Scholarships and Open Competitions

In 2012, the Fund for co-financing international exchange of students and academic staff of the Government of the Republic of Srpska was formed in the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Srpska, as of 2019 – Ministry for Scientific and Technological Development, Higher Education and Information Society, which  is available and can be used by all professors, associates and students of all higher education institutions of the Republic of Srpska.

University for Applied Sciences in the City of Essen (Germany), in cooperation with the foundation “Welt der Wunder“, awarded 175 scholarships to students of the I and II cycle of the University of Banja Luka during the three year period. From 2017, the University for Applied Sciences in the City of Essen provides these scholarships in cooperation with the foundation „Fairnetzen“. The scholarships are given to socioeconomically disadvantaged students.

HUAWEI Technologies Ltd.  Banja Luka awarded the NOVUM prizes, i.e. scholarships for 8 academic years, starting from the year 2010/11. Scholarships were awarded each year to five excellent and exceptional students of the University in Banja Luka.