MU Scholarship and Bursary Regulations
In accordance with section 36(2) of Act No. 111/1998 Coll., on Higher Education Institutions and on the Modification and Amendment of Other Acts (the Higher Education Act), the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports registered the Masaryk University Scholarship and Bursary Regulations on 20 May 2025 under Ref. No. MSMT-11261/2025-2.
Mgr. Vojtěch Tomášek
Director of the Department of Higher Education Institutions
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Part One
General Provisions
Section 1
Subject of Regulation
The Masaryk University Scholarship and Bursary Regulations (hereinafter referred to as the “Regulations”), in accordance with Sections 91 and 91a of Act No. 111/1998 Coll., on Higher Education Institutions and on the Modification and Amendment of Other Acts (the Higher Education Act), as later amended (hereinafter referred to as the “Act”)“ and Section 35 of the Masaryk University Statutes (hereinafter referred to as the “Statutes”), regulates the conditions and procedure of the provision of scholarships awarded by Masaryk University (hereinafter referred to as “MU”).
Section 2
Scholarships
(1) Scholarships awarded by MU may be settled from
a) the scholarship fund or other MU resources;
b) the state budget funds, provided in the form of subsidies or contributions in accordance with the law;
c) the National Fund or other public funds provided under another legal regulation or under an international treaty by which the Czech Republic is bound.
(2) Scholarships at MU are awarded
a) within scholarship programmes announced under Part Two hereof;
b) outside of scholarship programmes as scholarships under Part Three hereof;
c) as doctoral scholarships under Part Four hereof.
(3) Scholarships may be awarded to
a) MU students;
b) MU graduates who met the requirements for the scholarship award during their studies, in case these are scholarships under Section 91(2)(a) and (b) of the Act;
c) MU graduates, MU lifelong learning participants, academic staff and other employees of MU in case these are scholarships under Section 91(2)(f) of the Act while the conditions under Section 91(3) have been met.
Part Two
Scholarships Awarded within Scholarship Programmes
Section 3
Scholarship Programme
(1) The requirements for the award of a scholarship under Section 91(2) of the Act that are not regulated in Part Three hereof are determined by scholarship programmes.
(2) A scholarship programme may be announced by
a) the Rector;
b) the Dean;
c) the director of a university institute
(hereinafter referred to as the “scholarship programme administrator”).
(3) Scholarship programmes are announced in the following areas:
a) excellent study results (Section 91(2)(a) of the Act);
b) outstanding research, development and innovation, artistic or other creative achievements contributing to the advancement of knowledge (Section 91(2)(b) of the Act);
c) research, development and innovation activities under another legal regulation (Section 91(2)(c) of the Act);
d) difficult social situation (Section 91(2)(d) of the Act);
e) worthy of special consideration (Section 91(2)(e) of the Act);
f) support for studies, creative activities, educational activities or practical internships carried out within the framework of European Union programmes or other multilateral or bilateral international programmes or projects (Section 91(2)(f) of the Act);
g) mobility support (Section 91(2)(f) or (g) of the Act);
h) accommodation support (Section 91(2)(g) of the Act);
i) in other areas determined by the scholarship programme administrator.
(4) A scholarship programme shall contain
a) purpose of the scholarship programme;
b) duration of the scholarship programme;
c) categories of persons to whom the scholarship may be awarded under the programme, and, as the case may be, the conditions under which the scholarship may be awarded;
d) funding sources for the scholarships to be awarded under the programme in accordance with MU financial management rules and the Act (Section 91(3) of the Act);
e) scholarship amount and/or the method of its determination;
f) the requisites of the application for the award of a scholarship, the place and manner of its submission and/or the range of persons authorized to propose the award of a scholarship ex officio.
(5) A scholarship programme is announced through a measure of the scholarship programme administrator and published in the public section of website of MU or its relevant organizational unit.
(6) Records of scholarship programmes in the MU Information System are administered by the Office for Studies at the Rector’s Office.
(7) Scholarships under scholarship programmes are awarded by the scholarship programme administrator.
Part Three
Scholarships Awarded outside of Scholarship Programmes
Section 4
Bursaries for Students in a Difficult Social Situation
(1) A bursary under Section 91(5) of the Act is awarded by the Rector based on a student’s application.
