Energy price flat rate for students

Information on the one-off payment of 200 euros

Current status (16.03.2023)

The e-mails with the access codes have been sent to all authorized persons.

ATTENTION! If you did not receive the message, please check if your mailbox is full (opens in new tab) and then send us an email to after you have emptied the mailbox.

Please always provide us with your full name and matriculation number!

The one-time payment of 200 euros for students is available for application via the federal government's central application portal since mid-March. In order to receive this one-off payment, please note the following application instructions.

First of all, every student must create a BundID-Account (opens in new tab).

For the official application, you need an individual access code, which TU Darmstadt will send exclusively to the e-mail addresses specified in TUCaN (usually firstname.lastname@stud.tu-darmstadt.de) after approval by the Ministry. Info about your mail-address can be found on the webseites of the HRZ (opens in new tab).

Proof of identity for the application as the fastest option is the online ID function, the European eID or your personal ELSTER certificate. As an alternative, can find identify yourself by the PIN that you can find in your TUCaN portal under Service > Personal data > Additional fields > PIN – EPPSG Einmalzahlung 200.

Please inform yourself about the process under the following links and understand that the TU Darmstadt cannot answer any questions regarding the content of the payment of the energy flat rate.

FAQ from the Federal Government on the one-off payment (opens in new tab)

FAQ on authentication options (Bund-ID, ID card, ELSTER certificate) (opens in new tab)

Students will be kept informed via TUCaN messages about the further procedure and also about the sending of the e-mail with the access code. Please set up a forwarding of TUCaN messages to your e-mail address. Tutorial (opens in new tab)

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