Overview

• The Universidades Inovadoras e Sustentáveis program will add 5,000 places in higher-education and technological courses focused on biotechnology, engineering, robotics and artificial intelligence.
• Part of the new seats may be offered using Enem 2025 results, with institutions now defining which courses and campuses will participate and MEC indicating entry beginning in 2026.
• The ministry says the first tranche of resources will go to hiring professors, with federal authorization for new faculty positions already in progress.
• To strengthen university innovation capacity, MEC is moving forward with Programa Acelera NIT Brasil, which will support 20 technology-innovation centers with R$3.76 million.
• A new working group will propose updates to university support foundations to facilitate external investment, complementing the broader push enabled by the regulated PNEPT and the Propag mechanism to expand technical education.