(2) Details of the method of verifying the conditions for awarding a bursary, the dates for collecting applications and other information required for payment of the bursary shall be determined by the Rector through his/her measure.
Section 5
Extraordinary Scholarship
An extraordinary scholarship may be awarded to a student by the Rector, the dean or the director of a university institute under Section 91(2)(e) of the Act in cases worthy of special consideration, either based on an application or ex officio.
Section 6
Scholarship Supporting Creative Activities
(1) A scholarship supporting creative activities may be awarded to a student under Section 91(2)(b) of the Act for outstanding research, development and innovation, artistic or other creative achievements contributing to the advancement of knowledge, or under Section 91(2)(c) for research, development and innovation activities. A scholarship for the support of creative activities under Section 91(2)(b) of the Act may also be awarded to a graduate of a degree programme who met the requirements for its award during their studies.
(2) An MU regulation may set out further requirements for awarding a scholarship in a programme of the Grant Agency of MU.
(3) Scholarships supporting creative activities are awarded by
a) the Rector for creative activities in a university-wide scope;
b) the dean of a faculty or the director of a university institute for creative activities within the faculty of the university institute.
Section 7
Mobility Scholarships
Based on an application or ex officio, the Rector, dean of a faculty or director of a university institute may award
a) a scholarship under Section 91(2)(f) of the Act to an MU student, MU graduate, MU lifelong learning participant or MU employee and
b) a scholarship under Section 91(2)(g) of the Act to an MU student.
Part Four
Doctoral Scholarships
Section 8
Doctoral Scholarships
(1) A doctoral scholarship shall be awarded based on an application by a doctoral degree programme student in full time mode in case that after including all periods of prior unsuccessful study in doctoral programmes at a state or public HE institution, the standard duration of study in the current degree programme has not been exceeded. If the student has two or more concurrent studies, the doctoral scholarship may be applied for in one degree programme only.
(2) The doctoral student’s income may include a wage or salary for work in which the student performs creative activity related to the production of their doctoral thesis as part of employment. The Rector is entitled to determine the minimum amount of the doctoral scholarship and the minimum amount of the doctoral student’s income through a measure, in accordance with Section 91a of the Act.
(3) The monthly amount of the doctoral scholarship is set in such a way that the doctoral student’s income complies with Section 91a(3) of the Act. This shall not affect the possibility to reduce, withdraw or not to award the doctoral scholarship in accordance with Section 11.
(4) The doctoral scholarship shall be awarded for the duration of the academic year or a part thereof for at least one calendar month; the doctoral scholarship may be awarded retroactively at the earliest for the month preceding the month in which the application under subsection 1 was submitted.
(5) Doctoral studies are the responsibility of the dean of the faculty where the relevant degree programme is implemented.
(6) An entitlement to the doctoral scholarship shall expire as of the date
a) of the beginning of interruption of studies,
b) of the completion/termination of studies,
c) of the change of study mode to combined, or
d) set out in the decision on the withdrawal of scholarship.
(7) In case a student fails to meet the requirements for the award of the doctoral scholarship for the full month, they shall be entitled to a proportionate part of the doctoral scholarship.
(8) The details of awarding doctoral scholarships are determined by the Rector through a directive.
(9) The categories of persons who are eligible to the doctoral scholarship under this Section may be expanded by the Rector or a dean through a measure.
Part Five
Common Provisions
Section 9
General Provisions
(1) Act No. 500/2004 Coll., Administrative Procedure Code shall apply to the proceedings under these Regulations, were these Regulations or the law do not provide special regulation.
(2) The proceedings regarding a scholarship may be initiated upon request or ex officio. If the conditions of Section 91(8) of the Act apply, a scholarship may be provided pursuant to an agreement concluded with the beneficiary.
(3) A scholarship may be awarded at the request of a student only if the student meets the conditions for its award on the date of the decision.
(4) The person who has been awarded a scholarship is obliged to promptly communicate any change in the facts decisive for the award of the scholarship. Failure to fulfil this obligation may be considered a breach of a university internal regulation under Section 64 of the Act.
