- Available for full-time and part-time students.
- A special scholarship for students with disabilities may be granted to a student who has a certificate of disability, a certificate of severity of disability, or a certificate treated as equivalent to a certificate of severity of disability, in accordance with Article 5 and Article 62 of the Act of August 27, 1997 on Professional and Social Rehabilitation and Employment of Persons with Disabilities (Journal of Laws of 2023, item 100, as amended).
- It is possible to receive the scholarship as early as the first year of study.
- The special scholarship for students with disabilities is granted for one academic year.
- The scholarship is granted upon written application by the student. The application must be supplemented with a current certificate of disability or a certificate of severity of disability or a certificate treated as equivalent to a certificate of severity of disability.
- Special scholarship for students with disabilities is offered for first degree studies, second degree studies, long-cycle Master’s degree programme, for a total of 12 semesters, regardless of the student’s any other benefit collection. Within this period, the special scholarship for students with disabilities is eligible for:
- first degree – for no longer than 9 semesters,
- second degree – for no longer than 7 semesters.
The period of 12 semesters during which a student is eligible for the special scholarship for students with disabilities begins when the student enters university and is first granted rights as a student (for the first-degree program). The period of eligibility for the special scholarship for students with disabilities includes all semesters started by the student at the university, including semesters falling during the period of taking a leave of absence from classes. The exception to this rule are the semesters of any further first-degree studies started or continued after the first bachelor’s, engineer’s or equivalent degree (any other first-degree studies are not counted in the special scholarship for students with disabilities eligibility period).
- The scholarship is not available to a student who holds a professional degree such as:
- Master of Science, Master of Engineering or equivalent,
- Bachelor’s degree, engineer’s degree or equivalent, if they are retaking their first-degree program,
- obtained abroad.
- If the disability arose during the course of your studies or after obtaining a degree, the scholarship for persons with disabilities shall be available for an additional period of 12 semesters regardless of their collection by the student, provided that within this period the scholarship shall be available for:
- first degree – for no longer than 9 semesters,
- second degree – for no longer than 9 semesters.
- More detailed rules are specified in the Regulations on benefits for students of WSZiB in Cracow.
Application for the special scholarship for students with disabilities – academic year 2023/2024