State allowances and stipends for students Tuuli Vallisoo

State allowances and stipends for students Tuuli Vallisoo Counselling Centre www. ut. ee/en/counselling noustaja@ut. ee 19. 02. 2018

Types First and second level of higher education: • Achievement stipend – based on study results • Specialisation stipend – priority fields • Need-based study allowance – based on the economic situation of the person • Need-based special allowance – based on the economic situation of the person Third level of education: • Doctoral allowance – for all immatriculated • Doctoral stipend – priority fields

Achievement stipend • To offer recognition and support to students who have excellent study results while studying with 100% workload • Students of all curriculums can apply – but only small number of students will be granted • Applying in SIS • September 1 - September 30; February 1 February 28 • Granted for one semester at a time, 100 eur/month • More info: academic affairs specialist of your faculty or noustaja@ut. ee

Achievement stipend: prerequisites … applicant is 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 Computer Science, Robotics and Computer engineering, Software Engineering and many Estonian taught curricula (https: //www. ut. ee/en/currentstudents/specialisation-stipend) • Applying in SIS • September 1 - September 30; February 1 February 28 • Granted for one semester at a time, 160… 300 eur/month • More info: academic affairs specialist of your faculty or noustaja@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; . . . is a full-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 • To support studets who come from families of lower economical situation • Every student can apply regardless of curriculum or study resuls, when fitting into requirements BUT • A lot of documentation needed from home country institutions, this can be time-consuming and costly: – Family membership (all-inclusive list of family members) – Income of all the family members (familiy defined by Estonian law) – Proof of your 18… 24 year-old sibling’s studies • All the foreign documents need to be certified by apostille or legalized, and translated, this can be timeconsuming and costly • Each semester, when applying, new documents might be asked

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/highereducation/needs-based-study-allowance, https: //www. ut. ee/en/current-students/needbased-study-allowance • Contact: +372 663 1496, oppetoetused@rtk. ee.

Need-based special allowance • To support studets who come from families of lower economical situation and who’s family income has decreased recently • Monthly income per family member was below 429 euros during last 3 months • Additional income documents needed for last 3 months of each family member. Same requiremets for certifying foreign documents. • Can be applied only when application to need-based study allowance has been completed and negative decision received within two weeks • Applying in UT Office of Academic Affaris, eritoetus@ut. ee • For more info, please see https: //www. ut. ee/en/currentstudents/need-based-special-allowance, or contact noustaja@ut. ee

Doctoral allowance • There is monthly Ph. D students’ study allowance – 660 euros to be paid throughout the study period (4 years). • No need to submit extra application, as it is granted with admission to UT. • Some students receive Dora+ Ph. D study allowance (660 euros) if their studies are supported by the Dora+ programme. No double payment. • For more information, please see https: //www. ut. ee/en/current-students/doctoralallowance, or contact the academic affairs specialist of your faculty or noustaja@ut. ee

Doctoral allowance: prerequisites …Applicants are citizens of Estonia or reside in Estonia on the basis of a longterm 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 Ph. D 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/doctoralstipend-smart-specialisation, or contact kadri. orula@ut. ee, 737 6273.

Doctoral Stipend: prerequisites …Applicants are first or second year doctoral students: doctoral students must commence their scholarshipsupported 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 specialisation field.

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? leia. Kehtiv In University of Tartu: „Procedure for applying for, granting and payment of stipends and study allowances“ (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_pay ment_of_stipends_and_study_allowances 1. pdf Conditions are described on UT public web (https: //www. ut. ee/en/study-allowances-0) Reminders sent to students via Student Newsletter (newsletter. ut. ee)