University Fee Reduction Competition Open for Applications

Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) has launched an open competition for university fee reductions for autumn semester of the academic year 2025. The purpose of the competition is to achieve the mission of socially responsible university by reducing social exclusion, creating appropriate financial conditions for VMU students to be accommodated and (or) study (taking into account different social (material) situations, study results and (or) accommodation in the dormitory) and increasing engagement in the activities implemented by the University community, encouraging the choice to study at the University, promoting the pursuit of the highest academic achievements and active participation in the University activities.

Applications are open from September 1^st, 2025, to September 17^th, 2025. University fee reductions for spring semester of the AY 2025 may be granted at a rate of up to 100%. There are three different types of fee reductions:

SOCIAL TUITION FEE REDUCTION, which may be granted to students in full-time first and second cycle studies and integrated studies:
- who are currently in a difficult social/financial situation or are Ukrainian refugees;
- whose grade point average of the last semester (for first-year students – the admission score) is no less than 8 (eight).
TUITION FEE REDUCTION RELATED TO COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, which may be granted to students in full-time first and second cycle studies and integrated studies (only those in their second and subsequent semesters):
- whose grade point average of the last semester is not less than 8 (eight);
- who were actively engaged (involvement in continuing or more than one) in research, artistic, sports, civic, and social activities at the University during the last semester. The selection committee will decide about sufficient student involvement in University activities.
ACCOMMODATION FEE REDUCTION, which may be granted to students in full-time first, second, and third cycle studies and integrated studies who live in the dormitories of the University, taking into account:
- the student’s difficult social/financial situation or are Ukrainian refugees;
- the type of the dormitory or room in which the student lives (NOTE: Students who live in a single-occupancy dormitory room shall not be entitled to the Accommodation Fee Reduction).

University fee reductions may be granted in the following order of priority to:

orphans, students no older than the age of 25 who were placed under guardianship (custody) by law until adulthood or who have lost both of their parents (both of the parents have passed away);
students with disabilities;
students from families with three or more children, provided such children are minors, are studying in general education, or are no older than the age of 25, are studying in a formal vocational training programme or in a higher education institution.
Ukrainian refugees, students who have an official refugee status in Lithuania, have a temporary residence permit in Lithuania and their one or both parents are currently serving in the Ukrainian army, were killed during the war, or the territory in which they resided is currently a location of ongoing military action or it was occupied, also other difficult financial or social situations that students are facing now as a result of the ongoing war in Ukraine.

If students want to apply for SOCIAL TUITION FEE REDUCTION or ACCOMMODATION FEE REDUCTION due to the given the social (material) status, students must provide the following documents for the competition:

Orphans: original documents of the death certificates of your mother and father, with official translations into Lithuanian or English with the translator’s stamp attached;
students with disabilities: original document which proves your disability with official translations into Lithuanian or English with the translator’s stamp attached;
students from families with a large number of children:
- original certificate of family composition with official translations into Lithuanian or English with the translator’s stamp attached;
- original documents/certificates from kindergartens/schools/universities and other education institutions which prove the student’s or school pupil’s status with official translations into Lithuanian or English with the translator’s stamp attached.
Ukrainian refugees: document which proves Ukrainian refugee status in Lithuania and (optional) one of these documents:
- temporary residence permit in Lithuania;
- document which proves that one or both parents are currently serving in the Ukrainian army;
- one or both parents were killed during the war in Ukraine (death certificate);
- document which indicates that the student lived in a territory which is now a location of ongoing military action or currently is occupied;
- other documents which indicate a difficult financial or social situation that students are facing now because of the ongoing war in Ukraine.

If students want to apply for TUITION FEE REDUCTION RELATED TO COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, they must provide documents from the University units or organisations with university status that confirm their involvement in research, artistic, sports, civic, and/or social activities at the University during the last semester.

Students who are willing to apply for fee exemptions have to complete an electronic application form in the Student Self-Service Portal:

log into the VMU Student Self-Service Portal using your personal login provided by the University;
select Applications in the menu box and click on Requests;
select the application category Finances, then choose Fees exemptions and compensations, click Social Tuition Fee Reduction / Accommodation Fee Reduction (form F-006) if you are applying for a social tuition or a accommodation fee reduction, or click Tuition Fee Reduction for Community Activities (form F-013) if you are applying for a tuition fee reduction related to community activities, complete the form, attach (upload) the documents that prove social (financial) status of the family together with official translations into Lithuanian, English or Russian with the translator’s stamps attached and submit it.

Applications are open from September 1^st, 2025, to September 17^th, 2025. Results of the open competition will be announced by October 1^st, 2025. Each student will be personally informed about the results by emails sent to their VMU email addresses.

Tuition fee and accommodation fee exemptions shall be awarded by taking into account all the support granted for the student by VMU, awarded scholarships, granted exemptions and (or) size of the fees paid for the University and given the support and (or) scholarships awarded from the State budget funds, private legal or natural persons.

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