The University for All Program (ProUni) will offer 243,888 scholarships in 1,239 private educational institutions. Of these, 116,813 are full and 127,075 are partial. The system was opened today (30th) to consult vacancies. Registration starts tomorrow (31), on the program's page.
Entries go until 23:59 on February 3rd, following the official time in Brasilia. The public consultation of ProUni grants is available on the program's website. The student can search for scholarships offered by course, institution or municipality.
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ProUni grants full and partial scholarships for undergraduate and sequential specific training courses at private higher education institutions. On the other hand, the program offers tax exemption to institutions that adhere to the program.
The students who are selected can also apply for a Permanence Scholarship, to help with the costs of their studies, and can also use the Student Loan Fund to finance part of the tuition not covered by the scholarship program.
The number of scholarships offered in this edition is the highest since the beginning of the program in 2005. Full scholarships, which cover all student fees, increased in relation to the 113,800 scholarships offered in the first edition of the program last year. The number of partial grants offered this year, which cover 50% of these costs, has reduced compared to the 129,100 offered in 2018.
Since the creation of the program, until 2016, with the exception of 2008, the number of full scholarships has always exceeded the number of partial scholarships in the first editions. In 2017, the situation was reversed and the number of full scholarships became smaller than the number of partial scholarships.
In addition, it was lower than the scholarships of the same type offered in 2016. Last year, the offer of 100% scholarships increased again, but the number continued to be lower than that of partial scholarships. In this edition, the situation remains.
Regarding partial scholarships, they have been growing since 2014, when around 60 thousand scholarships were offered, an increase compared to the 53.6 thousand of the previous year. This is the first drop since then.
According to the Ministry of Education (MEC), ProUni has already served more than 2.47 million students, 69% of whom have full scholarships.
Applications for ProUni can be made from January 31st to February 3rd. The results of the first call will be announced on February 6th. The ones from the second call, on the 20th of February.
The pre-selected candidate in the first call must attend the institution to prove the information provided in your registration and eventual participation in the institution's own selection process, when applicable, from 6 to 14 February. Those pre-selected in the second call, from the 20th to the 27th of February.
The registration of the approval or disapproval of candidates in the Prouni Computerized System and the issuance of the respective Scholarship Award terms or Rejection terms by the educational institutions must be done between February 6th and 18th for those selected in the first call and between February 20th and March 1st for those selected in the second call.
ProUni is aimed at those who took the 2018 National High School Examination (Enem), achieved at least 450 points and scored more than zero in the essay.
In addition, only Brazilian students without higher education and who have completed high school in the public network or with a full scholarship in the private network can participate; who did part of high school in the public network and the other part in the private network, on a scholarship or who are physically disabled.
Full scholarships are aimed at those with a per capita family income of up to one and a half minimum wages. Partial scholarships of 50% are intended for students with a per capita family income of up to three minimum wages.
Public school teachers can also apply for the scholarship and do not need to meet the income criteria. With information from Agência Brasil.
