• who need support and advice in difficult situations
• for those family crises that may arise in this particular and difficult situation or
• who simply need a conversation with someone from outside the home, can contact our parent counselling service, Ms. Lizzi Christensen.
• who are worried about their existence, how to proceed etc. please contact our Social & International Counselling Centre International Counselling Centre by email or telephone. We have extended our counselling hours for you.

Deadline extension: Deadline for submitting the application of reimbursement of the semester ticket fee has been postponed from 31.03. to 30.04.2020! 

The Hamburg Senate has created a page with the most important FAQs on many topics related to the coronavirus in Hamburg. Additional information in English can be found here.

If you suspect you have been infected with the coronavirus, contact medical 116 117 or your local health department.

If you have further questions or are unsure, call the Corona Hotline of the city of Hamburg: 040 - 428 284 000

In order to best protect yourself from an infection with the coronavirus, we have created a poster with the most important protective measures.

Because of Corona, many families stay at home, and conflicts may increase. Those affected can find help at these telephone numbers. Important telephone numbers for problems and conflicts at home:

• "Number against sorrow" for children and young people: 116 111
• Parent telephone: 0800 111 0550
• nursing telephone: 030 2017 9131
• "Pregnant women in distress" help line: 0800 404 0020
• Help telephone "Violence against women": 0800 011 6016

Further information on how to protect yourself and what to do if you suspect an infection as well as general information about the coronavirus can be found here: 

Zwanzigste Verordnung zur Änderung der Hamburgischen SARS-CoV-2-Eindämmungsverordnung (06.11.2020)
[Twentieth Regulation amending the Hamburg SARS-CoV-2 Containment Ordinance - 06.11.2020]

Discussion between Chancellor Merkel and the heads of government of the federal states on the coronavirus (22.3.2020)

http://corona-ethnomed.sprachwahl.info-data.info/

https://www.infektionsschutz.de/coronavirus-2019-ncov.html

https://www.rki.de/DE/Content/InfAZ/N/Neuartiges_Coronavirus/nCoV.html

General disposition of the Hamburg Senate (from 16.03.2020, initially valid until 16 April 2020 inclusive)

Agreement between the Federal Government and the Heads of Government of the Federal States in view of the corona epidemic in Germany (16.03.2020)

Corona-Podcast of the NDR

A list of risk areas can be found here.