Information for students

If you want to study abroad with a child, you should prepare this step well. The International Center and the College Contact platform offer support. Information and counselling are free of charge in both cases.

The Internet portal Auslandsstudium-mit-Kind offers practical information on organising, financing and carrying out a study abroad programme with a child. Experience reports from student parents worldwide round off the offer.

The MAWISTA Foundation awards an annual scholarship to students with children who wish to study abroad. The application deadline is 15 January each year.

Financial support for students is not reserved to German nationals. According to Section 8 of the Federal Training Assistance Act (BAföG), many foreign students are also eligible to receive this funding assistance. As a rule, socially integrated foreign students, who have good prospects of remaining in Germany, are eligible for this support. These are persons holding a settlement permit, a permanent residence permit, permanent EU residency, or the right to move and reside freely in Germany under Directive 2007/38/EC.
Source: BMBF 2016, www.bafög.de

The legal regulations are very elaborate, so please contact the responsible advisory office at an early stage.

Studierendenwerk OstNiedersachsen
Hochschulstandort Lüneburg
Abteilung Studienfinanzierung ("BAföG-Amt")
Munstermannskamp 3
21335 Lüneburg

Ansprechpartnerin: Anke Daum 
Fon. +49.4131.78963-11
bafoeg.lueneburg@stw-on.niedersachsen.de

If you have to interrupt your studies for family reasons (to raise a child , for example), you have the possibility to take leave of absence for a maximum of two semesters.
Information is provided by Student Services.

The application for leave of absence can be found here

Information on parental allowance in Lüneburg:
District of Lüneburg
Youth and Family Department, Entrance H
Auf dem Michaeliskloster 4
21335 Lüneburg
Phone. +49.4131.26-1706 or -1384
General telephone information
Mon-Fri 8am-12pm, Mon-Thu 2pm-4pm

An Overview of day-care facilities provides by Leuphana and the Students' Union (Studierendenwerk) you will find here 

Information about external day care facilities you will find  here (page in German).

Long-term tuition fees must be paid when the study credit has been used up. As a rule, the study credit is the number of semesters of the standard period of study of the chosen undergraduate degree programme plus a further six semesters. Students who are actually looking after a child (as defined in § 25 Para. 5 BAföG) who has not yet reached the age of 14 at the beginning of the respective semester are exempt from the payment obligation. The same applies to students who are caring for close relatives (as defined in Section 7 (3) of the Caregiver Leave Act) and can provide evidence of their need for care (as defined in Section 3 (2) of the Caregiver Leave Act). You can apply for a waiver of long-term study fees at Student Services.

Um die Kosten im Studium decken zu können, gibt es unterschiedliche Möglichkeiten. Auf den Internetseiten der Leuphana Universität gibt es dazu hilfreiche Informationen:

• College: Studienfinanzierung Stipendien & Kosten
• Graduate School: Förderung durch die Graduate School

Einige der Informationen sind auch unabhängig voneinander gültig. Informieren Sie sich deshalb unabhängig von Ihrem Studiengang auf den Seiten.

Darüber hinaus finden Sie hier Informationen zu Stipendien:

• mystipendium.de

We have set up a mailing list ‘Studying with a child at Leuphana’ to provide you with up-to-date information from the Family Service. This mailing list can and should also be used for networking between students with children.

If you are interested, simply send an email to: studieren-mit-kind.L-on@leuphana.de. You will then receive an e-mail which you should confirm.

There is also a messenger group ‘Students with children’ organised by student parents themselves. If you are interested, please contact the Family Service, where you will receive the invitation link to the group.

Students with proven and recognized time restrictions and part-time students have the right to sign up early for courses with a limited number of places. They have the chance to be allowed into a particular course befor the general lottery (Losverfahren) takes places, and after that they do not take part in the lottery allocation. This process ensures that this group of students have the opportunity to plan their semesters ahead of time.

 You can find more information on the right of first refusal and the associated deadlines here.

Housing benefit is paid as a subsidy by the housing benefit office. There is a legal entitlement to housing benefit. However, students are generally excluded from this, as they are entitled to a rent supplement under BaföG instead, regardless of whether BAföG benefits have been applied for or not.
However, entitlement to housing benefit is only excluded if all members of a household are entitled to BAföG. If a child lives in the household, there is therefore again an entitlement to housing benefit.