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What is a grant?
If you find yourself in financial hardship and cannot pay the fee for the Semesterticket, you might be eligible for a grant. This process is independent of the re-registration process. You must first pay the re-registration fee, after which you will receive your semester ticket. If your application is approved, you will be reimbursed for either some or possibly all of the semester ticket costs.
To obtain a grant, you must submit proof of the following:
- a social hardship that prevents you from paying the fee
- a monthly income which does not exceed your basic needs
- and no savings or assets
A social hardship can be:
- writing your final thesis
- an unpaid or low-paying internship
- a restricted work permit for international students
- being a single parent
- a costly diet necessary because of disability or illness
- pregnancy
- a reduction in earning capacity
- integration grant (‘Eingliederungshilfe’) in case of a disability
- at least one of your children receives the job-seeker’s allowance ALG II
- a particularly low income
- high costs for medical treatment
- costs for paying off loans or debt
The amount of the grant depends not only on your stated circumstances, but also on the number of applications and the funds available. The more students receiving a social grant, the lower the individual amount! The relation between income and need, the length of time that the social hardship lasts, and the total sum of financial obligations are all taken into consideration. If you are planning to apply, always visit the Semesterticket Office beforehand for advice. We are here exactly for this purpose, to help you in such cases. We can answer questions in advance and thus potentially shorten the processing time for your application.
If you want to apply for a grant, please come to our office for a consultation! We will answer all your questions and help you with filling out your forms correctly. This will shorten the time needed to process your application, since we will have the correct documents from the start.
The Applications will be calculated according to the Social Funds Statutes. Here you can find the Statutes of the TU, the Statutes of the UdK and the Statutes of the ASH.
What is the deadline for submitting a grant?
The deadline for grants for the semester ticket is the re-registration deadline (for students, who will re-register for a new semester) or 6 weeks after immatriculation (for students who are newly enrolled). The deadline in SoSe25 was the 31.03.25.
How can i submit a grant?
First, you need to submit the completed application form to us by the deadline. You can do this even before you’ve paid the semester fee. Next, you’ll receive a follow-up letter from us asking for the supporting documents related to the hardships you mentioned in your application. You can submit these documents by post, email, or via our upload tool. After that, we will process your application and inform you whether it has been approved or rejected. If your application is approved, you will receive a partial refund for the semester ticket.
Our goal is, of course, to pay out as many grants as possible before the university’s re-registration deadline. However, we are not always able to do this. Please refrain from contacting us right before the re-registration deadline to ask how long your application will take — this uses up time we would rather spend processing applications.
Please pay attention to the required time periods for the documents: For the summer semester 2025, we need documents from August 2024 through January 2025. For the winter semester 2025/26, we need documents from February 2025 through July 2025. The correct time periods will also be stated in our follow-up letters.
You can make free copies of your documents at our office during consultation hours.
We only accept documents sent by email if they are attached as a PDF file. Please do NOT send JPGs — for security reasons, we are unable to open them.
Application for the grant:
Please fill in this application:
This Document will help you:
In case you have any more questions, please do not hesitate to come to our consultation! We are always happy to help.
Current Events
Due to our move in June 2025, we have fallen behind on processing the grant applications. Please refrain from making inquiries so that we can focus on reviewing your applications. We will inform you as soon as there are any updates regarding your application.
Thank you for your understanding!