Fees and Payments

Fees

Every semester all Bachelor's and Master's students have to pay the semester contribution of currently € 188.10. This amount consists of the administration fee, the Studierendenwerk fees and the student body fees.

The period for the payment and payment methods of the fees can be found under the category "Re-registration".

Part-time Degree Programs charge a special tuition fee. Separate regulations apply here.

Do not hesitate to contact Mirjam Förder or Maria Menzel if you have any further questions or need consultation.

Tuition fees for international students and for a Second Degree Study from winter semester 2017/2018 on

General information can be found here:

Students enrolled in the summer semester 2017 or before are excluded from the tuition fees. However, they apply to students who were enrolled at a University before winter semester 2017/18 and then change the study program or University.

Tuition fees for international students (€ 1,500.00 per semester)

Persons who are citizens of a country outside the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA) and want to study in Baden-Württemberg must pay € 1,500.00 (plus semester contribution) each semester.

The exceptions are listed in the following Application for Exemption of the tuition fees. If one of them applies to you, please submit the completely filled out and signed application.

Application for Exemption of tuition fees for international students

Second Degree Study (€ 650.00 per semester)

Persons who want to take up a second course of study in Baden-Württemberg must pay € 650.00 (plus semester contribution) each semester.

When is a second degree available?
A second or further Bachelor's or Master's Degree Program is subject to the tuition fees. The first degree, including the Master's Degree and a doctorate, remains tuition-free!

Only after completion of a University course of study acquired in Germany will the second or further Bachelor's or Master's course be subject to tuition fees for the entire duration of the course.

The exceptions are listed in the following Application for Exemption of tuition fees. If one of them applies to you, please submit the completely filled out and signed application

Application for Exemption of the tuition fees for a second degree study

Please note...

In case of a reimbursement, the exmatriculation date is decisive (cut-off period)! More information can be found on the website of the Student Administration Office.

In case of exmatriculation before the start of the semester...

... you will receive a reimbursement of the semester contribution (and tuition fees, if applicable). Please submit the following Application for Reimbursement.

In case of exmatriculation within one month of start of the lectures...

The reimbursement of administrative costs of € 70.00 is possible. The same rule is for people who have to pay tuition fees. Please submit the following Application for Reimbursement.
In order to receive a refund of the Studierendenwerk fees, you must submit an application to the Studierendenwerk Tübingen-Hohenheim. Other deadlines apply here, which you can find on their website. A copy of the notice of exmatriculation must be submitted with the application. We are not responsible for the refund and cannot influence it.
Information on the reimbursement of the student body contribution can be found in the Organisationssatzung of the Student Body (Verfasste Studierendenschaft).

We do not accept applications received by email. Please submit the application by post or in person with your original signature.

Application for Reimbursement

Re-registration

To continue your study each semester you have to pay the fees that arise with their study. This also applies to students who are in a practical semester, a semester abroad or a semester on leave.

In case of a re-registration after these periods an additional late fee (€ 15.00) has to be paid. The reminder will be sent to your HfWU email address. A missing re-registration leads to an exmatriculation ex officio (§ 62 (2) No. 4 LHG).

After your re-registration, please request a current certificate of enrollment and check the data. This will enable you to determine whether the re-registration has worked.

Re-registration periods

For summer semester: from 1st February to 15th February
For winter semester: from 15th July to 31st July

Student Certificates

You can print out Enrollment Certificates (in German and in English), BAföG Certificates and KfW Certificates after a succesful re-registration.

For previous semesters, you can print out Enrollment Certificates and the Bescheinigungen nach § 9 BaföG.
Print these Certificates out here:

Payment via Student-Online-Service (QIS-SOS)
You can easily re-register via our Student-Online-Service (QIS-SOS) if you are already enrolled. In this portal you create a direct debit mandate and the fee is debited from your bank account 14 days after confirmation of the mandate (just cretaing the mandate is not sufficient!).
Advantages:
- Current fee is displayed
- You will be re-register directly after confirming the mandate
- Enrolment and other certificates can be printed out immediately after re-regsitration
You have to create and confirm a new direct debit mandate every semester!
Re-registration will only take place if you enter the IBAN of your own bank account and your bank account is sufficiently covered on the day of debiting.
Link to QIS-SOS: https://sos.hfwu.de/qisserver/rds?state=user&type=0
Please find instructions vor the re-registration via QIS-SOS here.
Payment via bank transfer
In exceptional cases, the re-regsitration fees may be paid by SEPA credit transfer. Use the following data:

Receiver: Landesoberkasse Baden-Württemberg
IBAN: DE02 6005 0101 7495 5301 02
BIC/SWIFT Code: SOLADEST600
Reference/Purpose: 8675190000011, Student ID number, Last Name, First Name

Please use the exact same reference/purpose! Otherwise we will not recieve your payment.

It can take up to ten business days until we are able to book your payment. Usually, it takes approx. five business days.

Bank transfers from foreign countries
Please clarify before your transfer whether foreign banks may charge additional fees for the transfer so that we receives the correct amount. You may also need following details:

Name and address of the bank: Baden-Württembergische Bank, Am Hauptbahnhof 2, 701873 Stuttgart, Germany
Name and address of the beneficiary: Landesoberkasse Baden-Württemberg, Steinhäuserstr. 11, 76135 Karlsruhe, Germany

Laws and guidelines

Insurances

All students must have health insurance for the entire duration of their studies, as the universities are obliged to register the insured students with the relevant health insurance funds in accordance with § 200 Para. 2 SGB V in conjunction with the Student Health Insurance Registration Ordinance (Studentenkrankenversicherungs-Meldeverordnung). The insurance can be taken out through a statutory or private health insurance fund.

Due to the above mentioned obligation to register, a current insurance certificate (not older than 2 months) - please no membership certificate or insurance card - must always be submitted when enrolling in statutory health insurance. If you are privately insured, the HfWU absolutely needs an exemption from the statutory health insurance for matriculation. This will be issued to you by a statutory health insurance company.

The HfWU must be notified immediately of any change of health insurance fund. In this case, please submit the current insurance certificate or exemption certificate from a statutory health insurance fund to the Studierendensekretariat without being asked to do so.

An accident that has occurred in connection with the operation of a university as well as an accident on the way home (i.e. between the university departments, on the way to the university and on the way home) can be reported using the form that you can find on our university pages regarding occupational safety under Aktuelles/Notfall. The university will report the accident to Unfallkasse Baden-Württemberg via the university. This will then clarify the further details with you.

For practical study semesters abroad and study semesters abroad, private accident insurance must be taken out. Accidents during this period are not covered by Unfallkasse Baden-Württemberg.

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What such a private accident insurance costs and what it does during your stay abroad can be read, for example, at the Comfortplan Versicherungsvergleichs-Portal

BAföG

BAföG in Germany

The most important source of funds to finance the studies is the Ausbildungsförderung nach dem Bundesausbildungsförderungsgesetz (BAföG, "The German Federal Training Assistance Act")

An Application for a training grant is therefore certainly worthwhile and recommendable.