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
Pass the session without academic debts
Scholarships depend on exam-session results. A student with academic debts is not included in the scholarship list.
The lists are drawn up
Based on the session results, recipients of excellence, incentive and standard scholarships are identified for each faculty and level.
The Rector’s order
Scholarships for the next semester are awarded by the Rector’s order.
Example: the 2020 orderASCO’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
For written requests there is an online form — the reply comes to your e-mail.