Dienstleistungsportal Bayern

Description

Prerequisites

Funding is provided for attendance at public universities. In the case of non-governmental institutions of higher education, educational assistance is only granted if the Bavarian State Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs, Science and the Arts recognizes the equivalence of attendance at this institution with attendance at a public or state-approved institution of higher education. Training assistance is only granted for the period in which the training fully occupies the trainee's working capacity (full-time training).

Training assistance is generally only provided for the initial training, but under certain circumstances it is also possible to receive assistance for further training.

The following are generally eligible

• Germans,
• recognized persons entitled to political asylum and refugees, and
• under certain circumstances, other foreigners, in particular nationals of EC member states.

As a rule, training assistance is no longer provided if the trainee has reached the age of 30 at the start of the training period for which he/she is applying for training assistance, or 35 in the case of master's degree courses.

Procedure

The application must be submitted in writing or electronically (see under "Online procedure") to the relevant Office for Educational Support. The contact details of the relevant Student Services Office will be displayed when you select the location of the university under "My location".

If not all required documents have been submitted by the applicant for the decision on the application, the Office for Educational Support will contact the applicant and ask for the submission of the missing documents. Other authorities are generally not involved.

Special notes

Certain funding offices are responsible for funding an education abroad as foreign offices. Each of the eighteen foreign offices is responsible for one or more foreign countries. Which office decides on the funding of the respective training abroad can be found in the list of offices, which is attached to the explanations for form 6 (see under "Forms").

Deadlines

Training assistance is only paid from the beginning of the month in which the training begins, i.e. from the month in which the lectures actually begin, but at the earliest from the month in which the application is received in writing or electronically (see under "Online procedure") by the responsible Office for Training Assistance. Retroactive educational support is not provided.

A new application is required for each approval period (usually one academic year).

In the case of subsequent applications, the application must be submitted in its entirety no later than two months before the end of the old approval period in order to avoid interruptions in payment.

Processing time

The processing time or the total lead time between the application and the issuance of the approval notice should be expected to be approx. 6 to 8 weeks.

Required documents

• The documents required depend on the type of grant and can be found in the relevant forms.

Forms

• Form, Bavaria-wide: BAföG-Antragsformulare

  Please note

  This form has to be signed and sent to the responsible authority. You can sign the form manually and send it by email/fax or sign the form electronically with your qualified electronic signature an send it by (secure) email. If the responsible authority has set up a De-Mail account, you can also send the form by De-Mail using an sender-confirmed message.

Online procedures

• BAföG-Online für Studierende

  This service supports you by helping you to enter your application data and checks it for completeness and plausibility. If you have an ID card with activated electronic proof of identity, you can send the forms, which usually only require a signature, and the documents to be enclosed electronically to the competent authority. Forms that must be completed by the training institution or that must only be submitted upon express request cannot be sent electronically.

• BAföG für Auslandsaufenthalt in Österreich

  You can apply online for benefits under the BAföG for stays abroad in the country of Austria. As long as the requirements are met, funding can be provided:

  •     High school visit
  •     Foreign internship
  •     Study abroad

Fees

• None

Legal bases

• Bundesgesetz über individuelle Förderung der Ausbildung (Bundesausbildungsförderungsgesetz - BAföG)
• Gesetz zur Ausführung des Bundesgesetzes über individuelle Förderung der Ausbildung (Bayerisches Ausführungsgesetz zum Bundesausbildungsförderungsgesetz - BayAGBAföG)

Remedy

(optional) opposition procedure: Option to choose between filing an objection and direct action

Links to more information

• Ausbildungsförderung (BAFöG und BayAFöG)
• Informationen, Fragen & Antworten sowie Beispielrechnungen zum BAföG für Studierende und Schülerinnen und Schüler
• Studentenwerke in Bayern

Related issues

• Educational support; application for students
• BAföG loan; repayment
• Further and advanced training; applying for promotion funding