Family Affairs

If your spouse and/or children want to join you in Germany, they may apply for a family reunion visa at the German Embassy or Consulate in your home country. In order to apply for a family reunion visa, you must already hold a residence permit for the length of your research stay in Germany. Furthermore, you have to be able to financially support and have sufficient accommodation for both you and your family. Please note that it may be necessary for your spouse to have basic German language skills. As soon as your studies in Germany end, the family visa will expire.

Visa requirements differ between countries. Therefore, please consult with the German Embassy or Consulate in your home country for further information specific to your country regarding family reunion visas. You can locate the German Missions in your country here.

You can get a list of doctors at every pharmacy (Apotheke) or the yellow pages (Gelbe Seiten). In addition, there are also some websites on which the doctors’ specialties and locations are listed. For more information about Pediatrics in Ulm, click here or here.

For the Employees of the Ulm Univeristy

Ulm University provides for the employees and junior scientists (including doctoral students) childcare places until school entry. On this website you will find further information as well as the necessary documents for the registration.

For enrolled doctoral candidates at Ulm University

Children of the enrolled doctoral students can also attend the "Flohzirkus" Day Care Center of the Studierendenwerk from the age of nine weeks up to the age of three years old. More information and the registration form can be found here.

Further childcare facilities in Ulm and Neu-Ulm

The family office of the city of Ulm supports parents in finding suitable care facilities for their children and also offers a wide range of counseling services. 

For the Neu-Ulm resident doctoral candidates more information can be found here.

If you need to choose an appropriate school for your school-aged child, the “Make it in Germany” website offers a helpful introduction to the German school system. For more information about choosing the right school, please check the information platform “Expatica”.

The website of the "Internationale Stadt" informs about the possibilities in Ulm and Neu-Ulm. Comprehensive information about each public school in Ulm can be found here (only in German).