📋 Tender Overview
The Ministry of Education (MEC), through the Secretariat of Higher Education (Sesu), published, in the Official Gazette of the Union (DOU) this Wednesday, October 15th, the , which governs the selection process for filling the remaining vacancies in the Student Financing Fund (Fies), referring to the second semester of 2025. Registrations will be carried out exclusively online, from October 23rd to 30th, 2025, through the website of program, available on .
Candidates who cumulatively meet the following requirements may apply:
Participated in one of the editions of the National High School Exam (Enem), from 2010
Obtained an arithmetic average of grades in the five tests equal to or greater than 450 points
They had an essay grade above zero
Have gross monthly family income per capita of up to three minimum wages
Are able to reach the minimum frequency required for the second semester of 2025 in the chosen course
Candidates must ensure that they have the minimum conditions to attend the course in the second semester of 2025, as there will be no postponement to later semesters and the financing is valid exclusively for that period.
The result of the single call will be announced on November 4th. On November 5th and 6th, those pre-selected in the single call must validate the information declared when registering with the Permanent Supervision and Monitoring Commission (CPSA) of the higher education institution. After that, it will be time to validate the information at the bank. The deadline for this last validation is up to ten days, counting from the third business day, immediately after the date of the first validation, carried out at the educational institution for which the student was pre-selected.
Waiting list - Anyone who is not pre-selected in the single call will be automatically included on the waiting list, which will be called from November 13th to 28th, 2025.
Classification and competition modalities
The classification will follow the descending order of 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
There will be vacancies intended for broad competition and affirmative action modalities for self-declared black, brown, indigenous, quilombola and people with disabilities.
Check the schedule:
StagePeriod
Registration
October 23-30, 2025
Single call result
November 4, 2025
Validation in the institutions CPSA
November 5th and 6th, 2025
Waiting list period
November 13 to 28, 2025
Fies Social - Half of the vacancies (50%) will be reserved for candidates with a per capita family income of up to half the minimum wage, registered in the Single Registry for Social Programs (CadUnico) with updated registration. These students will be able to request financing of up to 100% of their educational costs.
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 have a positive evaluation in the National Higher Education Assessment System (Sinaes) and join the program.
