Fies 2024: pre-selection results are announced by the MEC – 03/21/2024 – Education

The MEC (Ministry of Education) released on Thursday night (21) the order of classification and pre-selection of candidates for the Fies (Student Financing Fund) selection process, referring to the first semester of 2024. The result could be provided on the Single Portal for Access to Higher Education.

Fies offers places to finance undergraduate courses at private institutions participating in the program, as long as the courses obtain a positive evaluation in Sinaes (National Higher Education Assessment System).

Those approved must complete their registration on the portal from this Friday (22) until next Tuesday (26). After completion, the candidate must validate the information declared at the time of registration within a period of up to five working days after the date of completion, which must be carried out directly at the higher education institution for which he or she was pre-selected.

The ministry highlights that candidates who are not pre-selected will automatically enter the waiting list, for the purpose of filling vacancies that may be unfilled, subject to the type of vacancy and the order of classification as provided for in the Fies notice.

The announcement of candidates participating in the waiting list will take place from March 28th to April 30th, on the Single Access Portal.

According to the MEC, in this edition of the program more than 67 thousand places were offered, destined for 1,260 private higher education institutions. This year, unlike previous years, 50% of vacancies are reserved for Fies Social, aimed at serving people with a family income of up to half a minimum wage (R$706) and who are registered with CadÚnico (Single Registry for Social Programs of the Federal Government ). This group will be able to finance up to 100% of the courses.

Another change brought about by the notice is in relation to the choice of courses by candidates. The student can choose up to three options, which can be from different groups of knowledge areas. “Previously, it was required that the chosen courses belong to the same group of areas, which prevented registration from being made for a particular course in different institutions and/or locations, for example”, explains the notice.

To define the groupings of courses, the MEC carried out a review of the areas considered priorities by Fies and included courses with greater employability and higher average salaries, in addition to teaching and teaching courses, aimed at working in basic education.

Both in Fies Social and in the broad competition, places are reserved for self-declared black, brown, indigenous and quilombola students and people with disabilities, according to the proportion in the population of the federation unit where the institution is located, according to the 2022 Census of IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics).

Enrollees are selected according to the classification of their grades in the Enem (National High School Exam). Editions from 2010 onwards are considered. The minimum grade required is 450 points on the average of the five exam tests, as well as a grade greater than or equal to 400 in the essay.

WHAT ARE THE FIES CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA?

• With the establishment of Fies Social, from this year onwards 50% of vacancies will be allocated to students enrolled in CadÚnico (Single Registry for Social Programs of the Federal Government), with a per capita family income of up to half the minimum wage (R$ 706);
• In the broad competition, partial scholarship holders (50%) from Prouni (University for All Program) are in first place on the priority list of the classification criteria for the remaining Fies vacancies, as long as they do not have a degree and have not been Fies beneficiaries;
• In second place are students who do not have an undergraduate degree and have never benefited from Fies;
• Third are those who do not have an undergraduate degree, but who have already benefited from Fies at another time, having paid off the financing;
• In fourth place are students with an undergraduate degree, but who have never had a contract with Fies;
• Lastly, there are students with an undergraduate degree and Fies beneficiaries who managed to pay off the financing for their course.