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Vistula universities offer a scholarship system that will allow you to realistically reduce the cost of education. The Material Assistance Department serves students at Vistula University of Finance and Business.

The maximum income threshold in the social scholarship is 1570.50 PLN net per month per person in the student’s family.

Eligibility of students from Ukraine for social scholarship

The legal stay of citizens of Ukraine (and certain members of their families) who arrived in Poland in the period from February 24, 2022 in connection with the hostilities conducted on Ukrainian territory has been extended until September 30, 2025. The law introducing the changes to the regulations was announced in the Official Gazette and came into force on July 1 this year. The described changes are introduced by the Law of May 15, 2024, amending the Law on Assistance to Citizens of Ukraine in Connection with the Armed Conflict on the Territory of Ukraine and Certain Other Laws (Journal of Laws, item 854).

New rights for students from Ukraine in the Social Scholarship

On March 12, 2022, the Sejm of the Republic of Poland passed the Act on assistance to Ukrainian citizens in connection with the armed conflict on the territory of this country (Journal of Laws of 2022, item 583, as amended) – only in Polish, consolidated text. The legislator decided that whenever this Act refers to a citizen of Ukraine, it also means a spouse of a citizen of Ukraine who does not have Ukrainian citizenship, provided that he/she came to the territory of the Republic of Poland directly from the territory of Ukraine in connection with military operations conducted in the territory of that state.

If the Ukrainian citizen in question legally entered the territory of the Republic of Poland from the territory of Ukraine in the period from February 24, 2022 and declares his intention to stay on the territory of the Republic of Poland, his stay in this territory is considered legal for the period of 18 months counting from February 24, 2022.
If a citizen of Ukraine holding the Pole’s Card left Ukraine in the period from February 24, 2022, and then legally arrived on the territory of the Republic of Poland and declares his intention to stay on the territory of the Republic of Poland, his stay in this territory is considered legal for the period of 18 months counting from February 24, 2022.

A student who is a citizen of Ukraine and has been residing legally on the territory of the Republic of Poland since February 24, 2022, may apply for a social scholarship and assistance referred to in Art. 86 sec. 1 point 1 and 3 of the Act of July 20, 2018 – Law on Higher Education and Science (Journal of Laws of 2022, item 574, as amended), hereinafter referred to as the Act (only in Polish) and for a student loan, referred to in Art. 98 sec. 1 of the Act. A student applying for a social scholarship submits an application and a statement on family and financial situation. In the case of applying for an allowance, the student is not bound by the limit on the number of allowances referred to in Art. 92 sec. 2 of the Act, i.e. there is no limit to two grants possible to receive in a year.

You can apply for non-returnable financial benefits (from the state budget) in the form of:

Social Scholarship,
Social Scholarship increased, among others, because of the place of residence,
Rector’s scholarship for academic performance, sporting and artistic achievements,
Scholarship for people with disabilities,
Minister’s scholarship for exceptional achievements,
Incentive.

Please remember!
We submit applications in accordance with the scholarship schedule.
First of all, through the USOSweb system in Common Section – Applications.

The application must be submitted:

Print the application registered in the USOS web system, sign it and submit it to the University: in the application box next to room 207, via traditional post to the university’s address with the annotation “SCHOLARSHIP”

INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS – FOREIGNERS: ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF APPLYING FOR MATERIAL ASSISTANCE BENEFITS (SCHOLARSHIPS)

Foreigners who started their studies before the academic year 2019/2020 have the right to apply for all financial assistance benefits (social scholarship, scholarship for the disabled, aid, rector’s scholarship) if:

they have a permanent residence permit;

2. they have refugee status granted in the Republic of Poland;

3. they enjoy temporary protection on the territory of the Republic of Poland;

4. they are migrant workers, who are citizens of a Member State of the European Union, the Swiss Confederation, or a Member State of the European Free Trade Agreement (EFTA) – parties to the agreement on the European Economic Area, as well as their family members, if they live on the territory of the Republic of Poland;

5. on the territory of the Republic of Poland, they were granted a long-term resident’s European Union residence permit;

6. on the territory of the Republic of Poland, they were granted a temporary residence permit in connection with the circumstance referred to in art. 127, art. 159 paragraph 1, or art. 186 section 1 point 3 or 4 of the Act of the 12th of December, 2013, on foreigners (Journal of Laws of 2016, item 1990, 1948, and 2066, and of 2017, items 60, 858 and 1543);

7. they are foreigners who have been granted subsidiary protection on the territory of the Republic of Poland;

8. they are citizens of European Union Member States, European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Member States – parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, or the Swiss Confederation, as well as their family members, with permanent residence;

9. they are holders of a valid Pole’s Card and have been admitted to study on the terms applicable to Polish citizens.

