Croatia 2016/17 - grants and loans
Date of publication: 2017 Grants - note: About 4 % of full-time students receive state-funded grants
Need-based grant (euro): max 1443
Merit-based grant (euro): -
Student grants
Student grants are available to full-time students of first, second and short-cycle study programmes. Part-time
students are not eligible to apply for state-funded grants.
Student grants are provided by the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports. Grants are awarded according to
need-based criteria such as students' household income per household member or type and level of student’s
disability. The total annual amount of the grant is HRK 10 800 (HRK 1 200 per month during nine months). In the
academic year 2015/16, the ministry provided about 5 200 grants.
Universities provide additional grants for full-time students, based on the merit-based criteria, such as the number
of ECTS achieved in the past years of study and the grades obtained. The grant amounts and distribution criteria
are determined autonomously by the universities.
Further grants for students are provided by a number of regional and local governments. Loans
There are no loans.
Source: Eurydice, National Student Fee and Support Systems 2013/2014, 2015/2016, 2016/2017