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You still need rich parents, because you're not allowed to work much to support yourself.

by anotheryou 10y ago

dom0 10y ago
Hint: This is the same for every student. If you want to work full-time you need to make your studies half-time.
- anotheryou 10y ago
  Germans can get state-support ("Bafög") if the parents can't support, they can work self-employed and they can take non-"student-jobs" which opens the possibility to earn significantly more than minimum-wage. They can also work more than 20h/week, loose their student-status and still study.
- vram22 10y ago
  You mean a total of 1.5x full-time?
  - anotheryou 10y ago
    Or 30h and taking a bit longer with the studying. Actually I'm not sure if things changed a bit with the bachlor/master system though.
MarkMc 10y ago
A German student visa allows you to work 120 days per year [0]. At minimum wage [1] that is about EUR 9,000 per year. I think there would be many international students who could support themselves with that. Standard of living would be low compared to Germans, but it's possible. You do however need to show you have EUR 8,640 before you get the student visa [2]. Very poor families would not be able to borrow this amount, so it acts as a barrier for them. [0] https://www.daad.de/deutschland/in-deutschland/arbeit/en/9148-earning-money/ https://www.daad.de/deutschland/in-deutschland/arbeit/en/914... [1] https://www.google.com.au/publicdata/explore?ds=ml9s8a132hlg_&met_y=minimum_wage&idim=country:de:fr:uk&fdim_y=currency:eur&hl=en&dl=en https://www.google.com.au/publicdata/explore?ds=ml9s8a132hlg... [2] https://www.daad.de/deutschland/nach-deutschland/bewerbung/en/9199-visa-application/ https://www.daad.de/deutschland/nach-deutschland/bewerbung/e...
- anotheryou 10y ago
  With a flexible employer that might be achievable indeed. With working 2 days a week you'll end up with 5-6000 eur.
- beberlei 10y ago
  At least minimum wage. You can aern a lot more as a computer science student and probably in other fields.

You still need rich parents, because you're not allowed to work much to support yourself.

dom0 10y ago

Hint: This is the same for every student. If you want to work full-time you need to make your studies half-time.

anotheryou 10y ago
Germans can get state-support ("Bafög") if the parents can't support, they can work self-employed and they can take non-"student-jobs" which opens the possibility to earn significantly more than minimum-wage. They can also work more than 20h/week, loose their student-status and still study.
vram22 10y ago
You mean a total of 1.5x full-time?
- anotheryou 10y ago
  Or 30h and taking a bit longer with the studying. Actually I'm not sure if things changed a bit with the bachlor/master system though.

MarkMc 10y ago

A German student visa allows you to work 120 days per year [0]. At minimum wage [1] that is about EUR 9,000 per year. I think there would be many international students who could support themselves with that. Standard of living would be low compared to Germans, but it's possible. You do however need to show you have EUR 8,640 before you get the student visa [2]. Very poor families would not be able to borrow this amount, so it acts as a barrier for them. [0] https://www.daad.de/deutschland/in-deutschland/arbeit/en/9148-earning-money/ https://www.daad.de/deutschland/in-deutschland/arbeit/en/914... [1] https://www.google.com.au/publicdata/explore?ds=ml9s8a132hlg_&met_y=minimum_wage&idim=country:de:fr:uk&fdim_y=currency:eur&hl=en&dl=en https://www.google.com.au/publicdata/explore?ds=ml9s8a132hlg... [2] https://www.daad.de/deutschland/nach-deutschland/bewerbung/en/9199-visa-application/ https://www.daad.de/deutschland/nach-deutschland/bewerbung/e...

anotheryou 10y ago
With a flexible employer that might be achievable indeed. With working 2 days a week you'll end up with 5-6000 eur.
beberlei 10y ago
At least minimum wage. You can aern a lot more as a computer science student and probably in other fields.