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BAföG digital platform can be seen on a notebook.
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On a computer tablet you can see part of BAföG form 1.
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Financial support for students.

Studying has to be paid for. The joy of receiving a place at university is often followed by the question of how your studies are going to be financed. studierendenWERK BERLIN looks after your BAföG application and provides you with advice on financing your studies.

BAföG Online Portal

BAföG Digital
Checklist

Checklist

Everything you need to know about BAföG

Location

Behrenstraße 40/41
10117 Berlin (Bezirk Mitte)
+49 (0)30 93939 - 6000
Mailbox on site
(publicly accessible, 24/7)
 
BAföG consultation hour for initial applications: Wednesdays from 12 - 2 p.m., alternating between Franz-Mehring-Platz/S-Bahn: Ostbahnhof or Hardenbergstraße/S-Bahn: Zoo. You can find the current dates on site and all online consultation appointments on our appointment overview page.
 
Subway / Metro: U5 and U6 (Unter den Linden), U2 (Hausvogteiplatz) 
S-Railway: S1, S2, S25, S3, S5 und S7 (Friedrichstraße)
Bus: 100 und 300 (Staatsoper)
 
HUB: 0.7 km
TUB: 4.7 km
FUB: 11.8 km

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Your BAföG advisor

Your BAföG advisor

Here you will find the contact details of your personal case officer and the link to make an online appointment at your local BAföG office if you need special advice (change of subject, proof of performance, income update, exceeding the maximum funding period, second degree).

Please submit your BAföG application in advance via BAföGdigital (only in German) if you have not already done so.

You can upload follow-up applications and documents conveniently and securely online via your user area in BAföGdigital (only in German) or via our upload portal (only in German).

If you would like to submit something in person, please use our external mailbox.

Telephone consultation hours for case handlers:
Wed. - Fri.: 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Please, enter your firstname and lastname and click "search".

 

Consultation hours and events on the subject of BAföG & financing

Contact form
Contact form

Contact the BAföG Office Berlin

 

Contact the BAföG Clerk's Office

Have you already applied for BAföG at studierendenWERK BERLIN?*:

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Where else can I get help?

If you have any further questions, you can also call the free hotline at the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).

Tel.: 0800-223 63 41 or 0800-BAFOEG1 (Mon. - Thurs.: 8 a.m. - 6 p.m., Fri.: 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.).

School pupil BAföG

BAföG abroad

Further financing options

Further financing options

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