10. Foreigners who started their studies before the academic year 2019/2020 have the right to apply, only for the rector’s scholarship, if they have:

11. a residence card with the annotation “access to the labour market”;

12. a Schengen visa;

13. a national visa issued for the purpose of performing work on the territory of the Republic of Poland.

Citizens of the European Union Member States, the Swiss Confederation or the Member States of the European Free Trade Agreement (EFTA) – parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area and members of their families, admitted to study before the academic year, 2019/2020, on the terms applicable to Polish citizens, have the right to apply only for the rector’s scholarship.

Foreigners who started their studies in the 2019/2020 academic year have the right to apply for all material assistance services (social scholarship, scholarship for the disabled, aid, rector’s scholarship) if:
they are citizens of a Member State of the European Union, the Swiss Confederation, or a Member State of the European Free Trade Agreement (EFTA) – parties to the agreement on the European Economic Area, and their family members living on the territory of the Republic of Poland;
they have been granted a permanent residence permit,
they are long-term residents of the European Union;
they were granted a temporary residence permit in connection with the circumstances referred to in art. 159 paragraph 1, or art. 186 section 1 point 3 or 4 of the Act of the 12^th of December, 2013, on foreigners (Journal of Laws of 2017, item 2206 and 2282, and of 2018, items 107, 138 and 771);
they have refugee status granted in the Republic of Poland, or enjoy temporary protection or subsidiary protection on the territory of the Republic of Poland;
they have a certificate confirming the knowledge of Polish as a foreign language, as referred to in art. 11a paragraph 2 of the Act of the 7^th of October, 1999, on the Polish language (Journal of Laws of 2018, item 931), at least at language proficiency level, C1;
they hold a Pole’s Card, or are persons who have been issued with a decision on establishing Polish origin;
they are spouses, ascendants, or descendants, of a citizen of the Republic of Poland, living on the territory of the Republic of Poland.

Foreigners who started their studies in the 2019/2020 academic year, not mentioned in points 1-8 above, are not entitled to apply for a social scholarship: (they can apply for all other benefits, i.e. rector’s scholarship, allowance, scholarship for the disabled).

Material Assistance Department

Tuesday – Thursday 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

All matters regarding scholarships should be settled within the given dates.

Contact:
Marzena Polankowska-Kijek
e-mail: m.polankowska-kijek@vistula.edu.pl
phone: +48 22 45 72 321
(room 207, second floor)

THE RIGHT TO APPLY FOR MATERIAL HELP FOR STUDENTS IS ALLOTTED TO:

Students of full-time and part-time studies, regardless of age, studying in first and second cycle studies.

The right to material help is not available to students who are candidates for professional soldiers, or professional soldiers, who started their studies on the basis of a referral by a competent military authority or received assistance in connection with receiving education on the basis of the provisions on the military service of professional soldiers.

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THE RIGHT TO APPLY FOR MATERIAL HELP FOR STUDENTS IS ALLOTTED TO:

Students of full-time and part-time studies, regardless of age, studying in first and second cycle studies.

The right to material h…

The right to material assistance is also not available to students, who are officials of the state services in the candidate service, or who are officers of the state services, who undertook studies based on the referral or consent of the relevant superior, and received assistance in connection with receiving education on the basis of the provisions on service.

Types of financial assistance benefits for students

Incentive

A student who is temporarily in a difficult financial situation can receive Incentive. The scholarship event may be, e.g.:

death or serious illness of a family member,
natural disasters (e.g. fire, flood)
the birth of a child
sudden job loss (eg due to “covid cuts”)
theft
etc.

