School Fees

The Tuition Fee, Extra School Service Fee and Entrance Fee will be invoiced in early June and are due by mid of July. The Application Fee is payable after submission of the Application Form. The Registration Fee is payable upon receipt of the invoice. Transportation Fee is due in October (1st semester) and in February (2nd semester).

The Tuition Fee can be paid in 2 instalments; this option includes an additional 2% administrative charge. This option is only available by direct debit from an EU bank. The first payment (65 % of the Tuition Fee) is due mid of July. The second payment (37 % of the Tuition Fee) is due mid of January.

This option will not be available for students joining after the first pro-ratio reduction would apply (start after October 15th).

As of Fall 2019, BIS is offering a monthly payment model for the Tuition and Entrance Fee (or Tuition Fee only, but not individually for the Entrance Fee). This option is only available by direct debit from an EU bank. The (prorated) Tuition Fee and full applying annual rate of the Entrance Fee will be split into 10 monthly instalments, due between  mid of July and mid of April (minus the number of instalments for students starting during the year or leaving early). An administrative charge of 4% applies. For more information please contact the BIS Admissions Office.

The BIS Financial Assistance Programme offers eligible applicants societally reasonable school fees. The programme applies to students in Grades 1 to 12. Natural persons, who are self-payers, can file an application for reduction of Tuition and the Entrance Fee if the family‘s means are such that the school fees cannot be paid in full (in the meaning of the German Basic Law [Grundgesetz], art. 7, sec. 4). The family‘s means are its assets and its income.

The Financial Assistance Programme takes into account the family’s assets as well as the gross family income. The relevant annual gross family income is defined as all positive income obtained by all persons belonging to the same household. If the annual gross positive family income is below the limits stated in the BIS Financial Assistance overview, an application for financial assistance can be filed. Applicants must submit a registration certificate to prove that their main residence is in Germany. Fee reductions apply to the annual payable Tuition Fee as well as to the one time Entrance Fee as published in the BIS School Fee Prospectus. Please see BIS Financial Assistance Programme to check for eligibility and which reduction(s) may be applicable.

In exceptional cases, families who have already been granted a fee reduction via the Financial Assistance Programme may be eligible for a further reduction (outside of the Financial Assistance Programme) in the event the family finds itself in a financially difficult situation and is unable to pay the already reduced school fees. In this case a personal meeting must be scheduled immediately with the Business Director to discuss the matter in person. Please contact the Business Office for an appointment.
BIS also offers families who are in the Financial Assistance Programme the option to pay the fees in monthly installments.
All interested families can inquire about financial assistance by submitting an informal request to the Business Director’s Office via businessoffice@bis-school.com.