Financing your studies
Financing your studies
Financing your studies
Information and advice on financing your studies, for example on student loans, is available from the Student Service Organisation (Studentenwerk). You can find out about your entitlement to BAföG and other options at Oldenburger Studentenwerk.
Further possibilities for financing
The International Office offers a number of additional information about how to finance your studies as an international student:
Loans and support programmes
For a variety of reasons, you can get into payment difficulties through no fault of your own. Various support options may help.
Loans and support programmes - Studentenwerk Oldenburg (in German)
Support programmes available include, for example:
Studienstarthilfe (Study start-up support)
For prospective students who, for financial reasons, cannot afford the initial tuition fee.
Studienstarthilfe (Study start-up support) - in German
Nothilfefonds (Emergency aid fund)
For students in financial need during their studies.