📋 Tender Overview
It began on Monday, August 25, the deadline for manifestation of interest in participating in the waiting list of the second half of 2025. All subscribers who were not pre-selected in regular calls may participate or who were disapproved of non-class formation. The Ministry of Education (MEC) will receive the demonstrations until 11:59 pm (GMT) on Tuesday (26), by the Single Portal of Access to Higher Education.
The dissemination of the pre-selected through the waiting list will take place on August 29. Those who are pre-selected in the waiting list should attend the teaching institution chosen from August 29 to September 5, in order to decomase information provided in their registration. 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 access cannot be made available, it should make employees available to receive the documentation physically at the course of course and regular operating hours. 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 the candidates approval or disapproval and the issuance of the granting term, if applicable, must be provided by the Higher Education Institutions participating in this edition of PROUNI. The deadline for this 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, MEC offered more than 211 thousand bags. 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 over 370 courses from 887 private higher education institutions across Brazil.
Courses - With 13,774 scholarships, administration was occurs with the greater offer of opportunities, being 9,275 partial 4,499 Integraise 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 (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).
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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. They 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)
