Financial aid is essential for many of the students that exist in Spain in the post-compulsory stages. That is why, as every year, the Ministry of Education has opened the scholarship application process for the 2023/2024 academic year, following a schedule similar to that of the previous year.
The application period opens from today, March 27, 2023, until May 17. Within this application Students of Vocational Training, Baccalaureate, Bachelor’s, Master’s and other non-university studies are included that a total of 2,500 million euros is going to be distributed, being a much higher figure than the one that was put on the table the previous year. It should be noted that the request is only made electronically with the identification keys on the ministry’s website, or using a digital certificate or the Cl@ve system.
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Requirements to apply for the MEC scholarship
Before making the electronic request, it must be taken into account that there are some requirements that must be compulsorily met. Here are included both financial requirements (which may include the family unit if you are not independent) and also academics (Based on the number of failed subjects, for example). Specifically, the main requirements that are requested are:
- Have Spanish nationality or a Member State of the European Union.
- Not having an equal or higher degree to that of the studies for which the scholarship is requested.
- The assets of the family unit must not exceed 42,900 euros. In this case, the income of the whole family is integrated, if the student is not independent (something that must be demonstrated). It should be noted that the fact of living in another address, but that the rent is paid by the parents for not having an income is computed as not being independent.
- First-year university students must enroll for 60 credits or in very specific situations, 30.
- Being in the second year of the university, you must be enrolled for the same number of credits as the previous year. And having passed a specific percentage of subjects that vary by branch of study: in engineering and architecturehe 65%in Health Scienceshe 80%and in social and legal sciences, arts and humanitieshe 90%.
How much money is given with the MEC 2023/2024 scholarship
In addition to the economic requirements, another really important point for any student is the amount of money that will be received from the total budget of 2,500 million euros. It must be borne in mind that this is money that is distributed in a fixed game and another variable. Within the fixed part (which is the most important) are the following amounts depending on the concept:
- Enrollment scholarship: includes the amount of the credits for which you enroll for the first time (does not include second enrollments).
- For family income: up to 1,700 euros.
- For change of residence during the school year: up to 2,500 euros.
- For academic excellence: between 50 and 125 euros.
- Basic: up to 300 euros (only in basic level FP).
Once all the money of the fixed part has been distributed, the money left over from what was budgeted It will be distributed among all the scholarship holders who have been recognized for this condition. The money that is assigned to each of the scholarship recipients will be established by a mathematical formula that will take into account the level of income and also the grade on the academic record.
How to apply for the MEC scholarship 2023-2024
Once all this data has been taken into account, it is time to start the application. To do this, you will have to access the website of the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training, and specifically the ‘Scholarships, grants and subsidies for study’ section. Here you will have to access which are your specific studies for which you are going to apply for the scholarship (high school, university or professional training).
Among the procedures that will be found, click on ‘Scholarships and grants for post-compulsory level students’ and then click on ‘Course 2023-2024’where next to it is a green box where the Open status appears.
Once you select the procedure, you will see its file with all the requirements that exist and the specific characteristics of each one. At the top you will have to click on Access to online service. Next, the option to register on the web opens with one of the available methods such as the credentials of the electronic headquarters or electronic certificate or Cl@ve system as we have mentioned before.
When registering, all the open procedures will appear and if it is not the first one you start, you must click on Access to the procedure on top.
Before accessing the application form, you will have to read an extensive document with all the instructions for this call. It should be noted that this is a first phase, where the ministry will verify the economic and general data. Then there will be a second phase in the month of September to complete academic data (since today you may not know where you are going to study). The documentation that must be delivered to prove a special situation such as disability, the income of each student or the accreditation of an independent family unit is also detailed.
Once you have read this information, you will click on Continue at the end of the page. On the next page you will have to accept and authorize the bases of the call, entering your date of birth and checking the boxes that correspond to your situation, as well as in which you give your authorization for the administration to review all your personal data .
In the next window you will have to identify yourself with the DNI support number or the expiration date. Next, they will have to fill in the economic data of the student, as well as the personal situation. It must be detailed if it is constituted as an independent unit and also the income that the student has if it is so. In addition, at the end you must include the address of the home and the IBAN to make the deposit. In these cases, much data is reused from other calls.
In the second window of the form, the data of the entire family unit is requested, including the degree of kinship. In addition, you also have to introduce the profession of the breadwinner of the family unit.
Finally, they will have to enter the academic data of the degree that is already held and also the degree that is expected to be obtained in September. It must be taken into account that This data may not be accurate because right now you don’t know very well what your future will be. That is why all these will be able to be modified in the month of September in a second phase, but you can also include the data you have in mind, although it is not mandatory.
Finally, you will have to click on Sign and submit the application to confirm all the data you have entered and that the request is recorded in the ministry’s database. You will be able to check this later by following the steps at the beginning to enter the electronic headquarters.
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