Brain Capital Financing
Brain Capital is an innovative tuition financing concept. Students participating in these models do not or only partially pay tuition fees during their studies at KLU. However, they commit themselves to make income-dependent payments upon completion of their studies. The total amount of payments is linked to the income earned. The model is based on a solidarity principle: students with higher income repay more than students with lower income. There are limits for maximum annual and maximum total payments (about twice the tuition fee amount adjusted for inflation).
If you are admitted at KLU and wish to finance your tuition fees at KLU partly via the Brain Capital scheme, please fill in the Brain Capital application form and send it to admission@klu.org by July 31, at the very latest. Indicate the amount that is necessary to cover part of the tuition fees. Please keep in mind that the scheme may not allow a full coverage of your tuition. Applications for Brain Capital are only accepted before commencement of studies. Only admitted candidates participate in the selection.
The selection committee meets at the beginning of every month deciding on all applications received until the last date of the previous month. A positive decision on the application depends on various factors. In any case the number of applications received as well as a regional quota is considered.
Gordon Kirstätter
Online Marketing Manager - Key Account
Brain Capital
How does Brain Capital Financing work?
- Solidarity: KLU graduates who are working support their successors who are still at university.
- Flexibility: The repayment attunes to your career - who earns less pays back less. Those who earn more pay back more.
- Safety: If in any year your income falls below a level of EUR 30,000, the loan is deferred for that year (EUR 15,000 for non-OECD countries).
- Freedom: You are free in your career and family planning, because the repayment starts only if you have a minimum income of EUR 30,000 (EUR 15,000 for non-OECD countries).
Since my Bachelor studies, the combination of the KfW student loan and the Brain Capital financing scheme has been the perfect way for me to finance my academic education. I decided for those options as I don’t have to pay the full tuition all at once and can rather concentrate on my studies first. Once I have a regular income, I will make the repayments.
Marie Besselmann - Student MSc Global Logistics & Supply Chain Management, Class of 2019
Loan Schemes
There are different loan schemes to finance the cost of living. These primarily target German and EU nationals. Candidates of other nationalities are only eligible if they have a German baccalaureate (Abitur) and permanent residence status in Germany.
The German federal government and KFW banking group, a German government-owned development bank, offer the following loan to Germans and EU citizens. Non-EU candidates are eligible only if they have a certificate of graduation from a German secondary school and permanent resident status in Germany.
Federal Training Assistance Act (BAföG)
German federal government loan program: The loan program provides you with state funding to pursue education and training. You receive 50 percent of BAföG aid as a state grant and 50 percent as an interest-free loan. Your eligibility is dependent on your parent’s income. Read more about the Federal Training Assistance Act (in German).
KfW-Student Loan
The KfW offers the KfW-Studienkredit for our Bachelor and Master programs as well as our MBA. With the KfW-Studienkredit, you are able to finance your costs of living. The KfW-Studienkredit is highly flexible. Please find all information concerning the KfW-Studienkredit here. The product profile of the loan can be found here (unfortunately both is only offered in German). Please note: This loan scheme is primarily available for German citizens or students with a German baccalaureate (Abitur). There are exceptions, please consult the KfW-website for further information.
Our partner concerning the KfW-Studienkredit is the HASPA, which offers advice for the KfW-Studienkredit as well as a student bank account with many benefits for students in Hamburg.
For further information, please contact Ms. Sophie Harms (Tel. +49 40 3579-7227, hafencity@haspa.de) from the HASPA.
Counseling center for study financing
The counseling center for study financing "BeSt" from Studierendenwerk Hamburg offers free and objective advisory service on all topics of student finance such as BAföG, scholarships, student loans, etc. As a (prospective) KLU student you may make use of their counseling services and get individual advice:
Counselling centre for study financing – BeSt
Grindelallee 9
(first floor)
20146 Hamburg
(near Dammtor railstation)
Telephone: +49 / 40 / 41 902 - 300
best@studierendenwerk-hamburg.de
Office hours
Mon 9.30 am - 3.00 pm
Tue, Thu 9.30 am - 5.00 pm
Wed, 11.00 am - to 1.00 pm
Fri 9.30 am - 1.00 pm
Online you find information here:
student financing for international students
student financing for German students
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