Independent studies with unemployment benefit

If you are planning your studies or have already applied to study, contact the employment authority in your area immediately and ask whether it is possible for you to study independently with unemployment benefit.

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Short-term studies

You can receive unemployment security for short-term studies if

• you are a jobseeker in the employment services of your area
• you have turned 25 before the start of your studies
• the total duration of your studies is no more than six months
• the studies provide you with professional skills or support business activities.

If your short-term studies do not last for more than three months, you will have the opportunity to complete new short-term studies immediately after your previous studies have ended. If your studies last for more than three months, the right re-emerges when you meet the minimum employment condition, and the calculation of the maximum time for earnings-related unemployment benefit restarts.

Part-time studies

You can study part-time with unemployment benefit if

• you are a jobseeker in employment services in your area
• you are entitled to unemployment benefit
• your studies are considered part-time.

Full-time studies can be considered part-time if you have worked or been employed as an entrepreneur for at least six months during your studies. In such cases, you have proved by working that your studies are part-time. Full-time studies can also be considered part-time if you have started your studies during the employment relationship and you are laid off or dismissed from work on financial or production-related grounds. In such a situation, it is not required that the employment should have lasted for at least six months during the studies.

Full-time studies supported by unemployment benefit

You can receive unemployment security for full-time studies if

• you are a jobseeker in employment services in your area
• you are entitled to unemployment benefit
• the employment authority estimates that you need education, that the studies are the best way to promote your employment and that the studies significantly improve your chances of finding employment
• you have turned 25
• the studies meet the relevant criteria.

The studies may be supported for a maximum period of 24 months. However, if you are studying basic studies, the studies can be supported for 48 months.