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Counselling Centre for Social & International Affairs – BeSI

Our Counselling Centre for Social & International Affairs – BeSI supports you in clarifying social, personal and economic questions or burdens.
Feel free to contact us with your questions, especially about social benefits, health insurance, working while studying, changes in your study status and the effects on your student finances, communication with authorities, health insurance, landlord. We are also there for you in crisis and conflict situations.

Your way to us:

  • During our counselling hours without an appointment, simply drop by or give us a call.
  • If you want to commit to a time, book an appointment.
  • If our times don't suit you, let us know and we'll find an appointment.

We will counsel you in a confidential setting, either in person at the counselling centre, by phone, by video call or by e-mail. The counselling is free of charge and, if you wish, anonymous. We are subject to the duty of confidentiality. 
By appointment, interpreters, handwriting mediators, an FM system, or other communication aids can be used during your conversations.

Counselling for pregnant women and students with children can be found here.

Contact information and hours of availability can be found to the right.

 

 

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Address
Grindelallee 9 20146  Hamburg
3. OG
Opening hours
Counselling Centre for Social & International Affairs – BeSI
Monday Counselling without an appointment
1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Tuesday Counselling without an appointment
1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Wednesday Counselling without an appointment (by telephone only)
1:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Thursday Counselling without an appointment
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Phone +49 / 40 / 419 02 - 155 (Answering machine outside counselling times without an appointment)

Use our open office hours or book an appointment.

 

 

 

 

 

All information at a glance

In our flyer Counselling and services we have summarized the most important information for you regarding social, personal and economic questions.

Insurances
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Insurances

Health and long-term care insurance

To enroll at a university, students must prove that they have health and long-term care insurance. The proof in the form of an insurance certificate is issued by the health insurance company. Depending on previous insurance, age, marital status and the duration of studies, there are different insurance options:

  • Family insurance via parents, spouse or life partner in the statutory health insurance (GKV).
  • Compulsory student insurance (GKV)
  • Voluntary insurance (GKV)
  • Private health insurance (PKV)

You can find out more about this in our information sheet on health insurance during your studies.

Accident insurance

The Unfallkasse Nord and the Gesetzliche Unfallversicherung provide information on accident insurance coverage for students. If you have an accident, it is important to inform your doctor that it is an accident and that you are a student. In addition, you must prepare an accident report and submit it immediately to your university (Student Secretariat).

 

Private liability insurance

Everyone needs private liability insurance. Why you should have such an insurance, which different possibilities of coverage there are and what you should pay attention to when concluding a contract, is answered in our info sheet private liability, which was created in cooperation with the consumer center Hamburg.

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Counselling Centre for Social & International Affairs - BeSI

Phone
+49 / 40 / 419 02 - 155 
(Outside the counselling times without an appointment our answering machine is switched on.)

Counselling without an appointment
Mon 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Tue 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Wed 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. (by telephone only)
Thu 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Use our counselling times without an appointment or book an appointment.

Address
Grindelallee 9
(3. floor)
20146 Hamburg
(near Dammtor station)

The mailbox in Grindelallee is accessible throughout.

Postal address
Studierendenwerk Hamburg
Beratungszentrum Soziales & Internationales – BeSI
Postfach 13 01 13
20101 Hamburg