a) Unmarried students, whose annual family income, as arises from the respective tax returns of the competent Fiscal Service (Tax Office) of the last fiscal year, does not exceed the amount of forty five thousand(45,000) euros, in the case of a family with only one child. For families with two children or more, this amount is increased by five thousand (5,000) euros for each child after the first one.
This amount is increased by three thousand (3,000) euros if a sibling of the beneficiary student is an active student in their first cycle of studies. If more than one siblings fall under this category, this amount is increased by three thousand (3000) euros for each one of them.
b) Married students, whose annual family income, as arises from the respective tax returns of the competent Fiscal Service (Tax Office) of the last fiscal year, does not exceed the amount of forty five thousand (45,000) euros. In case of a family with children, this amount is increased by five thousand (5000) euros for each minor child.
c) Unmarried students older than 25 years old, whose annual personal income, as arises from the respective tax returns of the competent Fiscal Service (Tax Office) of the last fiscal year, does not exceed the amount of twenty five thousand (25,000) euros.
Annual family income means the total annual actual or imputed taxed income, as well the exempted or specially taxed income of the student himself/herself, his/her parents and minor siblings from each source. In the case of a married student, annual family income means the total annual real or imputed taxed income, as well the exempted or specially taxed income of the student himself/herself, his/her spouse and his/her minor children from each source.
The amounts in each case are reduced by 10% when the beneficiaries are students of the UoA departments seated in Athens, and are permanent residents of the Municipality of Athens, as well as the students of the UoA and the former Technological Education Institute (TEI) of Central Greece studying in the Departments seated in Psachna and are permanent residents of the Municipality of Dirfys-Messapia in Evia.
The amount of the annual family or personal income shall not be a criterion for granting fee meals to students, when the students, regardless of age, or one of their parents if the student is unmarried and under 25 years of age, or if their spouse, if married, collects unemployment benefit.
In the cases where the beneficiary students and/or their parents, or their spouse, if married, are not required to submit a tax statement, they shall submit a solemn declaration of Law 1599/1986 on not being required to submit a statement.
If the funding of the Institution from the state budget is not sufficient to cover the meals cost for the all the students who meet the requirements (income threshold), then the Board of the University Club issues the special free meals ID (card) to those who meet the lowest income criteria and as a priority to those who: Are members of families with multiple children, three children, students with a sibling in the 1st cycle of studies, orphans, children of single mothers, students who have a family member with a serious health condition, disabled students, students who are the offspring of a terrorism victim.
