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BAföG (German state student funding)

BAföG is Germany's state student funding scheme. It also covers studying outside Germany: within the EU an entire degree can be funded, and on top of the basic rate there is a tuition fee supplement of up to €5,600 per year that you do not have to repay.

short form of Bundesausbildungsförderungsgesetz, the German Federal Training Assistance Act

German state student funding, federal student aid

federal student aid

The tuition fee supplement is the decisive point: it is paid as a full grant and covers a considerable share of the semester fees at many European locations.

Repayment of the remaining loan share is capped at €10,010, due in instalments from €130 per month. The guide Financing medical studies abroad shows how studying medicine abroad can be paid for overall.

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