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The competition has begun a redesign process and, as a larger budget is allocated, new scholarships will be announcedApplications will be enabled from February 25
Scholarship 18-2026 continues. Under the motto Committed to your future, the National Educational Scholarship and Credit Program (Pronabec) of the Ministry of Education (Minedu) offered a first group of 5,184 vacancies in the 2026 call for applications that covers the costs of higher education in public and private educational institutions in the country.
This number of scholarships comes after the initial allocation of the 50 million soles approved in the 2026 Budget Law and the reorientation of Minedu resources, which made a new economic delivery for the same amount possible. With this, there is financial support for the total number of scholarships announced as a first group. When a larger budget is allocated, more vacancies will be offered.
The scholarships will be awarded, in order of merit and priorities of the competition, to Peruvians with academic excellence, to begin a professional career in public or private institutes, schools or universities in the country, with academic and basic expenses covered by the State during all the years of their studies.
The continuation of Scholarship 18-2026 was formalized through Directorial Resolution No. 033-2026-MINEDU/VMGI/PRONABEC, which contains the rules of the contest that specify its characteristics. One of them is the number of 15,910 preselected, who are those who obtained the highest scores in the national preselection exam, held on November 16, 2025, and were certified to have more prioritizable conditions.
These preselected candidates will be the only ones authorized to continue in the final stage of the process, the Selection stage, and must present proof of admission to a higher education institution eligible for the contest, among other requirements.
The resolution also includes the schedule of the process, which schedules the publication of the shortlist until February 25. In addition, the start of applications for the Selection stage is established in two moments: in the first moment, 1,555 scholarships are offered and those preselected will be able to apply from February 25 to March 6 (11:59 p.m.); while the second moment will offer 3,629 scholarships and the application will be from April 6 to 27 (11:59 p.m.).
The Minister of Education, Erfurt Castillo Vera, highlighted that a redesign process has begun that considers Beca 18 as an award for academic excellence to train the professionals that the country needs, and thus maximize the return on investment through criteria of verifiable merit.
We are acting with budgetary responsibility and a vision of sustainability to guarantee not only the entry of new scholarship recipients in this and future calls, but also the support for the 67,500 beneficiaries who are currently studying with the support of various scholarships, he stated.
Scholarship 18-2026 will give higher scores to those who apply to national educational institutions, to those who choose to study high-demand careers in technological higher education institutions, and other concepts. Since 2012, the scholarship has benefited more than 85,000 talented Peruvians by giving them access to higher education.
To learn more about Beca 18-2026, those interested can visit www.pronabec.gob.pe/beca-18/ and find out the latest news. For additional questions, you can write to the Facebook channel, the institutional WhatsApp 914 121 106 or call the toll-free line 0800 000 18 or the telephone exchange (01) 612 8230.
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