Financing your studies

According to a HIS poll from 2003, 17% of the students who discontinued their studies said that financial problems were the decisive cause. 52% of the withdrawals from the university were caused by financial worries. To prevent this difficult situation from arising in your case, useful information on finances is provided below.

Information

• Semester fees
• Frequently asked questions about tuition fees
• Frequently asked questions about fees for long-running studies

Academic financing

• BAfÖG (Studentenwerk) (Federal student loan)
• Scholarships as a possibility to finance studies
• Tuition grant of Lower Saxony
• Short-term loan (Studentenwerk)
• Loan to complete studies (Studentenwerk)
• Immediate interest-free 60-Euro loan (ASTA)
• Book allowance (Studentenwerk)
• Student job exchange at the University
• Job agency for students at the „Arbeitsagentur für Arbeit“
• Questions on jobs and student assistant jobs (Kooperationsstelle Hochschule und Gewerkschaften)

Information and advice for any financial difficulties

• Social Service of Student Services
• Office of Student Affairs at the University of Göttingen
• Social and legal counselling from ASTA