An application for incentive can be submitted up to twice in an academic year. A student cannot receive it twice for the same event.

Undocumented or insufficiently documented applications will not be the basis used for granting incentive. The student must document the event (e.g. medical certificate, a certificate from a social assistance centre, court or police decision, invoices or bills confirming expenses incurred as a result of the situation). In justified cases, the university may ask for certificates regarding the amount of net income in the family.

An application for assistance should be submitted immediately, but no later than 90 days from the date of the event.

The amount of incentive applicable in a given academic year is determined by the Rector, in consultation with the university body of student self-government.

The incentive is paid once.

Financial assistance from the state budget for foreign students

Foreign students who started their studies in the 2019/2020 academic year, may apply for a Social Scholarship, providing they meet one of the following conditions:

they have a permanent residence permit or are long-term EU residents;
they have a temporary residence permit in connection with the circumstances referred to in Art. 159 section 1, or Art. 186 section 1 point 3 or 4 of the Act on Foreigners;
they have the status of refugees granted in the Republic of Poland, or have been granted temporary or subsidiary protection on the territory of the Republic of Poland;
they have a certificate confirming their knowledge of Polish as a foreign language, at least at the C1 level;
they have obtained the Card of the Pole or a decision on establishing Polish origin;
are a spouse, ascendant, or descendant of a Polish citizen living on the territory of the Republic of Poland;
they have a temporary residence permit in connection with the circumstances referred to in Art. 151 section 1, or Art. 151b section 1 of the Act of the 12th of December, 2013, on Foreigners, or are staying on the territory of the Republic of Poland in connection with the short-term mobility of a researcher, under the conditions set out in Art. 156b section 1 of this Act, or hold a national visa for the purpose of conducting scientific research or development works.

All foreign students (including those who do not meet the above-mentioned conditions), who started their studies in the 2019/2020 academic year, may also apply for the Rector’s Scholarship, Scholarship for People with Disabilities or Incentive, by submitting standard documentation via USOS web.

Foreign students who started their studies before the 2019/2020 academic year, under the rules applicable to Polish citizens, may apply for all forms of financial assistance from the state budget (Social Scholarship, Scholarship for People with Disabilities and Incentive), providing they:

have a permanent residence permit or the Card of the Pole;
have the status of refugees granted in the Republic of Poland;
have been granted temporary protection on the territory of the Republic of Poland;
have been granted the long-term resident’s European Union residence permit on the territory of the Republic of Poland;
have been granted a temporary residence permit in connection with the circumstances referred to in Art. 127, Art. 159 section 1, or Art. 186 section 1 point 3 or 4 of the Act of the 12^th of December, 2013, on Foreigners (Journal of Laws of 2016, item 1990, 1948, and 2066, and of 2017, items 60, 858, and 1543), on the territory of the Republic of Poland;
have been granted subsidiary protection on the territory of the Republic of Poland.

Foreign students, who started their studies before the academic year 2019/2020, may apply for the Rector’s Scholarship, providing they:

have a valid residence card with the annotation “access to the labour market”;
have a Schengen visa;
have a national visa issued for the purposes of undertaking employment on the territory of the Republic of Poland;
are citizens of the Member States of the European Union, or the Member States of the European Free Trade Agreement (EFTA) – and are parties to the agreement on the European Economic Area or the Swiss Confederation;
are family members, having the right of permanent residence, of a citizen of the European Union Member States, or the Member States of the European Free Trade Agreement (EFTA) – and are parties to the agreement on the European Economic Area or the Swiss Confederation.

IMPORTANT! A student visa issued for the purpose of study does not provide grounds for the receipt of any form of financial assistance from the state budget.

Social scholarship increased, among others, because of the place of residence

A student in an exceptionally difficult financial situation may also receive an allowance to the social scholarship in the form of an “increase” inter alia for:

living in a dormitory or in a facility other than a dormitory by a student whose daily commuting from his place of permanent residence to the university would make it impossible or significantly difficult to study,
living with an unemployed spouse or child of a student in a student dormitory or in a facility other than a dormitory,
raising a child alone,
a serious health situation involving high costs of treatment,
another special material and living situation.

The reasons for receiving an increased social scholarship should be additionally documented.

