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The most important things:
Your First Semester
Are you new to Göttingen University or starting out in a new field of study? Here you will find all the information you need at the beginning.
Semester ticket
If you have any questions about the semester tickets for buses, trains and cultural institutions that you receive with your student ID or want to know how to extend their validity for the new semester, click here.
Engagement
Being active in groups, clubs or parties not only helps you meet new people, but also shapes your personality and can help shape your future. Here you will find an overview many ways to get involved at the university.
Counselling services and support
We offer various counselling services on legal situations and student financing, but also individual support measures, such as trans* counselling and student loans.
Latest news:
Preserve diversity research – Doing justice to social circumstances! (PR of the AStA from 03.07.2024)
On 12.06.2024, the Senate of the University of Göttingen passed the resolution to close the Master’s degree program “Social Science Diversity Research”. This decision met with great resistance from the student body and in particular from members of the subject area concerned. The AStA would also like to speak out emphatically for the preservation of such a unique field of research and teaching, which has great social relevance. The closure is fundamentally the result of an ongoing problem. On the one hand, the state does not provide sufficient funding for universities in Lower Saxony, while the university is setting dubious priorities. The closure is in direct contradiction to the equality mandate of Lower Saxony’s universities in accordance with Section 3 (3) NHG, which must also be taken into account in the organization of studies and teaching. The Senate’s decision to close the course is not comprehensible when taking a closer look at the course. Diver...Press release AStA of the University of Göttingen: We stand up for a non-discriminatory university!
Press release from 21.06.2024 On Wednesday, June 19, the RCDS held a lecture and discussion event with Mareike Wulf, member of the Bundestag, entitled: “Identity put to the test: self-determination without limits?”. Due to the highly sensitive nature of the topic, there was a broad counter-protest from the student body. As a result, the organizers decided to cancel the lecture. Due to the widespread treatment of the incident in social discourse and the great importance of the topic, we would like to discuss the lecture below. The content of the event aims in particular to present the Self-Determination Act as a problem and not as part of a solution. Familiar narratives such as the role of trans people in sport, dangers for children and young people and quota regulations are used to discredit the law and the motives behind it. This representation and formulation fuels anti-trans resentment and creates a hostile social climate towards trans* people. In particular, it should b...“Self-determination within limits”
This statement was written by the trans* counseling team of the AStA. The Self-Determination Act (SBG) is being awaited with reservations by trans* people throughout Germany. The law refers to the possibility for trans, inter and non-binary people to change their name and gender entry in a reasonably uncomplicated way. In future, this will be regulated via a declaration to the responsible office. The new draft seems like a fundamental improvement in contrast to the TSG (Transsexuals Act), which is unconstitutional in many respects and has been in force in Germany since the early 1980s. But the joy may be moderate. Criticism of the SBG comes from two directions. On the one hand, there are people who believe that a “dangerous trans* ideology” will now be propagated in schools on a daily basis from nursery school to final year, so that as many children as possible under the age of 10 will undergo all the reconstructive operations available. Furthermore, such important and extr...Queerness stand on the Z-Campus
We invite you to our Queerness stand on the Z-Campus, Platz der Göttinger Sieben, on Wednesday from 12:00. We have prepared information material on queer life realities such as those of trans*people, goodies, stickers and other great things for you. In particular, we want to educate and inform you about what queer hostility can do, what violence against queer people is on the rise and what it means to be a TERF person. There will also be the opportunity to make pronouns and flag buttons! At the same time, the AStA Trans*Counselling offers a safer space and get together for trans*people from 2-8 pm in the AStA building, Goßlerstr. 16a, in seminar room 2. We are especially happy to welcome all queers and allies and everyone else who drops by!