BA­föG & Fi­nan­cing Coun­se­ling of the Stu­dent Uni­on

All stu­dents should have the op­por­tu­ni­ty to pur­sue their de­si­red edu­ca­ti­on and trai­ning, even if the fi­nan­ci­al me­ans to do so are not suf­fi­ci­ent. The­re­fo­re, the Fe­deral Re­pu­blic of Ger­ma­ny sup­ports stu­dents and trai­nees with fi­nan­ci­al be­ne­fits un­der the Fe­deral Trai­ning As­si­s­tan­ce Act BA­föG.

BA­föG is the che­a­pest way to fi­nan­ce your stu­dies. Whe­ther with a part-time job, a se­cond de­gree or stu­dy­ing with a child - even a small BA­föG amount is worthwhile, for examp­le, to be ex­empt from GEZ fees.

BA­föG be­ne­fits are gran­ted half as a sub­s­idy and the other half as an in­te­rest-free loan - you the­re­fo­re only have to pay back half of the mo­ney re­cei­ved af­ter the end of your stu­dies (i.e. a ma­xi­mum of €10,010).

Whe­re can I find in­for­ma­ti­on and ad­vice?

Com­pre­hen­si­ve in­for­ma­ti­on on how to ap­p­ly and per­so­nal ad­vice on BA­föG is avail­ab­le from the Stu­die­ren­den­werk Frank­furt.

In ad­di­ti­on to BA­föG, Stu­die­ren­den­werk Frank­furt also pro­vi­des ad­vice on the fol­lo­wing to­pics as part of its so­ci­al and fi­nan­ci­al coun­se­ling ser­vices:

• So­ci­al be­ne­fits, scho­l­ar­ships and lo­ans
• Job­bing and so­ci­al se­cu­ri­ty
• Em­ploy­ment and re­si­dence law
• Stu­dy­ing with child­ren
• Stu­dy­ing with disa­bi­li­ties
• Stu­dy­ing in­ter­na­tio­nal­ly
• KFW loan
• MainS­Werk stu­dent loan
• Emer­gen­cy aid fund