Private health insurance for students

Outstanding price-performance ratio for students

  • Top benefits like visual aids, dental treatments and more e.g. up to 100 % reimbursement for dental treatments, up to € 550 for visual aids, worldwide coverage

  • Low rates even without deductible with the Study Free & Study Smart tariffs, your costs will be covered from the first euro

  • Digital features in one app Doctor video call, prescriptions and sick notes via app, fast support via chat, no paperwork guaranteed

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incl. compulsory nursing care insurance
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BAföG eligible

You can apply to the BAföG office for a subsidy of € 94 for health insurance and € 28 for nursing care insurance.

You can apply to the BAföG office for a subsidy of € 168 for health insurance and € 38 for nursing care insurance.

Get more for less money.

Your health is the most important thing you have. That's why we've built our plans to give you the best possible coverage in every situation.

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Study Smart
€111
€0 deductible
  • Accommodation in double room
  • €80 per year for professional dental cleaning
  • €100 within 60 months for visual aids
  • Continuation in another tariff without health check after the studies
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Study Protect
€110
€500 deductible
  • Accommodation in double room
  • € 125 per year for professional dental cleaning
  • € 550 within 36 months for visual aids
  • Continuation in another tariff without health check after the studies
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Study Free
€127
€0 deductible
  • Accommodation in double room
  • € 125 per year for professional dental cleaning
  • € 550 within 36 months for visual aids
  • Continuation in another tariff without health check after the studies
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Public insurance Tariff Study Smart Tariff Study Protect Tariff Study Free

Outpatient

All doctors and appointments through our concierge
Direct to specialist, access to private physicians via ottonova Concierge via ottonova Concierge via ottonova Concierge
Visual aids: e.g. glasses/contact lenses up to €100 every 60 months up to €550 every 36 months up to €550 every 36 months
Alternative practioner up to €2,000 in 36 months up to €2,000 in 36 months

Inpatient

Free doctor's choice (inkl. chief physician)
Accommodation Multi-bed room Double-room Double-room Double-room

Dental

Dental treatment 0 - 100 % 100 % 100 % 100 %
Professional Dental Cleanings 1x each insurance year, maximum of €80 per treatment. 1x each insurance year, maximum of €125 per treatment. 1x each insurance year, maximum of €125 per treatment.
Dental implants 10 - 65 % 70 % 80 % 80 %

Other services

Worldwide protection and repatriation
Preventive medical checkups without age limits
Contractually guaranteed benefits
This list does not represent a conclusive comparison between the scope of the public health insurance coverage and the scope of coverage of the ottonova tariffs. The coverage details described are an excerpt from the tariff benefits and highlight differences. For comprehensive advice, please contact our experts.
Please find a summary of the coverage details of the ottonova student tariffs here or the full description of the concrete requirements and limitations for the reimbursement in the tariff and insurance conditions of the respective tariff.
The terms and conditions of the individual insurance contract shall prevail and apply. The English translation is a non-binding version for your information only and has no legally binding character. The contract language will be German only.

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Your benefits with private health insurance by ottonova for students

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Worldwide coverage

Are you about to go abroad for a semester? With ottonova you can enjoy worldwide health insurance coverage for up to 6 months at no extra charge.

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Top price-performance ratio

With our Study Free tariff, you are ideally protected without a deductible! You also benefit from up to € 550 every 36 months for visual aids, reimbursement of dental treatments and up to € 125 per year for professional dental cleaning.

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100 % digital and efficient

Our digital services save you time and nerves! Lightning-fast support and reimbursement of invoices via app, doctor video call, prescriptions and sick notes via app, perfectly organised without paperwork.

Time-saving digital services
– all in one app.

In addition to ideal protection for your health, we offer you many innovative digital services - free of charge in our tariffs.

We do the work for you.

We do the work for you.