Scholarship for people with disabilities

A scholarship for people with disabilities may be granted to a student for a disability, confirmed by a decision of a competent authority on light, moderate, or severe disability, or an equivalent decision.

The student should enclose with his application, a valid certificate, entitling him to a scholarship. Scholarships for people with disabilities may cover a period of up to 10 months, but at the same time, not longer than the validity of the decision. After 10 months if you want to receive your Scholarship for people with disabilities you need to apply again.

Attention! If the application for a scholarship for people with disabilities in the USOSweb system is inactive, it means that you did not report your disability during the recruitment process. To unblock it, please inform the Ombudsman’s staff concerned with disabilities, as to the degree of disability, confirming it with an appropriate certificate. If your disability certificate has expired, and you have managed to obtain a new one, please report this change to the Ombudsman.

Awards criteria and financial benefits amounts

Detailed criteria and thresholds of benefits for students in the field of social scholarship, scholarship for the disabled, Incentive and the rector’s scholarship in the academic year 2024/2025

SOCIAL SCHOLARSHIP

The following amounts of net income, per person, in the family of a student applying for a social scholarship, and the benefits resulting from it, are effective from the 1st of October, 2024:

Net monthly income per person in the student’s family.	Scholarship amount
up to PLN 350	PLN 1600
PLN 351 – PLN 700	PLN 1300
PLN 701 – PLN 1570,50	PLN 1000

The increase in the social scholarship, resulting from the conditions described in the Student Benefits Regulations, is PLN 700.

SCHOLARSHIP FOR DISABLED STUDENTS

The following amounts of special scholarships for disabled persons, in relation to the degree of disability, are set as follows:

Degree of disability	Scholarship amount
Light	PLN 1000
Moderate	PLN 1200
Significant	PLN 1500

INCENTIVE

The amount of support for students who temporarily find themselves, due to random reasons, in a difficult financial situation, can amount to no more than 8000 PLN. The amount of the scholarship depends on the Rector’s decision.

RECTOR’S SCHOLARSHIP

The Rector’s Scholarship may be awarded to students studies high average grades and achievements scientific, artistic, or sporting.
Only 10% can receive rector scholarship of the best students in a given field.
The condition of obtaining the rector’s scholarship for the best students is submitting an application according to scholarship schedule.

Total number of points.	Scholarship amount
4,3 – and more	PLN 450

The minister’s scholarship for outstanding achievements

The Minister’s scholarship may be awarded to students for outstanding scientific or artistic achievements related to their studies, or outstanding achievements in sport.

Detailed rules for granting the Minister’s Scholarship to students for outstanding achievements, can be found on the website: https://www.nauka.gov.pl/stypendia–ministra/, which also details the procedure for submitting applications for the ministerial scholarship by universities.

Minister’s scholarships are awarded to students upon the application of the university’s Rector, approved by the Faculty Council.

After receiving an opinion, the Rector forwards the student’s application to the ministry, together with documents confirming the achievement of outstanding achievements. In cases whereby a student has presented other achievements, outside the catalogue of outstanding successes, or unrelated to studies, the Rector’s opinion may be negative. The university rector only provides the Minister with positive opinions.

Applications for Minister’s Scholarships are forwarded by the Rector by October the 15th.

All the information needed to submit an application can be found on the website of the ministry: https://www.gov.pl/web/nauka/informacja…

Schedule for accepting applications for the academic year 2024/2025

Scholarship’s applications can be submitted on the following dates:

SOCIAL SCHOLARSHIP AND SCHOLARSHIP FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES:
From 01.10.2024 to 09.07.2025

INCENTIVE:
From 01.10.2024 to 09.07.2025

RECTOR’S SCHOLARSHIP:
In the winter semester from 01.10.2024 to 20.10.2024
In the summer semester from 01.03.2025 to 20.03.2025

MINISTER’S SCHOLARSHIPS:
Rectors of universities will forward applications for ministerial scholarships by the deadline: from 01.10.2024 – to 15.10.2024.

Remember! The student must complete all the formalities at the university, much earlier.

