Information and Offers for Employees

The University of Passau offers many working models. Parental leave, part-time work and flexible working hours are important elements of reconciling work, family life, teleworking and organised childcare. Career researchers can renew fixed-term contracts under certain conditions.

Tips for working from home (as a parent) (German)

In 2021, the city and district of Passau have published a brochure for local single parents (in German).

The Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ) has published the brochure “So sag ich's meinen Vorgesetzten” (This is how I tell my superiors), which describes solutions for family-related leave or flexible working time models. The guide provides employees with numerous tips on how to prepare for an appraisal interview as well as suggestions for their own ideas and proposals for successfully managing parental leave and returning to work. Various practical examples highlight solutions that other parents have found with their employers. Further information can be found on the BMFSFJ's page For a better work-life balance.

Check list for employed expectant parents

The State Justice Administrations have created the database for interpreters and translators which compiles information about the interpreters and translators who are sworn, publicly appointed or generally authorized in the individual states of the Federal Republic of Germany. The site provides an option to search for individual or combined features of translators and interpreters by name, location or language.

The Dual Career Service of the University of Passau supports the partners of newly appointed professors in their professional reorientation in the region. Further information can be found on the Dual Career Service website.

The Parent-child corner in the refectory's conservatory area was ceremonially inaugurated on 14 December 2017 by Head of Administration Dr Achim Dilling.
It was designed for students, employees and their children to make visits to the refectory more relaxed and enjoyable. The area is also available to parents, children and above all breastfeeding mothers as a place of retreat outside of mealtimes.

Food can be heated up in the kitchen. There is a games corner, a travel bed and a comfortable couch. The room is locked. You can get the key for it at the check-out desk of the Central Library by leaving your CampusCard as a deposit. Anyone not affiliated with the university may apply for permission to use it from the Executive Support Unit for Diversity and Gender Equality.

Please send us your suggestions and wishes: familienservice@uni-passau.de

For specific questions about your contract and for legally binding information, please contact the Human Resources Division.

In general, the Family Portal of the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs (BMFSFJ) provides an overview of parental leave registration, parental allowance and other family benefits.

Every year, the University of Passau holds its Family Day on the Day of Prayer and Repentance (public holiday) in November. Thanks to the commitment of various institutions, professorships and chairs, a varied workshop programme is offered for school-age children.

Our campus pram is now available for short-term rental for use on the university grounds.
The pram can be used as a means of transport for one child or also asa twin pram; for example, for an infant and a toddler.
The campus pram can be borrowed on prior request from the Family Service of the Executive Support Unit for Diversity and Gender Equality. To borrow it, please send an e-mail to familienservice@uni-passau.de

Rainbow families are families in which at least one parent is lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or intersex and/or non-binary. These family constellations can come about in many different ways. For more information, visit the Family Portal of the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth. 

There are permanently installed changing tables in almost all university buildings. For breastfeeding or feeding, there are numerous places on campus that are equipped with breastfeeding pillows. You can find a summary of exactly which rooms are designated for this in the overview of changing tables and breastfeeding areas. The University of Passau's breastfeeding areas are certified by profamilia Niederbayern e.V. as a "breastfeeding-friendly location".

All baby changing and breastfeeding facilities as well as the rest rooms on campus are marked on the map.

By allowing employees to set up working areas at home, the University of Passau wants above all to enable employees with family responsibilities to organise their working hours flexibly. Working from home therefore helps to make family and work more compatible.

You can find more information on the page "Personal von A bis Z" under the tab "Wohnraumarbeit".

The Koordinierende Kinderschutzstelle (KoKi) (Coordinating Child Protection Agency) is a counselling and care service for young families, under-age mothers and fathers and parents with sole responsibility for upbringing during pregnancy and in the first years of life up to primary school age.

116117 is the telephone number for the medical on-call service in Germany. It provides a central point of contact for medical help outside of regular surgery hours. The medical on-call service enables patients to receive medical advice and, if necessary, arrange a home visit or referral to an emergency outpatient clinic. You can find more information on the 116117 website.

Nummer gegen Kummer e.V. (only in German) is the umbrella organisation of currently 87 local providers of helplines, mostly local associations of the German Child Protection Association and other welfare organisations. The network is the largest free telephone counselling service for children, young people and parents in Germany. Specially trained and mainly volunteer counsellors support callers and help them to help themselves with everyday problems and difficult life situations.

Children's and youth helpline (German): 116111
Parents' helpline (in German): 0800-1110550

In order to make young people with disabilities, such as blindness or visual impairments, more aware of the services on offer and to convey to them that it is a good idea to seek help with worries and problems, Nummer gegen Kummer e.V. has further developed the materials in the current school box (in German) together with the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth and the Federal Government Commissioner for Matters relating to People with Disabilities as well as associations, competence centres and self-help associations for blind and visually impaired people.

The Passau Children's Hospital organizes first aid courses for children's emergencies at regular intervals. The dates and information on registration can be found on the Passau Children's Hospital website.

On the City of Passau's homepage, you will find an overview of childcare facilities in Passau.

Baby Timer

The Baby Timer is a service offered by the Bavarian State Ministry for Family, Labour and Social Affairs, which (expectant) parents can use to keep track of all important dates and appointments before and after the birth (all the way up to their child's third birthday) and get important tips.

Family Portal

The Family Portal provides information on parental leave, parental benefits and other family benefits.
Contact the service telephone phone number for individual questions.

Caritas pregnancy counselling offers help, support and discussions for all questions and problems before and during pregnancy, up to the third year of your child's life.

Donum Vitae e.V. is a recognised advice centre for expectant parents, families with children up to the age of three and for questions regarding family planning and sexuality.

The advice centre for pregnancy questions at the Passau Administration's Public Health Office provides information and regional points of contact in the form of an overview of addresses.

The association pro Familia Niederbayern is a contact point for many different topics, further information can be found on the websites linked below:

• Pregnancy counseling
• Marriage, partnership, family and life counseling
• Counselingcenter „Punkt!“: Specialist center for perpetrator work on domestic violence
• The queer counseling center up2you – Life. Love. Self-determined.
• WonneProppen: Collection and donation of well-preserved maternity clothing and baby equipment