Student on Higher Degree needs Dorm Fees

Accommodation and Admin Fees for Higher Degree Studies.

Hi

I am a British national seeking urgent support for my Higher Degree (Masters) studies in Germany. I have already a B.Sc Honours degree and am now enrolled for an M.A. at the Freie Universitat, Berlin.

My dorm accommodation ends in August and before then I will be offered a new dorm, but I do not have the money to pay for the deposit and first month rent during the overlap of the two dorms. I cannot get my first deposit back until later.

If I turn down an offer the student agency that provides the dorms will remove me from the application and make no other offer. I cannot afford private accommodation which is very expensive in Berlin and hard to find. If I cannot stay in a dorm I will have to give up my studies and return to the UK. I cannot take regular employment in Germany because I do not have the compulsory German health insurance, which is expensive. I survive so far on personal savings and informal work, such as thesis editing.

The deposit and first month rent on a dorm offer will be between 750-1000 Euros, depending on the dorm offered.

There are no tuition fees at my university, Freie Universitat Berlin, but there is a twice yearly admin fee of 300 Euros every six months. I also do not have the money for the next of those, due in June.

In total, I am urgently seeking around 1000-1300 Euros. I have worked hard to get the course and the accommodation, which has taken two years waiting. It would be a great pity to have to give it up for lack of such a sum of money. It may not seem much, but I do not have it.

I pay by transfer and card from my UK bank, so my budgeting is in British Pounds but payments to my Pay Pal account in other currencies will be converted before I transfer them to my bank. The figures for my necessary payments are in Euros. When I pay the fees they are converted again from GB Pounds to Euros.

I have set a target date for fundraising ahead of my next admin fee, that allows time for the transition to a new dorm before the present one ends in August, but I do not actually know when it will be offered. So this deadline is a "guess-timate"

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