Every year the Ministry of Education awards various types of grants for university students.

Text of the public call

Resolution, the Secretary of State for Education, which are called general grants for the academic year 2025-2026, for students of university.[Date of publication in the BOE: March 25, 2026] 

To be eligible you must

• Not be in possession or be in legal disposition to obtain a degree of the same or higher level corresponding to the studies in which you are applying for a grant.
• Meet the basic requirements established in the Royal Decree 1721/2007 and those set forth in this call.
• Be enrolled in any of the university system programmes as listed in Article 3 of this call.
• Be a Spanish citizen, or have EU-nationality. In the latter case, you or a member of your support system must be working in Spain. If you are a non-EU student, the regulations of rights and responsibilities of foreigners in Spain and their social integration shall apply.

• Deliver to the electronic headquarters of the scholarship unit the documentation that according to your personal situation
  It will be necessary to process your request (prove family unity independent, justify the non-inclusion of a parent in the unit relative, present a permanent residence permit, etc.)

Eligible study programmes

Grants are awarded to an undetermined number of recipients in the following study programmes:

• Bachelor’s degree and double degree.
• Official Master’s degree.

Not included in this grant are PhD studies, official master's double degrees, specialisation studies or university-specific degrees.

Submission deadline

The application period runs from 7 April 2026 at 8:00 am until 18 May 2026 at 3:00 pm (Spanish mainland time).

Scope:

National level

Application

• Access to grant application (Guide to applying for the MEC grant https://www.becaseducacion.gob.es/becas-y-ayudas/universidad-grado-master/como-solicitarla.html#cuando-debes-solicitarla) 

Very important notice

Recipients of the Ministry of Education grant for this year are reminded that in accordance with regulations, the grant will not be awarded to those in the following situations:

• Having cancelled enrolment.
• Not having passed 50 percent of the credits enrolled, in ordinary or extraordinary call. In the case of courses in the branches of Science and Technical Education, the minimum percentage to be passed will be 40 percent. For the calculation of this percentage, validated, recognized or adapted credits will be excluded. In this case, all the components of the scholarship will be refunded, with the exception of the tuition scholarship..

In such events the grant must be refunded.

Those students whising to get enrolled on the first year of a Master Degree, may obtain an scholarship only if they can certify owning a Undergraduate Degree before December 31st 2026, in accordance to the article 18.4 from the Royal Decree 822/2021, September 28, by which is stablished the organization of university education and the procedure for assuring its quality.

For more information or any enqueries, contact us:

Every year the Ministry of Education awards various types of grants for university students.

Text of the public call

Resolution, the Secretary of State for Education, which are called general grants for the academic year 2025-2026, for students of university.[Date of publication in the BOE: March 20, 2025]

• Correction of errors of March 20, 2025 of the general call for scholarships for post-compulsory studies
• Correction of errors of March 26, 2025 of the general call for scholarships for post-compulsory studies 

To be eligible you must

• Not be in possession or be in legal disposition to obtain a degree of the same or higher level corresponding to the studies in which you are applying for a grant.
• Meet the basic requirements established in the Royal Decree 1721/2007 and those set forth in this call.
• Be enrolled in any of the university system programmes as listed in Article 3 of this call.
• Be a Spanish citizen, or have EU-nationality. In the latter case, you or a member of your support system must be working in Spain. If you are a non-EU student, the regulations of rights and responsibilities of foreigners in Spain and their social integration shall apply.

• Deliver to the electronic headquarters of the scholarship unit the documentation that according to your personal situation
  It will be necessary to process your request (prove family unity independent, justify the non-inclusion of a parent in the unit relative, present a permanent residence permit, etc.)

Eligible study programmes

Grants are awarded to an undetermined number of recipients in the following study programmes:

• University studies adapted to the European Higher Education Area leading to official undergraduate and Master’s degrees.
• University studies leading to a licenciado (5-year degree), engineering degree, architecture degree, diplomado (3-year degree), maestro (3-year teaching degree), 3-year technical engineering degree and 3-year architecture degree.
• Preparatory course taught at public universities for university access for students over 25.
• Additional training course for access to a Master’s degree, undergraduate or licenciatura.

Not included in this grant are PhD studies, specialisation studies or university-specific degrees.

Submission deadline

Deadline extended until May 30, 2025 at 3:00 pm

Scope:

National level

Application

• Access to grant application

Very important notice

Recipients of the Ministry of Education grant for this year are reminded that in accordance with regulations, the grant will not be awarded to those in the following situations:

• Having cancelled enrolment.
• Not having passed 50 percent of the credits enrolled, in ordinary or extraordinary call. In the case of courses in the branches of Science and Technical Education, the minimum percentage to be passed will be 40 percent. For the calculation of this percentage, validated, recognized or adapted credits will be excluded. In this case, all the components of the scholarship will be refunded, with the exception of the tuition scholarship..

In such events the grant must be refunded.

Those students whising to get enrolled on the first year of a Master Degree, may obtain an scholarship only if they can certify owning a Undergraduate Degree before December 31st 2025, in accordance to the article 18.4 from the Royal Decree 822/2021, September 28, by which is stablished the organization of university education and the procedure for assuring its quality.

For more information or any enqueries, contact us: