📋 Tender Overview
The list of higher education institutions eligible for the competition can be extended until April 5.The 16,148 preselected Scholarship 18-2026 candidates can now apply to the Selection Stage of the competition to win one of the first 5,184 comprehensive scholarships. To do so, they must have been admitted to an eligible university, institute or higher education school, reported the National Scholarship and Educational Credit Program (Pronabec) of the Ministry of Education.
The application for the 18-2026 Scholarship Selection Stage occurs in two moments: the first runs from February 25 to March 6, and the second, from April 6 to 27, through the contest website: www.pronabec.gob.pe/beca-18/
Only those preselected who have their proof or certificate of definitive admission to begin studies in the academic year 2026 may participate. Those who have entered before said year may compete as long as they prove, through an official document, that the higher education institution (IES) authorized and reserved the start of classes for 2026.
The list includes all licensed public institutions and private institutions that agreed to participate in the process. This can be reviewed on the official website of the contest: www.pronabec.gob.pe/beca-18/
To date there are a total of 95 universities, 107 institutes and 55 higher education schools to which participants can apply. This list can be extended up to one day before the start of applications for the second moment, that is, until Sunday, April 5.
It should be noted that Pronabec does not intervene in the admission processes carried out by the eligible HEIs, since it is these institutions that establish the dates, places and contents of their exams. Likewise, it is the students themselves who choose where and what career to pursue.
The 2026 call for Scholarship 18 will prioritize applicants from public universities, as well as those who will follow a high-demand career in Technological Higher Education Institutions, according to the Occupational Demand Survey (EDO), and those who remain studying in their region, explained the Minister of Education, Erfurt Castillo.
Since 2012, Beca 18 has benefited more than 85,000 talented Peruvians by giving them access to higher education. For more information, those interested can visit the website www.pronabec.gob.pe/beca-18/, write to the Facebook channel, to their institutional WhatsApp 914 121 106, or call their toll-free number 0800 000 18 or their telephone exchange (01) 612 8230.
