University Fees Exemptions Were Awarded for Students

Vytautas Magnus university (VMU) publishes the results of an open competition for university fee exemptions for Spring semester 2023/2024. 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).

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 2023/2024 university has allocated almost 23 000 EUR for fees exemptions.

Criteria for tuition fee exemptions

In Spring semester of 2023/2024, tuition fees have been reduced by 50% for 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); students from families where income per person is less than 760 EUR per month, and in accordance with 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%.

18 student requests were granted in total and the size of the fund for tuition fee exemptions for Spring semester 2023/2024 is a bit more than 10 500 EUR.

Criteria for accommodation fee exemptions

In Spring semester 2023/2024, 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). Students with disabilities living with an accompanying person were granted a 50% accommodation fee exemption.

Accommodation fee exemptions for students with disabilities, students from the families with large number of children (there are four or more children in the family), students from families where income per person is less than 850 EUR per month, and who are living in the dormitories in Spring semester 2023/2024, were granted in the following order:

• If the size of accommodation fee is 2,5€/day, fee exemption is 75%.
• If the size of accommodation fee is 3,5€/day, fee exemption is 50%;
• If the size of accommodation fee is from 4 to 4,5€/day, fee exemption is 25%;

34 student requests were granted in total and the size of the fund for accommodation fee exemptions for Spring semester 2023/2024 is more than 12 000 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.

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