Drucker: Students Studying In-Demand Programmes Can Receive Scholarships

Bratislava, March 13 (TASR) - Students who choose to study fields and programmes at universities where there is the highest demand for experts can receive a scholarship, TASR has learnt from Education Minister Tomas Drucker (Voice-SD). Such fields include electrical engineering, computer science, cybernetics, nursing, engineering, and the first three years of general and dental medicine, as well as specialised areas such as nuclear physics and chemistry, transport, and teacher programmes for physics, chemistry, computer science, and mathematics. "We're talking about up to 1,500 scholarships," explained the minister, adding that this year, 500 first-year, 500 second-year, and 500 third-year students will receive the scholarship. These scholarships are intended for the best students, who can receive €4,000 annually during their bachelor's studies. The Education Ministry stated that the criteria for selecting scholarship recipients for in-demand fields will take into account the results of previous studies. The specific selection criteria for scholarships, the payment of scholarships, and other details are managed by individual universities according to their scholarship regulations. Scholarships are funded by the state budget, and universities provide them through the Education Ministry. lin