Semester ticket refund

The semester ticket fee is only part of the social contribution, currently it is approx. 176.40 € per semester. You can find the exact amount for each semester on the website of the Finance Department. This is the maximum amount the committee can refund.
The Finance Department explains what else is paid from the social fee on its website.

There are a number of regulated reasons, these are in particular

• Indigence (formerly social hardship cases)
• Existing possibility of use due to severe disability
• Study-related stay outside the contract area ( min. 3 months)
• Stay outside the contract area due to a championship
• Thesis/PhD outside the contract area
• Stay outside the contract area for urgent family reasons
• Existing job ticket valid in the entire contract area
• Exmatriculation during the semester¹
• Enrollment through no fault of your own only after the start of the semester¹
  
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  ¹ Pro rata refund for the non-matriculated period.

Other reasons for application must be particularly well explained. The committee decides on a case-by-case basis whether the semester ticket fee will be refunded. Pregnancy/childcare alone is not a regulated reason for application.

Indigence (formerly social hardship) applies to students in an acute or persistent financially difficult situation. The limit is based on the basic needs of BAföG recipients. Anyone who has less than 90% of this basic requirement per month (currently less than €384.30) can expect a full refund. To calculate this, all income is added together and the warm rent (maximum €385) and self-paid health insurance costs are deducted. Further costs can be deducted in individual cases. If you have children of your own, further items can be taken into account (e.g. childcare costs).

No. The semester ticket is only so cheap because it is a solidarity ticket and is compulsory for all students.
A refund is therefore only possible in cases where there are important reasons for not using it (see above).

On this page under Application forms

The application deadline is November 10^th in the winter semester and May 10^th in the summer semester. The committee may reject applications that are late through the student's own fault.

No. However, applications that are first printed out, then signed and scanned and then sent as a PDF by e-mail are possible.

You can send applications preferably by PDF to stre@asta.uni-bonn.de. Attach all important forms and documents to the e-mail.

In legitimate cases, paper applications can be sent by post to:

Semesterticket-Rückerstattung
c/o AStA der Uni Bonn
Endenicher Allee 19 - Container
53115 Bonn
Germany

You can also drop them in the red AStA mailbox in front of the entrance.

The semester ticket committee or its clerk will contact you and request any missing documents.

Applications are decided by the semester ticket committee or the administrator.

The basis for this is the statute on the reimbursement of the mobility fee for the semester ticket (Semesterticket Satzung - SST), specified by the procedural guidelines for handling the semester ticket statute (Verfahrensrichtlinie zur Handhabung der SST - VerfRLSST).

These regulate all the bases for decision-making, the necessary evidence and the processing of data. For details on the application process, special regulations and the like, please take a look at these guidelines. The SST is discussed and decided on by the student parliament, the VerfRLSST is issued by the semester ticket committee itself.

A few hundred applications are received each semester, so the decision can take until the end of the semester. As soon as the application has been decided, a notification will be sent. If any documents are missing from the application, we will contact you. Unfortunately, we are unable to inform you of the interim processing status.

The committee will be happy to answer any questions about the decision at stre@asta.uni-bonn.de. Of course, you can also file an appeal against the decision. More information on this can be found in the information on legal remedies on the decision.

With the semester ticket, local public transport can be used free of charge. The validity area and regulations of the Deutschland-Ticket currently apply. It is automatically included in your student ID card, except in the case of certain leaves of absence. The AStA mobility officer will answer any further questions you may have on this page.

The committee is a body of the student parliament. It or its clerk decides on the reimbursement of the semester ticket fee when students apply for it.