Clubs, Groups, Initiatives
On this page you will find some examples of organisations in which you can get involved as a student at the University of Würzburg and grow personally. Not only will you work on your profile and be able to present it well on your CV, but you will also meet new people and share your interests with others.
AIAS Würzburg e.V. is a non-profit association of students and has existed since 2017. We raise awareness about blood cancer and make it possible to register as a stem cell donor directly on campus. So far, we have been able to register over 1,000 potential stem cell donors through our campaigns. Our interdisciplinary team from a wide range of degree programmes takes on a wide range of tasks. Our internal departments include Marketing, Events & Campaigns, Social Media, Sponsoring, Human Resources and Finance & Legal. Everyone is welcome here! We look forward to meeting you.
Write us a message via Instagram or send an email to: wuerzburg@aias.de
Link to website: https://aias.de/standorte/wuerzburg/
Instagram: @aias_wuerzburg
Your ASA-experience– Out of the lecture theatre and into the world
Fancy a change of perspective? For a project in which sustainability really counts? For an experience that shows you ways to get involved? And a scholarship that makes all this possible for you?
The ASA programme is a development policy learning and qualification programme and enables students and trainees between the ages of 21 and 30 to work on three to six-month projects at partner institutions in Africa, Asia, Latin America or Southeast Europe. Whether environmental education in Benin, gender justice in Mexico or human rights in India: the projects are as diverse as the partner institutions themselves.
Seminars lasting several days before and after the project phase round off the programme. From development cooperation and sustainability goals to project management and reflecting on your own role in global contexts - the seminars are designed to inspire you and prepare you for your departure. After the project phase, they give you space to reflect on what you have experienced.
Interested? Applications are accepted every year from November/December through the ASA-website.
Fancy to learn more? Visit our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/asa.programm/
Regional group Effective Altruism
Would you like to contribute to effectively making the world a better place? Then you've come to the right place.
We, the local group Effective Altruism, are concerned with the question of how the world can be improved. We take a bird's eye view of the world and try to find suitable areas of action in which a great deal can be achieved. In our opinion, examples of such areas include global poverty, animal suffering and future risks (AI, pandemics, climate change).
The group is made up of students from different disciplines. All are welcome. You don't need any special prior knowledge and are welcome to join in without any obligation.
Having fun is particularly important to us. For example, we occasionally go to the Eulenspiegel and discuss philosophical issues over a beer ;)
Would you like to take a look? Then simply write to us by email at eawue@mail.de or take a look at our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/eawue. We will then let you know directly when our next meeting or project is taking place.
Active students meet in various working groups (AKs) and work on topics that are important to them. This allows everyone to get involved in shaping the university and make a difference. And only in this way can the multitude of ideas actually be realised. There is also a lot of fun and nice people.
The working groups are open to everyone and you are welcome to drop in on a meeting without obligation.
Click here for the website of the working groups.
The English Drama Group is looking for actors at the beginning of each semester. Check the EDG website and look out for the posters for audition dates. New backstage crew members are always welcome. Please contact the producer and ask for the next meeting.
Click here to visit the website of the English Drama Group.
The UniTheater Würzburg, the studi(o)bühne, is a department of the student representation of the University of Würzburg. As a stage by students for students, we stand for experimental ‘rehearsal theatre’. At UniTheater, you can get involved as an actor, organiser, director, technician, stage designer and much more, and realise your ideas. Each group stages its own play, both in terms of organisation and content, without any guidelines, whether classical or modern, comic or tragic - anything goes. Are you interested? Then join in.
Click here to go to the studi(o)bühne website.
Since our foundation in the summer semester of 2006, we have been a rapidly growing group of currently 20 students who meet every week for a debate. Non-students are also welcome! They argue with firm rules about current topics from politics and society - fair, sporty and humorous.
Everyone who is interested should be taught the skills to argue clearly, objectively and credibly. Furthermore these acquired skills should enable participants to engage in public debates and to moderate them.
We want to gain rhetorical confidence in our regular public debates. At the same time, it is important for us to consolidate personal knowledge and points of view through the emerging polarization.
The motivation to join our discussion group is manifold: Anyone who wants to successfully debate with decision-makers and public officials after graduating, obtain an additional qualification, meet interesting people or simply get rid of their shyness, anyone who wants to become politically active or convincingly represent their interests - this is exactly the right way to do so with us.
Click here for the website of the debating club.
Further information: info@debattierclub-wuerzburg.de
We are neunsiebennull.wav, the student podcast from Würzburg by students for students.
We regularly publish podcast episodes or columns on various topics during the semester, giving students the opportunity to freely express their creativity in relation to the podcast medium and try their hand at any genre. We have been active as a department of the student representation since winter 2023.
We meet every Monday during term time at 8pm in the KHG (Hofstallstr. 4), group room 1 for the editorial meeting. You can drop by at any time and see for yourself how our creative process for creating a podcast episode works. It's also best to check out our Instagram, where we'll let you know if the session is cancelled or takes place at a different location.
Click here for the website.
Instagram: @neunsiebennull.wav
The Evangelische Studentengemeinde Würzburg is particularly committed to the work at the Universities of Würzburg (university, university of applied sciences and college of music). Based on the Christian tradition, ESG deals with church and society in the past, present and future. ESG Würzburg is a member of the Federal ESG, which is based in Hanover.
