BAföG online application

Applying for BAföG online

This section provides you with the opportunity to complete your BAföG application online. You can decide after completing the form whether you want to print the application in the traditional manner and send it off by post or send it digitally by De-mail to the BAföG office. Unfortunately, you cannot complete an application for BAföG support for abroad online at the moment. But you are able to send us your application for BAföG support for abroad electronically by De-mail. You will find the application documents here.

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Completing your BAföG application online

Step 1

Access the website for an electronic application for BAföG
Carefully complete the prescribed boxes
The validity check will help you not to forget any details
You can save the procedure at any time and continue it later
Read the conditions of use and the data protection declaration for this service

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Once you have entered all the details, you can either print your BAföG application and hand it in or send it by post to the BAföG office or send the application to the BAföG office as a file by De-mail. You will need your own De-mail account to do this.

Printing your BAföG application

If you wish to submit your application in the traditional manner, e.g. personally or by post, please print the application after filling in all the details.

Sign the application
Please enclose all the documents, which the programme specifies, with the application
Hand in the application at the BAföG office or the BAföG information point
Or send the application to the BAföG office by post

Sending your BAföG application by De-mail

Alternatively, you can send us your BAföG application electronically by De-mail without any signature. To do this, you must have your own De-mail account. Send the De-mail with a confirmation of the sender (register with the “high” level of authentication and/or “confidential/personal”).

Save the completed BAföG application as a PDF file
Upload the BAföG application as an attachment to the De-mail
Enclose all the documents, which the programme specifies, in scanned form
Send the De-mail to:
bafoeg [at] stw-tuebingen-hohenheim [dot] de-mail [dot] de

What is De-mail?

De-mail enables electronic messages to be encrypted, protected and sent so that it can be traced, if necessary. It is as simple to use as any e-mail. In contrast to the latter, De-mails enable both the identity of the communication partners and also the sending and arrival of De-mails to be verified without any doubts at any time.
The content of a De-mail cannot be read or changed while in transit via the Internet. Secure registration procedures and connections to the De-mail providers and encrypted pathways between the De-mail providers ensure that De-mails can be sent and received confidentially.

You can obtain more information about De-mails from the German government’s IT Officer at:

http://www.cio.bund.de/Web/DE/Innovative-Vorhaben/De-Mail/de_mail_node.html

Wichtiger Hinweis: Die De-Mail-Adresse dient nur der elektronischen Antragstellung gemäß § 46 BAföG. Für alle anderen Verfahrenshandlungen gegenüber dem Studierendenwerk Tübingen-Hohenheim ist der Zugang per De-Mail noch nicht eröffnet.

BAföG online application

FAQs on BAföG

Do you have any more questions about educational support in line with the German Federal Training Assistance Act or applying for BAföG? You will find the answers to the most frequently asked questions here:

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Forms for downloading

You can also complete the application by hand instead of using the electronic BAföG application. We have brought together all the necessary forms and additional printed sheets for you to download.

Formulare zum Download