International Affairs and Family

In Berlin, there is a wide range of day care options for children from a few months old to the start of school. Day care opportunities include day care centers (known as Kindergarten or Kitas in German) and professional childminders (day care mother). To obtain a place in a Kita or with a childminder, you will generally need a Kita voucher.

• Berlin Kitas and costs
• Information on Kita voucher system in Berlin
• Support in finding suitable day care
• Difference between Kitas and Tagesmutter (childminders)
• Bilingual and international Kitas
• Kitas offered by the studierendenWERK Berlin (the Berlin universities' student service provider)

Both the Berlin and the Brandenburg school systems offer children a wide range of development and learning opportunities at an array of public, private and international schools. The states of Berlin and Brandenburg are unusual in that primary education lasts six years (as opposed to four elsewhere in Germany).

• School system in Berlin
• Support in finding the right school
• International schools
• Day care before and after school (Hort)

There are a range of services available to help TU members achieve a balance between family and work/study commitments.

Flexible childcare

Campus map 

Campus with family

Welcome Center Berlin

If you have any questions about day care or schools or need our support at any step in the process, do not hesitate to send us an email. Please provide us with the following information:

• Your name, nationality/ies and current country of residence
• Expected duration of stay and planned arrival date
• Your host research institution in Berlin (institute, chair, supervisor)
• Your future status/position in Berlin, e.g. doctoral candidate (enrolled? y/n), post-doc, short-term visiting researcher or other
• The name of your scholarship provider, if applicable
• Your family situation and information relevant to your choice of day care center or school, i.e. date(s) of birth of child(ren), preferences in terms of the kind of education you are looking for, language skills, health matters)

Working: 

Department II – Human Resources

Studying:

International Student Counseling

studierendenWERK Berlin Internationals

Living:

International Student Counseling 

International Visiting Researchers (PostDoc/Professors)

Erasmus Mundus: INT IP

Dual Career Service: DCS

Mentoring program for students with children: TU Tandem

Languages: ZEMS and SKB

Study preparation: Preparatory School

Stay in contact: TU alumni portal

Welcome Centre for International Visiting Researchers (PostDoc/Professors) at the TU

The International Scientific Cooperation team helps and advises international visiting researchers before and during their stay on: 

• Accommodation 
• Acquiring health insurance
• Visa issues
• Other formalities

Welcome Brochure (A Guide for International Researchers)

The brochure Welcome to TU Berlin gives you detailed information about your stay at the Technische Universität.