Safety on campus Walk Safe
Get to university and home safely, no matter what time of day – Walk Safe has been providing this service as a preventive safety concept for many years.
At three university locations – Im Neuenheimer Feld, Altstadt and Bergheim – regular safety inspections are carried out after dark to identify and eliminate ‘places of fear and danger/dark areas’.
Internal and external university departments work closely together to continuously adapt safety measures to the local conditions.
Services
This increases the individual feeling of safety and prevents dangerous situations before they arise:
- University escorting service: From dusk onwards, all members of the Heidelberg University and University Hospital community can be accompanied free of charge by a security guard from the Neuenheimer Feld campus to their car, the bus stop or their hall of residence. Students or members of the university or hospital who are coming from the city by bus or tram in the evening and want to get to their dormitory safely can also use this service. You can reach the security service directly by calling 06221-545555.
- University Hospital Security Service: Employees and visitors to the University Hospital can be accompanied by a security guard to the car park, their place of work, the bus stop or their residence throughout the night. The security service can be reached by calling 06221-5639971. In emergencies, please call 06221-566500. (More information linked on the right.)
- Gates: The gates of the Surgical Clinic, the Children's Clinic, the Head Clinic and the DKFZ are manned around the clock.
- Bus drop-off service: After dark, you can get off the bus between the regular stops on lines 31 and 32 in Neuenheimer Feld to avoid longer walks. Please inform the bus driver in good time if you wish to use this service.
- Women's night taxi: Women aged 14 and over can use taxis at a reduced rate between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. within the city limits of Heidelberg. Tickets can be purchased in advance from the Heidelberg municipal offices. Transport is only provided by cars affiliated with the taxi dispatch centre. (More information linked on the right.)
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Preventive measure: Studierendenwerk Heidelberg, in cooperation with the Heidelberg police, organises self-assertion training for female students. The course takes place in the attic of Marstallcafé.
Registrations for the workshops can be sent to the following email address: pr@stw.uni-heidelberg.de.