Studentenwerk Schleswig-Holstein, Student support organization in Kiel, Germany

Studentenwerk Schleswig-Holstein is a non-profit public-law institution serving 59,000 students in Schleswig-Holstein. It runs 10 canteens, 11 cafeterias and 7 café lounges at six university locations, plus 20 student residences in Kiel, Lübeck, Flensburg, Heide and Wedel. Its Kiel headquarters includes the Studentenhaus and the Sechseckbau, the base of its communication and culture department.

The Studentenwerk grew out of self-help groups formed by students and teachers at the end of the First World War, becoming the official "Studentenhilfe" in 1921/22. In 1933 it came under National Socialist influence in Kiel, and in 1938 all regional studentenwerke were merged into the Reichsstudentenwerk, losing their independence. In 1961 the "Kieler Studentenhausplan" made Kiel a model for the republic, leading to the Kieler Studentenhaus and the Sechseckbau in the mid-1960s.

The cultural programme includes courses, workshops, exhibitions, concerts, readings and theatre performances in the Theater in der Mensa I in Kiel. The Kieler Studentenhaus and the Sechseckbau, built in the mid-1960s, were designed as centres of student community life with rooms for cultural activities.

The Studentenwerk Schleswig-Holstein serves students at eleven universities and colleges, from Flensburg and Kiel to Lübeck, Heide, Wedel and Elmshorn. Its catering runs 10 Mensen, 11 Cafeterien and 7 Café Lounges at six university locations, and payment there is cashless with the Campus Card. It also operates 20 student residences: 9 in Kiel, 4 in Lübeck, 5 in Flensburg, 1 in Heide and 1 in Wedel.

The Studentenwerk runs 20 halls of residence in total: 9 in Kiel, 5 in Flensburg, 4 in Lübeck, and one each in Heide and Wedel. The Kiel Studentenhaus plan of 1961, which aimed to combine all support services and rooms for cultural activities under one roof, was realised only in a few cities.