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Peru's Pronabec extended Beca 18 applications for 6,000 scholarships in 2027 round

Peru's national scholarship agency extended the application deadline for its 2027 Beca 18 call to 18 October. The call offers 6,000 places, and a national selection exam is set for 22 November.

By Rachel Smith, Students and International Editor
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According to Pronabec, the Ministry of Education's national scholarship and student credit programme pushed back the closing time for applications to the 2027 Beca 18 call to 11:59 a.m. on Sunday 18 October.

Pronabec said the call offers 6,000 scholarships for professional degree study and targets final-year secondary pupils and school graduates with high academic performance who live in vulnerable circumstances.

The agency stated that the call has nine application routes, each with its own requirements, and that applicants meeting the requirements of their chosen route will be listed as eligible on 11 November.

Pronabec said eligible candidates will sit an in-person national preselection exam on 22 November, held simultaneously in all regions and consisting of 60 questions split equally between mathematics and reading competence.

Editor’s view

Rachel Smith, Students and International Editor

The announcement sets out a deadline extension, eligibility criteria and the selection timetable, but it gives no figures on application volumes, no reason for the extension, and no detail on how the 6,000 places will be allocated across the nine routes.

What to watch

  • Pronabec is due to publish the list of eligible applicants on its competition website on 11 November.
  • The national preselection exam is scheduled for Sunday 22 November.
  • The announcement does not say how many applications were received or why the deadline was extended.