Social scholarship is granted for one semester.
The following are eligible to obtain a social scholarship:
a) Students orphaned by one or both parents, respectively for whom the placement was ordered as a protection measure, and who do not earn income over the ceiling for the granting of the social scholarship;
b) students with TB, who are on medical records, those suffering from diabetes, malignancies, severe malabsorption syndromes, chronic renal failure, asthma, epilepsy, congenital heart disease, chronic hepatitis, glaucoma, severe myopia, immune diseases, rare diseases, autism spectrum disorders, haematological diseases (hemophilia, thalassemia, etc.), deafness, cystic fibrosis, those infected with HIV or AIDS, those with locomotor disabilities, ankylosing spondylitis or rheumatoid arthritis;
c) students whose family did not achieve in the 3 months before the beginning of the semester / academic year an average net monthly income per family member higher than the minimum net basic salary in the economy.
The age limit to benefit from the social scholarship is 35 years.
For awarding the social scholarships, the only academic criteria taken into account consists of graduate.
Beneficiaries of social scholarships are established by applying, in order, the mentioned eligibility criteria.