•  We-Care team
• Welcome Center services for international researchers
• TU Dresden’s regional ambassadors (Nicolai Press, Ianina Scheuch) are committed to assisting students and researchers
• A special mentoring program for students and researchers who do not speak English is currently being developed at the Institute for Slavic Studies (in German only).

Saxon State Ministry for Social Affairs and Social Cohesion 

Information for people fleeing from Ukraine to Saxony: https://www.ukrainehilfe.sachsen.de/en/index.html (brochure on initial orientation in Ukrainian: https://publikationen.sachsen.de/bdb/artikel/39673)

Foreign Nationals Office for the City of Dresden

Residence permit

To book an appointment, the hotline +49 351-4886009 is available at the following times:

• Tuesday and Thursday, 8:00 am to 12:00 pm and 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm
• Friday, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm

Or you can also send an email with your query to .

Contact points in Dresden, the region & beyond

Ukrainian Citizens’ Initiative (Ukrainische Bürgerinitiative Dresden e. V.)

Support from the German Red Cross and
Advisory Services from the German Red Cross in Saxony

Caritas Dresden services

Johanniter Dresden (email: )

Saxon Refugee Council (Sächsischer Flüchtlingsrat) with regular free training programs designed for volunteers working with refugees.

AWO Migration Counseling for Adult Immigrants (MBE)

Cabana Migration Counseling Center (Migrationsberatungsstelle)

Migration Social Work of the Council for Foreign Nationals (Ausländerrat Dresden e.V.)

https://www.deafrefugees.de/en/ (A nationwide association of various umbrella organizations, state associations, regional associations and volunteers who collect accessible information especially for deaf refugees and provide contact information)

Professional association of sign language interpreters in Saxony

Collection of frequently asked questions and answers for people fleeing the war in Ukraine. The list is compiled by the Federal Government Commission for Migration, Refugees and Integration: https://www.integrationsbeauftragte.de/ukraine

German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Help for students and researchers:
https://www.daad-ukraine.org/en/support-offers/overview-of-existing-support-offers/

Federal Foreign Office

FAQs on entering Germany from Ukraine

Federal Foreign Office crisis hotline: +49 30 5000 3000

Current travel warnings from the Federal Foreign Office

Crisis precaution list for anyone currently abroad

Ukrainian embassy and consulates in Germany

Ukrainian embassy and consulates in Germany

Transport within Germany:

• https://www.bahn.de/info/helpukraine: Deutsche Bahn offers free train tickets to Ukrainian refugees in Germany

Information on emergency accommodation in Dresden (in German only)

Privately organized transitional housing for refugees:

• unterkunft-ukraine.de
• shelter4ua.com
• wunderflats.com

https://dresden.de/hilfe-fuer-die-ukraine/Ankommen-in-Dresden: Information from the City of Dresden on arriving in Dresden. On this page (available in German only), you will find information on:

• Registration, accommodation and care
• Health, medical emergencies, mental health support
• Childcare and schools
• Work, banking, integration courses

• Covid testing and vaccination
• Incoming Health Insurance, Allianz
• Other useful health and safety contacts in Dresden

TU Dresden offers language courses to Ukrainian students, high school graduates and early-career researchers who are fleeing the war. These are available for learners at different levels of language proficiency and different stages of their academic careers.

More on the language courses

The Refugee Law Clinic Dresden helps with legal matters regarding residence in Germany, accommodation and social benefits.

• Childcare facilities
• Educational program for refugee schoolchildren from Ukraine, provided by TUD students and researchers

Hilde Domin Program Scholarships for students and doctoral candidates at risk

This program provides support to students and doctoral candidates from across the globe who are at risk of being formally or de facto denied educational or other rights in their country of origin. It offers them the opportunity to start or complete a degree program or research qualification in Germany.

The International Office will gladly provide you with more information and answer your questions.

Current information on measures and support programs from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for students, researchers and German universities

Die Maria Reiche Welcome Grants sind eine Maßnahme, die besonders promovierte
ukrainische Nachwuchswissenschaftlerinnen unterstützen soll. Die Förderung der
Forschungsaufenthalte an der TUD hat zum Ziel, die ukrainischen Wissenschaftlerinnen
nachhaltig in das deutsche Wissenschaftssystem zu integrieren. Die Antragstellung kann bis zum 31. Dezember jederzeit erfolgen.

Weitere Informationen

In 2024 the STIBET I Scholarships: Special funding for refugees from Ukraine are included within the call for STIBET I Scholarships for the Promotion of Equal Opportunities.

These scholarships are especially aimed at refugee students from Ukraine!

Generelly the STIBET I Scholarships for the Promotion of Equal Opportunities can be used to support students with special challenges and life circumstances (e.g. due to a refugee background: refugee students from Ukraine and other war and crisis zones, due to health restrictions or disability, due to special care situations of their own children or due to family members in need of care).

Information on the scholarship, the application process and deadlines can be found at:

STIBET I: Scholarship for the Promotion of Equal Opportunities

TU Dresden offers language courses to Ukrainian students, high school graduates and early-career researchers who are fleeing the war. These are available for learners at different levels of language proficiency and different stages of their academic careers.

More on the language courses

The SLUB offers services for refugees (link in German only).

Students from Ukraine who are training to become teachers can email the Academic Affairs Office for Teacher Training at . The team there will help you find the right contacts and support you in organizing your studies.

TU Dresden has a buddy program that connects (prospective) students who have been forced to flee from Ukraine with volunteer “buddies” at TU Dresden. They can offer assistance with your questions and problems concerning arrival in Dresden and studying at TU Dresden.

Find more information and register here.

The Philipp Schwartz Initiative of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

Researchers who are under substantial and persistent personal threat in their home countries can take advantage of this program to continue their work at German universities and research institutions.

Applications for the 12th round of the Philipp Schwartz Initiative can be submitted until October 21, 2022.

The German Research Foundation supports researchers seeking refuge to apply for a position at a German research institution as part of the Walter Benjamin Program.

Walter Benjamin Program from the German Research Foundation

The German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina supports researchers from Ukraine whose academic careers have been endangered or interrupted due to the war with a scholarship for resuming or continuing their research activities. The funding enables outstanding researchers from Ukraine who have a PhD to work on an independent research project at a university or research institution in Germany for an initial period of one year, while maintaining their affiliation with a Ukrainian institution.

With the MSCA4Ukraine funding programme, the EU is responding to Russia's war in Ukraine. Ukrainian scientists should be able to continue working on their doctorate in European host institutions or as a postdoc on their research. There should be no permanent brain drain. Therefore, as soon as this is possible again, both reintegration in Ukraine will be promoted and cooperation between the Ukrainian higher education sector and the international research community will be strengthened.

The funding runs for 6-24 months, the funding rates correspond to those of other Marie Skłodowska-Curie measures. Host universities are invited to submit institution-wide applications from 24.10.2022.

Information can be found at  https://sareurope.eu/msca4ukraine/information-for-applicants/

Please reach out to , if you want to support scientists from Ukraine.

TU Dresden offers language courses to Ukrainian students, high school graduates and early-career researchers who are fleeing the war. These are available for learners at different levels of language proficiency and different stages of their academic careers.

More on the language courses

The SLUB offers services for refugees (link in German only).

The DRESDEN-concept Welcome Center team at TU Dresden supports international researchers and their families in planning and carrying out their research stays of three months or more.

You can find more information here.