Corporate scholarships
The Fund no longer allocates funds for the co-financing of corporate scholarships. However, on the one hand, it enables employers to submit their needs for corporate scholarship recipients, and on the other hand, it enables young people to search for corporate scholarships. This is made possible through the application Izmenjevalnica.
The application is available only in Slovene. For additional information, please contact us.
The purpose of corporate scholarships is to connect young people and employers, as companies can, through long-term personnel planning, ensure the development of suitable staff and thus stimulate the growth of their business. The advantage of corporate scholarships is that they provide immediate employment upon completion of education.
Secondary School and University Students – Check Available Corporate Scholarships
Secondary school and university students can learn about corporate scholarships offered by employers in several ways:
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through the Izmenjevalnica application on the Fund’s website, where employers can submit their needs for corporate scholarship recipients for a particular school/academic year,
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on the websites of Regional Development Agencies (RRA), where employers’ collected needs for scholarship recipients are published,
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via employers’ announcements in their internal newsletters, websites, public media, etc.
Employers – Submit Your Needs in Izmenjevalnica
Each year, the Fund invites employers to submit their needs for corporate scholarship recipients for the upcoming school/academic year. The deadline for submission is 31 January each year. Employers submit their applications through the Izmenjevalnica application. This way, the offer of corporate scholarships in the Republic of Slovenia is collected in one place.
By centralizing announcements in Izmenjevalnica, the Fund informs potential scholarship recipients, promotes available scholarships, and thus provides young people with support in making education-related decisions.
Employers intending to apply for co-financing of corporate scholarships at Regional Development Agencies (RRA) may submit their needs via the online form of the relevant RRA. In such cases, the RRA will forward the employer’s needs to the Fund on their behalf. Employers must therefore submit their needs either directly to the Fund or through the RRA, but not both. The submission of employers’ needs for corporate scholarship recipients is mandatory, as required by Article 112 of the Scholarship Act (ZŠtip-1).
Obligations of a Corporate Scholarship Recipient
In addition to the successful continuation or completion of education, most corporate scholarships generally include the obligation to work for the scholarship provider after completing education. This obligation is usually also time-defined. An employer may agree with their scholarship recipient on other obligations, such as mandatory holiday internships, a thesis linked to the company, and similar. The rules and obligations of the corporate scholarship recipient are specified by the scholarship provider already when the scholarship is announced, and the rights and obligations of corporate scholarships are further regulated by a scholarship contract.
Scholarship Amount: Corporate scholarships are, on average, the highest among all types of scholarships, and the amount of the scholarship is determined by the employer.
