Childcare

Regular childcare at the University of Stuttgart with subsidized places is currently coordinated by the Uni & Family Service. Interested full-time employees can put their names on the waiting list for subsidized places for infants aged 2 months to 3 years in cooperating childcare facilities near the campuses of both locations, even before their child is born, and will be informed as soon as a place becomes available. To do this, fill out the application form and send it to the Human Resources Department for verification, which will forward it to the Uni & Family Service.

Please note: For enrolled doctoral students, we recommend regular childcare provided by the Studierendenwerk Stuttgart and Stups e.V. (see below).

• Target group: Children aged 1 to 3 years
• Scope of care: full day (40h/week)
• Opening hours: Mon. - Fri. 7 a.m. - 4 p.m.
• Closing times: 23 days/year + 3 pedagogical days + public holidays
• Parental contribution per child and month: Full-time place: 264 euros; 70 euros infant surcharge; meals: 70 euros; hygiene fee: 25 euros
• Provider: Dibber 2 gGmbH
• Address: Dibber, Robert-Koch-Straße 9, 70563 Stuttgart

• Target group: Children aged 10 months to 3 years
• Scope of care: full day (50h/week)
• Opening hours: Mon. - Fri. 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• Closing times: 23 days/year + public holidays
• Parental contribution per child and month: full-time place 357 euros (contribution-free month of August); flat rate for meals: 62 euros
• Provider: Studierendenwerk Stuttgart
• Address: Kinderhaus Pfaffenwald, Pfaffenwaldring 3, 70569 Stuttgart-Vaihingen

This is a company group. There is also a public group in which (doctoral) students are given preference and also pay a lower fee (see “Regular childcare by the Studierendenwerk and Stups e.V.”).

• Target group: Children aged 8 weeks to 3 years
• Scope of care: full day (42h/week)
• Opening hours: Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.
• Closing times: 23 days/year + public holidays
• Parental contribution per child and month: full-time place: 301.50 euros; meals: 66 euros; hygiene fee: 19 euros
• Provider: pme Familienservice GmbH
• Address: Schloßkinder, Schlossstraße 74-76, 70176 Stuttgart-West

In addition to subsidized daycare, our membership in the non-profit organization Kind e.V. Stuttgart makes it easier for employees of the University of Stuttgart who live in Stuttgart to access the daycare facilities run by Kinder in Stuttgart gGmbH. The childcare offer varies and is aimed at children up to the age of 14. When registering, please state that you are employed at the University of Stuttgart:

• Kinderhaus Bärcheninsel in Stuttgart-Vaihingen
• Kinderhaus Bengelbande in Stuttgart-Vaihingen
• Kinderhaus Junges Gemüse in Stuttgart-Vaihingen
• Regenbogenhaus in Stuttgart-Vaihingen
• Kinderhaus Spatzennest in Stuttgart-Burgholzhof
• Kinderhaus Steppkes in Stuttgart-Vaihingen

You can fill in the registration form several times to be placed on the waiting list for several daycare facilities.

As a result of a new agreement between Uni & Family and the non-profit provider of element-i childcare facilities, employees of the University of Stuttgart are given priority on the waiting lists for the following company daycare centers, in some cases regardless of their place of residence:

• Die Willys, Willy-Brandt-Straße 41, 70173 Stuttgart (children aged 6 months to 3 years)
• Kinderländle, Alexanderstraße 93, 70182 Stuttgart (children aged 6 months to 6 years)
• Neckarlöwen, Neckarstraße 145a, 70190 Stuttgart (children aged 6 months to 6 years)
• Pallassimo, Schockenriedstraße 7, 70565 Stuttgart (children aged 6 months to 3 years)
• Villa Reitzensteinle, Sandbergerstraße 10, 70184 Stuttgart (children aged 6 months to 6 years)
• Spielzeit, Urbansplatz 2, 70182 Stuttgart

When registering, please indicate that you are an employee at the University of Stuttgart. 

For highly qualified young academics whom the University of Stuttgart would like to retain or recruit, there is also the possibility of advice and placement of au pairs and nannies by a cooperating organization. If you are interested, please contact the Uni & Family Service.

