Funding
Everything to do with funding

The acronym BaföG refers to the assistance granted to students by the state, which is regulated by the German Federal Training Assistance Act (“Bundesausbildungsförderungsgesetz”). BAföG is split evenly into half-grant, half-loan. In other words, 50% of what students receive must be repaid. With just a few exceptions, any funding awarded depends on parental income.

Some students arrange a student loan from a bank to fund their studies. In such cases, the banks don’t insist on the usual guarantees, and interest rates are usually low.

Deutschlandstipendium

• Since Winter Semester 2011/12, funding has been available to high-performing students who also make a contribution to society, e.g. in the form of voluntary work, in the form of the “Deutschlandstipendium”, at a rate of € 300 per month. The award generally lasts for two semesters, in the first instance.
• Full information about the eligibility criteria and the application procedure is posted on the Deutschlandstipendium webpages.  

Oskar Karl Forster scholarship

• Students at our university of applied sciences can apply for a one-off bursary of € 500 from the Oskar-Karl-Forster bursary fund to put towards books (print and/or eBooks).

• Are you planning to spend a semester abroad or study for a degree abroad? The section of the website for outgoing students contains plenty of info and advice about funding options.
• International students at Kempten University of Applied Sciences can consult the section for incoming students for ally the key information.

There are many sources of public and private funding in Germany to help meet the costs of studying – with varying amounts offered, selection criteria and scope. Here are a few useful databases:

• Stipendiumplus
• Stiftungsindex
• mystipendium

You can also find further details of funding specific to Bavaria on the website Studieren in Bayern, run by the Bavarian State Ministry for Science and the Arts.