Student grants - always the first choice!
A student grant (BAFöG) should always be the first choice when it comes to financing your studies, unless you have sufficient resources of your own or your parents can cover your costs.
Important: Students with a disability or a chronic or mental illness receive the same amount of support as all other beneficiaries.
Nonetheless, the needs of students with a disability are considered in a number of special provisions in the Federal Training Assistance Act (BAFöG), such as
- the duration of the study programme
- the age limit for receiving a student grant
- changing courses, if necessary.
The Training Assistance Office of Münster Student Support Services is responsible for processing BAFöG applications and is available to answer any questions you may have concerning this issue.
Münster Student Support Services
Training Assistance Office
Bismarckallee 11
48143 Münster
Tel. 0251 83 7 9539
bafoeg@studentenwerk-muenster.de
Disability-related additional expenses
"Disability-related additional expenses" are expenses that go beyond everyday basic needs. The financial compensation of such additional expenses is very complex and depends on your individual situation. For this reason, it can only be explained briefly here.
Scholarships - to top up or fully finance your studies
A scholarship may be an option to top up your finance; some scholarships also provide full funding.
Most scholarships are awarded on the basis of academic excellence or to gifted students, i.e. above-average study achievements are required in order to gain support. Other criteria such as commitments to the community or society also play an important role with many funding authorities.
A number of foundations also award special scholarships for students with a disability.
Scholarships awarded by FH Münster
FH Münster - University of Applied Sciences also awards scholarships (Germany Scholarship) to particularly gifted students. The special concerns of students with a disability are also considered here within the key criteria scholarship.
Support for blind and visually impaired students
Paul und Charlotte Kniese-Stiftung
Hardenbergplatz 2
10623 Berlin
Phone: 030 795 92 30
Support for students with a physical disability
Dr. Willy Rebelein Stiftung
Bauvereinstraße 10-12
90489 Nürnberg
Phone: 0911 580 74 0
Google Europe Scholarship for Students with Disabilities
Google supports students and PhD students who have a disability in the form of the Google Europe Scholarships for Students with Disabilities.