Continuing education, continuing professional development and retraining

If you go on to continuing education for your job today, you have a good chance of getting help with funding. National and regional funding programmes make it easier to fund your continuing education. Here is an overview of key funding opportunities.

Sächsische Aufbaubank accepts applications for funding to support continuing vocational education. This can cover up to 80 per cent of the cost of the course. Students can be funded privately or via a company.

Less bureaucracy, more effective, extended support: the career development loan (Aufstiegs-BAföG) is for people of any age and occupation, and is aimed at employees, people returning to work, freelancers and the unemployed