1) Social Support Fund of the University of Coimbra
The Social Support Fund is a specific form of support provided by the University of Coimbra, complementary to study grants.
The Social Support Fund has a dual objective:
• To contribute to the tuition fees of non-scholarship students who are facing clear and proven financial difficulties;
• To respond to situations of proven emergency, understood as situations of serious survival risk for a student who does not have, or has lost, the means to meet their basic needs for housing, health, and food.
More information is available here. (only in Portuguese)
2) Emergency Social Support Fund
The Emergency Social Support Fund aims to respond to proven emergency situations, understood as situations of serious survival risk for a student who does not have, or has lost, the means to meet their basic needs for housing, healthcare, and food.
This support cannot be granted to students with international student status.
More information is available here (only in Portuguese).
PASEP – Social Support Program for Students through Part-Time Activities
PASEP is a form of social support for students at the University of Coimbra. It consists of offering part-time activities to be carried out in UC faculties/services, with compensation provided in the form of social benefits. In addition to the social support granted, the activities carried out will be included in the Diploma Supplement.
The types of social support provided include:
- Meal vouchers valid at SASUC food units;
- Full or partial contribution to accommodation costs in SASUC residences;
- Full or partial contribution to the tuition fees for the course in which the student is enrolled.
More information is available here (only in Portuguese).
4) António Luís Gomes Social Action Fund
The António Luís Gomes Social Action Fund is intended to provide extraordinary financial support to full members of the Coimbra Academic Association, with the aim of preventing school dropout and reducing exposure to situations of severe socioeconomic vulnerability.
The support provided is aimed at addressing:
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- Proven emergency situations, in which the student is at serious risk of survival due to lacking, or having lost, the means to meet their basic needs, and whose situation also jeopardizes the continuation of their academic path;
- Health-related situations, especially chronic and/or long-term illnesses, that involve essential and mandatory expenses which the student cannot cover and which, if not mate, put at risk the success and/or continuity of their academic journey.
Both national and international students may benefit from the António Luís Gomes Social Action Fund emergency financial support.
More information is available here (only in Portuguese).