  • Appointment service Our concierge arranges medical appointments for.
  • Health advice Answers all your health and insurance questions.
  • Service abroad fast and reliable everywhere at your side.
Digital doctor's visit

Digital doctor's visit

  • Video Consultations with our Partner TeleClinic Don’t want to leave your home? No problem! TeleClinic doctors are available to provide you with digital consultations 24/7, including Sundays and public holidays.
  • Save Time Receive medical certificates and prescriptions through telemedicine consultations. As fully insured ottonova-member, you’ll often benefit from priority consultations within 30 minutes.
  • Second Opinion Wondering if a procedure is really necessary? We’ll help you get a well-founded second opinion.
Our app - a real multi-talent

Our app - a real multi-talent

  • Keep the overview Find all tariff information in your profile at a glance and change it if necessary.
  • Fast refunds of your invoices Simply upload your invoice via the app and get your money back in a flash.
  • Perfectly organized, without paperwork We sort your documents and events chronologically in your app.
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The ottonova premium guarantee

We will not increase the premiums for adults (over 21) in the tariffs First Class, Expat First Class, Business Class and Premium Economy, our Pro tariffs and our student tariffs until at least the end of 2025.

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This is what winners look like: 4x Stiftung Warentest test winner, 3x in a row the most satisfied customers by far, top marks from the leading comparison portal Check24.de, German private health insurance with the best performance at the best price, best customer service of all health insurers.

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Outstanding customer satisfaction

ottonova regularly receives excellent ratings from customers. We are particularly proud of these top customer satisfaction ratings.

More information on private health insurance for students

The decisive factor is how you were insured before your studies:

  • Variant 1: You are privately insured
    If you were privately insured before your studies, you can choose the student public health insurance and pay around €124 or decide for a student tariff of private health insurance. ottonova student tariffs are starting from less than €111. With private health insurance you’ll get a fair tariff with very good medical services during your studies. Especially if you expect a high starting salary or plan to start your own business after graduation, private health insurance is worthwhile.
  • Variant 2: As a child of a civil servant you are entitled to benefits
    If you were previously insured in a private health insurance plan, you can continue this plan. At the age of 25, your entitlement to benefits ends and you can change to a favorable student tariff.
    If you want to remain in private health insurance after your studies, for example, because you want to become a civil servant, this is the right way to go. A change to public health insurance is only possible after graduation.
  • Variant 3: You are in the family insurance
    In public health insurance of your parents, you remain free of charge family insured until the age of 25. After that you must insure yourself in the student health insurance of public health insurance. Working students who work more than 20 hours per week during the lecture period or earn more than 470 euros per month must insure themselves beforehand.
    If you want to remain in public health insurance after your studies, this is a good choice. With private supplementary insurance, you can supplement the benefits of your public health insurance.
    ottonova's top-up insurances for hospital and dental treatment ensure you the benefits of a private patient with very good value for money.

1. check requirements

The requirement for taking out private health insurance for students is enrollment at a German university.
Further questions are: How were you insured up to now? Do you want it to stay that way during your studies?

2. plan for the future

How do you want to be insured later?

3. observe deadlines

If you want to take out private health insurance, you must apply for exemption from compulsory insurance within three months of enrolling
 

4. check Bafög subsidy for private health insurance

As a BAföG recipient, you receive a subsidy of 84 euros for health insurance and 25 euros for long-term care insurance.

Student tariffs are particularly favorable because they do not yet build up aging reserves.

With many insurances, the tariff ends at the age of 34, with ottonova not until the age of 39.

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Fixed premiums guaranteed until end of 2025 extended in many tariffs

Good news: we can extend our fixed premiums guarantee until at least the end of 2025 for adults (from 21 y.) in First Class, Business Class and Premium Economy tariffs (FC100, BC100 and PC100), for our Pro-tariffs and for our study tariffs.

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Thank you for your interest in ottonova, !

In Germany, the private health insurance income threshold for employees working in Germany is set by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS).

Unfortunately, we're not able to offer you private full-comprehensive health insurance, due to the information provided.

If you live in Germany and work remotely for a foreign employer, please contact us.

If you are insured in the public system in Germany, we can offer you our excellent top-up dental insurance - to cover the gaps in your public health insurance.

Thank you for your interest in ottonova, !

Unfortunately, we can not offer a student rate for your age group. Please contact us via chat for more information.

Do you have questions about supplementary insurance?

Just give us a call on +89 121 896 08 and we'll help you directly.

Or start the online signup right away. The process can still only be completed in german, but for support just contact us.

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