Saxon student services receive an additional € 5 million in the 2025/2026 double budget

The Saxon Studentenwerke are pleased about the increase in subsidies agreed in the 2025/26 double budget of the Saxon state parliament: an additional €5 million will be available each year. This means that the subsidies are higher than in the original government draft - a clear signal in economically strained times. Thanks to these additional funds, the funding gap caused by rising personnel, energy and material costs can be noticeably reduced. Anja Schönherr, Managing Director of Studentenwerk Chemnitz-Zwickau, emphasizes how important this support is: "With our extensive range of affordable housing, inexpensive meals, childcare, student financing and psychosocial counselling, we enable access to academic education regardless of the background and financial situation of the parents.

We would like to thank the State Parliament, the State Ministry of Science and Culture and, last but not least, the students themselves, who - supported by the KSS and the local student representatives - have been committed to the Saxon Studentenwerke. All in all, the financial injection gives the Saxon student unions a reliable perspective for the coming months.

Read the full press release (in German only).