The Children’s University of Tübingen

These free events are for children from the age of eight to 12. They are in German.

Every child who takes part gets his or her own Children’s University ID, which can be used in the Mensa (student cafeteria), and a card which is stamped at every lecture.
The lectures take place Tuesday afternoons during the summer semester in lecture theater (Hörsaal) 25 in the Kupferbau, Hölderlinstrasse 5, and usually take about 45 minutes. Adults are not allowed, unless they are parents and are prepared to stand – because the seats are reserved for the children.

The Children’s University Research Day takes place on a Saturday in early July; children can try a wide variety of experiments, from carving a stone age mammoth figure at the castle, to treating a “broken” arm at the hospitals, to gazing at the stars at the Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics.

The idea for the Children’s University came from the Schwäbisches Tagblatt newspaper, which sponsors the program. It was an instant hit. The University of Tübingen provides the lecture theater and the professors, who have explained things such as why volcanoes spit fire, why we laugh at jokes and why the dinosaurs died out.

Enquiries:

Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen
Michael Seifert
Public Relations Department
Wilhelmstrasse 5 (Alte Botanik)
72074 Tübingen
E-Mail: Michael.Seifert[at]uni-tuebingen.de
Phone: 07071.2976789