📋 Tender Overview
The 2025 call registered 742 registered, exceeding 517 of 2024 and 477 of 2023Winners will be known on July 7. Spain and the United Kingdom are the most requested destinations
70 % of those who postulated are between 23 and 30 years old, and 53 % are women
More than 700 Peruvian talents will apply this year for one of the most prestigious scholarships in the country: the Bicentennial Generation Scholarship, which finances masters and doctorates in one of the 400 best universities in the world. Promoted by the government of President Dina Boluarte, through the Ministry of Education (MINEDU), it includes registration coverage, pension of studies, accommodation, food, mobility, among others.
As recalled, in an unprecedented effort to democratize access to higher education, the Government through MINEDU, allocated a record budget of 1450 million soles for scholarships in 2025. This allowed the budget of the National Scholarship and Educational Credit Program (Pronabec) to grow by 50 % for this year, substantially expanding the amount of beneficiaries throughout the country.
This 2025, the call closed on June 10 with a total of 742 applications, a figure that exceeds the records of the past calls, since the creation of the scholarship: 44 % more than in 2024 (517 registered), 56 % more than in 2023 (477 registered) and 23 % more than in 2022 (604). The results will be announced on July 7 through the institutional portal of the Minedu Pronabec.
53 % of applicants are women. 90 % of the total applies to masters studies. The most chosen destinations are Spain and the United Kingdom. Likewise, 70 % of the participants are between 23 and 30 years old. The contestants come mainly from Lima, Arequipa and Cusco.
Eligible universities are among the 400 best in the world, a list that has been synthesized by the pronabec based on three international rankings: QS, Arwu and The. The applicants were previously admitted to any of these higher education institutions as a requirement to apply for the Bicentennial Generation of the Pronabec.
The University of Melbourne (Australia), the University of Peking (China), the Imperial College London (United Kingdom) or the University of Buenos Aires (Argentina) are some of the higher education institutions found in the ranking. The complete list can be checked at www.pronabec.gob.pe/universities-extranjeras-elegible-beca-generacion-bicentenario/
According to the Bicentennial Generation Scholarship bases, more points were granted to the applicants admitted in the Top 200 of the universities eligible by the contest (see list at https://acortar.link/qwq7cj), which gave them more possibilities that they become winners.
In addition to presenting the record of entry to a university eligible for the contest, the applicants had also had to prove high academic performance in their undergraduate or postgraduate studies; A good professional and research profile, and insufficient economic resources to follow their postgraduate studies abroad.
The application process was virtual and free, through www.pronabec.gob.pe/beca-generacion-bicentenario/. The results of the winners will be published on the same website. For more information, those interested can write to www.facebook.com/pronabec or Institutional WhatsApp 914 121 106. They can also call the free line 0800 000.
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