International Applicants and Degree Students

Due to the current situation, additional financial support for students in need is offered by the Fed-eral Ministry of Education and Research. The bridging subsidy is available for students in Germany who can prove that they are in a state of emergency.
Eligible for application are students who are enrolled at a state or state-recognized university in Germany at the time of application and are not on a Leave of Absence. There is no age limit.
Applications can be submitted online (https://www.überbrückungshilfe-studierende.de/) from 16 June 2020 (12 p.m.) onwards. Student applications will be automatically forwarded to the Studentenwerk Potsdam via the portal.

The amount of the grant (between 100 and 500 euros per month) depends on your account balance at the time of your online application.
The account balance may be up to a maximum of 500 euros on the day before you submit your application. Otherwise you are not entitled to the bridging subsidy from the state. You can submit applications for the months of June, July and August 2020. A new application is required for each month (by the last day of the month).

Requirements:

• Enrolled at a state or state-recognised university in Germany;
• The balance of all bank accounts is under 500 Euro;
• No further pandemic-related support for the month in which the bridging assistance applies for.

Required documents:

• Certificate of enrolment for the summer semester 2020;
• Identity card or equivalent proof of identity, for example passport with registration certifi-cate;
• A bank account in Germany;
• Proof of why you are in a pandemic emergency situation (e.g. a termination of your employment by your former employer)
• Bank statements of all your accounts since February or March 2020, depending on the last receipt of income.

Further information can be found here: https://www.bmbf.de/de/wissenswertes-zur-ueberbrueckungshilfe-fuer-studierende-11509.html .

Below you will find a list of options that you can check in order to secure your cost of living during the corona crisis:

• „Das Land Hilft“ is a platform that connects harvest workers and farmers.  Here you can register as a harvest hand.  Farmers in Germany urgently need helping hands!
• Some industry sectors have a special demand due to the corona-crisis. Among them are for instance delivery services, supermarkets, grocery stores, cleaning companies and petrol stations. The following platforms provide you with different temporary job opportunities: helpunity.eu, www.zenjob.de, www.stellenwerk-berlin.de
•  Das Deutsche Studentenwerk and das Studentenwerk Potsdam answer the most important questions regarding finanical topics. beantworten die wichtigsten Fragen zur Sicherung des Lebensunterhaltes.