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What other requirements do I need for the study grant?

  1. You must be admitted to or continue with a regular course of study. An exception for non-degree students only applies with a notification of admission to the Studienberechtigungsprüfung (studying without secondary-school leaving certificate).
  2. The course of study for which you are applying for a study grant must have started before the age of 33. An increase in this age limit to a maximum of 38 years is planned under certain circumstances for self-supporting students ("Selbsterhalter*innen"), for disabled students and for students with children. In most cases, starting a master's degree before the age of 38 is also considered to be in good time.
  3. You must not have completed your studies yet. There are exceptions for a master’s degree that is attached to a bachelor’s degree and for a doctorate degree that follows a diploma or master’s degree.
  4. Another requirement is social need. The income of your parents is decisive for this (exception: is not taken into account in the scholarship for "Selbsterhalter*innen"), your own income and, if applicable, the income of your marriage or your registered partner.
  5. It is also important that you can prove that you have successfully completed your studies. Especially after the first year of study, there may even be a risk of repayment of the study aid received up to that point. In a later phase of the study, in the absence of success, further payment of the aid is merely stopped.
  6. You must comply with the entitlement period, which generally includes the minimum period of study plus a tolerance semester. For diploma courses that are divided into study sections, one tolerance semester is provided for each study section. An extension of the entitlement period can be requested with the help of certain reasons. For candidates for the Studienberechtigungsprüfung, the entitlement period is a maximum of two semesters (depending on the number of prescribed individual examinations).
  7. If you change courses, please note that you can only change your course twice and that each change must take place after the second semester of your previous course at the latest.
  8. In order to be entitled to a study grant for a subsequent degree or a subsequent phase of study, the specified maximum duration of study must not be exceeded.