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.
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Photo: Felix Noak / stW BERLIN
Photo: Felix Noak / stW BERLIN
Photo: Felix Noak / stW BERLIN
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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
To the BAföG-Application (only in German)
Checklist
Checklist
Everything you need to know about BAföG
Location
Behrenstraße 40/41
10117 Berlin (Bezirk Mitte)
10117 Berlin (Bezirk Mitte)
+49 (0)30 93939 - 6000
Mailbox on site
(publicly accessible, 24/7)
(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)
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
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
The Offices for Educational Support Funding in the local districts are wholly responsible for providing information and submitting applications for school pupil BAföG:
Mitte (Mitte-Tiergarten-Wedding), Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Spandau, Zehlendorf-Steglitz, Schöneberg-Tempelhof
Treptow-Köpenick, Marzahn-Hellersdorf, Lichtenberg (Lichtenberg-Hohenschönhausen), Neukölln
Further financing options
Further financing options
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