📋 Tender Overview
The Ministry of Education (MEC) began calling, on Friday, May 15, pre-selected students in the selection process to offer remaining places in the Student Financing Fund (Fies), for the first semester of 2026. Students must check whether they were called through the Single Access Portal.
According to Notice No. 24/2026, between the 15th and 29th of May, those pre-selected must validate, within two working days after the call, the information declared in the registration directly with the Permanent Supervision and Monitoring Committee (CPSA) of the higher education institution. After that, the information will be validated at the bank responsible for financing. The deadline for this last validation is up to ten days, counting from the third business day, immediately after the date of validation of the registration by CPSA, carried out at the educational institution for which the student was pre-selected.
Classification and competition modalities - The classification will follow the descending order of the National High School Exam (Enem) grades, with priority for:
Candidates without higher education who have never benefited from Fies;
Candidates without higher education who have paid off previous financing;
Candidates with higher education who have never benefited from Fies;
Candidates with higher education who have paid off previous financing.
Check out the full schedule below:
Registration: April 22nd to 29th Single call result: May 7th Validation at the institutions CPSA: May 8th to 11th Waiting list period: May 15th to 29th
Fies - The Student Financing Fund is a MEC program, established by Law No. 10,260, of July 12, 2001. Its objective is to grant financing to undergraduate students at private higher education institutions who join the program and have a positive evaluation in the National Higher Education Assessment System (Sinaes).
