Information Portal: Support services for students and researchers in crisis
With this information portal, we would like to provide information about support services for people from crisis areas and about the effects on studying and working at KIT. This information will be updated and extended continuously.
For this purpose, the International Affairs Business Unit (INTL) closely cooperates with colleagues from universities in Baden-Württemberg, universities of the TU9 Alliance, Helmholtz Centers, and the European networks of CLUSTER and CESAER.
If you have any questions relating to this topic, contact INTL at TdL∂intl.kit.edu.
Support of Students
Students in and from Ukraine may contact KIT's Consultation Office for Refugees and Migrants.
Ukrainian students who wish to come to KIT can find information about our degree programs taught in English here.
Students who were already admitted before the start of the war - also within the framework of mobility with partner countries - can enter Germany, even if a visa can no longer be obtained in Ukraine. These students continue to receive their residence permit in Germany according to Article 16b of the Aufenthaltsgesetz (Residence Act).
Ukrainian students at KIT are entitled to DAAD support offers in case of personal hardship. If a scholarship-funded study stay is nearing its end, the DAAD offers an extension of the funding.
Support of Researchers
- The Philipp Schwartz Initiative offers support and protection to international researchers fleeing war and persecution. Further offers can be found in the overview of the Scholars at Risk Network.
- The German Research Foundation (DFG) supports scientists who have fled their home countries by facilitating their participation in research projects and their application to the Walter Benjamin Program.
Further current initiatives of the European Union:
- Access to Science4Refugees, an existing EURAXESS initiative that offers refugees internships, part-time and full-time positions, access to a European research community, and a whole range of information and support services for working and living in Europe;
- Marie-Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA): Guidelines for the inclusion of vulnerable researchers
Further information and a first point of contact for researchers is provided by the International Scholars and Welcome Office (IScO).
Collaborations, Third-party Funded Projects, and Partnerships
Please contact the respective funding agency for your project to clarify how to proceed. If you need assistance, the colleagues at the INTL Department for International Cooperation and Projects (ICoP) will be happy to help.
As ‘The Research University in the Helmholtz Association,’ we are part of the international science community and strongly disapprove any use of violence to push through political demands. Together with the science institutions in Germany, we are strongly committed to the principles of democracy, human rights, and non-violent coexistence.
