StayinDE Study Budget

By StayinDE

Overview

Plan what studying in Germany really costs. Open the Budget Board beside any conversation and move the dials: city, housing, breakfast, lunch, dinner, coffee, health insurance, phone, gym, clothes, candles, face masks, massage, haircuts, cinema, drinks, subscriptions, travel, flights home, scholarship and part-time work. The big numbers update as you go: every month, per year, for your whole stay, and how much to save before you leave compared with the official blocked-account minimum (€992 a month). ChatGPT sees your current board, so you can ask where to cut €100 or how Munich compares with Leipzig. The board speaks your language: 22 languages, Chinese in Traditional characters. Prices come from public 2026 sources such as city rent medians, Mensa prices and statutory student health insurance; every figure and its source is listed at rechner.stayinde.de/methode. Nothing you enter is stored. Estimates for planning, not financial or visa advice.

Tools

calculate_budget

ChatGPT

Calculate a study budget in Germany without showing the board: monthly, yearly and whole-stay totals, recommended savings, first-month cash and every cost line in EUR, from public 2026 prices (rent medians, Mensa prices, statutory student health insurance, etc.). Use it to answer questions such as "how much more would Munich cost than Leipzig" or "what if I cook instead of eating out". Missing answers use typical defaults.

open_budget_board

ChatGPT

Open an interactive budget board for an international student planning to study in Germany. Shows monthly, yearly and whole-stay costs, the recommended amount to save (vs. the official blocked-account minimum of €992/month), and dials for every habit (city, housing, meals, coffee, insurance, phone, gym, candles, haircut, cinema, bars, subscriptions, travel, flights home, scholarship, part-time work). Use it when the user wants to plan, compare or play with a study budget for Germany. Pass whatever the user already told you; everything else starts from a typical two-year master in a shared flat. Always pass language with the language the user is writing in.