The scolarship for academic merit is an incentive that aims to distinguish the best students and to stimulate the commitment of students, ultimately with a view to consolidating quality higher education.
A merit scholarship may be awarded to students who meet all of the following conditions:
– In the academic year preceding that in which the scholarship is awarded, the student has passed all the curricular units that make up the study plan of the curricular year in which they are enrolled;
– The average grade of the curricular units referred to in the previous point was not less than Very Good (16).
It is up to the legally and statutorily competent body of each higher education institution (HEI) to select the students who are awarded the merit scholarship, in accordance with the Selection Criteria set by each HEI and the provisions of article 5 of the Regulations for Awarding Merit Grants to Students of Higher Education Institutions.
The merit-based scholarship has an annual value equal to five times the minimum monthly salary in force at the beginning of the academic year in which it is awarded.
More information is available in the Regulations for the Award of Merit Grants to Students of Higher Education Institutions, as amended by Order No. 7761/2017 (Series 2), dated September 4th, 2017.