Childcare by the Studierendenwerk and Stups e.V.

The Studierendenwerk Stuttgart and Stups e.V. offer places for regular childcare for children aged 6 months to 3 years and 3 to 6 years in their own childcare facilities in Stuttgart, Esslingen and Ludwigsburg. Priority is given to enrolled students and doctoral students, who also pay lower fees. Please note that these are public places, i.e. you must live in Stuttgart, Esslingen or Ludwigsburg.
You can register your child directly at the facility. If there are currently no places available, you will be placed on the waiting list of the respective institution.

You can use the online tool “KiTS”, which is offered by the City of Stuttgart, to find childcare services [de] in Stuttgart for children up to 14 years of age. Using “KiTS”, more than 500 municipal and independent providers can be listed according to criteria such as city district, age of the child, and types of childcare service. If the daycare center is operated by a municipal provider or by the Catholic or Evangelical Church, it is also possible to send a requirement message directly to the daycare facility, for a maximum of 10 selected childcare services. As a rule, daycare centers take in new children at the beginning of a kindergarten year - a kindergarten year is from 1 September to 31 August. If you are looking for a place for the new kindergarten year, starting from 1 September, it is important that you have registered your child by 15 February of the current year.

Please note: The City of Stuttgart provides information on the deductibility of childcare costs [de] on its website.

The umbrella organization of the parent-child groups [de] in Stuttgart provides information about the numerous parent-child initiatives in Stuttgart.

The umbrella organization of Stuttgart's parent-child groups [de] provides information about the numerous parent-child initiatives in Stuttgart. Here you will also find current vacancies in Stuttgart.

In addition to the municipal allocation of places, there are some independent providers in Stuttgart who offer the possibility of filling places without municipal subsidies. These are therefore considerably more expensive, but can be allocated regardless of where you live.

The tasks of child day care in Stuttgart are carried out by the Child Day Care Department of the Youth Welfare Office of the City of Stuttgart. The Caritas Association is responsible for arranging child day care.

The City of Böblingen uses an electronic pre-registration procedure [de] for the allocation of places in all municipal and in some independent and church daycare centers. The kindergarten year begins after the summer break, in late August / early September. Positive answers will be sent out starting from late February.

As part of the TAKKI program, the city of Böblingen subsidizes daycare for small children under three years of age. The Verein Tages- und Pflegeeltern e.V. Kreis Böblingen [de] (registered association of childminders and foster parents in the Böblingen district) gives advice on this topic.

The city of Esslingen has set up a daycare center finder [de] about the range of daycare centers in Esslingen in denominational, independent and municipal facilities. You will also find information on daycare registration and allocation of places [de].

In Esslingen, the Tageselternverein Kreis Esslingen e. V. [de] (registered association of childminders in the Esslingen district) gives personal advice and finds a suitable and qualified daycare professional for your child. In addition, the childminders’ association can also find you a nanny, who will look after your children in your own home.

There is a single application procedure [de] for more than 70 daycare centers in Ludwigsburg that are operated by various institutions and providers. Parents should register their children no earlier than one year before the desired admission. For the allocation of places beginning in mid-March, applications by 15 February will be considered. You can register your child for childcare online via the City of Ludwigsburg's parent portal [de].

The Competence Center for Child Day Care [de] of the Ludwigsburg District Office provides information and advice on all questions regarding child day care and the registration for childcare.

Many university parents require exceptional childcare in addition to their regular childcare. Employees, students and visiting academics may have their children (0-10 years) cared for by the hour in the exceptional childcare facilities of the Parent-Child Center West in order to work or study at the university or to be able to participate in university events (e.g. failure of the planned childcare, further training measures, business trips, recruitment procedures, overtime or other professional reasons that make childcare necessary).

Location: Eltern-Kind-Zentrum West, Ludwigstraße 41-43
Childcare hours: Mon-Fri 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (in individual cases, children can also be accommodated outside opening hours by prior arrangement)

Booking: Registration by e-mail, additionally telephone registration on the answering machine at 0711/505368-53, stating that you are an employee or student of the University of Stuttgart.

