--- title: "MES Sets Study Grant Confirmation Deadlines: Students Need to Act This November" description: "The MES has set deadlines for confirming state and academic grants in the Diia app: November 9 to 29 for first-year students, and November 13 to December 3, 2026, for 2nd–3rd year students." date: 2026-11-10T09:15:59.450Z lang: en url: https://xab.info/en/posts/mes-sets-study-grant-confirmation-deadlines tags: [ukraine, education, grants, diia, students, mon] author: "Alexander Buran" publisher: "XAB.info" --- # MES Sets Study Grant Confirmation Deadlines: Students Need to Act This November ![A female student with a backpack in a university hallway checks her study grant notifications on a smartphone](https://xab.info/media/2026/11/10/mon-opredelilo-deadliny-podtverzhdeniya-grantov-na-obuchenie/mon-opredelilo-deadliny-podtverzhdeniya-grantov-na-obuchenie-1.webp) ## Key Points - First-year students confirm their academic grant in Diia from November 9 to 29, 2026 - 2nd–3rd year students confirm grant renewal from November 13 to December 3, 2026 - The MES plans to make the first grant payment by the end of 2026 - Confirmation must be done personally via Diia.Signature; delegation is impossible - Universities must notify students of deadlines and apply no sanctions before funding arrives The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine has specified concrete deadlines in a letter to higher education institutions during which students receiving state and academic tuition grants must confirm their right to support in the Diia mobile application. The ministry plans to make the first payment for both types of grants by the end of 2026, and the confirmation procedure itself has been updated this year: the circle of recipient categories has been expanded and the criteria for providing support have been clarified. For students who have not yet completed the procedure, time is already limited — for some courses, the confirmation window opened just yesterday, November 9. ### Confirmation Deadlines for Different Courses The ministry has divided the deadlines by study year. First-year students must confirm their certificate for receiving an academic grant between November 9 and November 29, 2026. For second- and third-year students whose state grants are being renewed, different dates have been set: from November 13 to December 3, 2026. Thus, first-year students have a little over three weeks to confirm, while upper-year students have about three weeks starting from mid-November. Missing the established deadlines may result in a delay or loss of the right to payment in the current academic year. ### How to Confirm a Grant in Diia Confirmation of the right to a grant must be done personally through the Diia application using the Diia.Signature electronic signature. This means that delegating the procedure to third parties is impossible: the student must log in to their account, find the relevant section, and sign the confirmation. After all declared students undergo verification, the MES issues orders on granting or renewing grants, which record the amount of support and the procedure for distributing the amount into separate payments. It is these orders that become the basis for transferring funds to universities. ### First Payment and Disbursement Mechanism The ministry intends to make the first payment for academic and state grants by the end of 2026. The agency explained that this year the mechanism for forming grants was revised: recipient categories were expanded and support criteria were clarified. This means that some students who did not fall under the conditions in previous years may qualify for state support for the first time in 2026. At the same time, until funding actually arrives in university accounts, the MES recommends that educational institutions do not apply any negative consequences to students who meet the conditions for receiving a grant due to non-payment of the part of the tuition cost that state support should cover. ### University Responsibilities and Important Nuances Universities and other higher education institutions are required to independently notify students of the deadlines and procedure for confirming grants. This requirement is recorded in the MES letter, and universities that fail to fulfill it may face claims from students who missed the deadline due to poor information. Separately, the ministry reminded applicants who received a recommendation for a budget-funded place but refused it and entered on a contract basis are not eligible for the state educational grant. Previously, until October 25, students who entered a bachelor's or master's program in 2026 and are eligible for a state grant had already had to confirm it in Diia, but this date was subsequently shifted, which led to the current schedule. ## Fact-Check & Sources - [МОН определил дедлайн для грантов на обучение: когда студентам нужно их подтвердить](https://www.rbc.ua/ukr/news/mon-viznachilo-dedlayn-grantiv-navchannya-1794301345.html) - The primary source contains all key facts: course deadlines, Diia.Signature procedure, first payment plan by late 2026, mechanism improvements, university recommendations, and the budget refusal nuance. ## FAQ ### When do first-year students need to confirm their academic grant? From November 9 to November 29, 2026. Confirmation is done personally in the Diia app using Diia.Signature. ### What are the deadlines for second- and third-year students? From November 13 to December 3, 2026. During this period, they confirm the renewal of their state grant. ### When will students receive their first grant payment? The Ministry of Education and Science plans to make the first payment for academic and state grants by the end of 2026. ### Can a grant be confirmed through another person? No. Confirmation must be completed personally in the Diia app using the Diia.Signature electronic signature. ### What happens if a student does not confirm the grant within the set deadline? The MES letter does not explicitly describe penalties for missing the deadline, but without confirmation, the ministry does not issue an order to grant or renew the support, which may lead to a delay or loss of the payout right for the current year.