State allowances and stipends for students

State allowances and stipends for students Tuuli VallisooCounselling Centre www.ut.ee/en/counselling noustaja@ut.ee 19.02.2018

Types First and secondlevel of highereducation: • Achievementstipend– based on studyresults • Specialisationstipend – priorityfields • Need-basedstudyallowance – based on the economic situation of the person • Need-basedspecialallowance – based on the economic situation of the person Thirdlevel of education: • Doctoralallowance – for all immatriculated • Doctoralstipend – priorityfields

Achievement stipend • Tooffer recognition and support to students who have excellent study results while studying with 100% workload • Students of all curriculumscanapply – butonlysmallnumber of studentswillbegranted • Applyingin SIS • September 1- September 30; February1- February 28 • Grantedforone semester at a time, 100 eur/month • More info: academicaffairsspecialist of yourfacultyor noustaja@ut.ee

Achievement stipend: prerequisites … applicantis a citizen of Estonia or resides in Estonia on the basis of a long-term or temporary residence permit or a permanent or temporary right of residence or reside in Estonia with a long-stay visa or without a visa if there is an agreement with the foreign country for visa-free movement or the citizens of the foreign country are exempt from visa and have applied for a temporary residence permit for studies;... studies full time;... is not on academic leave;... has not exceeded the nominal study period of his/her curriculum;... is completing his/her curriculum 100% (without taking into account credit points obtained by the recognition of prior learning and work experience).

Specialisation stipend • To motivate students to study full time in the areas of priority for Estonia • Studets of ComputerScience, Robotics and Computerengineering, SoftwareEngineering and many Estonian taughtcurricula (https://www.ut.ee/en/current-students/specialisation-stipend) • Applying in SIS • September 1- September 30; February 1- February 28 • Grantedforone semester at a time, 160…300 eur/month • More info: academicaffairsspecialist of yourfacultyornoustaja@ut.ee

Specialisation stipend: prerequisites • ... Applicant must be citizen of Estonia or resides in Estonia on the basis of a long-term or temporary residence permit or a permanent or temporary right of residence or reside in Estonia with a long-stay visa or without a visa if there is an agreement with the foreign country for visa-free movement or the citizens of the foreign country are exempt from visa and have applied for a temporary residence permit for studies;...isafull-time student;... is not on academic leave;... has not exceeded the standard period of study of the curriculum; … is completing curriculum 100%

Need-based study allowance and need-based special allowance • Tosupportstudetswhocomefromfamilies of lowereconomicalsituation • Everystudentcanapplyregardless of curriculumorstudyresuls, whenfittingintorequirements BUT • A lot of documentationneededfromhomecountryinstitutions, thiscanbetime-consuming and costly: • Familymembership(all-inclusive list of familymembers) • Income of all thefamilymembers(familiydefinedby Estonian law) • Proof of your 18…24 year-oldsibling’sstudies • All theforeigndocuments need tobecertifiedby apostilleorlegalized, and translated, thiscanbetime-consuming and costly • Eachsemester, whenapplying, newdocumentsmightbeasked

Need-based study allowance and need-based special allowance • Can be applied throughout the semester • Granted from the month of applying until the end of semester • Need-based study allowance 75€, 135€ or 220€ / month, depending on income • Need-based special allowance 134€ / month

Need-based study allowance and need-based special allowance: prerequisites … applicant is a citizen of Estonia or resides in Estonia on the basis of a permanent or temporary residence permit;... is not on academic leave;... period of study has not exceeded the standard period of the curriculum;... studies full-time and completes the curriculum’s requirements at least 75% or studies full-time in the first semester

Need-based study allowance • Family’s monthly income per family member was below 429 euros during 2016 (calendar year preceding the current academic year). • Can be applied in State Portal www.eesti.ee • For more information, please see https://www.hm.ee/en/activities/higher-education/needs-based-study-allowance, https://www.ut.ee/en/current-students/need-based-study-allowance • Contact: +372 663 1496, oppetoetused@rtk.ee.

Need-based special allowance • Tosupportstudetswhocomefromfamilies of lowereconomicalsituation and who’sfamilyincomehasdecreasedrecently • Monthlyincome per family member was below 429 euros during last 3 months • Additionalincomedocumentsneededfor last 3 months of eachfamilymember. Samerequiremetsforcertifyingforeigndocuments. • Canbeappliedonlywhenapplicationtoneed-basedstudyallowancehasbeencompleted and negativedecisionreceivedwithintwoweeks • Applyingin UT Office of AcademicAffaris, eritoetus@ut.ee • Formore info, please see https://www.ut.ee/en/current-students/need-based-special-allowance, orcontact noustaja@ut.ee

Doctoral allowance • Thereismonthly PhD students’ study allowance – 660 euros to be paid throughoutthe study period(4 years). • No need to submitextraapplication, asitisgrantedwithadmission to UT. • SomestudentsreceiveDora+ PhD study allowance (660 euros) iftheirstudies are supportedbytheDora+ programme. No doublepayment. • Formoreinformation, please see https://www.ut.ee/en/current-students/doctoral-allowance, orcontacttheacademicaffairsspecialist of yourfacultyornoustaja@ut.ee

Doctoral allowance: prerequisites …Applicantsare citizens of Estonia or reside in Estonia on the basis of a long-term or temporary residence permit or a permanent or temporary right of residence …study full time or part time without the obligation to pay the tuition fee …have successfully passed progress review in the academic year preceding the granting of allowance or are first-year doctoral students

Doctoral Stipend (Smart specialisation) • To support the PhD students of Estonian universities who conduct a research related to the smart specialisation growth areas. • Information and communication technology (ICT) horizontally via other sectors, health technologies and services and more efficient use of resources. • For more information, please see https://www.ut.ee/en/current-students/doctoral-stipend-smart-specialisation, or contact kadri.orula@ut.ee, 737 6273.

Doctoral Stipend: prerequisites …Applicantsare first or second year doctoral students: doctoral students must commence their scholarship-supported studies not later than the academic year following the matriculation; ...are citizens of Estonia or reside in Estonia on the basis of a long-term or temporary residence permit or a permanent or temporary right of residence or reside in Estonia with a long-stay visa or without a visa if there is an agreement with the foreign country for visa-free movement or the citizens of the foreign country are exempt from visa and have applied for a temporary residence permit for studies; ... study full time;... are not on academic leave;... the topic of their doctoral thesis related to at least one smart specialisationfield.

Regulations governing the payment of various stipends • „Study Allowances and Study Loans Act“ https://www.riigiteataja.ee/en/eli/514122017001/consolide (õppetoetuste ja õppelaenu seadus) • Government of the Republic Regulation “Types, size and general conditions of granting scholarships to students of higher educational institutions” (Üliõpilaste stipendiumite liigid, suurus ja määramise üldtingimused) https://www.riigiteataja.ee/akt/127122013018?leiaKehtiv • In University of Tartu: „Procedureforapplyingfor, granting and payment of stipends and studyallowances“ (stipendiumi ja õppetoetuse taotlemise, määramise ja maksmise kord) https://www.ut.ee/sites/default/files/www_ut/effective_as_of_29_august_2016_procedure_for_applying_for_granting_and_payment_of_stipends_and_study_allowances1.pdf • Conditions are described on UT publicweb (https://www.ut.ee/en/study-allowances-0) • Reminders sent tostudentsviaStudentNewsletter(newsletter.ut.ee)

State allowances and stipends for students