Print the application registered in the USOS web system, sign it and submit it to the University: in the application box next to room 207, via traditional post to the university’s address with the annotation “SCHOLARSHIP”

IMPORTANT! Failure to collect the decision will result in the suspension of the payment of funds to the student’s account, as only its receipt is tantamount to acceptance of the administrative decision. After receiving the written decision, the student will immediately receive funds to his/her personal account, which he/she indicated in the application. The amount of benefit paid will be increased, in proportion to the number of months in which the student delayed receiving the decision.

It should be remembered that an application may be considered negatively, despite correctly submitted documents. The scholarship decision awaiting a student is not an unambiguous award of a specific scholarship.

Social scholarship increased, among others, because of the place of residence

A student, who is in an extremely difficult financial situation, may also receive a social scholarship in the increased amount, among others, when he is forced to rent a room in a student home or flat, because access from the place of permanent residence to the university, prevents, or significantly hinders, studying.

Rector’s scholarship

This type of scholarship may be awarded to students after completing their first year of study.

The condition for obtaining the Rector’s Scholarship is to obtain a high average grade for the last year of study, and/or for scientific, artistic, or high sports results in an international or national competition.

A Rector’s Scholarship may also be applied for by a first-year student of the first-cycle, or uniform Master’s studies, who has been admitted to these studies in the year of passing the Matura exam; an Olympics winner, a finalist of the subject Olympics, or a medal winner in sporting competition, all contributing towards the title of ‘Polish Champion in Sport’.

First-year students of the second-cycle studies may apply for the Rector’s Scholarship, also on the basis of the results from the last year of undergraduate studies. If you have previously studied at a university, other than Vistula, you must attach to the application a certificate about the average grade from that previous university.

Rector’s Scholarship Applications for the best students are submitted twice a year at the beginning of each semester, according to the schedule. Rector’s scholarships are awarded twice per academic year, per semester, for up to 5 months.

The student is required to submit a separate application with complete documentation for each semester. The rector’s scholarship may receive a maximum of 10% of the best students in a given field of study, but cannot be granted to a student who, regardless of average grade and achievements:

repeats the year/semester of studies,
obtained a conditional entry or conditional credit for the next semester/year,
resumed studies after being struck off the list of students, due to failing a semester or year.

Attachments to download

REGULATIONS ON STUDENT BENEFITS AT VISTULA SCHOOL OF HOSPITALITY

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Appendix No. 2 to the Regulations on student benefits – List of documents required on application for each type of scholarship

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Appendix No. 3 to the Regulations on student benefits – Detailed criteria and rules for converting the average grade and achievements into points

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Appendix No. 4.2 to the Regulations on student benefits – SCHOOL* / UNIVERSITY* ATTENDANCE CERTIFICATE OF THE APPLICANT’S SIBLING

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Appendix No. 4.3 to the Regulations on student benefits – DECLARATION ON RESIDENCE IN A STUDENT DORMITORY / OTHER FACILITY

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Appendix No. 4.4 to the Regulations on student benefits – DECLARATION ON FINANCIAL SITUATION

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Appendix No. 4.5 to the Regulations on student benefits – STUDENT DECLARATION on sharing/ not sharing a household with parents

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Appendix No. 4.6 to the Regulations on student benefits – FROM THE TAX OFFICE ON THE INCOME OF A FAMILY MEMBER TAXABLE TAX INCOME FROM PHYSICAL PERSONS ON THE PRINCIPLES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 27, 30b, 30c, 30e and ARTICLE 30f OF THE ACT OF 26 JULY ON INCOME TAX FROM PHYSICAL PERSONS (Journal of Laws of 2012, item 361, AS AMENDED), ACHIEVED IN THE CALENDAR YEAR PRIOR TO THE BENEFIT PERIOD

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Appendinx No. 4.7 Application for subsequent verification of entitlement to a social scholarship andor its increase

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Appendix No. 5.1 to the Regulations on student benefits – List of achievements to the Rector’s scholarship

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Appendix No. 5.2 to the Regulations on student benefits – INFORMATION ON THE METHOD OF CALCULATING THE WEIGHTED AVERAGE OF GRADES AT VISTULA UNIVERSITY

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Appendix No. 8 to the Regulations on student benefits – APPEAL AGAINST DECISION

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