Tuition Scholarships
There are a number of tuition scholarships (tuition exemption) as set forth below
Scholarship recipients
Scholarship recipients will be given a tuition scholarship (exemption from tuition). The rate of the tuition scholarship will be relative to the number of scholarship portions awarded.
Soldiers in mandatory service / serving in national service
(The scholarship is intended only for students on the Technion campus in Haifa)
The Graduate School grants a tuition scholarship to soldiers in mandatory service / serving in national service, who meet the academic requirements for the receipt of a scholarship. The scholarship is intended only for students on the Technion campus in Haifa. The scholarship is provided only during the period of the mandatory service / national service. The scholarship can be received between the months of October – July. During the months August-September, there is no tuition charge.
An An application for a scholarship can be submitted to the secretary of the academic unit (please choose the “tuition” option), and include confirmation documents from the suitable entity: for soldiers in mandatory service – Attach a “certification (ishur) of mandatory military service” (sherut Hova) from Army Human Resources Office. The confirmation should include the duration of the mandatory service; for those serving in national service – attach a “study approval” form from the “Aguda for volunteers” / Form #3
The application for a tuition scholarship for students in mandatory service / serving in national service must be renewed at the beginning of each academic year.
Students serving their mandatory service (sherut hova), and are entitled for a tuition scholarship, will pay the advance. They will be reimbursed at the beginning of the semester once their tuition scholarship is approved. The reimbursement will be prorated according to the approved number of scholarships months minus additional fees.
A student accepted to “parallel studies” at Technion
Students who are accepted for master’s degree studies in a research track and who receive approval to study in parallel (during one or two semesters) in undergraduate studies at Technion in order to complete the bachelor’s degree are entitled to receive a tuition scholarship for the period of study in parallel. The tuition scholarship will be granted automatically to a student who does not receive a scholarship from the academic unit, and provided that the student pays tuition for the undergraduate studies.
Scholarship for a student who is admitted to graduate studies, under conditioned on the completion of the bachelor’s degree
- Approval and payment of the scholarship is contingent on the submission of; “Proof of eligibility to a bachelor’s degree” and an “Official Final Transcript”. Retroactive approval and payment of the scholarship will be made only if the required documents are submitted to the Graduate School’s Registration and Admission Office by the date specified in the acceptance letter (students who have graduated from undergraduate Technion programs are not required to submit the documents). In special cases in which an extension is granted for the submission of these documents – the scholarship (approval and payment) retroactively is not guaranteed, and will be decided for each case.
- A student studying towards a bachelor’s and master’s degree at the Technion, in parallel, and who is entitled to a scholarship during the joint study period, is required to submit a confirmation of eligibility to a bachelor’s degree and the final approved transcript by the date set forth in the acceptance letter. Failure to meet this requirement, will result in termination of studies.
Additional scholarships for scholarship recipients
Merit Scholarships:
(For students studying towards a master’s degree and in the special PhD track)
“Excellence Dean’s Support Scholarship” – a merit scholarship for Technion alumni with a GPA of 90 or higher, who are receiving scholarships in a scope of three or more installments during the course of their study. The merit scholarship will be granted to eligible students on a one time basis, at the end of the first semester of the studies, and retroactively in the form of an additional monthly grant for each month of the semester (total addition of five scholarship portions). There is no need to apply for this scholarship; eligible students will be automatically identified.
“A merit scholarship on the account of the academic department” – students with particularly impressive achievements during their studies may receive an additional scholarship portion for a semester (total addition of five scholarship portions) for their excellence, based on the considerations of the Graduate Degrees Committee of the academic unit.
“Bridging” Scholarships:
(For scholarship recipients for a master’s degree at Technion who continue their studies for a PhD consecutively)
A scholarship recipient who is studying towards a master’s degree at Technion and continues studies directly towards a PhD may receive a “bridging” scholarship at the recommendation of the academic department. The “bridging” scholarship is on account of the quota of the monthly scholarship for a PhD and can be received for a period of up to three months, to allow the completion of the master’s degree. Individuals eligible for a “bridging” scholarship are scholarship recipients who have submitted their final work to the school and received conditional admission to PhD studies.
