Financing / Insurance

Student health insurance is an important point. You must take out statutory student health insurance for the duration of your studies. Please register with a statutory health insurance company or, if you already have statutory health insurance, have your insurance adjusted accordingly. From 1 January 2022, the health insurance company will send your insurance confirmation digitally to the university (with a corresponding delay). You no longer need to submit registration forms. In return, the university will send the following data to the health insurance company: Date of enrolment/exmatriculation.

If you do not fulfil your obligation to your health insurance company in accordance with § 254 SGB V, you may be deregistered in accordance with § 62 Para. 2 No. 5 of the State Higher Education Act (LHG). The notification of late payment by the health insurance company is also automatically transmitted digitally to the university, as is any default in payment that no longer exists.

Important:
If you have private health insurance, you must be exempted from the student insurance obligation by a statutory health insurance provider.

The Studierendenwerk Tübingen-Hohenheim has taken out various insurance policies for students of the universities supported by the Studierendenwerk to ensure that you are adequately insured on your way to or from the university and in the facilities of the Studierendenwerk and the university.

• Further information on the insurance benefits

If the requirements are met, grants are awarded in accordance with the Federal Training Assistance Act (BaföG).

Further information can be obtained from the Studierendenwerk Tübingen (https://www.my-stuwe.de/bafoeg/tuebingen) or directly from the  

Office for Student Financial Aid
BAföG InfoPoint 
Listplatz 1 
72764 Reutlingen

Advising sessions at HFR are offered once per semester.

• To the advising dates

ScholarshipsIt is possible to finance your studies or at least parts of your studies (e.g., semester abroad) with a scholarship.

Information on this can be obtained from the respective foundations. 
Deutschlandstipendium

The Deutschlandstipendium scholarship supports talented and high-achieving students. The decisive factors are very good grades and strong personalities. Scholarship holders are each supported with €300 per month. Private sponsors pay €150, and the federal government contributes €150.

• Germany Scholarship at the HFR.

Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes

Under the motto "Scholarship for you!", we are looking for committed and high-achieving students. Students in their 1st and 2nd semesters can apply independently for a scholarship from the Studienstiftung.
Registration for the selection test: 11 January – 15 February. The best candidates will be invited to the selection seminar. Applicants are selected in personal interviews and discussion rounds.
The Studienstiftung is the largest scholarship organisation for gifted students in the Federal Republic of Germany.
Further information: https://www.studienstiftung.de/infos-fuer-studierende-und-vorschlagende/bewerbung-und-auswahl 

Upgrading scholarship – students with professional experience 

If students still want to study after completing vocational training, then the upgrading scholarship may be of interest. The funding programme of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research supports skilled workers with vocational training and several years of practical experience for a first-degree course. Funding is provided as a lump sum and is independent of income.
Detailed information can be found at https://www.sbb-stipendien.de/aufstiegsstipendium. The website contains short explanatory videos and details for telephone counselling.
Applications can be submitted before the start of the degree programme and up to the end of the second semester.

Scholarships abroad

You can also apply for support for study visits abroad. More detailed information can be found under International.

Further links to the scholarship search:

• myStipendium 
• Stipendienkompass – the free scholarship counselling service
• ApplicAid

Child benefit can continue to be paid for an 18-year-old child until they reach the age of 25 if they are studying.

• Further information on child benefit (Federal Employment Agency)

Tuition fees for all degree programmes at universities in Baden-Württemberg have been abolished for EU citizens.

• Further information

Tuition fees for international students and for second-degree programmes from winter semester 2017/2018

• Further information

The "barrierefrei-studieren" initiative helps prospective students and students with disabilities to find funding opportunities.

• https://www.barrierefrei-studieren.de/