Apprenticeship support according to the BAföG

As a pupil or student, you can receive benefits under the Federal Education Assistance Act (BAföG) if your education is eligible for funding and if you do not otherwise have the funds required for your livelihood and your education. Student: Only at public...

As a pupil or student, you can receive benefits under the Federal Education Assistance Act (BAföG) if your education is eligible for funding and if you do not otherwise have the funds required for your livelihood and your education.

Student: Only at public schools, not at private universities.

Objective of the training grant:
The aim is to give all young people the opportunity to complete an education that corresponds to their abilities and interests, regardless of their social and economic situation.

Examination by the Office for Educational Support:
After you have submitted a BAföG application, the responsible office for training support will check whether the desired training can be funded. It often makes sense to seek advice from the Office for Educational Support before submitting an application.
Calculation of the individual support:
When calculating your individual funding, flat rates for monthly requirements are assumed. The amount of your subsidy depends on whether you are attending school or studying and on where you live and where you are studying. Your own income and assets as well as the income of your parents are taken into account for the requirement. If you are married, your husband's or wife's income will be taken into account. This also applies to registered civil partnerships. If at least one child under the age of ten lives in your household, you can receive a childcare allowance for each child in addition to the benefits calculated for you under the BAföG.
In exceptional cases, you will also receive the training grant regardless of your parents' income.

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Important notes

Prerequisites

Funding is only possible if you have not yet reached the age of 30 at the start of the training or 35 in the case of Master's courses. Only in the cases expressly mentioned in the law (§10 Abs. 3 BAföG) can you be funded beyond this age limit.

Further information on the requirements for funding under the BAföG can be found on the Internet at: https://www.bafög.de/

Documents required

The documents required for the application can be found here on the bafög.de website.

Please note

For students:
The offices for training support in the districts or urban districts are responsible for student support under the BAföG in Germany. For trainees at evening schools, colleges, higher technical schools and academies, the Office for Training Assistance is responsible for the district in which the training center is located. For all other students, the responsibility lies with the Office for Educational Support of the city/district administration at the place of residence of the parents.

For students:
The student unions of the universities at which you have been or will be enrolled are responsible for student support in Germany in accordance with BAföG.

For training abroad:
Depending on the destination country, different central international offices in Germany are responsible for foreign funding under the BAföG, both for students and for school pupils.

On the website https://www.bafög.de/ you can search for the Office for Educational Support that is responsible for your funding.

In addition to the text of the law, the website also contains the application forms, information on electronic application submission, the listings of training centers in the federal states for eligible training, a nationwide listing of the offices for training support and example BAföG calculations.

The BAföG hotline can also help you on 0800-223 63 41. It can be reached free of charge from Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Deadlines

The BAföG benefits are granted to you from the month of application, but at the earliest from the start of the training.

Procedure & Fees

Procedure

If you have submitted the application together with all the necessary documents to the responsible Office for Educational Support or submitted it electronically, the Office will decide on the amount of the support and you will receive a written notification.

The application can also be made informally. A personal appearance is not necessary.

Fees

No.

Legal notes

Legal remedies

No legal remedy.

Legal basis

Federal law on individual support for training (BAföG)

www.gesetze-im-internet.de/baf_g/index.html