Scholarships to Get During the Study Period
All students of the University can apply for different scholarships during the study period. The way these scholarships are disbursed is stipulated by the Vilnius University Scholarship Regulations and the Lithuanian Law. More information
Incentive Scholarship – awarded for particularly good academic results. Scholarships are awarded and disbursed twice a year, after the deadline of the previous semester's progress ranking.
This scholarship is awarded automatically, no application is required. If you receive this scholarship, you will be informed personally. The size of the scholarship is 11 basic social benefits (BSB). Currently, 1 BSB is 55 EUR.
Community Support Scholarship – awarded to students in the case of illness of the student or their relatives, death of relatives, natural or other disasters, a sudden deterioration in the financial situation of a student or their family and in other special cases.
The amount of the scholarship ranges from 2 BSB to 15 BSB; in exceptional cases, the commission for the award of a scholarship may take a decision to award a scholarship the amount of which is up to 35 BSB. Currently, 1 BSB is 55 EUR.
Applications for the scholarship can be filled at the eStudent environment anytime throughout the study period.
Scholarship for Social Activities – awarded to students for individual achievements that contribute to the creation of future society, solving societal problems, achieving the goals set out in the strategic plan of the University and other accomplishments that promote the name of the University.
Students wishing to receive scholarship must submit an application at the eStudent environment by 25 October in the Autumn semester and by 25 March in the Spring semester. The application must be accompanied by a detailed description of the student’s activities for which the scholarship is requested, and specify the periods, scope and relevance of the activities to the society or promotion of the name of the University. Recommendations, documents supporting the activities, etc. can also be provided.
The amount of a scholarship ranges from 2 BSB to 15 BSB. Currently, 1 BSB is 55 EUR.
Scholarship for Research Achievements – awarded to students of the first cycle, second cycle, integrated, professional pedagogy and residency study programmes who are distinguished for their mature research activities.
Students wishing to receive a scholarship must submit an application at the eStudent environment by 10 November in the Autumn semester and by 10 May in the Spring semester. The application shall be accompanied by a detailed description of the student’s research activities and documents supporting achievements in research activities (copies of published or accepted publication articles, conference presentation abstracts, project works, diplomas, recommendations, etc.).
The amount of the scholarship ranges from 2 BSB to 15 BSB. Currently, 1 BSB is 55 EUR.
Nominal Scholarship – awarded to University students for the best learning outcomes, research achievements, for social or other reasons in accordance with the basis and principles for awarding the scholarship established in the regulations of a specific scholarship. Please contact the Academic Core Unit where you study to find out your options.
Social Scholarship – is awarded to students of the first cycle and integrated studies who are studying in a higher year of studies than the first and to students of the second cycle and professional pedagogy studies who are studying in a higher semester of studies than the first, provided they meet the criteria:
- The average income of a person and their family members for the three months preceding the day the application for a scholarship was submitted to the University does not exceed EUR 500 per month for one person.
- A student has not been awarded other permanent (not one-off) social support related to studies and granted by the state or the University.
- A student has not obtained a qualification degree of a respective cycle.
A scholarship consists of two parts: periodic and one-off payments. The amount of the periodic part of the scholarship is EUR 200 per month.
The amount of the one-off payment part of a scholarship is equal to EUR 300 which is awarded to students who received a periodic payment of a scholarship in a current academic year and whose personal average for the current academic year, compared with an average of the previous academic years, has increased more (or decreased less) than the average for the same periods of the year of the study programme in which the student is studying. For students of the second cycle and professional pedagogy studies studying in the first semester of studies, the comparison encompasses the current and the previous semester of studies respectively.
A student wishing to receive a scholarship must submit an application at the eStudent environment by 30 June (in the case of students of the second cycle and professional pedagogy students studying in the first year – by 15 January). The application shall also specify which of the criteria a person meets.
Partial Studies Student Scholarship – awarded to students of foreign higher education institutions with which the University has signed bilateral cooperation agreements, who come to study at the University for one or two semesters. The amount of scholarship awarded to students of the first cycle, second cycle and integrated studies is equal to 1.5 BSB per month; the amount of the scholarship awarded to the third cycle students is provided for in the Description of the Procedure for Granting Support for Studies to Doctoral Students and Students Studying Under Professional Study Programmes approved by Resolution of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania No. 149 of 1 March 2017 “On the Implementation of the Republic of Lithuania Law on Higher Education and Research”.
Support for foreigners of Lithuania
Social scholarship – provided for students in a tender row based on the study programme and the year of studies, the form of the studies and the achievements. The scholarship (130 EUR) is granted each semester and is disbursed every month;
Social disbursement – granted for foreigners of Lithuania who meet one of these requirements:
– Students of age 26 and under, whose both parents or guardians are dead (319 EUR);
– Students of age 26 and under, whose one of parents or guardians is dead (261 EUR);
– Students of age 26 and under, whose one of parents or guardians has a disability (232 EUR);
– Students of age 26 and under, who come from large families where at least 3 underage children or young adults (of age 26 and under) are enrolled on formal education programs (203 EUR).
The applications for social scholarships and social disbursements have to be submitted to the State Studies Foundation until 30 September in the Autumn semester and 20 February in the Spring semester. Please contact the State Studies Foundation for more detailed information.