Under certain conditions, an exemption from the administrative fee may be granted. The current regulations governing the collection of administrative fees at htw saar can be found here.
The application for exemption from the administrative fee must be submitted via the SIM Student Portal, along with the required supporting documentation.
If the administrative fee has already been paid despite approval of the exemption, an additional request for a refund must be submitted via the SIM student portal.
Unless a permanent exemption was confirmed in the approval notice (e.g., due to a disability or raising a child), the application for exemption must be resubmitted for subsequent semesters.
Any changes that affect the exemption must be reported immediately to the Student Services Office at htw saar (Email: verwaltungskosten@htwsaar.de).
The application for exemption must be submitted no later than December 31 of the year in which the relevant semester ends.
The application for exemption may be submitted priorto payment for the following semester, provided that the necessary documentation for the relevant period is already available at the time of application.
The application for exemption due to undue hardship must be submitted before payment of the semester fee.
In these cases, no application for exemption is required.
