Students who can benefit from this reduction
The USEK’s direction has defined seven categories of students eligible for tuition fees’ reductions (no reduction can be applied on the registration fees). These categories, the reduction percentages, the period during which the student has to file his demand to the Social Service Office are all detailed in the following table. It is worth mentioning that the defined reductions can never be applied to the first payment of each semester.
First year students in the undergraduate studies program cannot benefit from a reduction except in cases considered extreme by the committee of the Social Service Office.
Categories of students who can benefit from a reduction:
students who are members of the same family, simultaneously registered in the university.
Reduction percentages:
- 2 brothers/sisters: 10 %;
- 3 brothers/sisters: 20 %;
- 4 or more brothers/sisters: 30 %; (P.S.: every person benefits from this reduction)
Periods for filing the demands to the Social Service Office:
- For the Fall semester: from the registration day till October, 31;
- For the Spring semester: : from the registration day till March, 15;
Required documents: the completed form of the studies’ allocation demand for students from the same family that is to be taken from the Social Service Office’s secretariat (1 form per family and academic year), a recent familial civil status record and a grades’ statement for each student.
Categories of students who can benefit from a reduction:
brother, sister, nephew or niece of a member of the Lebanese Maronite Order
Reduction percentages: 50%
Periods for filing the demands to the Social Service Office:
- For the Fall semester: from the registration day till October, 31;
- For the Spring semester: from the registration day till March, 15;
Required Documents: A letter from the concerned member of the Lebanese Maronite Order defining the family tie must be presented to the secretariat of the Social Service Office.
Categories of students who can benefit from a reduction:
- A full-time employee at USEK : reduction percentages: 60%
- Son or daughter of an employee at USEK : reduction percentages: 40%
Periods for filing the demands to the Social Service Office:
- For the Fall semester: from the registration day till October, 31;
- For the Spring semester: from the registration day till March, 15;
Required documents: the completed form of the studies’ allocation demand to be taken from the secretariat of the Human Resources Office (1 form per academic year)
Categories of students who can benefit from a reduction:
- A full-time teacher at USEK
- Son or daughter of a full-time teacher at USEK
Reduction percentages: Full time: 50%, Part-time: 25%
- Part-time teacher (12h and more)
- Son or daughter of a part-time teacher
Reduction percentages: The reduction percentage is calculated according to the number of the parent’s teaching hours.
Periods for filing the demands to the Social Service Office:
- For the Fall semester: from the registration day till October, 31;
- For the Spring semester: from the registration day till March, 15;
Required documents: The completed form of the studies’ allocation demand to be taken from the secretariat of the Teaching staff’s office (1 form per semester for part-time teachers, 1 form per academic year for full-time teachers)
Categories of students who can benefit from a reduction:
Student Job
Reduction Percentages: the reduction percentage is calculated according to the number of working hours per semester (5h = 225$, 10h = 450$ and 15h = 675$)
Periods for filing the demands to the Social Service Office: During the period defined for the submission or renewal of the social file, between April 1st and June 30 of the current year, so that the student can benefit from a reduction the following year.
Required documents: The completed form of the student job demand which is part of the appendix of the social file presented to the Social Service Office.
Categories of students who can benefit from a reduction:
Students who are members of a sports’ team in the USEK.
Reduction Percentages: 15%
Periods for filing the demands to the Social Service Office: during the registration period
Required documents: Refer to the Sports’ Service
Categories of students who can benefit from a reduction:
Students who present a social aid demand
Reduction percentages: The reduction percentage is calculated according to the family’s socio-economic situation.
Periods for filing the demands to the Social Service Office: from April 1st till June 30
Required documents: The completed social file to be taken from the Social Service + the required documents listed at the end of the file.
The students registered in one of the three Regional University Centers of USEK benefit automatically from a 20% reduction on their tuition fees (this reduction is not applied on the registration fees); if they benefit from another reduction according to one of the aforementioned criteria, this reduction will be applied to the remaining 80% after having withdrawn the first 20%.
A. Withdrawal and completion of the social file
Every student who wants to present a social aid demand in order to benefit from a reduction on his tuition fees must submit a social file to the Social Service Office. This file must be downloaded from the university’s intranet (http://myusek – Students’ Life section), from the website (http://www.usek.edu.lb – Social Service Office) or by clicking on the following link <
dossier social> printed integrally, and completed manually by the student and his parent(s) (or his guardian) who should both sign the demand. All the required documents listed at the end of the social file must be presented with the demand.
B. Submission of the social file to the Social Service Office
The reduction demands are submitted beforehand: the social files must be presented to the Social Service Office between April 1st and June 30 of the current year so that the student can benefit from a reduction the following year.
C. Meeting with the social assistant
The student must go to the secretariat of the Social Service Office during the aforementioned period in order to fix a meeting with the related social assistant.
After having submitted the social file, the Social Service Office’s secretary will fix the student a meeting with a social assistant at USEK; the presence of the parent(s) (or guardian) might be required for this meeting. The information given in the file or verbally during the meeting is confidential. Every false data given to the Social Service Office might lead to the cancellation of the reduction on the tuition fees given beforehand to the concerned student.
After that, the social assistant evaluates the modalities to adopt for the examination of the file: examining the academic file of the concerned student, consulting the Dean / Director of the unit he’s attached to, home visits (the student agrees, by signing the social file, to accept home visits from a social assistant of the University), etc.
D. Decision committee
The final decision regarding the reduction of the tuition fees and its percentage is taken by a committee formed out of a multidisciplinary group. It is worth mentioning that no reduction is automatically renewed; the approved reduction is valid for one academic year.
Cumulus
If a student falls in more than one of the aforementioned categories, only the higher reduction will be applied; meaning that students cannot cumulate the reductions and will only benefit from the higher one.
If a student benefits from a reduction given by the Social Service Office and gets after that a excellence scholarship or works at USEK as a Student Job, the Social Service Office defines the amount of the global reduction, taking into account the socio-economic situation of the concerned student.
Application Modalities
The Social Service Office has the right to cancel given reductions in the following cases:
- False data given by the student to the Social Service Office
- Disciplinary measure against the student
- Student on probation
For further information, the student can visit the Social Service Office or send an email to the following address
servicesocial@usek.edu.lb