Spain’s Council of Ministers has approved direct grants to public universities to maintain up to 1,135 places in Medicine during the 2026–2027 academic year. The maximum allocation is €17,025,000.
Funding will cover 683 second-year places, 305 third-year places and 147 fourth-year places. Each place will receive €15,000 to cover teaching staff costs and other routine expenses related to keeping the places available.
The scheme began in 2023 to increase the number of medical graduates from public universities and help meet the National Health System’s staffing needs in the medium term. The Ministry of Health allocated around €102 million to the scheme in its three previous editions.
