Social & financial counselling
Do you need orientation in the study jungle? Or are you looking for support to survive outside the lecture hall? Come to us – we will bring light into the darkness and find answers and solutions together. For special topics, such as legal issues or psychological stress, we will also refer you to the relevant specialist offices/contact persons. Our counselling services are free of charge and open to all students, prospective students and their families.
The main topics of social counselling are:
- Student Jobs – What do I have to consider?
- Study and pregnancy/parenthood
- Concerns of disabled and chronically ill students
- Problems of foreign students
- Broadcasting fees, semester fees/semester ticket, health insurance’
The main topics of financial counselling are:
- Financial aid and state social benefits
- Financial emergencies (e.g. hardship fund loans or free table tokens)
- Scholarship
- Debt counselling
- Create a budget and discuss expenses
- Refunds of semester fees
Counselling is available in person during office hours and also via video, chat or telephone!
Consulting Magdeburg
Social Counselling
| Contact: | Campus of Otto-von-Guericke University Room 2 at BeratungsCenter at Dorm 7, Johann-Gottlob-Nathusius-Ring 5 , 39106 Magdeburg) Phone: 0391/6757582, WhatsApp: 0163/2220663 eMail: jennifer.beder@studentenwerk-magdeburg.de |
| Contact: | Jennifer Beder |
| Visiting Hours: |  Wed. 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.Thurs. 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 a.m. – additionally digital via Zoom, http://www.swmd.xyz/zoomno appointment requiredfurther appointments as well as by prior agreement
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Financial Counselling
| Contact: | Campus of Otto-von-Guericke University Room 2 at BeratungsCenter at Dorm 7, Johann-Gottlob-Nathusius-Ring 5 , 39106 Magdeburg Phone: 0391/6758357, WhatsApp: 0173/257-8256 eMail: julia.kurtz@studentenwerk-magdeburg.de |
| Contact: | Julia Kurtz |
| Visiting Hours: | Tue. 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.Wed. 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 a.m. no appointment required further appointments as well as by prior agreement |
Wernigerode Counselling Centre
| Contact: | Campus Wernigerode Friedrichstraße 57-59, Dorm 3, Side Entrance, Room 117, 38855 Wernigerode Phone: 03943/659710 steffi.bischof@studentenwerk-magdeburg.de |
| Contact: | Steffi Bischof |
| Visiting Hours: | Mon: 1:00 p.m – 3:00 p.m., Tue.: 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m., Wed.: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 a.m., Thu.: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 a.m., Fri. 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. as well as by prior agreementYou can also use the letterbox at Dorm 3 in Wernigerode to submit the documents for the Studentenwerk Magdeburg. The documents are then forwarded to the administration in Magdeburg immediately. |
Mobile social counselling
| Contact: | Campus Herrenkrug, Campus Med. Faculty, Campus Stendal, Campus Halberstadt Phone: 0391/6757582, WhatsApp: 0163/2220663 jennifer.beder@studentenwerk-magdeburg.de |
| Contact: | Jennifer Beder |
| Hours: | Office hours Campus Herrenkrug:(every 2. Thurs.) 10.04.25, 08.05.25, 12.06.25 | 13:00 – 15:00 Uhr |Office of the Kulturkombinat Frösi e.V.Office hours Campus Stendal:
Tues., 15.04.25, 13.05.25, 17.06.25 | 11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. “open talk” from 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Room No 0.02 at House 2 and from 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. at Campus Canteen Office hours Medical Facility: Thurs. 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 a.m. – digital via Zoom, http://www.swmd.xyz/zoom Office hours Campus Halberstadt: Thurs. 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 a.m. – digital via Zoom, http://www.swmd.xyz/zoom Social Counselling is also possible via Video or Telephone by prior agreement. |