August 2006
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BAföG: Study financing through interest-based loans
Have you exceeded your maximum funding period or interrupted your studies and now need funding, for example because you are currently in the exam phase? There is help here too! Interest-bearing BAföG The solution to this problem is full interest BAföG. This loan is approved by the KfW banking group, which belongs to the federal and state governments, but the application is in progress...
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BAföG: tuition fees & BAföG
In addition to the usual expenses for subsistence and food, many universities in Germany now have tuition fees of different types and amounts. For example for long-term students - or for everyone! Long-term students are usually asked to pay after exceeding the standard period of study – usually by four to six semesters. The study account model is a bit fairer: students get a certain…
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BAföG: study abroad
It is well known that traveling educates and a longer stay abroad for study or work offers a very special opportunity for this. In the age of globalization, foreign language skills are important. Score points with intercultural skills You can score points with intercultural skills in the application, as they show your future employer your flexibility and mobility. Experience abroad is now almost taken for granted. Many students...
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BAföG: Change of subject, course of studies and achievements
BAföG is only granted for one apprenticeship. If you change your field of study, you start a new apprenticeship - and usually forfeit your entitlement to BAföG funding. However, there are also some exceptions here. Changing majors - what to do? If you want to change your subject, you must present either important or irrefutable reasons.
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BAföG: Legally reduce assets in the BAföG application
If you apply for BAföG, you may also have assets. However: Only 5200 euros may be in your account in total, including long-term savings contracts, which you cannot currently access without losing interest. Which assets are counted? If the trainee has assets, apart from a reserve of EUR 5.200, he has them fully…
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BAföG: Crediting of income & assets
The purpose of BAföG is to provide you with financial support for the duration of your studies if you do not have any funds of your own. If, on the other hand, you work or have assets, you no longer need BAföG. How are income and assets counted? The same applies to parents and spouses: According to civil law, they are obliged to support you financially during your training…
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BAföG: Approval period & update application
The approval period is the period in which you receive BAföG. Because the BAföG is only granted for a limited period of time - the approval period. A follow-up application must be submitted two months before the end of the approval period if an interruption in payments is to be avoided. How is the approval period determined? Usually, the approval period is extended by the office to...
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BAföG: What are the benefits of a preliminary ruling?
The requirement rates apply as a benchmark for how much BAföG you receive. These are the maximum amounts you can get. The decisive factor for how high the BAföG actually is, however, is how much of your income from vacation or part-time jobs is deducted from these requirement rates. And for this, in turn, it is crucial how high the allowances are. What sets of requirements…
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BAföG: Requirement rates for BAföG amount & notification
How much BAföG you receive is determined by the need rate. However, it is then also checked whether your income and assets, your parents' and your spouse's, are sufficient to cover your needs. How high are your requirement rates? First of all, you probably want to know what the requirement rates are. The…
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BAföG: BAföG application & formalities
When and how do you actually have to submit your application for BAföG? What dates and deadlines must be observed? And how do you need to fill out the forms to do everything correctly? Here are the answers! How to apply? You should submit your BAföG application as early as possible - you will only receive BAföG from the time you submit your application,...
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BAföG: Funding requirements & conditions
As a rule, you receive BAföG for your first vocational training if you are under 30 years old. After your 30th birthday, it becomes more difficult to submit a promising application, because you have to give a good reason for your delay. Reasons for the BAföG office From now on you have to give the BAföG office a good reason why you only…
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BAföG: Which education is funded?
First, you must be suitable for the training for which you are applying for funding. Eligibility simply means that you are suitable for this course. As a rule, you already meet the requirements with your university entrance qualification. Study to the bitter end? In other words: The BAföG office assumes that once you have obtained your university entrance qualification, you will also have your...
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BAföG: Definition of training support
BAföG stands for Federal Training Assistance Act. Its goal is to give every young person the opportunity to complete a good education, regardless of their social and economic situation. History of BAföG This means that you complete an apprenticeship that corresponds to your own abilities and interests. Qualified training should not be due to a lack of financial resources of the…
