18 results for „student health insurance“
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Health insurance while studying
Our guide to health insurance for students
Navigating health insurance while studying abroad can be tricky, but we’ve got your back! As your trusted health partner, we’re here to guide you every step of the way.
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All about cover, support and benefits for students from Germany's largest health insurance fund
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As a compulsorily insured student, you pay a standard contribution (applies throughout Germany) based on the maintenance need (requirement rate) defined by the BAföG [German Federal Education and Training Assistance Act] - regardless of whether or not you receive BAföG assistance yourself.
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Healthy through your studies
Our guide to health insurance for students
With our benefits and digital services, we will accompany you through your exciting time at university - you can rest assured that we have got you covered!
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TK is ranked as Germany's best health insurance fund for students. Find out more about TK's award-winning services and benefits
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As a student in Germany, you will need to take out health insurance or provide proof of valid health cover if you do not come from an EU or EEA country, Switzerland, the UK or a country with a social security agreement with Germany. Without proof of valid health insurance cover, you cannot enrol at your university in Germany. TK offers award-winning health insurance for students. Join the TK team today!
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If you are completing a dual course of study, you are subject to compulsory insurance as an employee. This means you also have to pay social security contributions. Your employer pays the contributions for you together with its share.
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If you start your PhD before completing your Master's or Diplom degree programme or the state examination, you may be insured with us as student. If you do not start your PhD until afterwards, then you may not be insured as a student. You will then need to be voluntarily insured.
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The most important questions on this topic
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At the end of your studies, you will no longer have health insurance cover as a student.
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Use the online process below to be exempted from compuslory health insurance. You need to complete this process within three months from the start of compulsory insurance. You also have to prove that you are covered by another type of health insurance.
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You remain covered by your insurance in your home country if you are from an EU member state or another country with a social security agreement.
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How do I get confirmation of my German health insurance to enrol for a degree programme?
Membership documentation
The quickest and easiest way to get confirmation of health cover to enrol at university is with the TK-App.
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Well-covered as a student: our services for students, interns and trainees
Advantages of your membership
Benefits and services for students, interns and trainees. TK provides you with the best possible support.
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Health courses: what costs do we cover, when and how?
What does TK health insurance cover?
We subsidise all online and face-to-face health courses which you can find in our German-language health course search (Gesundheitskurssuche). For these courses, we cover 80% of the fees up to 150 EUR for individual courses and 300 EUR for combined courses.
