Bay­e­risches Er­mä­ßi­gungsticket for students

The following universities are located within the VGN area and can order the discounted Deutschlandticket for their students by authentication via the university registration via the contract partner VAG Nürn­berg.

Universities marked with * do not offer university registrations for authorisation checks, which is why the completed verification form must be used when purchasing the ticket (as of Sep­tem­ber 2025)

Erlangen/Nürn­berg

• Friedrich-Alexander-Uni­ver­si­tät Erlangen-Nürn­berg

Nürn­berg

• Technische Hoch­schu­le Nürn­berg Georg-Simon-Ohm
• Evangelische Hoch­schu­le für angewandte Wissenschaften Nürn­berg
• Hoch­schu­le für Musik Nürn­berg
• Technische Uni­ver­si­tät Nürn­berg
• Akademie der Bildenden Künste Nürn­berg
• Klinikum Nürn­berg Medical School (Paracelsus Medizinische Privat­uni­ver­si­tät)
• FOM-Hoch­schu­le für Ökonomie und Management (Essen - Studienort Nürn­berg)*
• In­ter­na­ti­o­nale Berufsakademie der F+U Un­ter­neh­mensgruppe gGmbH*
• IU In­ter­na­ti­o­nale Hoch­schu­le Erfurt (location Nürn­berg)

Fürth

• SRH University of Applied Sciences Campus Fürth*

Ans­bach

• Hoch­schu­le für angewandte Wissenschaften Ans­bach

Triesdorf

• Hoch­schu­le für angewandte Wissenschaften Weihenstephan-Triesdorf (Campus Triesdorf)

Neuendettelsau

• Theologische Hoch­schu­le der Evang.-Luth. Kirche in Bayern (Au­gustana-Hoch­schu­le)*

Bam­berg

• Otto-Friedrich-Uni­ver­si­tät Bam­berg
• Fachhoch­schu­le des Mittelstands (FHM) GmbH*
• SRH Hoch­schu­le für Gesundheit (Bam­berg)*

Bayreuth/Kulmbach

• Uni­ver­si­tät Bayreuth (+ Campus Kulmbach)
• Hoch­schu­le für evangelische Kirchenmusik Bayreuth*

Coburg/Kronach

• Hoch­schu­le für angewandte Wissenschaften Coburg (+ Lucas-Cranach-Campus Kronach)
• Uni­ver­si­tät Split School of Medicine (Authentication via REGIOMED-Kliniken in Coburg)*

Deggendorf

• Technische Hoch­schu­le Deggendorf

Hof/Sulzbach-Rosenberg/Kastl

• Hoch­schu­le für angewandte Wissenschaften Hof
• Hoch­schu­le für den öf­fent­lichen Dienst in Bayern*

Amberg-Weiden

• Ostbay­e­rische Technische Hoch­schu­le (OTH)

The »Er­mä­ßi­gungsticket« for students must be ordered via the »VGN On­line­shop« or via the apps »VGN Fahrplan und Tickets« or »Nürn­bergMOBIL« until the 20th of the current month the latest. Depending on the selection made in the purchase process, the ticket is displayed via one of the two apps in any case.

Please note: Due to possible high demand, as well as the processing status of the order, the ticket may not be made available immediately upon purchase.

Since the Er­mä­ßi­gungsticket is a full-fledged Deutschlandticket at a reduced price, all students also receive 600 free mi­nu­tes per month for the VAG_Rad and 15 free mi­nu­tes for voi electric scooters when purchased through VAG, infra Fürth, ESTW and the VGN online shop or the VGN app. The free mi­nu­tes can be redeemed in the Nürn­bergMOBIL app.

The authorisation check is carried out autmatically during the purchasing process. In most cases the authentication by means of a university login (e.g. single sign-on login/Shibboleth) is used. In exceptional cases where the university does not provide a university login or Shibboleth login, the "Nach­weisformular zum bay­e­rischen Er­mä­ßi­gungsticket" can be used as proof of authorisation.

The following universities do not offer the university registration (as of: 01.03.2025)

• FOM-Hoch­schu­le für Ökonomie und Management (Essen - location Nürn­berg)
• In­ter­na­ti­o­nale Berufsakademie der F+U Un­ter­neh­mensgruppe gGmbH (Nürn­berg)
• SRH University of Applied Sciences Campus Fürth
• Theologische Hoch­schu­le der Evang.-Luth. Kirche in Bayern (Au­gustana-Hoch­schu­le Neuendettelsau)
• Fachhoch­schu­le des Mittelstands (FHM) GmbH (Bam­berg)
• SRH Hoch­schu­le für Gesundheit (Bam­berg)
• Hoch­schu­le für evangelische Kirchenmusik Bayreuth
• Uni­ver­si­tät Split School of Medicine (Authorisation via REGIOMED-Kliniken in Coburg)
• Hoch­schu­le für den öf­fent­lichen Dienst in Bayern (Hof/Sulzbach-Rosenberg/Kastl)

At some universities there are solidary se­mes­ter tickets (for example at the University of Bam­berg and the University of Bayreuth), which all students have paid for in advance with their se­mes­ter contribution. In this case, the se­mes­ter ticket price is credited in full to the price of the »Bay­e­risches Er­mä­ßi­gungsticket«, so that there is no double charge.

It is then possible to voluntarily buy a »Bay­e­risches Er­mä­ßi­gungsticket« as an »upgrade« to the existing se­mes­ter ticket.

The monthly surcharge is € 38,00 minus 1/6 of the se­mes­ter ticket price and is au­to­matically credited to your account when you buy it.

No, the change from a regular Deutschlandticket to a Er­mä­ßi­gungsticket is not au­to­matic.

If you have a regular Deutschlandticket, you must cancel it under the stan­dard conditions, i.e. no later than the 10th of the month at the end of the respective calendar month.

You can then order your Er­mä­ßi­gungsticket at a price of € 38,00. During the purchase process, your eligibility to purchase will be checked.

The subscription runs au­to­matically until the end of the winter se­mes­ter, but can be cancelled monthly. Cancellations must be made by the 10th of the month at the latest for the end of the respective calendar month. So, for example, you can cancel by the 10^th of December for the end of December.

In the VGN online shop under »meinAbo«, you can cancel your subscription by clicking on the cancellation button next to the »Er­mä­ßi­gungsticket«.

The »Bay­e­rische Er­mä­ßi­gungsticket« is a »Deutschlandticket« discounted by the Free State of Bavaria.

Accordingly, the Bavarian Ministry of State has also determined who is entitled to the »Er­mä­ßi­gungsticket«.

Pupils are currently excluded from this eligibility group. The extent to which there will be a solution for pupils in the near future is a matter for the Free State of Bavaria to decide.

At FAU Erlangen-Nürn­berg, TH Nürn­berg, EvHN and HfM Nürn­berg, there was a se­mes­ter ticket until the summer se­mes­ter 2023 consisting of a basic ticket and an additional ticket. This was discontinued for the winter se­mes­ter 2023/24 by decision of the student representatives and the Stu­die­rendenwerk Erlangen-Nürn­berg.

A reintroduction of the basic ticket is possible with several months' notice at the start of each se­mes­ter if the contractual partners agree.