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In Ukraine, starting 1 September the basic academic scholarships for students of universities, colleges, and vocational education institutions will double. A number of named awards will also increase, and the largest scholarships will reach 10 thousand hryvnias.
This was reported by the deputy head of the Servant of the People faction and member of the parliamentary Committee on Education, Science and Innovations, Yuliia Hryshyna.
For students of higher education institutions the basic academic scholarship will increase from 2 000 to 4 000 UAH. The elevated scholarship for certain specialties will be 5 100 UAH instead of the current 2 550 UAH.
In colleges, that is institutions of professional pre-higher education, the regular academic scholarship will increase from 1 510 to 3 020 UAH. The higher payment will rise from 1 930 to 3 860 UAH.
For students of vocational education institutions the scholarship will also be doubled. Instead of 1 250 UAH they will receive 2 500 UAH.
The amounts of named scholarships from the Cabinet of Ministers will change as well. For vocational education recipients they will be up to 5 000 UAH, for college students — 6 040 UAH, and for students of higher education institutions — 8 000 UAH.
Gifted youth will receive more as well. The presidential scholarship for winners of Olympiads and the Minor Academy of Sciences will increase from 2 600 to 5 200 UAH, and the Cabinet scholarship for the Ukrainian language and literature Olympiad — from 2 360 to 4 720 UAH.
The Taras Shevchenko scholarship for schoolchildren will be 5 440 UAH instead of 2 720 UAH. The presidential scholarship named after P. Yatsyk and T. Shevchenko will provide 2 840 UAH for pupils, 5 740 UAH for college students, and 7 600 UAH for university students.
Separate payments are envisaged for young artists. Students of art lyceums will receive a presidential scholarship of 2 500 UAH, college students — 7 600 UAH, and bachelors and masters — 10 000 UAH.
According to Hryshyna, to finance the increased payments the state budget for 2026 year includes an additional 1,2 billion UAH for scholarships. The Ministry of Education and Science has prepared the necessary changes, and the Cabinet approved the corresponding decisions.
At the same time, ahead of the new academic year a further stage of teacher salary increases is planned. However, the deputy's statement did not provide specific new salary amounts for educators.
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