Reimbursement of local public transportation expenses

Regarding the reimbursement of local public transportation expenses, please consider the following:

• The supporting documents for reimbursement must be submitted between 17-25^th of January 2024, taking into account that 24^th of January 24 2024 is a legal holiday (non-working day), at the School’s secretary where you are enrolled, according to the following working schedule:

a) 9 AM – 12 AM for the School of Law, School of Tourism and Hospitality Management, School of Computer Science for Business Management, and School of International Business

b) 10 AM – 1 PM for the School of Physical Education, Sport, and Kinesiotherapy and the School of Finance and Accounting

c) 11 AM – 4 PM for the School of Management-Marketing

• The supporting documents can be submitted for the period October 2023 – present.

• The reimbursement will be done until 31^st of January 2024, as funds become available from the Ministry of Education.

Eligibility

Students eligible for the reimbursement of expenses related to the purchase of STB subscriptions are students who cumulatively meet the following two conditions:

• are enrolled in full-time education;
• are aged up to 30 years.

Students benefit from the reimbursement of transportation throughout the calendar year.

Necessary steps

Students requesting the reimbursement of expenses related to the purchase of STB subscriptions must go through the following steps:

1. Obtain from his/her School’s Secretary a student ID for reduced-rate transportation with the mention “day course” or “IF” (full-time education);
2. Purchase a nominal STB public transportation subscription. The fiscal receipt issued for the subscription purchase must be stamped on the back by the issuer – STB;
3. The reimbursement will be done as follows:

• 90% of the amount paid for students meeting the above conditions, for the purchase of the public transportation subscription;
• 100% of the amount paid for students with one or both parents deceased, as well as students from placement centers or those who have been placed in extended family, substitute, or foster care, according to the provisions of art. 64 (1) of Law no. 272/2004 on the protection and promotion of children’s rights, republished, with subsequent amendments and completions.

Documents required for reimbursement:

1. Student ID and transportation ID, in copy (submitted only at the first reimbursement);
2. STB transport card (front-back copy) or copy of the QR code issued by the application (submitted only at the first reimbursement);
3. Original fiscal receipt for the purchase of the STB subscription, stamped on the back by the issuer – STB / receipt received by email after purchasing the subscription online (the date of issuance of the fiscal receipt/receipt must not be within the validity period of the travels);
4. Student’s bank statement (original or copy) containing the IBAN account (submitted only at the first reimbursement and in case of changes to the account);
5. Expense Report.

The Expense Report can be downloaded from here, and a sample Expense Report is available here.