The children's holiday camps "Uni-Erlebnis für Kids" is organised by the Family Service Office. It offers school children aged 6-12 a varied program on campus.
Unisport organises adventure camps for children of staff and students for different age groups, usually during the Easter and summer holidays. You can register at UNISPORT.
Sportjugend Pfalz, in cooperation with the sports science faculty of RPTU and the city of Kaiserslautern, is organising various sports camps in the last week of the summer holidays. Children's camps are aimed at 9-11 year olds and sports camps at 12-15 year olds. You can register at Sportjugend Pfalz.
Note: the program is primarily aimed at student and staff families of the university; external children can only be admitted in exceptional cases. Some primary schools in the city of Kaiserslautern or in the district of Kaiserslautern as well as church sponsors, Landesforsten [state forests] Rhineland-Palatinate, the Kinderschutzbund and others also offer camps during holidays. In addition, there is the Rhineland-Palatinate holiday platform: www.ferienboerse-rlp.de
Attention: Reservations can be made right away for the rest of the year over the form below (only in German). A registration form will be automatically send to you about 6 weeks prior to the start of the programm in case your child is accepted. If not, we will get in touch; a waiting list is the alternative.
Easter: 22.-25.4.25 (4 days only), due date 22.3.
Summer: 7.-11.7.+ 14.7.-18.7. + 21.-25.7., due date 7.6. all weeks
Fall: 20.10.-24.10.25, due date 20.9.
Attention: There might be an obligatory online parents' evening for alle programs. Dates to be announced. Note: The parent's fee will be reimbursed 7 days prior to the beginning of the program in case of a cancellation.
Holiday planning is usually difficult for students and working parents of schoolchildren (six to twelve years old). They encounter a childcare problem outside school hours, as children have more than twice as many holidays as working parents; and student parents often cannot combine seminars, internships, exams, jobs, etc. with childcare during school holidays.
In order to help overcome this, attractive activities are offered during the Easter, pentecost, summer and autumn holidays. 5 weeks a year we organise varied camps. They feature exciting, child-friendly workshops in the natural sciences and technology faculties. In addition, children engage in sporting activities. They go to the forest playground and explore the university. But also games (inside and outside) and handicrafts do not get a raw deal. The highlight of the week is usually the full day excursion. In the forest the children have a colourful construction trailer of RPTU at their disposal.
The children, who attend the program until 1.30 p.m. or 4.30 p.m. will have snacks; drinks, fruit and vegetables will be offered during the day. Also the children visit the Mensa for a warm meal; unless annouced differently. For day trips, children are provided with packed lunches from the cafeteria.
Students
Since 2013, holdiday camps for students' children have been free of charge.
Employees
Summer Break and autumn Break
per week (5 days) incl. snacks, materials and if applicable excursion
full day 106 €
siblings 86 €
guests 122 €
mornings 58 €
siblings 48 €
guests 66 €
Easter Break and Pentecost Break
per week (4 days) incl. snacks, materials and if applicable excursion
full day 94 €
siblings 74 €
guests 110 €
mornings 52 €
siblings 42 €
guests 60 €
Children in half-day programs may generally take part in full-day excursion for a flat rate of EUR 12. Underprivileged parents may pay half of the amount if they provide proof. It is also possible to voluntarily pay higher contributions.
As of 10.02.25 we will accept your reservations by email again as usual. Please note that all reservations that have been sent so far this year have been accepted. We will inform you whether your child can get a place or is on the waiting list. Please understand that these will be processed in the order of the vacation periods and reservations, so that we will first contact the parents who have registered their children for Easter. Registration forms can now be filled out digitally, (save in pdf format for signature), contact: l.schleese@rptu.de
Easter (waiting list)
Summer, all weeks (a few places available in some weeks)
Fall (waiting list)
Further offers
There are other activities on offer at the university and in the city: College sports also organizes adventure camps for children of staff and students for various age groups. Further information can be found at unisport-kinder@rptu.de. Sporadically, the departments offer vacation programs and other formats for older students (12-16 years); these can be requested here . The information is also intended for teachers. The Sportjugend Pfalz organizes various sports camps in the last week of the summer vacations in cooperation with the University's sports science department and the city of Kaiserslautern. Children's camps are aimed at 9-11 year olds and sports camps at 12-15 year olds. Registration can be made with the Sports Youth Palatinate. The Kaiserslautern Music Academy also offers a program during the summer vacations. Some elementary school in the city of Kaiserslautern or in the Kaiserslautern district as well as church organizations, the Rhineland-Palatinate State Forestry Office, the Child Protection Association and others also offer childcare during the vacations. There is also the Rhineland-Palatinate Holiday Exchange.
Once a year, the KinderUni at RPTUtakes place once a year; children get an insight into the lecture hall and the work at the university through exciting lectures/experiments. The program is aimed at children aged 8-12. Registration takes place via UniKom.