Principle:
There is a legal entitlement to individual training support in accordance with this law for training that corresponds to aptitude, aptitude and performance if the trainee does not otherwise have the necessary means of subsistence and training.
A good education is the basis for professional success. However, families are not always able to provide sufficient financial support for students or pupils. This is where BAföG can help.
The aim is to give all young people the opportunity to complete an education that matches their abilities and interests, regardless of their social and economic situation. The following questions must be clarified before a decision can be made on a BAföG application:
- Is the chosen course eligible for funding?
- Does the applicant meet the personal eligibility requirements?
- Are the educational needs not covered by the applicant's own income and assets or by the income of a spouse, registered partner or parents?
The answers to these questions determine whether someone can receive BAföG and how much monthly funding they will receive. With the 2019 BAföG reform, even more people are entitled to the grant as, among other things, the income allowances have been increased. These are, for example, the amounts of income that parents do not have to use for their children's education under BAföG. It is therefore worth checking whether funding is possible. There is a lot of helpful information on this page. For binding clarification of individual questions, it is best to seek advice from the relevant education funding office at an early stage.
Source: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
If the eligibility requirements are met, educational support is provided for attendance at:
- Secondary general education schools from grade 10 (e.g. Hauptschule, Realschule, Gesamtschule, Gymnasium)
- Vocational schools, including classes of all forms of basic vocational training from grade 10 (e.g. vocational preparation year)
- Technical and technical secondary school classes that do not require qualified vocational training
When attending one of the schools listed under points 1 - 3, support is only granted if accommodation away from home is necessary. This means that educational support is only provided if the student does not live with his/her parents and
- a reasonable place of education cannot be reached from the parents' home,
- runs their own household and is or was married or in a civil partnership,
- has his/her own household and lives with at least one child.
- Technical and technical secondary school classes that do not require qualified vocational training to attend, provided they provide a vocational qualification in a course of at least 2 years (e.g. as a "state-certified technician")
- Technical and technical secondary school classes whose attendance requires completed vocational training
- Abendhauptschulen, Abendrealschulen and Abendgymnasien, vocational postgraduate schools, colleges
- Higher technical colleges and academies
- Universities
under the link www.studentenwerke.de you will find special information for students.
Anyone who meets the personal requirements can apply for BAföG benefits. These are
- German citizenship or citizenship of one of the member states of the European Union.
Not yet 45 years of age at the start of training (exceptions are regulated by law).
- When attending one of the schools listed under no. 1 - 3, funding will only be granted if it is necessary to live away from home.
Special conditions apply to applicants who are nationals of a country outside the EU.
None, but BAföG is only granted from the start of training, but at the earliest from the month in which you submit your application. If you submit your application as completely as possible, a decision on your application can usually be made quickly.
If the complete documents are available, the processing time is usually within a few weeks.
Decisions on educational assistance benefits are made on the basis of a written or electronic application.
This means that in future, all declarations for BAföG applications, including income declarations from parents and life partners, can be submitted both analog and digitally, by email or via "BAföG Digital" without a signature or eID function.
The written form requirement previously regulated in Section 46 (1) BAföG will be replaced by a text form requirement. This means that a handwritten signature will no longer be required for BAföG applications in future. The handwritten signature can be replaced by simply stating the applicant's name. However, this must be done to secure the declaration made.
An application is only valid if the applicant or their legal representative has stated their name at the end of the application and the application has been received by the Office for Educational Support.
The following methods are possible for submitting declarations when applying for BAföG:
- Declarations stating the name sent by post or fax,
- Declarations submitted digitally via the online application assistant "BAföG Digital" using a user account, and
- Declarations that are sent digitally via e-mail, to which a handwritten or electronically completed form is attached, e.g. as a pdf or as a jpeg, and which contains a name at the end.
- Via the Service-Portal Baden-Württemberg via the direct link: BAföG für einen Schulbesuch beantragen - Serviceportal Baden-Württemberg (service-bw.de) we offer you another electronic form of communication where you can send us the application electronically. The public authority account on Service-Portal BW is an electronic mailbox for secure electronic communication within the meaning of the Baden-Württemberg E-Government Act. After registering once free of charge, citizens can communicate securely with the administration electronically. They can use an online form to send a message directly to their responsible office. They can also exchange documents with their authority or store documents in the document safe for later use in their own account.
You can download the application documents, explanations and instructions from the BAföG server of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research at www.bafög.de
Attachment that you need in addition to the forms:
Supplementary sheet to form 01 (additionally required for each application)
BAföG Digital e-application (online procedure)
With BAföG Digital you can create, edit and send your BAföG application conveniently on your computer. The special feature: You do not simply fill out forms provided online via the Internet, but are given access to an online tool through which you enter all the necessary data step by step. This data is automatically saved in your personal BAföG Digital account. The process can be interrupted at any time and continued on another day. You can upload any necessary documents using the upload function - even separately at a later date. Another advantage: If you already deal with the authorities online and have a user account with the federal government or a service account of a federal state, you can use it to log in to BAföG Digital and send the application electronically. However, you can also create a user account via BAföG Digital.
=> Electronic application: Click here to go to BAföG Digital
For sending the application by e-mail: bafoeg[at]landkreis-ludwigsburg.de
- For this purpose: For reasons of data protection and to maintain social confidentiality in accordance with § 35 of the Social Security Code I, we cannot recommend that you send us your application by e-mail.
If you would like to send us your application by post or hand it in personally, this is still possible.
By fax
If you wish to send us your application by fax, please use the following fax number: 07141 144-59414.
The Office for Educational Assistance of the rural or urban district responsible for the parents' place of residence.
Exceptions are, for example
- You are enrolled at a university or academy (e.g. film academy/academy of performing arts). In this case, please contact the student support office of the university/academy
The staff can provide you with further exceptions on request.
Contact via email: bafoeg[at]landkreis-ludwigsburg.de
You can find us at Hindenburgstraße 46, 71638 Ludwigsburg
