University Fees Exemptions Were Awarded for Students

Vytautas Magnus university (VMU) publishes the results of an open competition for university fee exemptions for Autumn semester 2020/2021. 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).

After the public announcement of the competition for tuition or accommodation fees exemptions for Autumn semester 2020/2021, University has received 47 student applications for tuition fees exemptions and 56 applications for accommodation fees exemptions.

Following the assessment of the size of VMU funds intended for university fees exemptions and after conducting analysis of the submitted data, in Spring semester 2020/2021 university has allocated more than 23 000 EUR for fees exemptions and granted 60 % (62 application out of 103) of all requests for fees exemptions.

Criteria for tuition fee exemptions

In Autumn semester 2020/2021, tuition fee exemptions were granted for international students who were granted custody or guardianship until adulthood or who have lost both of their parents (both of the parents have passed away); students with disabilities; students from the families with large number of children (there are four or more children in the family, who are currently students, school pupil or minors, and who are not older than 24 years); Lithuanian students from families where incomes per person is less than minimum wage set by the Government of Republic of Lithuania (in 2020 it is 609 EUR/month), and in accordance to their grade average for the last examination session:

• If grade average is from 9,50 to 10,00, fee exemption is 100 %;
• If grade average is from 9,00 to 9,49, fee exemption is 75 %;
• If grade average is from 8,50 to 8,99, fee exemption is 50 %;
• If grade average is from 8,00 to 8,49, fee exemption is 25 %.

21 student requests (out of 47) or 45 % out of all submitted applications for tuition fee exemptions were granted in total and the size of the fund for tuition fee exemptions for Autumn semester 2020/2021 is more than 10 000 EUR.

Criteria for accommodation fee exemptions

In Autumn semester 2020/2021, 100 % accommodation fee exemptions, regardless the size of an accommodation fee, were granted for international students who were granted custody or guardianship until adulthood or who have lost both of their parents (are orphans and both of the parents have passed away).

Accommodation fee exemptions for international students with disabilities, from the families with large number of children (there are four or more children in the family, who are currently students, school pupil or minors, and who are not older than 24 years) and  Lithuanian students from families where incomes per person is less than 0,6 the size of minimum wage set by the Government of Republic of Lithuania (364,20 EUR/month) and who are living in the dormitories, were granted in the following order:

• If size of an accommodation fee is 2 – 2,5 €/day, fee exemption is 75 %;
• If size of an accommodation fee is 3 – 6 €/day, fee exemption is 50 %;
• If student with a disability is living together with accompanying person, regardless the size of an accommodation fee, fee exemption is 50 %.

42 student requests (out of 56) or 75 % out of all submitted applications for accommodation fee exemptions were granted in total and the size of the fund for accommodation fee exemptions for Autumn semester 2020/2021 is more than 13 000 EUR.

Students were personally informed about the results of the competition for tuition or accommodation fees exemptions by an email, send to the email address, which was indicated in the Application Form.

For more information

• Student Centre (Student Affairs department)
• Address S. Daukanto str. 27-206, Kaunas
• Phone no. +370 37 75 11 75
• Email studentas@vdu.lt