CEEPUS: Available mobility scholarships for students and staff fleeing the war in Ukraine

Available mobility scholarships for students and staff fleeing the war in Ukraine

Attention! Double financing is not possible: it is not allowed to receive a second mobility scholarship from other resources to cover costs for the same mobility activity.

Please note that the following opportunities are in the framework of mobility programmes (short-term staff exchange and part-time studies), they do not provide admission into full degree programs of ELTE.

CEEPUS Freemover grant in Hungary for Ukrainian students and teachers

The CEEPUS programme, which provides opportunity for study abroad periods, research activities and short-term student mobilities in Central Eastern Europe and the Western Balkans, made it possible by an extraordinary decision for university students and teachers from Ukraine to participate in mobilities through a simplified application process, provided that the host country has introduced such measures. Candidates from Ukraine are eligible to apply in the academic year 2023/2024 for Freemover grants, that is, outside CEEPUS networks.

At the Joint Committee of Ministers meeting held on 20th of September 2023, CEEPUS member countries decided unanimously to enable the participation of Ukrainian academics (students and teachers), using leftover scholarship months and funds from the current academic year, even though Ukraine isn’t a member country of the Central European Exchange Programme for University Studies (CEEPUS). Applications have to be submitted on a rolling basis until April 30, 2024 in the online system: www.ceepus.info.hu

All teachers and students enrolled or employed at a Ukrainian higher education institution are eligible.

Documents to attach

• A Letter of Acceptance issued by the host ELTE faculty/department, download here.
  • At ELTE, the faculty administration is responsible for signing the document. If you are unable to determine, which faculty you should write to, you can also write an e-mail to ceepus@elte.hu, stating your name, your subject field, your home university and the planned mobility period.
• Any document proving eligibility (e.g. certificate of enrollment, student ID or excerpt from employment contract form a Ukrainian higher education institution).

Tendered period

• For students: min 1 month to 10 months (in case of 1 month: min. 21 days, in case of more than 1 month: full months with min. 16 days in the last month).
• For academics: min. 5 working days and until 30 days the scholarship is equal to 1 scholarship month.

Scholarship period

Latest until the 31st August 2024. Applications must be submitted before the tendered mobility period.

Application process

A candidate has to submit a CEEPUS Freemover application via www.ceepus.info (see information guide below) under academic year 2023/2024 and attach a Letter of Acceptance and a document proving eligibility (see above).

Scholarship rates

• Students: 170 000 HUF/month (cca. 440 EUR)
• Teachers: 190 000 HUF/month (cca. 490 EUR)

Applications will be proceeded in case of formal eligibility, and in the order of arrival, as long as free resources are available. Double financing is not possible: it is not allowed to receive a second mobility scholarship from other resources to cover costs for the same mobility activity.

Archiv - Available CEEPUS scholarships in 2022