Probably the worst thing about starting a new course is the cost for students (or their parents) course enrollment what starts, the books and educational materials that it requires, as well as the money it costs to travel from home to college or university.
For this reason, to make the September slope a little easier and the "back to school" we leave you with everything related to the MECD scholarships for the 2016/2017 academic year: requirements, duration, educational stages, etc.
All the scholarships that we are going to detail below are designed for the post-compulsory educational stage, that is, all the studies that can be taken once Compulsory Secondary Education is finished.
For which studies are these scholarships directed?
- First and second courses of Baccalaureate.
- Vocational training of medium and higher degree.
- Professional artistic teachings.
- Sports education.
- Higher artistic education.
- Higher religious studies.
- Higher military studies.
- Language studies carried out in official schools owned by the educational administrations, including the distance modality.
- Access courses and preparation courses for the entrance exams to Vocational Training and specific training courses for access to Middle and Higher Degree Training Cycles taught in public centers and private concerted centers that have authorized Training courses Professional.
- Basic vocational training.
- University education.
When can it be requested and how much is it destined for?
Everything concerning these scholarships can be read in the publication that was made on Saturday, August 13 through the BOE. The Plazo will stay open until October 17 for university students y until October 3 for those who are not pursuing a degree. The measure has been endowed with a budget of 1.416,5 million euros, of which 1031,02 will be invested in scholarships while the remaining 385,48 million will be allocated to aid for students with special educational needs.
Requirements to apply for the scholarship
General requirements
- Not having a degree of the same level or higher than the one requested in the scholarship
- Be enrolled in a Spanish teaching institution
- Be Spanish or have the nationality of a Member State of the European Union
Economic requirements
The economic requirements are compliance with the income thresholds, for the calculation of family income the number of family members and the total income of the family are taken into account.
The income thresholds are classified into three, and depending on the threshold in which the applicant's family is, they will be able to opt for some grant amounts or others:
- Below threshold 3: You can opt for the basic scholarship if it is a non-university study or tuition if it is a university.
- Below threshold 2: Basic or tuition scholarship, fixed amount linked to residence and variable amount.
- Below threshold 1: For enrollment, in non-university cases there is no right to the basic one, a fixed amount linked to residence, a fixed amount linked to income and a variable amount.
Academic requirements
Academic requirements vary depending on whether students have enrolled "fully" or partially. In the case of university students, it is considered to be fully enrolled when they are enrolled in 60 credits and partially between less than 60 and 30 credits.
In other types of courses that are not university courses, the number of full enrollment is the result of dividing the total number of subjects by the number of years that make up the study plan and the partial number of 50% of the subjects of the year of post-compulsory study. academic.
In exchange for having to enroll for fewer credits, fewer privileges are offered to scholarship recipients, thus losing university students the option of receiving an amount other than tuition and students of another type any option other than the basic one.