Sport and Culture Scholarship - MATE Directorate of Education
Sport and Culture Scholarship
Sport and Culture Scholarship
Last modified: 08. December 2022
The institutional professional, academic and public life scholarship is a monthly or biannual grant for full-time students who have
a) professional activity, successful work as a demonstrator or responsible student for the class, special role and activity in a professional college;
b) mentoring activities (ESN MATE);
c) public life and advocacy activities, active membership in the student associations;
d) public activities in the University Doctoral Students’ Council;
e) effective activities in sports or in culture life.
The scholarship is a non-compulsory grant paid on the basis of a competitive application to a student who has undertaken activities to promote the advocacy, welfare, cultural, scientific, health and community life of students and to support the promotion of the University.
Students who are eligible for the institutional professional, scientific and public life scholarship and the sports and cultural scholarship are full-time bachelor’s, master's, higher education vocational training, postgraduate, full-time state scholarship/grant and self-financed/reimbursed students.
PhD students are also entitled to the institutional professional, scientific and public life scholarship on the basis of the third sentence of Paragraph 10 (3) of the Government Decree, as a higher legal basis than the University's Student Benefits and Reimbursement Regulations.
When there is a call for application student can apply for the scholarship by submitting his/her application to NEPTUN System in full compliance with the application conditions.
In the case of parallel studies at the University, the activity on which the scholarship is based may be assessed only once.
The University Students’ Welfare Committee will decide on the grant, the amount and the duration of the scholarship within 30 days of the end of the application period.
A student may apply for an institutional scholarship for professional, academic and public life activities in several consecutive application periods.
Applications may not be submitted in respect of the performance of duties in connection with an employment activity or post at the University if the activity/post has been paid.
The application submitted by a student may include activities carried out during the application month/semester. The application will not be evaluated if its content includes previously submitted and evaluated results.
The application must be accompanied by supporting documents (certificates, evidences, description of activities), which will be detailed for each type of scholarship.
Students may not submit applications for public life or advocacy scholarships during the period of their part-time studies on abroad or international internship.
No student who has submitted an application for the same period may be involved in the review and evaluation of applications.
Sport and culture scholarships
Scholarships are available for successful sporting and cultural activities that promote the values set out below and enhance the reputation of the University:
a) sporting activities:
aa) outstanding national or international achievement as a member of a sports club;
ab) representation of the institution in the field of sport;
b) in the framework of an outstanding artistic or cultural activity (e.g. university choir, folk dance, etc.)
c) participation in international or national academic competitions (except scientific students' conferences).
In support of the application, the applicant student must submit a short report (maximum 1 A4 page) signed by the student on the specific activity to be evaluated within the application period and a certificate issued by the head of the sports or cultural organisation.
The scholarship is awarded for one semester and is paid at the end of the semester.
Call for applications
Call for applications for an institutional professional, academic and activity scholarship for the autumn semester of the academic year 2022/23 (PDF)