{"id":10295,"date":"2025-06-18T06:30:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T06:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graduate.technion.ac.il\/?page_id=10295"},"modified":"2026-03-09T10:19:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T10:19:30","slug":"guidelines-for-scholarship-recipients","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/graduate.technion.ac.il\/en\/guidelines-for-scholarship-recipients\/","title":{"rendered":"Guidelines for Scholarship Recipients"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Guidelines for Scholarship Recipients<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/header>\n
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(The full guidelines can be found in the\u00a0<\/span>Scholarship Agreement<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Graduate school scholarships are awarded based on\u00a0academic criteria alone<\/strong>. The minimum grade for receiving a scholarship will be set by each academic unit and can be changed from semester to semester, but will never be below the average grade of 80. The condition for the minimum average grade for scholarship recipients must be kept at any time of the studies and it is forbidden to deviate from it during the whole time of reception of scholarship.<\/span><\/p>\n

For additional information, see\u00a0<\/span>Scholarship award guidelines<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Scholarships are intended for the provision of financial support to the recipients during the scholarship period, provided the recipient does not have additional income from wages, including sabbatical pay.<\/span><\/p>\n

Students who receive unemployment benefits are not eligible for scholarships unless their unemployment benefits are for a part-time job, held in concurrence with receiving partial scholarship. In such a case, the payment of the partial scholarship will be continued for the duration approved while employed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Graduate students (including scholarship recipients) are due to register and pay the national insurance fees and national health insurance fees, directly to the National Insurance Institute (BTL)<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Awarding the scholarship is subjected upon approval the Scholarship Agreement<\/a><\/span>. The full scholarship conditions are\u00a0published at the scholarship agreement.<\/span><\/p>\n

It should be emphasized that awarding the scholarship, if any, is intended to enable to dedicate time for research and to assist in assuring completion of the degree requirements within the time frame of the scholarship.<\/span><\/p>\n

Once the scholarship has been approved (by the Graduate School scholarship office) the scholarship recipient will receive a letter \u201cEssential information for planning course of study and research\u201d in which will be specified the academic \u201cmilestones\u201d and other details pertaining to the student\u2019s studies \u00a0including \u00a0date of thesis submission to the graduate school. This date will appear on the transcript as well as \u00a0in every scholarship letter that will be sent to the student during her\/his studies.<\/span><\/p>\n

The scholarships at Technion are awarded in monthly portions. A student may receive 1-6 scholarship portions in a given month. The number of scholarship portions is determined by the academic unit. The amount of the scholarship portions is determined in accordance with the type of degree and research stage of studies.<\/span><\/p>\n

Payment of the monthly scholarship is at the beginning of the following month, i.e. The scholarship for October is paid on November 1st<\/sup>.<\/span><\/p>\n


\nAccumulation of credit points<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n


\nMSc Students<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

The credits required for the degree, including supplementary courses, are based on academic background.<\/span><\/p>\n

For scholarship recipients the schedule for accumulating and number of credits is in accordance with the total number of credits required for the degree and the number of scholarship portions awarded. Individual information<\/strong> will be sent with the first scholarship confirmation letter.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the above, the following are options for a scholarship recipient who receives 3 or more scholarship portions: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n