BAföG - full-time advanced training (AFBG)

Description

Aufstiegs-BAföG is a cash benefit that you must apply for. It is a contribution to the costs of further training and is paid partly as a grant (does not have to be repaid) and partly as a low-interest loan.

If you are undertaking the training programme full-time, you can also receive a contribution towards living expenses, which is granted as a subsidy. This depends on your income and assets. The income of your spouse/registered partner in the calendar year before last is also taken into account. Your parents' income is irrelevant. Typical advanced training programmes are, for example, master craftsman and specialist courses or teacher and technician schools.

The following can generally be funded

• Course and examination fees/school fees (50 per cent as a grant, 50 per cent as a loan, up to a maximum of 15,000 euros)
• Maintenance contributions (100 per cent as a grant, your income and assets are taken into account in the calculation, as is the income of your spouse/registered partner in the calendar year before last.
• Half of the necessary material costs for the production of a masterpiece (maximum 2,000 euros, 50 per cent as a grant, 50 per cent as a loan)
• The exam preparation phase (maximum three months after the end of the programme until the exam with 100 percent as a loan)

If you are a single parent and live in a household with a disabled child or a child under the age of 14, you will receive an additional 160 euros per month.

The application must be signed by hand. You can either send it by post, hand it in in person at the Infopoint or at the in-house letterboxes (Neuhauser Straße 39 or Marienplatz at the town hall) or upload it online using E-Ident. Please be sure to include your tax identification number. This can be found on your income tax assessment notice or on your annual income tax statement or you can enquire at the Federal Central Tax Office.

You will usually receive a loan proposal from the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) for the part of the Aufstiegs-BAföG that is not granted as a subsidy. You can then conclude a loan agreement under private law with KfW. The conditions are laid down by law. You are free to decide whether you want to make use of your loan entitlement or even take out a smaller loan than you are entitled to. KfW is legally obliged to conclude a loan agreement with you up to the approved amount (obligation to contract). If you have any further questions regarding the loan, please contact KfW yourself. You will find the contact details under "Forms and links".

Your income and assets play a role in the calculation of the Aufstiegs-BAföG.

The asset exemption limit is currently 45,000 euros

+ 2,300 euros for spouse or registered partner

+ 2,300 euros per child

Prerequisites

The legal requirements are complex and will be checked in each case. You can enquire on the information hotline as to whether you will receive upward mobility BAföG for your further training. As a guideline, you can check the following points in advance:

• You must have your main place of residence in Munich for the Munich Training Assistance Office to be responsible for your application.
• Further training character: The programme must require you to have completed vocational training or have certain equivalent work experience.
• The programme must prepare you for a public-law qualification or other equivalent qualification.
• The programme must be designed to last at least 400 hours and must be completed within three years. They should take place on four working days with at least 25 lessons per week.
• A private training provider requires a certificate from a recognised quality assurance system.

Required documents

• Application forms for career advancement funding
• Passport copy as EU citizen
• Residence permit as a non-EU citizen

Legal basis

Upgrading Training Assistance Act (AFBG)