📋 Tender Overview
Students pre-selected through the waiting list of the second half of 2025, have until Friday, September 5, to prove information provided in their registration directly at the educational institution. The result can be checked in. The waiting list is aimed at subscribers who were not pre-selected in regular calls or who have been failed for non-class formation.
The delivery of documents to the higher education institution can be done in person or electronically. The institution should make available on its internet pages a specific field for the referral of the documentation. If this type of access cannot be made available, it should be made available to collaborating students to receive the documentation physically at the course of course and at regular hours of its operation. The institution must also issue proof of delivery of documents, according to the means used for their receipt, whether physical or virtual.
The registration of approval or disapproval of the candidate and the issuance of the granting term, if applicable, must be provided by the participating higher education institutions of this edition of PROUNI. The deadline is from August 30 to September 12.
According to what the selection governs, institutions that choose to perform their own selection process should have formally communicated to pre-selected candidates about the existence of this requirement. Institutions need to inform the nature of their selection and the criteria for approval, which cannot be more strict than those applied to other students selected in their regular selection processes. In addition, the collection of any type of fee for the selection of Prouni candidates is prohibited.
Vacancies - In this edition, the Ministry of Education (MEC) offered more than 211 thousand scholarships. Of this total, more than 118,000 are whole (at no cost) and more than 93,000 are partial (half the monthly fee). The scholarships are intended for more than 370 courses from 887 private higher education institutions across Brazil. Curses - with 13,774 scholarships, administration was the highest offer of opportunities, in which 9,275 Integratise 4,499 partial scholarships. Then appear law courses with 13,152 scholarships (4,277 full and 8,875 partial); Pedagogy, with 11,339 bags (8,465 full and 2,874 partial); Physical and education, with 8,939 bags (6,063 full and 2,876 partial). For medicine, 1,159 bags were offered, 988 integrals (at no monthly cost) and 171 partial (50% gratuity).
Prouni 20 years - Created by MEC in 2004, the University for All Program celebrates 20 years of existence in 2025, with more than 3.5 million students benefited between 2005 and 2025. Of these, 2.5 million received full scholarships (100%), which make the tuition of the free course for the student. The other beneficiaries obtained partial scholarship, of 50% of the tuition fee of the course. The scholarships are offered by Prouni for undergraduate courses in private institutions across the country.
Currently, the program benefits 632,503 students, enrolled in 1,851 private higher education institutions in Brazil. Of this total, 533,790 have full bag.
In the last two decades, women (56%) and black (55%) have been majority among the policy public. In addition, according to the 2023 Higher Education Census, when analyzing the effects of ProUni on the higher education completion rate, 58% of participants were graduated. In all, 1.46 million fellows completed their undergraduate courses. Among students who do not participate in the program, the percentage drops to 36%. The data emphasize the social impact of ProUni on the access and completion of higher education by vulnerable groups.
MEC Communication Advisory, with information from the Secretariat of Higher Education (SESU)
