Who is eligible for a social scholarship?

Updated: 3/20/2023

Social categories eligible for the Social Scholarship:

 1)      Orphans and deprived of parental care children, as well as the higher education students who lost parents during the period of their study between the ages of 18 and 23;

2)      Students entitled to receive a social scholarship in accordance with Articles 20-22 and 30 of the Law of Ukraine "On the Status and Social Protection of Citizens Affected by the Chornobyl Accident";

3)      Persons whose parents are miners with, at least, 15 years of underground work experience or who died as a result of an accident at work or became disabled (I or II group) due to the work related injury;

4)      Persons recognized as participants in hostilities in accordance with paragraph 19 of part one of Article 6 of the Law of Ukraine "On the Status of War Veterans, Guarantees of Their Social Protection" and their children (until their graduation from the current institution, but not longer they reach the age of 23);

5)      Children, who lost of their parents (or their parent went missing) in the Anti-Terrorist Operation Zone;

6)       Children who lost parents during the mass social protests;

7)      Children registered as “internally displaced” (before graduation from such an institution, but not longer than the age of 23);

8)       Children with disabilities and persons with I-III disabilities group;

9)      Students from the families who  receive assistance in accordance with the Law of Ukraine "On State Social Assistance to Low-Income Families"

 10)  Persons who have been awarded social scholarships by the Verkhovna

Rada of Ukraine for students of higher educational institutions from among orphans and children from low-income families in accordance with the resolution of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine;

11)  Miners with at least three years of underground work experience.

Please note that only those students who do not receive an academic scholarship, study full-time and at the expense of the state budget are entitled to receive a social scholarship. Orphans are entitled to both social and academic scholarships at the same time.

How to receive a Social Scholarship?

Updated: 23/10/2018

To receive a social scholarships, students  should  write an application with the with the following information:

- last name, first name and patronymic;

- date, month, year of birth;

- both registered and actual place of residence;

- the basis for receiving social scholarships.

 Application for a social scholarship

Copies of the following documents must be attached:

- passport of a citizen of Ukraine;

- birth certificate;

- ID number;

- student ticket.

What is needed to get a social scholarship?

Updated: 3/20/2023

Additionally, Students must submit the following documents:

 -  Persons specified in paragraph 1: A copy of the document from the Guardianship and Custody authorities to grant the status of an orphan or a child deprived of parental care;  or an extract from the registration card of an orphan or child, deprivation of parental care; a copy of the death certificate of the parents;

  - Persons specified in paragraph 2: a copy of the certificate (an identity card) acknowledging the applicant's status as a victim of the Chernobyl disaster;

  - persons specified in paragraphs 3 and 11: certificate from the mining enterprise indicating the length of underground work experience; Act on a work related accident, due to the form H-1 in accordance with Annex 4 to the Procedure for investigation and accounting of accidents, occupational diseases and accidents at work, approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine from 30.11.2011; a copy of the certificate of medical and social examination; a copy of the death certificate; 

  - Persons specified in paragraph 4: a copy of the Participant in Hostilities Certificate; certificate from the Social Protection Body confirming registration in the Unified State Register  as persons entitled to benefits at the registered (actual) place of residence  (with the reference to the law, according to which the status was established)

 - Persons specified in paragraph 5: a copy of the death certificate; a document confirming the death (missing) of one of the parents, issued by a military formation, a law enforcement body of special purpose, or a court decision declaring him missing (announcement of the deceased); a copy of the certificate of medical and social examination;

 - Persons specified in paragraph  6: a copy of Death certificate of one (both) parents; a copy of the certificate or certificate of the established sample of a family member of the deceased (deceased) war veteran; certificate of the social protection body on registration in the Unified State Automated Register of Persons Entitled to Benefits at the registered (actual) place of residence with reference to the legislation according to which the status of a family member of a deceased war veteran is established;

 - Persons specified in paragraph 7: a copy of the  Internally Displaced Person certificate

 - Persons specified in paragraph 8: a copy of Social Security Medical Assessment certificate

 - Persons specified in paragraph 9: certificate of the social protection body on the appointment of family assistance in accordance with the Law of Ukraine "On state social assistance to low-income families".

 - Persons specified in paragraph  10: a copy of the order of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on the appointment of a social scholarship of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to students of higher educational institutions from among orphans and children from low-income families.

The legislative framework

Updated: 3/20/2023

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