Info: Submit your follow-up application now!
If your current BAföG funding ends on 31 March, we recommend that you submit the follow-up application now!
This will help you avoid interruptions in the payment process.
01. Is it worth applying for BAföG?
Yes, definitely.
Improvements have been introduced for the winter semester 2024/2025.
- The parental allowance on income will increase by 5.25 %. The income of underage siblings who are not in an eligible education will no longer be offset against the parental allowance in future.
- The benefit rates will be increased by 5%.
- The housing supplement will increase from 360 euros to 380 euros
- For students who do not live with their parents, are under 30 and have their own health and long-term care insurance, the maximum subsidy is 992 euros.
- Income from a mini-job remains exempt from deduction up to 556 euros gross.
- A change of subject is possible until the beginning of the fifth semester for good cause.
- The maximum funding period increases (for Bachelor's and Master's together) by one flexible semester
- Students who are under 25, are taking up their first full-time degree course and have received certain social benefits up to the month before starting their studies (which they must prove with a notification no older than 6 months) can receive a one-off study start-up grant of 1,000 euros, which does not have to be repaid