Buntes Weihnachtsfest

Colorful Christmas - Share your joy at Christmas!

Concept

Many international students stay in Ilmenau for Christmas. That's why we plan together with Support network we4you at the TU Ilmenau a Christmas Exchange. We place international students with hosts (e.g. families, fellow students from Germany) who invite them to their Christmas party or one of the Christmas holidays. We also plan additionally Program for students at Christmas and about the turn of the year.

Christmas Exchange 2025

For Hosts

When you have the willingness to invite one or more students for a day or longer to your home during the holidays, please, register here.

Even if you celebrate outside of Ilmenau, you are welcome to take part in the exchange – many students are also willing to come to you.
We will then put you in touch with the international students who have registered with us.
You can decide personally what you invite the international students to - whether for a coffee, a walk, to give presents or even with an overnight stay. Not only can you get to know people from other parts of the world, but you can also Christmas traditions exchange..

For International Students

If you would like to take part in the Christmas exchange, then register here..

We will then bring you together with the hosts who have registered with us. So you have the possibility to spend Christmas in company and
the hosts decide what they invite you to - whether for a coffee, a walk, for presents or even for an overnight stay. They will definitely be happy about a small gift from you.

Deposit

Based on our experience in the last years, we operate a deposit system whereby you must hand over a 10 € deposit in cash to participate in the program.

Conditions to get the deposit back

You can get your deposit back latest by January 31, 2026 in the following cases:

Successful participation in the program after matching
If the organizers were unable to find a host
If you cancel your participation in the program latest by December 17 (7 days before Christmas) by emailing christmas@iswi.org
Short-term illness with immediate notification to the organizers by email to christmas@iswi.org before the event

In all other cases, the deposit will be retainedas a processing fee for the administrative extra-work carried out by the organizers.

Dates for paying the deposit (€10)

You can find our members on the following dates and events to pay the deposit (€10 in cash):

Wed, Dec. 3, 3–4 pm: coffee2meet at the bc-Club
Wed, Dec. 3, 6–7:30 pm: English club at the bc-Club
Wed, Dec. 3, 7–8:30 pm: German club at the bi-club
Thu, Dec. 4, 5:30–7 pm: ISWI stand at the Vereinachtsmarkt in the Humboldtbau
Fri, Dec. 5, 6:30–8 pm: we4you Christmas party in the Humboldtbau

Further dates will be announced on this website in the coming weeks.

Event program for Christmas and the New Year

During Christmas time till the end of the year, we will organise events like game nights or joint cooking evenings for the students, who stay in Ilmenau. If you would like to participate in the program, please follow our whatsapp-group "Colorful Christmas).

For questions or proposals you can contact us at christmas@iswi.org or by phone 0159 0301 4909.