08 - Liechtenstein - Financial support for students
The award of financial support for students by the country of
Liechtenstein is regulated by the law on national financial support for
education (Scholarship Act), LGBl. (Federal Law Gazette) 2004 no. 262
and LGBl. 2005 no. 41. The government provides financial support in the
form of scholarships and interest-free loans.
The following parties are entitled to financial support for education:
- persons
residing in Liechtenstein who can provide evidence of having had their
regular domicile in Liechtenstein for at least three years without
interruption or a total of at least five years at the time of the
application;
- persons residing in
Liechtenstein with at least one of their parents having their regular
domicile in Liechtenstein at the time of the application;
- Liechtenstein
nationals living abroad who had their regular domicile in Liechtenstein
for at least five of the past ten years prior to the application,
provided the state where they now reside does not provide an equal
support.
The entitlement to financial support for
education is not only dependent on the domicile, but on income and
assets. For example, the education has to be self-funded, if the
student or his/her parents have available a sufficient amount of own
financial means. The scholarship office will determine the extent of
reasonable own support of the applicant and his/her parents, based on
fiscal data.
Support will be provided for initial and secondary
educational and professional training leading to a designation
recognised by Liechtenstein as well as for further training.
- Initial training includes the education up to the completion of professional training or a degree.
- Secondary
training is the aspiration of a second diploma following the completion
of the initial training, which could have been obtained as initial
training as well.
- The following is considered further training:
- any
training that requires the completion of a certain training and is
intended to supplement, expand or enhance the acquired knowledge;
- education for professional re-orientation;
- courses to learn foreign languages, including a stay abroad.
- Education
at foreign schools of secondary school level II is only supported if it
significantly differs from the objectives and contents of domestic
training. The government will determine the type of training that is
eligible for support upon hearing the scholarship commission. The
scholarship office maintains a corresponding register.
- Secondary school level II includes education that follows the compulsory education and leads to
Matura,
Berufsmatura, "Fachmittelschuldiplom" or a professional certificate.
- Placements will be supported to the extent they are mandatory components of supported training.
The amount of financial support for education will be calculated by the scholarship office and depends on the following:
- recognised costs
- reasonable own support by the applicant or his/her parents based on income and assets
- support by third parties (e. g. employer)
The financial support for education is provided in the form of scholarships and loans.
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Date: 2009
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