Tuition Fees

Tuition fees will be abolished from summer semester 2012 on.

General information

The state of Baden-Wuerttemberg introduced tuition fees for the first time in the 2007 summer semester. The University of Ulm charges these fees based on the state law on tuition in higher education (Landeshochschulgebuehrengesetz - LHGebG) from 19.12.2005 (GBI. Pg. 794) and the state law from 0312.2008. The tuition fees are to be made available for studying and teaching purposes.

Tuition fee liability

The tuition fees amount to 500.00 euros per semester for all students enrolled in an undergraduate degree programme (bachelor's degree, diplom degree, state examination) or a consecutive master's degree programme.

Deadlines

Incoming students are required to pay tuition, administration and student union fees in the amount of 602.00 euros prior to enrolment. Continuing students are required to pay within the re-registration period Re-registration .

Further information about

• fee exemption
• student loans

Non-consecutive master's degree programmes

Students in the non-consecutive master's degree programmes Advanced Materials, Communications Technology, Energy Science and Technology and Finance are subject to fees on the basis of the relevant  fee statutes. These tuition fees are also 500.00 euros per semester. The only students exempt from tuition fees are

1. those who are on academic leave, as long as the application for leave is submitted before commencement of the semester Information about academic leave,
2. Students who are caring for and raising a child which is under fourteen years of age upon commencement of the respective semester (01.10. or 01.04.). In order for an exemption to be granted, the child must be born before the beginning of the academic term.
   Verification: birth certificate; where appropriate, adoption certificate or certificate of approval; and confirmation of registration from the Registration of Address Office (Einwohnermeldeamt), stating that the child shares a home with you.

PhD students

PhD students are not subject to tuition fees. The amount due is 103.50 euros.