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The sponsorship programme for refugee students, doctoral candidates and researchers from Ukraine is an essential part of the assistance and support offered by Humboldt-Universität within the framework of "Humboldt-Universität stands with Ukraine", with which HU helps refugees in a quick, uncomplicated and concrete way.

With the sponsorship programme, HU supports refugee students, doctoral students and researchers and enables them to continue their studies or research at HU and to participate in academic life.

The sponsorship programme finances the costs that arise for taking up and continuing a course of study or also for continuing academic work:

• Start-up assistance for refugee students, doctoral candidates and researchers.
• Semester fees for refugee students and doctoral candidates
• Scholarships for refugee students
• Transition scholarships for refugee researchers

Refugee Ukrainian students can be enrolled for one semester as programme students (non-degree seeking) and doctoral students as guest doctoral students at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin if they meet the admission requirements (see below).

As programme students or guest doctoral candidates at HU they receive

• Access to courses at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin,
• access to language courses,
• access to intercultural support events and psychological support
• and can orientate themselves as to whether they will apply for a regular degree programme with graduation from the winter semester onwards in the course of this semester, or can continue and complete their doctorate.

Semester fees for students and doctoral candidates

The sponsorship programme covers the costs incurred for taking up and continuing a course of study or for continuing academic work. For example, the Stiftung Humboldt-Universität finances semester fees of 265.64 euros for up to 100 refugee students and doctoral candidates. Humboldt-Universität waives the obligatory administrative fee of 50 euros for this group of people. This reduces the semester fee of 315 euros by this amount; what remains are the contributions for the constituted student body, the student union and the semester ticket of the Berlin-Brandenburg transport association (VBB).

Scholarships for students and doctoral candidates

Students and doctoral candidates enrolled in the summer semester 2022 will be supported by the HU with a scholarship - financed by the Erasmus+ programme. With donations for the sponsorship programme, the HU would like to continue this support in the winter semester.

Start-up aid

The start-up aid enables the acquisition of necessary technology or materials, finances subsidies for language and integration courses as well as counselling and workshops.

In addition, by enrolling at the HU, they can take advantage of further care and support services offered by the Studierendenwerk.

Requirements

• Enrolment in the Ukraine as a student or doctoral student who 
• have a residence title for the state of Berlin within the framework of temporary protection according to § 24 of the Residence Act,
• have sufficient knowledge of German or English (in principle B2, exceptionally B1)
• and who could study at the HU in the context of a subject-related degree programme or who, as doctoral candidates, have an HU professor as a mentor who will supervise them during the doctoral period in Berlin.

Further Information

To the contact persons on the website of the International Affairs Department   

 

Refugee Ukrainian researchers can be accepted as visiting researchers at HU after they have found an HU professor as a mentor who will support them in applying for other external funding programmes.

The Department of International Affairs supports researchers in their search for mentors.

As guest researchers at the HU, they are given the opportunity to

• the opportunity to carry out scientific work,
• Access to HU workrooms and laboratories,
• access to language courses,
• access to intercultural support events and psychological support and
• are supported by Humboldt-Universität academics and the International Affairs Department and the Research Service Centre when applying for funding programmes to continue financing their research projects.

Transitional fellowships for researchers

A central component of the sponsorship programme for researchers is funding for the transitional period until financial support from other third-party funding sources (Phillip Schwartz Initiative of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, VW Foundation, Einstein Foundation, DFG and other programmes) takes effect. Transitional scholarships can only be applied for via HU-Mentors and faculties of the HU.

The HU and donations for the mentorship programme finance the transitional scholarships for researchers until the start of the follow-up funding. This financial security complements the content-related support at the HU and enables the continuation of academic work.

Start-up aid

The HU would like to use donations for the sponsorship programme to provide start-up assistance for refugee students, doctoral students and researchers, which finances the procurement of necessary technology or materials, subsidies for language and integration courses, as well as counselling and workshops.

Donations for the sponsorship programme can be transferred directly to the Humboldt-Universität donation account or via the donation platform betterplace.org.