Parenthood-leave scholarships:
Parenthood and scholarship adjustments for research (Section 6.9 at the procedure)
The eligibility for scholarship adjustments for research due to fertility treatments, pregnancy, birth, adopting or guardianship or fostering a child, for a qualifying event that occurred beginning with the 5773 winter semester, is determined by the adjustments coordinator at the Office of Undergraduate Studies. After entitlement to a research scholarship is determined, the matter is handled by the Scholarship Office of the Graduate School.
The full adjustments Procedure Regarding Adjustments due to Fertility Treatments, Pregnancy, Birth, Adoption, Custody or Fostering of a Child
The request for adjustments can be submitted through the request form for adjustments due to fertility treatments, pregnancy, birth, adopting or guardianship or fostering a child.
Extension of leave after birth:
A request (letter) to extend the leave after a birth, for a period of up to 15 additional weeks at most, without receipt of a scholarship, shall be submitted directly to the Graduate Degree Coordinator (Secretary) at the academic department. The request must be submitted no later than one month before the end of the period of leave following the birth.
The request must state the dates of the additional leave and the date on which the student will return to studies (for complete academic activity). The request will be transferred for the care of the Scholarship Office after it is approved by the advisor and the coordinator of the Graduate Studies Committee in the academic department. During the additional “leave of absence”, without a scholarship, the counting of scholarship months will be stopped. For this period, a “scholarship (exemption) of tuition fees” will be awarded, which is not counted as “scholarship months”. The thesis submission date to the Graduate School will be updated according to the period of extended “leave after the birth” without a scholarship.
Tuition scholarship (exemption from tuition) will be given for the additional period of leave. At the end of the additional period of leave, please inform the secretary of graduate degrees in the academic department in writing of the return to studies (for complete academic activity) in order to renew the granting of the scholarship.
Scholarships for time served on reserve duty:
A student who serves in reserve duty for over 30 days (in the aggregate) while being a scholarship recipient (single days are not counted in this calculation) may receive an extension of the scholarship from the reserves fund based on the number of aggregate days, up to three months at most.
A request for a scholarship from the reserves fund must be submitted to the Scholarship Office at the Graduate School through the form to extend the duration of a scholarship, and should note that the scholarship is a reserves scholarship. The request should include an official “confirmation from the Army Human Resource Office”. check link (wasn’t working properly) The confirmation shall specify the days of reserves duty performed during the period of the receipt of the scholarship.
The request will be submitted about two months before the end of the quota for scholarships for the degree (view Scholarship Duration) and before the submission of a request to extend a scholarship from the academic department (if one is submitted).
Crisis Emergency Fund
The purpose of the fund:
The fund is intended to assist graduate student receiving scholarship during a crisis/emergency in which they are in temporary financial distress.
For example: a spouse’s illness that requires hospital care and financial difficulty in financing childcare assistance; Death of a first-degree family member abroad and financial difficulty in financing travel abroad, financing burial expenses etc.
Basic criteria for receiving assistance from the fund:
The assistance will be granted based on the financial status of the graduate student and will be handled while maintaining the graduate student’s confidentiality.
Sources of the fund for Assistance:
Contributions from faculty members and Technion Administrative staff. The donations are kept in a dedicated budget for the fund and are managed by the Jacobs Graduate School.
The amount of assistance from the fund:
Subject to the fund’s finds in the amount of up to NIS 5,000.
Deadlines for submitting an application to the fund:
Throughout the year.
How to apply to the fund:
Jacobs Graduate Schools Dean’s Office
Phone: +972-(0)77-887-2478
E-Mail: gradsc@technion.ac.il
Based on approval, the application must include an explanation of how the requested support will fulfill the purpose of the relevant fund.
