MEC progresses with annual scholarships of € 1,500 thousand to take … – Reuters

MEC progresses with annual scholarships of € 1,500 thousand to take … – Reuters

             

                     
                 

                     

             

 
                     

The Secretary of State for Higher Education, José Ferreira Gomes, has signed the order, which now awaits publication in the Official Gazette, which regulates the program + Superior, “an initiative that aims to attract applicants for 12 institutions of higher education in regions of the country with less population pressure. ” The idea is to assign a mobility grant of 1500 euros per year to a maximum of one thousand students, says the Ministry of Education and Science (MEC) in a statement sent to the media on Saturday.

                 

                      The MEC believes that it contributes “this way for territorial cohesion and the establishment of qualified young people within the country.” Selected institutions are the University of Beira Interior (80 bags), University of Évora (75), University of Tras-os-Montes and Alto Douro (100), Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo (100), Polytechnic Institute of Bragança ( 100), Polytechnic Institute of Guarda (80), Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco (80), Polytechnic Institute of Viseu (80), Polytechnic Institute of Tomar (80), Polytechnic Institute of Santarém (75), Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre (75 ) and Polytechnic Institute of Beja (75).

can be candidates for the program + Superior all students enrolled in higher education, following a placement in the 1st, the 2nd or the 3rd stage of the national competition for access 2014, a study of one of the institutions selected for the program and cycle, being Portuguese nationality or a member state of the European Union and ordinarily resident in Portugal, do not come from a county that belongs to the Central Alentejo, Cova da Beira Douro, Alentejo, Alto Tras-os-Montes, Beira Interior Sul, Beira Interior Norte, Serra da Estrela, Alto Alentejo, Wetland Tagus, Tagus Medium, Minho-Lima, give Lafões.

The application must be submitted between September 10 and October 10 through the online system + Superior Program in the Directorate General of Higher Education website (www.dges.mctes.pt) and students will be serialized by the descending order of the final grade of secondary school that was used for its placing on the course in which they are enrolled, explains the ministry.