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Merit Scholarship Programme for full-time
students
Evidence number of the scholarship programme: ESF_04_1.7.2006.
1. Purpose of the scholarship programme:
The Merit Scholarship Programme provides scholarships to motivate full-time students to
achieve excellent academic results that will enable their studies to progress smoothly within the
standard duration of study, and to enhance the quality of the educational process of the faculty
and its public profile.
This scholarship programme is announced for an indefinite period until further notice.
2. Eligibility for the scholarship:
(1) A person eligible to receive a scholarship is a full-time Bachelor’s, full-time Master’s, or
full-time follow-up Master’s student who has not exceeded the standard duration of
study during the relevant period.
(2) The entitlement of an person eligible under subsection (1) may arise:
a) for each past semester of study, excluding the last semester of study,
b) for the last semester of study provided that, at the time of submitting the
application, the eligible person is an active student in a study programme at ESF
MU which is related to the study programme in which the entitlement to the merit
scholarship arose.
3. Funding:
The source of funding for the scholarship is the faculty’s Scholarship Fund.
4. Conditions of granting the scholarship:
(1) A scholarship may be awarded to an eligible person who has achieved a grade point
average of not more than 1.30 for all previous studies in a given field of study, and who has
simultaneously earned at least 30 x n credits, where n is the number of semesters completed
without counting semesters in which the eligible person’s studies were interrupted. Students
in a follow-up Master’s degree programme who have completed their Bachelor’s degree at
ESF MU and are immediately continuing their studies at ESF MU may also include in n the
semesters completed in their Bachelor’s degree; in this case, they calculate their grade point
average by including the previous Bachelor’s degree.
(2) The study average according to paragraph 1 is calculated as the average of the numerical
values of the grades accumulated in all graded course completion deadlines (Article 17,
point 2 of the Masaryk University Study and Examination Regulations), which is listed in the
MU Information System.
(3) The number of credits referred to in paragraph 1 does not include credits earned for
recognised courses, with the exception of courses taken abroad as part of stays organised
by the MU ESF (Erasmus, double-degree programmes, etc.).
(4) The scholarship is awarded on the basis of an application, which the eligible person is
obliged to submit within 30 days of the last day of the regular examination period of the last
semester of the relevant period.
5. Amount of scholarship:
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(1) An eligible person who achieves a grade point average of exactly 1.00 will be paid CZK
8,000 x (n/4 + 1).
(2) An eligible person who achieves a grade point average higher than 1.00 and less than
or equal to 1.20 will be paid CZK 5,000 x (n/4 + 1).
(3) An eligible person who achieves a grade point average higher than 1.20 and less than
or equal to 1.30 shall be paid CZK 3,000 x (n/4 + 1).
6. Additional information:
(1) The documents required for the award of the scholarship shall be prepared by the Office for
International Relations.
(2) The Vice Dean for Full-Time Studies is responsible for the scholarship programme and the
award of scholarships.