Section 10
Payment of Scholarship
(1) After the decision on its award has come into legal force, the scholarship shall be paid out in a lump sum or in instalments whose number, amounts and maturity dates are usually determined in the decision.
(2) The scholarship is paid out in Czech crowns to a bank account kept in Czech currency at a bank in the Czech Republic, specified in the IS MU by the beneficiary of the scholarship.
(3) A mobility scholarship may be paid out in euros for programmes with funding sources in euros. The scholarship is paid out in euros to a euro account kept at a bank in the European Union, specified in the IS MU by the beneficiary of the scholarship.
(4) In case a scholarship cannot be paid out due to an obstacle on part of the awardee and if such person fails to remove the obstacle within a specified period, the body that awarded the scholarship shall decide on the withdrawal or reduction of the scholarship.
(5) At the request of the awardee, it may be decided on a payment method different from those under subsections 2 and 3 except for an accommodation grant (Section 3(3)(h) and a bursary in the case of a difficult social situation (Section 4).
Section 11
Withdrawal and Change of the Scholarship Amount
(1) The body that awarded the scholarship may decide on a change in the amount or on withdrawal of the scholarship, even partially, in case the facts decisive for the award of the scholarship have changed.
(2) On the recommendation of the doctoral board, the doctoral scholarship under Section 30(7) of the MU Study and Examination Regulations may be
a) reduced to half the amount specified in Section 8 (rounded up to the nearest ten crowns), or awarded at the reduced amount, if the student has seriously failed to fulfil the obligations arising from the individual study plan, and at the same time it can reasonably be expected that these obligations will be fulfilled within the time limit set for further review by the doctoral board; or
b) withdrawn or not awarded if the student has seriously failed to fulfil the obligations arising from the individual study plan, and at the same time it can reasonably be expected that these obligations will be fulfilled and the student will not be terminated their studies for this reason.
(3) The proceedings on withdrawal or a change in the amount of the scholarship shall be initiated upon request or ex officio; in such a case, a decision shall be issued as the first act in the proceedings. A student’s request for the withdrawal of scholarship shall always be granted.
Section 12
Publication of Information about Scholarships
By 31 March each year, MU, faculties and university institutes shall publish in the public section of their websites a report on scholarships for the past calendar year, which shall contain the scholarship programmes announced, number of persons who obtained scholarships including extraordinary scholarships, and the total amount spent on scholarships in the calendar year concerned. The Academic Senate of MU or of a faculty may decide on the publication of other information about scholarships that is not personal data.
Part Six
Transitional and Final Provisions
Section 13
Transitional Provisions
(1) The scholarships awarded under previous regulations shall be paid out in accordance with the conditions set out in the decision on the scholarship award, even after the effective date hereof.
(2) The scholarship programmes announced in accordance with the Masaryk University Scholarship and Bursary Regulations registered with the MEYS on 2 June 2017 under Ref. No. MSMT-15991/2017, as later amended and supplemented, shall remain valid even after the effective date hereof.
(3) A doctoral student whose first period of study began before 1 September 2025 may be awarded a doctoral scholarship under the provisions of Section 8 only if they do not receive a scholarship to support their studies in the doctoral degree programme awarded under previous regulations.
(4) The minimum amount of a scholarship to support studies in a doctoral degree programme awarded pursuant to the decision under Section 6 of the Masaryk University Scholarship and Bursary Regulations registered with the MEYS on 2 June 2017 under Ref. No. MSMT-15991/2017, as later amended and supplemented, which was previously determined through the Rector’s measure, is 16,000 CZK. The amount under the first sentence may be reduced to 12,000 CZK or more per month in case the doctoral student’s income is at least 16,000 CZK.
Section 14
Final Provisions
(1) The Masaryk University Scholarship and Bursary Regulations registered with the MEYS on 2 June 2017 under Ref. No. MSMT-15991/2017, as later amended and supplemented, are hereby repealed.
(2) These Regulations were approved in accordance with Section 9(1)(b)(3) of the Act by the MU Academic Senate on 5 May 2025.
(3) These Regulations shall enter into force in accordance with Section 36(4) of the Act on the day of registration with the MEYS.
(4) These Regulations shall enter into effect on 1 September 2025.
Prof. MUDr. Martin Bareš, Ph.D. m.p.
Rector