Financial support
How can the costs be reduced?
You may be lucky enough to have your parents or other relatives support you with the monthly costs. If this is not possible, there are various options for financial support. BAföG often gives you the opportunity to start training or studying regardless of your social and financial situation. Scholarships can also provide additional support.
However, you can also keep your costs low by living together like many other students in shared flats or student halls of residence live together. You can save on teaching materials by borrowing books and specialist literature from our library on loan.
Financing your studies with BAföG
BAföG stands for the Vocational Training Assistance Act and is a state social benefit designed to enable anyone to complete a course of training, regardless of their social and economic situation. Half of the funding is granted as a grant and half as an interest-free loan.
- The training grant is awarded at the earliest at the beginning of the training, at the latest at the beginning of the month in which the application is submitted.
- The maximum funding period is based on the standard period of study for the respective degree program.
- Students with children receive a childcare supplement.
- The funding is also paid during practical semesters and semesters abroad; depending on the country, supplements and travel allowances are also granted for BAföG abroad.
Detailed information on BAföG can be found on the website of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research BAföG.
FAQ BAföG
Further information
Stipendien
Stipendien für engagierte Studierende
Stipendien sind nicht nur etwas für Hochbegabte! Es gibt zahlreiche Stipendien, auf die sich Student*innen bewerben können, einige Stipendien sind nur bestimmten Fachrichtung vorbehalten oder Student*innen mit besonderen Anforderungen zur Verfügung, viele richten sich an alle Student*innen unabhängig ihres Studienfachs.
Wir können folgende Internetseiten empfehlen:
- Zentrale Webseite der 13 großen Begabtenförderwerke: https://stipendiumplus.de/
- Deutschlandstipendium: deutschlandstipendium.de
- Aufstiegsstipendium: sbb-stipendien.de
- Auslandsstipendien des DAAD: daad.de
- Gemeinnützige Stipendienplattform: mystipendium.de
- Stipendienkompass, Online-Seminare und Stipendien-O-Mat: https://www.stipendienkompass.de/info-stipendienkompass.html
- Information der deutschen Studierendenwerke: https://www.studierendenwerke.de/themen/finanzierungsmoeglichkeiten/stipendien
- Unterstützung für Menschen mit Schwierigkeiten in der Bildungsbiographie und aus bildungsbenachteiligten Gruppen: applicaid.org
- Private Stipendiendatenbank: e-fellows.net
Spezielle Förderprogramme
Deutschlandstipendium
Seit 2011 vergibt das Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung Deutschlandstipendien für begabte Student*innen in Kooperation mit privaten Förderern. Allgemeine Informationen finden Sie unter https://www.deutschlandstipendium.de/
Fristen und Modalitäten für die Bewerbung um ein Deutschlandstipendium an der RWU finden Sie in den FAQ.
Initiative ArbeiterKind
Die Initiative ArbeiterKind.de unterstützt Schüler*innen nicht-akademischer Herkunft auf ihrem Weg zum erfolgreichen Studienabschluss.
Nähere Infos: www.arbeiterkind.de
SOROPTIMIST Ravensburg-Weingarten
Soroptimist International ist die weltweit größte internationale Organisation berufstätiger Frauen. Der Club Ravensburg-Weingarten vergibt jährlich ein Stipendium an eine Studentin in technischen oder naturwissenschaftlichen Disziplinen.
Nähere Infos: https://www.soroptimist-ravensburg-weingarten.de/
FAQ
Downloads
- Ausschreibung für das Soroptimist Stipendium 2025
Internships & part-time jobs
Study & work
Studying costs money. The costs cannot always be covered by BAföG, scholarships or student loans. Whether it's a part-time job or a working student position, many students work alongside their studies. This not only brings money into their coffers, but also allows them to gain work experience.
Which portals are there specifically for RWU students?
- Seezeit job exchange of the Seezeit student union
- Jobteaser
Other popular platforms for students:
There are numerous companies and businesses in the region that regularly advertise internships, final theses and working student positions. It is worth looking directly at the companies' job advertisements.
FAQ Internships & part-time jobs
Insurance
Health insurance
Proof of health insurance is required for enrollment. Students who are enrolled at state or state-recognized universities in Germany are subject to compulsory insurance.
For enrollment, the health insurance company reports the insurance status electronically to the university (notification M10). Please ask your health insurance company for this notification.
Students with private health insurance require a certificate of exemption from the statutory health insurance obligation. This is sent electronically to the university by the statutory health insurance companies (notification M10). Please contact a statutory health insurance company for this.
Sending number of Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied Sciences: H0002749 (for submission to the health insurance company)
Student health insurance
Up to and including the age of 25, students can be co-insured with their parents or spouse who have statutory health insurance. This means that they do not have to pay their own contributions to the health insurance fund. The statutory health insurance company reports the insurance status electronically (M10) to the university.
If family insurance is not an option, it is possible to take out student health insurance up to the age of 30 . The statutory health insurance fund reports the insurance status electronically (M10) to the university.
After the age of 30, student health insurance is no longer possible. Insurance is now either voluntary or private. Please note that the insurance contributions are higher. The statutory health insurance company reports the insurance status electronically (M10) to the university.
When interrupting your studies and after graduation
If you interrupt your studies, for example to complete an internship semester, your insurance status may change. This will also change the contribution rates. To clarify your insurance status, you can obtain information from your health insurance provider.
The health insurance situation also changes as soon as you no longer have student status. In the event of exmatriculation, the statutory health insurance companies are automatically informed by the university. In the case of private health insurance companies, you must do this yourself. It is possible that you will have to pay higher contributions for your health insurance after exmatriculation or that your entitlement to family insurance will lapse.
If you have any questions about this, please contact your health insurance provider.