Costs: €5/hour during normal opening hours, €10/hour outside normal opening hours, plus €7/day for meals if required. In justified individual cases, the costs can also be settled via the university. The application form is currently being updated, please contact Uni & Family if required.

If regular childcare is unavailable at short notice, university parents need emergency childcare. Emergency childcare for children up to the age of 12 is offered free of charge on two days per semester. It takes place in the Eltern-Kind-Zentrum West (EKiZ) or in daycare facilities run by pme Familienservice during regular opening hours:

• Eltern-Kind-Zentrum West (EKiZ), Ludwigstraße 41-43; Mon-Fri 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
• pme Familienservice “Bülowkids”, Heilbronner Straße 190; Mon-Fri 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• pme Familienservice “Schloßkinder”, Schloßstraße 76; Mon-Fri 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Prerequisite for use: Your regular childcare is canceled at short notice (e.g. due to illness of your childminder) and you have to work or attend university events during this time.

Important: Emergency childcare does not replace regular childcare. It is not a substitute for periods when your daycare center is closed or when your childminder is on vacation. Please use the low-cost emergency childcare service if you have to plan for childcare shortages.

To ensure that your children are already familiar with the respective facility in the event of emergency care, we recommend that you visit the facilities together with your children in advance. This is possible at the pme Familienservice daycare centers on the 1st Saturday of every month, please register in advance. The EKiZ and its café are always open to families. For more information and to book emergency childcare, please read the leaflet “Emergency childcare information”[de].

In exceptional cases, especially for single parents, pme offers supervised overnight stays in daycare centers (max. 24 hours), which can be used during short business trips, for example. Please contact Uni & Family for information.

Institutes or university facilities can also book childcare for their events, training courses and recruitment processes. Childcare can either take place in the emergency care facilities or in suitable premises (e.g. at the university or near the event location).

If your institute or university institution would like to use childcare during events, you can book it yourself within the framework contract of the University of Stuttgart:

1. Childcare in the EKiZ West: Mon-Fri 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; registration by e-mail, additionally telephone registration on the answering machine at 0711 505368-53 with the note that the booking is for the University of Stuttgart.
   Costs: 5 euros per hour (The costs can be paid by the parents in cash on site, or you can agree in advance that your institute will cover the costs and an invoice will be sent to your institute/institution).
2. Childcare in daycare centers run by pme Familienservice: “Bülowkids” at Heilbronner Straße 190 and “Schloßkinder” at Schloßstraße 76, Mon-Fri 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. (phone 0800 801007080).
   Costs: 119 euros per day of use, regardless of the actual hours used (max. 10 hours). Pme invoices Uni & Familie, so please contact Uni & Familie for the internal settlement of costs.

On-site childcare: For on-site childcare, specialists from the EKiZ West will come to the premises of your choice and look after the desired number of children. Toys or craft materials can also be booked on request. The costs are made up of a flat rate, the hourly wage for the caregivers, the travel costs for the caregivers and the toy rental fees. Please contact Adriane Gentner (Head of Education at the EKiZ) for advice on the number of staff required for the number of children and age group you have in mind and for a quote. Please note the current funding conditions if you wish to use third-party funding.

The program is aimed at children and young people aged 5 to 7 and 8 to 15 who enjoy both exercise and adventures in nature. Only full weeks can be booked, not individual days. In the event of bad weather, excursions will be organized, the additional costs will be announced in good time. 

If too few children register, it may not be possible for the vacation care to take place. Therefore, please note the closing date for registration. 

Further information and the opportunity to register your child can be found on the University Sports website. If you have any questions about registration or the vacation program, please contact 

Sebastian Meindl 
Nature Sports Coordinator at University Sports

Period: June 16-18
Time: 8:30 to 17:30
Address: Allmandring 28, 70569 Stuttgart
Costs per child: 60 euros
Registration deadline: two weeks before the start

The provider sets a minimum number of participants. If there are too few registrations, the provider reserves the right to cancel the offer in good time. There is also a maximum number of subsidized places; if this number is exceeded, you can be placed on the waiting list.