The following eight points are important to us in our work:
1. make one's faith experienceable and liveable in the community
2. to bring up the Christian faith in dialogue
3. the offer of pastoral accompaniment to a successful life
4. the international horizon
5. raising the awareness of social and political responsibility
6. to offer a place that can become a temporary home
7. to live ecumenism
8. to work in partnership with institutions and services in Würzburg
Above all we have the joy of commitment and the pleasure of community.
ESG offers the opportunity to participate in numerous working groups in the areas of sport, games and relaxation, music and culture, as well as commitment to and engagement for others.
Click here for the Website of the ESG.
You want to meet other people and make contacts...
A topic moves you and you want to get involved...
You have an idea and want to try it out...
As a university community, we offer space and many opportunities for encounters, commitment, student initiatives and projects.
Click here for the Website of the Katholischen Hochschulgemeine Würzburg.
Contact: info@khg-wuerzburg.de
You want ‘more’ than just studying? AIESEC offers you the opportunity to gain practical experience in the areas of marketing, human resources, finance and global operations. Work in a team, make new contacts and help other students to gain unforgettable experience abroad. Your study background does not matter. Our aim is to break down prejudices and promote understanding of other cultures through international exchange.
Experience abroad is becoming increasingly important nowadays and can also be very beneficial for your future career. Our international programme combines worldwide projects from the fields of culture, education and social entrepreneurship. For 4-10 weeks, you will help an organisation or start-up to develop and grow. You challenge yourself and get to know other cultures. You do not have to be a member of AIESEC. Are you interested? Then write to us without obligation: LC.Wuerzburg@aiesec.de
Click here to visit the website of the exchange organisation AIESEC.
The iac is a student-run business consultancy made up of committed students from all disciplines. As a non-profit organisation, the association aims to contribute to the development of students and the promotion of business. A wide variety of issues are dealt with in project teams. In addition to the opportunity to apply your theoretical knowledge in practice, the iac also gives you the chance to work on exclusive projects and internships through partners. Membership of the iac allows you to build up a very good network, which can also be useful in your later professional life. You also have the opportunity to exchange ideas and network with students from all over Germany at meetings with the umbrella organisation JCNetwork. Interested? Then simply write an email or come along to a meeting.
Dates and contact details can be found on the homepage.
E-mail: info@iac-wuerzburg.de
Located at the university campus in Würzburg, with over 70 active and passive members, an alumni network and 20 years of experience, C&C, the student business consultancy Contact & Cooperation e.V., forms the link between university theory and entrepreneurial practice.
Acquiring projects from companies and placing them with students, gaining valuable experience and making important contacts for their future careers, organising and coordinating workshops and business symposia - the association sees itself as a contact point for students who want to take on responsibility and are interested in the consulting profession.
The student advisors work in a team and solution-orientated manner and impress with their professionalism and expertise. As a non-profit initiative, Contact & Cooperation aims to teach students extracurricular commitment, social skills and professional entrepreneurial thinking.
The Leo Club is an independent part of the Lions Club Würzburg, which is aimed specifically at young adults between the ages of 16 and 30. The Leo Clubs - Leos for short - are also service clubs that organise charitable activities under the motto ‘we serve’.
Whether here in Würzburg or together with other Leo clubs from Bavaria, Germany and around the world, we raise money or donations in kind for charitable causes. For example, we donate the profits from our ‘Profs legen auf’ party at the Zauberberg, collect food for the food bank with the ‘Ein Teil mehr im Einkaufswagen’ campaign or simply play bingo with senior citizens in retirement homes - the highlight of the month for some of them. Our help gets through.
Unlike the Lions, you don't have to be invited to join us. If you are between 16 and 31 years old, simply let us know on Facebook or Instagram when and where our next meeting is taking place. We look forward to seeing you!
Click here for the offical website.
Here you can find the social media pages of the Leo club:
We support all those who (want to) be the first in their family to study. 6,000 volunteers are involved in 80 local ArbeiterKind.de groups across Germany to inform pupils about the possibility of studying and to support them on their journey from starting university to successfully completing their studies and beyond.
The group in Würzburg is made up of students and professionals from various disciplines. All are welcome. You don't need any special prior knowledge and are welcome to join in without any obligation.
Would you like to get to know us and find out more? Then simply write to us by email at wuerzburg@arbeiterkind.de.
Or take a look at our social media channels:
Students educate Pupils
Studenten bilden Schüler (Students educate Pupils) is a non-profit organisation which supports needy children and young people in socially and economically difficult circumstances with free tutoring in order to ensure greater educational equality and equal opportunities. Our tutors are volunteer students who want to make a contribution by helping the pupils with their knowledge. In addition to Würzburg, we are also active in many other cities throughout Germany and are happy to welcome anyone who would like to support our cause. If you are interested, take a look at our website! You can also register as a tutor there, for example.
Click here for the official website of Students educate Pupils.
We, "Organspende Rettet Leben", are a university initiative that provides information about organ donation in lectures at the JMU. Our aim is to directly address the disparity between the high willingness to donate organs (~ 80% of Germans) and the actual possession of an organ donor card (only ~ 40%). By giving short presentations and then offering organ donor cards, we are trying to solve this problem in a practical way.
After presentations in front of thousands of students, we are determined that together we can tackle the problem step by step.
You can find more information here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/18uet_K8jpOf0LxlP6cwtu32r1aMyRyoy/view?usp=sharing
(©️ Constantin Ritter)
Anything forgotten? Then let us know, we will be happy to add more interesting groups: career@uni-wuerzburg.de
