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Family Support
MARUM and the University of Bremen are committed to supporting employees and their families in balancing their careers with childcare and other care responsibilities. We provide a family-friendly atmosphere and a wide range of advice and support to help with this.
Resources and support offered by the university
| Childcare services |
| Regular meetings for employees who are taking care of family members ("Pflegestammtisch", in German) |
Offers available at the University level are listed on the webpage "Families welcome"
Expecting Parents
Doctoral researchers with children
- Contract extensions for doctoral researchers starting to raise a family during their project term
- Child-care support during conferences and research placements
- Student assistants to support parents
Please note that you are not automatically eligible for any of the above-mentioned offers. If you would like to enquire whether the support measures are suitable in your case, please contact the Research Academy ([Bitte aktivieren Sie Javascript]).
Parent-child rooms / changing tables
There are several parent-child / nursery rooms available on campus.
One is located in the MARUM III (ZfT) building (see the image on the right), while the other is situated in the GEO building. Both are free for all MARUM employees to use. Children aged six months to 12 years are welcome to play in the rooms. The rooms are equipped with toys, changing facilities and a comfortable chair for breastfeeding. They are intended for use during colloquia, classes outside normal teaching hours, conferences, workshops and any other occasion when you need to take care of your children on campus. Children must always be supervised, and this is the responsibility of the parent/carer.
The MARUM I (main) building is equipped with a changing table. It is in the disabled toilets on the ground floor of MARUM I, in room 0400. Other changing facilities on campus are listed here.
More resources
| Support of equal opportunity at MARUM |
| Women's representatives / equal opportunity commissioners at MARUM |
| Equal opportunity unit at the University of Bremen: Referat 04 - Chancengleichheit |
| Representation of severly disabled people: SBV |
| Staff council (Representation of staff interests) at the University: Personalrat |
| International office of the university |
| Mothers in science (international nonprofit organisation) |
| Financial support for mothers, Christiane-Nuesslein-Volhard Foundation |