Studierendenwerk Karlsruhe, Student services organization in Karlsruhe, Germany.
Studierendenwerk Karlsruhe is a student services organization that provides accommodation, catering, and support to students in the region. It operates residential halls, cafeterias, and offers various services designed to support student life.
The Studentenhaus, the organization's seat, was built between 1926 and 1930 and also houses a cafeteria, a hall seating up to 200 and two student residences. The institution was called Studentenwerk Karlsruhe until 2014, when it took its present name. Today it serves around 40,000 students at eight universities in Karlsruhe and Pforzheim on behalf of Baden-Württemberg.
The Studentenhaus built between 1926 and 1930 houses a Festsaal seating up to 200 people, alongside a cafeteria and two student residences. The Studierendenwerk's name changed from Studentenwerk Karlsruhe in 2014. Its services are financed by solidarity contributions from students, state subsidies and its own income, and are reserved for students.
The Wohnen department runs over 2,000 dormitory places and arranges up to 3,500 private rooms a year through a free room-matching service. The service covers Karlsruhe and Pforzheim, where the Studierendenwerk also operates canteens at the Pforzheim university. Advice on BAföG, legal questions and loans is handled by the same office.
The Studentenhaus, the organization's seat, was built between 1926 and 1930 and also holds a cafeteria, a hall seating up to 200 and two student residences. In 2018 the organization's two day-care centres looked after 85 children, while 313 staff handled BAföG, housing and counselling.
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