Donation account

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Deutsche Bank PGK AG
IBAN: DE95 1007 0848 0512 6206 01
BIC/SWIFT: DEUTDEDB110

Intended purpose:

Sponsorship Programme Ukraine
PSP: Z.00093.00.410100
Name and address of donor

Donations via betterplace.org

 

 

• Information from the International Department for those affected by the war in Ukraine  General overview and collection of services provided by Humboldt-Universität as well as external institutions.
• General information on support services
• Important Questions and Answers for students at Humboldt-Universität
• Important Questions and Answers for refugee and prospective students
• Important Questions and Answers for refugee and persecuted researchers and doctoral students
• Important Questions and Answers for volunteers and supporters

 

• Berlin University Alliance: Overview of actions and measures of the BUA partners and first contact points in Berlin for refugees
• The Governing Mayor of Berlin – Senate Chancellery: Information for refugees from Ukraine
• Charité: Important Questions and Answers for potential students of Ukraine

 

• #Unterkunft Ukraine – on this platform sleeping places can be offered for refugees from Ukraine
• Help Ukraine find a shelter – blog by students 
• Housing offers for Ukrainian refugee scientists – The FU Berlin supports refugee scientists with connections to the FUB in their search for temporary accommodation (in German).

 

Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online

A working group of digital history students at Humboldt-Universiät is documenting cultural property losses in Ukraine as part of the global sucho.org (Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online) initiative. Databases and source collections from Ukrainian servers were copied and archived before said servers were possibly destroyed by hostilities.

Further information

About the organisation and for volunteers 

 

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Arrival Support

The volunteers receive the refugees arriving in Berlin and help them with their arrival in Germany. They arrange accommodation, accompany them to already organised private accommodation, help them buy train tickets for their onward journey, translate...

At the moment, we are especially looking for people who speak Ukrainian and Russian and who can help with communication at the arrival points at HBF, ZOB and Ostbahnhof.

We are also looking for Ukrainian and Russian-speaking psychologists who will be available at the arrival points.

Link collection for the support coordination

Contact: Lea Melle, lea.melle@hu-berlin.de

 

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Labs friendly/open to Ukrainian scientists

Liste of open labs for Ukranian scientists

Complete list of laboratories

 

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Refugee Law Clinic Berlin

The Refugee Law Clinic Berlin e.V. of the HU offers free and independent legal advice for refugees and migrants in Berlin.

Contact: info@rlc-berlin.org

Website of the Refugee Law Clinic Berlin

 

Further information

• Information for Refugees from Ukraine (in english, russian, ukranian) by the Senate Chancellery of the Governing Mayor of Berlin

 

Exchange your first aid kit for Ukraine

Together with a friend Cluster Member Mario Cypko collects (expired) first aid kits for the Ukrainians who cannot flee. Also needed are (larger) flashlights, powerbanks and thermal imaging cameras (for finding victims). These are regularly brought directly to Ukraine. The action takes place in cooperation with a hospital in Lviv and a training center for volunteers in the region around Lviv. Donations can be brought to the MoA Office during regular office hours (Mon-Thu, 10 am-2 pm).

Why first aid kits?

In the old car or home first aid boxes there are many sterile packed first aid products, which are otherwise often thrown away, but are very much needed in Ukraine. This action is aimed at companies and institutich»s with many employees in a few locations so that the logistics are not too complicated. It is a very good opportunity to provide individual and simple help by the employees and save lives in the process.

Contact

Mario Cypko
Cluster of Excellence Matters of Activity
mario.cypko@fu-berlin.de

 

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Pilecki-Institute

The Polish Cultural and Research Institute accepts donations in kind daily between 10 am and 6 pm at Pariser Platz 4A. Clothing, medicines, power banks for mobile power supply, camping cookers, tinned food, hand lamps and first aid kits are particularly in demand. It is requested that you bring a list of relief goods.

Adress: Pariser Platz 4A

Website of the Pilecki-Institute

Phone: 030 27578956

 

Humboldt-Universität stands with Ukraine – Under this motto, more than 350 Humboldtians gathered in the courtyard of the main building on 4 March to express their solidarity. Peter Frensch, Acting President of the HU, gave a speech, followed by an artistic programme with music and speeches by students of Slavic Studies.