Period: August, 4-8, August, 11-15, September 8-12
Time: 8:30 to 17:30
Address: Allmandring 28, 70569 Stuttgart
Costs per child: 95 / 95 / 90 euros
Registration deadline: two weeks before the start

The provider sets a minimum number of participants. If there are too few registrations, the provider reserves the right to cancel the offer in good time. There is also a maximum number of subsidized places; if this number is exceeded, you can be placed on the waiting list.

Period: August, 4-8
Time: 9:00 to 17:00
Address: Allmandring 28f, 70569 Stuttgart
Costs per child: 90 euros
Registration deadline: two weeks before the start

The provider sets a minimum number of participants. If there are too few registrations, the provider reserves the right to cancel the offer in good time. There is also a maximum number of subsidized places; if this number is exceeded, you can be placed on the waiting list.

• As the vacation programs are subsidized, the prices quoted for vacation childcare apply exclusively to children of full-time employees (including visiting academics) and students of the University of Stuttgart and only if the employment relationship or enrollment at the University of Stuttgart still exists at the time of the vacation childcare. If you do not belong to this target group (e.g. as a lecturer or because your employment ends before the date of the vacation care), participation in the offers is generally possible, but only at a higher price. If you are in doubt whether your child can participate in the above conditions, please contact us before registering your child.
• Due to the Income Tax Act, some childcare services for children aged 6 and over (e.g. vacation care, flexible emergency care, family-related additional costs for business trips) can only be subsidized tax-free up to a total amount of 600 euros (per employee, not per child!) per calendar year and only if the care is necessary for compelling and work-related reasons.
  The programs can therefore only be booked by you at the “internal” rate if you have not/not yet reached the limit of 600 euros and there is a compelling professional reason. If you do not or no longer meet one of these reasons, please register for a “non-subsidized place”.
  Classification: If you only make use of vacation childcare (and no other flexible childcare services), you can book up to 6 weeks of childcare. If you are unsure or have any questions, please contact Uni & Family.
• If you are a member of a Cluster of Excellence, Collaborative Research Center, Research Training Group, Priority Program (SPP) or a research group, please indicate this in the “Remarks/Consortium” field together with the name of the program/consortium when registering.

If your children aged 6 to 12 years (siblings from 4 years) would like to take part in the “Stuttgart Research Holidays”, please register them online using the link provided with the respective offer. The registration, organization and implementation is carried out by Konzept-e GmbH. Konzept-e GmbH is responsible for the associated data processing.

This sample weekly program [de] gives you an impression of the wide range of activities from which the children can choose. 

If too few children register, it may not be possible for the vacation care to take place. Therefore, please note the closing date for registration. 

If you have any questions about the registration or how the research vacation is organized, please contact

Benjamin Janson
Phone +49 711 656 96048
e-mail

Period: April, 22-25
Time: from 8 am to 5:30 pm
Address: Freie Element-i Grundschule Stuttgart, Breitwiesenstraße 8, 70565 Stuttgart
Costs per child: Childcare costs €63 plus catering costs €35
Registration deadline: February, 14

The provider sets a minimum number of participants. If there are too few registrations, the provider reserves the right to cancel the offer in good time. There is also a maximum number of subsidized places; if this number is exceeded, you can be placed on the waiting list.

Period: June, 16-20 (June, 19 is a holiday)
Time: from 8 am to 5:30 pm
Address: Freie Element-i Grundschule Stuttgart, Breitwiesenstraße 8, 70565 Stuttgart
Costs per child: Childcare costs €63 plus catering costs €35
Registration deadline: April, 30

The provider sets a minimum number of participants. If there are too few registrations, the provider reserves the right to cancel the offer in good time. There is also a maximum number of subsidized places; if this number is exceeded, you can be placed on the waiting list.

