Calendar of Spain's general study grant 2026-2027
Independent site: not the Ministry of Education
Enter today's date or any other: the calculator marks which stages have passed and what the next date in the call is.
Status on 8 November 2026: the 2026-2027 window closed on 19 May 2026 and the 2027-2028 call has not been published yet. If you already applied, keep an eye on «Mis notificaciones». Outside the window, only a late application is possible, until 31 December 2026, if the main earner dies or is forced to retire. If you start studying in 2027, these are the 2026-2027 figures and serve as a guide.
Next date of the 2026-2027 call
4 December 2026
Regions and universities send grades and fixed amounts to the Ministry. You have nothing to do that day: it is a step between authorities.
| Anything to do? | The authorities: nothing for you to do |
| 2026-2027 application window | Closed on 19 May 2026 |
| If you have not applied yet | The next one is 2027-2028: no date published yet |
| Date | What happens | Who acts |
|---|---|---|
| 12 March 2026 | ✓ Thresholds and amounts published in the Official Gazette (BOE) | Official publication |
| 25 March 2026 | ✓ The call is published in the BOE | Official publication |
| 7 April 2026 | ✓ Application window opens (8:00) | You: apply |
| 19 May 2026 | ✓ Window closes, after extension (15:00 mainland time) | You: apply |
| 15 July 2026 | ✓ Regions and universities finish checking personal and family data | The authorities: nothing for you to do |
| 4 December 2026 | Regions and universities send grades and fixed amounts to the Ministry | The authorities: nothing for you to do |
| 31 December 2026 | Last day for a late application, only if the main earner dies or is forced to retire | Exceptional cases only |
Prepared by Radif Partners · Method · Figures re-read in the BOE and the call on 8 November 2026
The 2026-2027 general grant calendar began with Royal Decree 179/2026, published on 12 March 2026, and the call of 23 March 2026, whose summary appeared in the Official Gazette on 25 March 2026. The application window opened on 7 April 2026 and was due to close on 18 May 2026, but a resolution of 18 May 2026 extended it to 19 May 2026 at 15:00 mainland time. That window is closed. Outside it, applications are accepted until 31 December 2026 only if the main earner dies or is forced to retire after the deadline. Regions and universities had to send the Ministry personal and family data by 15 July 2026 and academic data by 4 December 2026. Fixed amounts are awarded in partial, successive orders as those proposals arrive; the variable amount in a later decision. The 2027-2028 call does not exist yet: this calendar will be updated when it is published.
The dates of the call
The calculator's table, above, gives each date and who has to act that day. The dates come from the summary of the call, the extension resolution and the full text of the call. They leave out regional holidays and each university's internal dates.
How an application moves forward
- The grants office of your region or university checks your personal and family data. If anything is missing, it asks you and you have ten days to reply.
- The Ministry checks your income and wealth with the Tax Agency. If that produces a proposed refusal, you are notified and may object.
- Your college's grades are added, which are often only complete after the resit exams.
- The Ministry awards the fixed amounts in batches as the data arrive. They are paid by transfer to the account in your name given on the application.
- Later comes the variable-amount decision, within six months of the Ministry having the regions' data, with its own payment.
Everything is notified on the Ministry's e-office. If you receive a request for documents or a proposed refusal, count the deadline with the refused grant calculator. On when the variable part is paid, see the variable amount.
Before the next window
If the next call keeps the current rule, which looks at the year before the application, 2026 income will count, with the members living together on 31 December 2026. If you are preparing early, review family income with the 2026 return once you have it and check wealth. The 2027-2028 thresholds and amounts are unknown until their decree: until then, Royal Decree 179/2026 is the latest published.
Notices
Every step arrives through the e-office: requests for documents, proposed refusals, awards and the variable amount. An email alert comes first. If you do not open the notice, the deadline runs anyway, so check «Mis notificaciones» every few weeks while the application is open. The 15 July date is internal: it is when selection bodies report personal and family checks to the Ministry, not a deadline for you.
Received a notice? Your deadline to reply
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Submit objections by
24 November 2026
| Notification | 10 November 2026 |
| Working days | 10 |