BAföG

BAföG (funding under the Federal Training Assistance Act)

Probably the best-known option for funding your studies is funding under the Federal Training Assistance Act (BAföG).

Detailed information on funding under the Federal Training Assistance Act and application documents can be found on the website of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.

The following questions, among others, are answered there:

  • Who can receive BAföG?

  • How high are the subsidy amounts?

  • What is the maximum funding period?

  • What proportion of the funding must be repaid and what are the repayment modalities?

  • How does a change of subject affect my BAföG entitlement?

BAföG applications please contact the BAföG office in Koblenz.

The responsibility lies with the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Office for Educational Support,
Saarstraße 21, 55122 Mainz,
Tel.: 0 61 31 - 39 - 23 129,
Fax: 0 61 31 - 39 - 25 452,
e-mail: bafoeg@uni-mainz.de
Internet: https://www.bafoeg.uni-mainz.de/