BAföG (federal student loan scheme)

Certificates in accordance with § 48 of the BAföG are issued by the course and examination managment of the Academic Office Economics. If you need a certificate in accordance with Section 48 BAföG, please contact the responsible course and examination management in the academic office via email. The academic office will verify whether the requisite number of ECTS credit points has been attained, as determined by the chair of the examination board.

Overview of the defined ECTS credit points, effective as of 1 October 2024

Degree Program	Third Subject Semester	Fourth Subject Semester	Fifth Subject Semester
BSc in Economics	66	96	126

Students enrolled in master's degree programs are required to earn 30 ECTS credit points each semester.

If you are studying economics as a minor subject, please contact the academic office of your major subject for questions relating to BAFöG. For teacher training students, the Central Examination Office for Teacher Training (Zentrales Prüfungsamt für Lehramtsprüfungen, ZPLA) is the responsible contact.

Your course and examination manager will inform you as soon as the certificate has been issued.