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Student Life

Scholarships and Student Support

Students receive uniforms and textbooks free of charge, and a residence-hall place on preferential terms. Scholarships are awarded every semester on the basis of exam-session results; ASCO pays an additional scholarship to top students.

  • Uniform and textbooksFree of charge
  • Residence hallPreferential terms
  • ScholarshipEvery semester

How scholarships are awarded

  1. Every semesterStudent

    Pass the session without academic debts

    Scholarships depend on exam-session results. A student with academic debts is not included in the scholarship list.

  2. Faculty

    The lists are drawn up

    Based on the session results, recipients of excellence, incentive and standard scholarships are identified for each faculty and level.

  3. Rector

    The Rector’s order

    Scholarships for the next semester are awarded by the Rector’s order.

    Example: the 2020 order
  4. ASCO

    ASCO’s additional scholarship

    Top students of the semester receive a special scholarship by order of the ASCO Chairman.

Free provision

  • summer and winter uniforms;
  • textbooks;
  • the residence hall on preferential terms (114 Uzeyir Hajibeyli Street, 311 places);
  • the Information Resource Centre — maritime literature in Azerbaijani, Russian and English;
  • gyms and a swimming pool — Sport.

Types of scholarship

Scholarships are awarded every semester according to exam-session results; the same rules apply to bachelor’s and master’s students.

Scholarship Criterion
Excellence session completed with 91–100 points
Incentive session average of 71–100 with at least one subject at 91–100
Standard session completed without academic debts

Under the Law on Social Protection of Orphans and Children Deprived of Parental Care, orphans and students deprived of parental care receive double the scholarship. The amounts are set by the Cabinet of Ministers; ask your dean’s office about the current rules (the 2020 example).

Support from ASCO

  • ASCO rewards top students with an additional scholarship: in the spring semester of 2020, for example, 71 bachelor’s and 4 master’s students received a special scholarship by order of the ASCO Chairman (news).
  • Additional scholarships have also been paid to students admitted with high scores — to 42 students in 2019 (news). ASCO sets the conditions each year.
  • ASCO’s Shipping Scholarship Programme gives graduates the chance to take a master’s degree abroad — Professional development and study abroad.

Social protection and help

  • The Academic Council may establish student scholarships from extra-budgetary funds and take decisions on students’ social protection.
  • The Student Trade Union Committee monitors timely payment of scholarships and helps with accommodation and discounted sanatorium vouchers.
  • The Student Youth Organisation looks into students’ social problems and raises them with the management.

For written requests there is an online form — the reply comes to your e-mail.

Frequently Asked Questions