Hardship assistance offers
Student Hardship Fund
The University of Luxembourg Hardship Fund provides assistance to Bachelor, Master and self-funded doctoral students experiencing financial difficulties, and particularly to those facing unexpected hardship. If you are struggling financially and are worried that this may affect your ability to continue your studies, you may be eligible for assistance from the Hardship Fund. The Hardship Fund is intended to act as a safety net for those in financial difficulty; it may not be used a main source of income and should not be seen as a grant or a scholarship.
Other help you should look into before applying to the Hardship Fund
Luxembourg students should apply to MengStudien to see whether they are eligible for any grants or loans before submitting an application to the Hardship Fund.
EU students should have applied for any student grants and loans that are available in their home country.
Overseas students have to supply proof of funding before arriving in Luxembourg and should ask their guarantors to honour this plan before submitting an application to the Hardship Fund. The Hardship Fund will not be prepared to assist you unless there has been some unexpected change of circumstances since you submitted your proof of funding.
To qualify for funding from the University of Luxembourg Hardship Fund, you must meet certain conditions. The allocation of this financial support is based on the unique personal and social situation of the applicant. The conditions are as follows:
- You must be enrolled in a Bachelor or Master programme at the University of Luxembourg or
- be registered as a self-funded doctoral student at the University of Luxembourg and
- be registered in the third semester of your study programme or above and
- not qualify for other financial aid and
- be in immediate and unexpected need of help for reasons of financial hardship
All students are expected to have made adequate and realistic financial provision to cover core living costs, i.e. rent, food and utility bills, before starting their study programme. Where adequate financial provision has not been made and you have started your study programme with insufficient funds to cover your basic living costs, it is unlikely that you will qualify for funding from the Hardship Fund.
Applications can be made by sending a completed application form the required documents to hardshipfund@uni.lu.You should provide as much information as possible, ensuring all details are accurate. All information will be treated confidentially.
You should be informed of the outcome of your application within four weeks of the application deadline.
If your application is unsuccessful, you will be sent an explanatory email. You may consult the Inclusion Office about the reasons provided. If you wish to appeal the decision you should do so in writing within four weeks of receiving the decision. You may appeal on the following grounds:
- the procedures for the allocation of the hardship fund were not followed
- you feel the evidence submitted was not considered by the panel
- you feel your financial hardship is greater than the panel determined
You can submit your appeal in writing by email indicating the grounds on which y are appealing and explaining why you are challenging the decision. Appeals should be sent to the Head of the Student Department: Gregory Dubost.
Your application with supporting documents will be kept for five years from the date on which it is submitted and then deleted in line with University policy.
Student access to tech scheme
We offer assistance to students who do not have the means to acquire a laptop for their studies by proposing long and short term laptop loans. For more information, please contact the Inclusion team via email or apply directly using the form below.
Food vouchers
In view of the significant impact of the cost of living crisis on our students, the University has joined forces with with the André Losch Foundation to support students experiencing financial difficulties with food costs.
Eligibility
Any enrolled Bachelor, Master or self-funded doctoral student experiencing financial difficulties can apply for a food voucher. Note that the maximum amount available is a one-off voucher of €100 per student.
How to apply
Our food voucher requests are handled by the Inclusion Team. If you are struggling financially and would like to request a food voucher, please send us the following form (available in English and French) via email.
The food voucher scheme operates on a collection only basis, so students must be able to come and collect their voucher from campus.
Good to know
Foodsharing Luxembourg
Foodsharing Luxembourg is an environmental volunteer-run non-profit organisation whose vision is that all edible foods in Luxembourg should be consumed.
One of the organisation’s projects is Foodsharing Points, with a fridge and/or shelf containing food that has been placed there by private individuals and can be taken away by anyone free of charge. You can take what you want, and you can deposit any food that you do not need. More details on the website.