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Goethe University's campuses should be places where all members, relatives and guests feel comfortable. Nevertheless, it sometimes happens that students and other university members feel uncomfortable and unsafe on campus after dark and outside of core operations.
Here you will find general tips on how to behave in threatening situations, contact the university's security service and contact points, as well as guidance on illuminated paths.
Goethe University's campuses should be places where all members, relatives and guests feel comfortable. Nevertheless, it sometimes happens that students and other university members feel uncomfortable and unsafe on campus after dark and outside of core operations.
Here you will find general tips on how to behave in threatening situations, contact the university's security service and contact points, as well as guidance on illuminated paths.
Goethe University's campuses should be places where all members, relatives and guests feel comfortable. Nevertheless, it sometimes happens that students and other university members feel uncomfortable and unsafe on campus after dark and outside of core operations.
Here you will find general tips on how to behave in threatening situations, contact the university's security service and contact points, as well as guidance on illuminated paths.
Goethe University's campuses should be places where all members, relatives and guests feel comfortable. Nevertheless, it sometimes happens that students and other university members feel uncomfortable and unsafe on campus after dark and outside of core operations.
Here you will find general tips on how to behave in threatening situations, contact the university's security service and contact points, as well as guidance on illuminated paths.
Emergency Numbers
Staff and students who feel threatened can call building security (porter) for help in acute situations.
At the Westend and Riedberg campuses, there is an accompaniment service available around the clock, which accompanies affected persons to another building, their car or to the exit, for example.
Building security locations and phone numbers:
Security escort service IG-Farbenhaus (24 hour availability): +49 69/798 322 50
Car entry gate at Fürstenberger Straße: +49 69/798 326 61
Auditorium Complex (Hörsaalzentrum) porter: +49 69/798 341 16
House of Finance porter: +49 69/798-340 53
PA Building porter:
- +49 69/798 312 05
- +49 69/798 312 06
PEG Building porter:
- +49 69/798 171 08
- +49 69/798 312 03
PEG parking garage (24 hour availability): +49 69/798 171 09
ExNO porter: +49 69/798 314 28
Law and Business building porter: +49 69/798 341 99
Seminar pavillion porter: +49 69/798 341 93
Seminarhaus porter: +49 69/798 341 96
SKW Building: +49 69/798 19700
Security escort service: +49 151/566 989 09 (24 hour availability)
Biocentre (Biozentrum) Porter & Security Escort Service (24 hour availability): +49 69/798 291 08
Physics porter / security staff: +49 69/798 477 77
Geosciences porter: +49 69/798 401 50
Otto Stern Centre porter: +49 69/798 426 66
Biology Building (Biologicum) porter: +49 69/798 424 20
Security Staff:
- phone: +49 69/798 23201
- mobile: +49 151/426 136 40 or +49 171/228 75 41
Porter (24 hour availability): +49 69/798 24520
Risk Prevention at University Hospital (24 hour availability): +49 69/6301 5000
The following can be achieved permanently
- Police on 110
- The Nora NOTRUF-APP is the official emergency call app of the federal states, with which the police, fire brigade and rescue service can be reached quickly and easily in an emergency. Nora uses the location function of the mobile device to transmit the exact location to the relevant emergency control centre. Silent emergency calls can also be made without having to speak.
- The telephone counselling service is available around the clock on the free phone number 0800-1110111 or 0800-1110222 and on the Internet at www.telefonseelsorge.de
Internal Offers
- If you have experienced discrimination or harassment on the university campus, you can find confidential counselling and support from the Equal Opportunities Office or the Anti-Discrimination Office. Counselling is also available anonymously.
- You can also find tips on how to behave, contacts and information on cases of sexualised discrimination, harassment and violence on the website of the laut*stark campaign.
- Self-defence courses are also regularly offered by the Centre for University Sports.
- Further internal and external counselling services.
Tips for critical situations
- Take your feelings and experiences seriously and act accordingly.
- Don't be afraid to consistently break off a situation - you don't owe anyone a conversation!
- If you feel unsafe, do not hesitate to call the university security service or the police (emergency number 110). If in doubt, it is better to call once too often than once too little.
- Be as loud as possible in an emergency.
- Make others aware of your situation. Seek publicity and speak directly to individuals if you need help.
- Be alert and help others in threatening situations. Here too, it is better to ask too many questions than too few to make sure everything is OK.
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