The edict of Student Financing Fund (Fies) It's from Student Financing Program (P-Fies) for the first half of 2019 was released this Wednesday, 9, by the Ministry of Education.
Applications for the selection process must be made between the 5th and 12th of February, exclusively via the internet, on the Fies page. Both the schedule for this edition and the procedures related to the selection process are available in the Official Gazette (DOU).
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MEC program aimed at low-income university students, Fies was created in 1999 to finance face-to-face courses at private institutions of higher education.
The requirements for obtaining the financing are to have a family income of at most three minimum wages. per member and be enrolled in a higher education course registered in the program and with a positive evaluation from the MEC. Candidates who are in default with the program or who have already been contemplated previously cannot participate.
In the case of Fies, financing interest is zero percent. The P-Fies, on the other hand, has variable interest rates and is aimed at people with a family income of up to five minimum wages.
In both cases, to compete for a vacancy, it is necessary that the candidate has taken one of the editions of the National Examination Secondary Education (Enem) from 2010, with an average equal to or greater than 450 points, and obtained a score greater than zero in the essay. The information is from the Ministry of Education.