Overview
- Pronabec published the second-moment results on Monday, May 25, completing the allocation of more than 5,000 full Beca 18 scholarships nationwide.
- The selection ranks candidates using the Examen Nacional de Preselección score together with bonuses for vulnerability and for choosing careers with high labor demand.
- Selected applicants must accept their offers between 26 May and 1 June or lose their vacancy, and Pronabec will issue the final confirmed list from 2 June.
- Beca 18 provides full coverage for beneficiaries including enrollment and tuition, food, housing, local mobility, study materials, a laptop and, in most modalities, interprovincial travel.
- Political figures proposed expanding the program and modernizing technical education in a May 24 presidential debate—Rosangella Barbarán suggested increasing beneficiaries to 20,000—but those ideas are reported proposals and are not part of the 2026 awards.