Important notes

You can submit an application for educational support under the Federal Training Assistance Act (BAföG) here. Once you have entered all the data, you can download your application, print it out and sign it.

Tip: Instead of on paper, the application can also be completed online at https://www.bafög-digital.de.

You are currently not logged in. We recommend that you log in to mit BundID einzuloggen. Otherwise, the request can only be saved for a short period of time for data protection reasons. If you do not perform any action on the page for 10 minutes, your request will be deleted automatically.

Please fill out this application carefully and completely and check all that apply.

According to § 60 of the First Book of the German Social Code (SGB I), you are obliged to provide all facts necessary for clarification and to submit the requested evidence. In accordance with the provisions of the Federal Training Assistance Act (BAföG), the information you provide is necessary for the decision on the application.

Information on your data protection information rights in accordance with Art. 13 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) can be obtained from the Office for Educational Support or at www.bafög.de/hinweis.

Submit your BAföG application to the Office for Educational Support at your university or to the responsible student services organization. In Bochum, this is the Akademisches Förderungswerk (AKAFÖ).

In-company (dual) training is not supported by BAföG. In this case, you can apply for vocational training allowance (BAB) from the Employment Agency instead.