BENEFITS

Health and Welfare

Medical Insurance
WIUT offers comprehensive health benefits and insurance programmes. All academic staff and full-time administrative staff members are provided with Medical Insurance cards. New employees receive their Medical Insurance cards as soon as they successfully pass the Probationary period.

Financial aid (in case of a serious illness, a surgery, etc.)
WIUT helps its staff members financially, when they face serious health problems.

Annual medical examination and vaccination against Covid-19 and flu
WIUT Health Centre organises medical examinations and vaccination (against Covid-19 and flu).

Flexible Scheduling

Working hours
We operate a flexible 40-hour working week with the actual times of attendance to be arranged with a Line Manager.

Maternity leave
WIUT offers a two-year paid maternity leave to local staff.

Sick leave
Officially recorded absence days of employees, who are unable to work because of illness, are paid by the University.

Paid and unpaid leave

Professional support, technical support and academic staff are entitled to 24, 21 and 48 working days annual paid leave, respectively.

Employees can request unpaid leave up to three months.

Business travel
Expenses for Staff Exchange Programmes, business trips (conferences, seminars, etc.) are fully funded by the University. The University covers the costs of airfare tickets and accommodation. Financial assistance for business trips covers accommodation and travel expenses as well as daily allowances. During a business trip, an employee retains the right to keep the position and the amount of her/his salary.

Services

Sport and leisure facilities
Our fully-equipped indoor Sports Centre has a gym as well as an indoor stadium for mini-football, handball, badminton and volleyball. Outdoor sport facilities include basketball and football fields. Moreover, staff members can attend music, art club, yoga and fitness lessons.

Catering
Campus catering and canteens are available throughout our campus at affordable prices.

Tuition assistance

The University offers several schemes of a tuition reduction for eligible employees and their family members. 

For Dependent Children

The support policy covers the Course of Pre-Foundation Studies, Course of International Foundation Studies, Cambridge International Course: Advanced Subsidiary level, and Advanced Level and Undergraduate courses offered by WIUT. The discount amount for the abovementioned courses is 25% for each year of employment - full-time equivalent, comprising a maximum of 100%. If the approved discount is less than a maximum, the staff member has the right to reapply next academic year. 

For Spouses

The support policy covers Postgraduate Courses offered by WIUT. The discount amount for abovementioned courses is 10% for each year of employment - full-time equivalent, comprising a maximum of 40%. The discount will be applied for the whole course and the awarded discount shall not be reviewed until the completion of the course.

All WIUT and WIUT Academic Lyceum full-time and part-time staff members with at least 1 year work experience at WIUT, but only whose labour card resides with the University/Lyceum (excluding those who have limited/temporary contracts) are eligible for applying for tuition support.

Family Support

WIUT provides a number of family support benefits which include:

• A payment for the purchase of agricultural products – 1,5 MW (minimum wage);

• Financial support for a wedding - 2 MW;

• Financial support when a surgery is performed  on an employee or close relatives - 1,5 MW;

• Financial support for funerals – 2 MW;

The University also provides interest-free loans to employees who meet the criteria stipulated in the “Policy of Interest free-loans”.

In addition to their salary, full-time staff members receive partial compensation for travel and food every month.