MEC releases Prouni 2022 and offers 273.001 totally free and partial scholarships to study at private universities throughout Brazil; Registration runs from February 22th to 25th, secure your spot!

According to MEC, there are 19.584 different courses and scholarships are distributed in 1085 private universities throughout Brazil.

Last Wednesday (02/02) by the MEC, the consultation of scholarships for the first half of 2022, available through the University for All Program (Prouni), was released. According to the Ministry of Education, a total of 273.001 scholarships will be offered, of which 181.036 are full (totally free) and 91.965 are partial (50%).

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Scholarships are distributed in 1085 private higher education institutions throughout Brazil and students will be able to choose from 19.584 different courses. According to the MEC, the states with the highest offer of scholarships are Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul and Bahia.

Created in 2004, MEC's ​​Prouni is a program that offers scholarships, full and partial (50%), in private institutions of higher education based on the National High School Examination (Enem). The program takes place twice a year: once in the first and another in the second semester.

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Requirements to apply for free and partial scholarships of Prouni 2022 – University for All Program

To participate in Prouni, it is necessary, first of all, to have taken Enem 2021 and obtained at least 450 points. The student must also not have scored zero in the essay. In addition, the program stipulates a series of socioeconomic criteria. Therefore, only people who:

• They attended all Basic Education in public schools;
• Attended all Basic Education or part of it in the private network with a full scholarship;
• Have a per capita family income of no more than 1,5 minimum wages for full scholarships and 3 minimum wages for partial scholarships;
• Have a disability;
• Be teachers of the public school system, integrating the permanent staff of some public institution (income criterion does not apply to teachers).

Novelty: another criterion for applying for Prouni vacancies is not having a higher education diploma. This edition, however, brings a new exception to this rule: people who have already graduated will be able to apply for scholarships, as long as they want to enroll in degree courses. The change, according to the MEC, was made to encourage teaching.

Enrollment: enrollment for this edition of Prouni 2022 will from 22rd to 25th of February. Students can consult the Prouni website, IN THIS LINK. The result of the first call will be released on March 2.

It is possible to start the search by the name of the course, the institution or the municipality. The site also has a tool to filter the results — students can view only distance or face-to-face courses, with or without quotas, and choose whether they want to view full or partial scholarships.