Information for Refugees

Prerequisites

1. you are enrolled or have applied for a degree programme at Bielefeld University.

2. you have a residence status with a refugee background.

The programme focuses on people who are willing and able to study and who have fled to Germany no more than five years ago.

• Persons entitled to asylum, recognised as refugees or as persons entitled to subsidiary protection as well as people for whom a national ban on deportation has been established and comparable persons who have a residence permit(§§ 25 para. 1-3, 22, 23 para. 1 and 2, 23 para. 4, 23a or 25 para. 4, 25 para. 5 of the Act on the Residence, Employment and Integration of Foreigners in the Federal Territory (Residence Act - AufenthG))
• Persons who were admitted on the basis of the Mass Influx Directive and have a right of residence pursuant to Section 24 of the Residence Act.
• Persons who have received a rejection in the asylum procedure carried out by the BAMF, but whose deportation has been temporarily suspended(tolerated stay pursuant to Section 60 a (2) AufenthG)
• Persons with a settlement permit who have not been in Germany for more than 5 years.(§36 AufenthG)

Excluded are persons

• who have a latent or immediate obligation to leave the country (§§ 50 Para. 1 and 60 a AufenthG)
• Persons with a temporary residence permit (§55 AufenthG) or settlement permit (§9 AufenthG)
• Persons within the framework of family reunification (§28, §29 and §30 AufenthG)
• Persons with a domestic educational qualification
• Persons with German citizenship

3. there is no entitlement to BAföG or other benefits that sufficiently secure the student's livelihood.

• BAföG must be taken into account when awarding scholarships. You must therefore submit a copy of your BAföG notification (proof of application or rejection notice).
• If you receive funding retroactively from another source (e.g. BAföG or other scholarships), you must inform the respective source about the receipt of the NRWege scholarship in order to avoid double payment and thus a necessary reclaim of the scholarship by the International Office.
• Additional income is possible (e.g. child benefit, mini-job) as long as it does not exceed the maximum limit of EUR 1,595 together with the full scholarship (EUR 1,000), i.e. if you receive the full scholarship, the allowance is EUR 595, which you may also receive from other activities/benefits.