Tuition fees at German universities

Tuition fees were a big issue when it was introduced - and they still are. Again and again there are changes. Here you can find out where you have to pay as much tuition and what else there is to be observed.

Tuition fees in Germany

In early 2002, under the former SPD-Green government, the sixth amendment of the Higher Education Act adopted and passed. It states that may be levied for the first degree tuition fees.then the Federal Education Minister Edelgard Bulmahn justified this decision as follows:

"Students and their parents need a reliable framework for planning future. The federal government has expanded its family support and significantly increases the BAföG massively "

But a ruling by the Federal Constitutional Court on 26 January 2005, the tuition fees for freedom was declared null and void. In order for countries in the way of tuition fees was also paved for the first degree.

In addition, the following may also be charged fees:

• Long-time tuition fees
• Fees for second degrees
• Management fees
• Guest fees

General student fees:
Fees for each student from first semester

Long-time charges:
Fees after the attainment of a specified interval semester (for example, after a half times the period of study)

Student account:
Credit of approximately 200 weeks semester hours. Each semester there is a certain number of hours charged. Is the normal period reached, the weekly semester hours consumed and tuition fees are payable.

No long-term fees at the undergraduate

The following states levy on the first degree is no long-term tuition fees:

• Berlin
• Brandenburg
• Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• Saxony
• Schleswig-Holstein
• Hessen (since WAS 2008/09)

The federal states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Hessen, Mecklenburg and Schleswig-Holstein levy neither a study nor a long-term fee. However, there are semester fees in each province that must be paid in addition to the countries with tuition fees.

How can I finance the tuition fees at the most?

In the provinces where tuition fees have been collected, they saw reason to act. Means of financing education should be to prevent migration of students in other provinces. Special education loans of state banks are to serve exclusively to finance the tuition fees. Thus they guarantee that for anyone who wants to really study, tuition fees represent an obstacle. The student loans of state banks are therefore also particularly advantageous in the repayment.


Tuition fees are tax deductible?

According to § 12 No. 5 of the Income Tax Act (Income Tax Law) Tuition fees are normally a first degree are not tax deductible as business expenses. They can only be as special expenses (§ 10 paragraph 1 No. 7 Income Tax Law) asserted. The cost of a postgraduate or Master's degree in education can be like an unlimited amount as expenses are tax deductible.


source : http://www.studilux.de/studium-uni/studiengebuehren.html