Period: August, 4-8, August, 11-15, August, 18-22
Time: from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Address: element-i Kinderhaus "Junges Gemüse", Melunerstr. 41, 70569 Stuttgart 
Costs per child: Childcare costs per vacation week €74 plus catering costs per vacation week €45
Registration deadline: May, 15

The provider sets a minimum number of participants. If there are too few registrations, the provider reserves the right to cancel the offer in good time. There is also a maximum number of subsidized places; if this number is exceeded, you can be placed on the waiting list.

Period: October, 27-30
Time: from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Address: Freie Element-i Grundschule Stuttgart, Breitwiesenstraße 8, 70565 Stuttgart
Costs per child: Childcare costs €63 plus catering costs €35
Registration deadline: August, 31

• As the vacation programs are subsidized, the prices quoted for vacation childcare apply exclusively to children of full-time employees (including visiting academics) and students of the University of Stuttgart and only if the employment relationship or enrollment at the University of Stuttgart still exists at the time of the vacation childcare. If you do not belong to this target group (e.g. as a lecturer or because your employment ends before the date of the vacation care), participation in the offers is generally possible, but only at a higher price. If you are in doubt whether your child can participate in the above conditions, please contact us before registering your child.
• Due to the Income Tax Act, some childcare services for children aged 6 and over (e.g. vacation care, flexible emergency care, family-related additional costs for business trips) can only be subsidized tax-free up to a total amount of 600 euros (per employee, not per child!) per calendar year and only if the care is necessary for compelling and work-related reasons.
  The programs can therefore only be booked by you at the “internal” rate if you have not/not yet reached the limit of 600 euros and there is a compelling professional reason. If you do not or no longer meet one of these reasons, please register for a “non-subsidized place”.
  Classification: If you only make use of vacation childcare (and no other flexible childcare services), you can book up to 6 weeks of childcare. If you are unsure or have any questions, please contact Uni & Family.
• If you are a member of a Cluster of Excellence, Collaborative Research Center, Research Training Group, Priority Program (SPP) or a research group, please indicate this in the “Remarks/Consortium” field together with the name of the program/consortium when registering.

On the website “Vacation care and summer camps”[de], you can find an overview of vacation care services in Stuttgart. In addition, the City of Stuttgart lists numerous vacation programs for children aged 6 to 12 years on the portal “Ferien in Stuttgart” [de] (“vacation in Stuttgart”).

Vacation programs in Stuttgart include:

• Vacation program for children offered by the Volkshochschule Stuttgart [de] (Adult Education Center Stuttgart)
• Vacation care for children at Haus der Familie [de] (Easter, summer, and fall breaks)
• Kids Week [de] offered by the Förderverein Kinderfreundliches Stuttgart e.V. (registered association for the support of children in Stuttgart) in the Easter and fall breaks - the University of Stuttgart is involved as a co-organizer
• KinderSpielStadt Stutengarten [de] (summer break)
• “Ferienwaldheim” day camps [de] (Easter, Pentecost, summer, and fall breaks)
• Summercamp International School Degerloch (summer break)

The City of Sindelfingen informs about vacation care and summer day camps [de].

The City of Esslingen presents an overview of the vacation care services in Esslingen [de]. The Stadtjugendring Esslingen e.V. (registered umbrella association of urban youth organizations in Esslingen) and the Kreisjugendring Esslingen e.V. (registered umbrella association of youth organizations in the Esslingen district) give an overview of vacation care programs on the portal “Ferien in Esslingen” [de] (“vacation in Esslingen”). During the summer break, some kindergartens provide a single, shared vacation care service; please register your child with the Office for Training, Education and Care [de].

There is an annual brochure about childcare in Filderstadt. Information about vacation care can be obtained from the Office for Family, Schools and Associations, Constanze Traub, phone: 0711/7003-210.

The City of Ludwigsburg informs about the “Ferienspass” (“vacation fun”) program [de].

The city of Stuttgart has compiled important information on schools and extracurricular childcare facilities in Stuttgart on its website.

The city of Böblingen has compiled a list of all the activities on offer at Böblingen schools on its website. There is also an overview of special offers for adolescents.

The city of Esslingen presents its schools on its website. 

The city of Ludwigsburg links to all Ludwigsburg schools on its website, where you can also find the current guide to secondary schools.