Financing and Costs

If you, your parents or spouse does not have sufficient funds to finance a degree course, you can apply for government aid, or BAföG.

One half of BAföG is a subsidy that you will not have to repay. The other half is an interest-free loan that you pay back after the end of your studies

For more information on BAföG, please contact the Student Support Services Ostniedersachsen.

Student Support Services OstNiedersachsen

At the university, there are many part-time jobs available to students. As a student assistant (Hiwi), you will work a few hours per week assisting the university staff in their tasks. Student assistants are needed both at the institutes and schools and at the central facilities such as the University Library and the Sports Centre.

Many companies offer student employee positions that you can hold alongside your studies. Visit the Career Service’s website for listings.

Career Service Job Market [in German] | TU Braunschweig Job Market [in German]

Scholarships are an alternative to BAföG, student loans and part-time jobs. You do not have to be top of your class, although above-average academic achievements are usually a pre-requisite. Are you active in social or other volunteer work? Then you might be eligible for a scholarship. Have a look at our scholarship information – there are more scholarship options than you might think.

More informationen about scholarships

Are you in need of money but do not meet the BAföG requirements? In that case you can apply for a credit from the government-owned development bank KfW. This bank grants loans to students working toward their first degree so that they can support themselves independently from their parents’ income. The Student Support Services provide information about the KfW loan programme and act as an intermediary for the loan.

Financial Counselling [in German] | KfW development bank [in German] | Student Support Services OstNiedersachsen

After the end of the standard period of study plus six additional semesters, you will be required to pay long-term tuition fees of EUR 500,00 per semester.

The following are exempt from paying long-term tuition fees:

• students caring for a child under the age of 14;
• students caring for a close relative;
• students completing a period of study at a foreign university which is covered by the study guidelines;
• students on a leave of absence;
• students completing an internship that is covered by the study guidelines.

In addition to this, the long-term tuition fees can be waived, in whole or in part, in cases of undue hardship. This usually applies when the period of study was prolonged due to a disability, a serious illness or the after-effects of being the victim of a crime. Please contact us at i-amt.gebuehren(at)tu-braunschweig.de before submitting an application.

Application form for remission of long-term tuition fees [in German] | Declaration of childcare [in German]

For some further education degree programmes, the following tuition fees have been defined:

• For the further education degree course Personnel Development at the Company Level, a tuition fee of EUR 100.00 per semester is levied.
• For the distance learning Masters course ProWater – Sustainable Management and Protection of Water, EUR 40.00 per module and credit point are levied (topic-specific English classes are EUR 60.00 per credit point). Full-time students pay a minimum fee of EUR 800.00 per semester, part-time students EUR 400.00 per semester. For your final semester, you will pay a fee of EUR 500.00 for the supervision of your Masters thesis.
• For the further education degree programme Psychological Psychotherapy, a monthly fee of EUR 280.00 is levied. The fee for the admissions interview is EUR 40.00. Click on the link below to learn more about costs and revenue for this programme.

Students in these programmes do not pay the long-term tuition fees outlined above, but rather the special tuition fee for their course. This does not apply to students simultaneously matriculated in a degree programme that is subject to the long-term tuition fees (parallel studies [in German]).

Personnel Development at the Company Level [in German] | ProWater | Psychological psychotherapy [in German]

For students with a “guest” status, Technische Universität Braunschweig levies a fee per semester of:

• EUR 50.00, up to and including 4 semester hours;
• EUR 100.00, up to and including 8 semester hours.

Please transfer this amount to TU Braunschweig, making sure to include your references (“guest student”, last name, first name) and submit your guest student application along with a copy of your bank transfer confirmation.

Students at other state universities in Lower Saxony are exempt from this fee.

If you want to earn credits and sit exams, you will need to pay an additional fee of EUR 75.00 for each hour that must be spent on the exam or credit, including preparation and follow-up. 

Matriculatin Office Contact Persons [in German]

As a fresher, you will need to pay the contributions and/or fees when you enrol at the TU Braunschweig.

Students already enrolled at the TU Braunschweig have to pay their fees by

• 01.08. for the respective winter semester and
• 01.02. for the respective summer semester.

If the re-registration amount is not transferred on time, you will receive an e-mail reminder with a reminder deadline sent to your TU e-mail address. The reminder will be accompanied by a charge of 15.00 euros to cover the costs of checking and taking into account late payments. Failure to pay all fees and charges (including the additional charge) within the set reminder period may result in de-registration by law.

If you have any questions, you can contact us at i-amt.gebuehren(at)tu-braunschweig.de.

Please transfer the contributions and fees in due time to the TU Braunschweig and state the following in your transfer:

• Account holder: TU Braunschweig
• IBAN: DE62 2505 0000 0001 7087 00
• BIC (Swift Code): NOLA DE 2HXXX (Braunschweigische Landessparkasse)
• The following information must be included in the reference field:
  "20242matriculation no., last name, first name".
  For example: 202424425876, Mustermann, Moritz

Please note: If you start your studies at TU Braunschweig for the winter semester 2024/25, the above-mentioned amount is due as enrollment fee with your enrollment (as can be seen from your enrollment or application documents).