Fuenlabrada opens the application period for Universiayudas: 600,000 euros for university families

The Fuenlabrada City Council will allocate 600,000 euros in aid for families with sons or daughters enrolled in a Spanish public university during the 2026/2027 academic year. The Local Government Board approved the expenditure and the call for Universiayudas in its session on November 6, 2026 (urgent item 15.1), and the extract is published in the OFFICIAL GAZETTE OF THE COMMUNITY OF MADRID no. 272, dated November 12, 2026, with reference BOCM-20261112-22.

The call is processed through a non-competitive concurrence procedure and is registered in the National Grants Database with the identifier BDNS 941066. The regulatory bases are the Grant regulatory ordinance of the Fuenlabrada City Council, published in the OFFICIAL GAZETTE OF THE COMMUNITY OF MADRID on March 11, 2005. The total financial contribution of 600,000 euros is charged to the 2027 budget year, application 6051-326-48911.

Residency, 30 credits, and maximum income of 54,000 euros

To access the scholarship, applicants must meet these requirements throughout the entire process:

• Both parents and the university students included in the application must be registered as residents (empadronados) in Fuenlabrada as of September 1, 2026, and maintain this status until the end of the process.
• Be enrolled in a minimum of 30 credits for the 2026/2027 academic year at any public university; privately owned centers affiliated with a public university are not eligible.
• Not exceed a computable family unit income of 54,000.00 euros.
• Be up to date with tax obligations to the Fuenlabrada City Council.

Students whose universities allow enrollment for periods shorter than the full academic year must submit the application with the available data and complete the documentation regarding the 30 credits after the provisional lists are released or when requested.

From November 12 to 24 to apply and until the 25th to validate

The calendar established in the agreement is as follows:

• From November 12 to 24, 2026, both inclusive, to complete the Universiayudas application on the municipal website www.ayto-fuenlabrada.es.
• From November 12 to 25, 2026, to validate the applications submitted through the Fuenlabrada City Council electronic page.

The admitted registration methods are:

• Electronic registration through the municipal Electronic Office.
• In-person registration at the Specific Auxiliary Registry enabled at the Fernando Martín Sports Center, on Hungría Street, Monday to Friday from 8:30 to 14:30, by appointment.
• In-person registration at the General Registry of the Fuenlabrada City Council or at the District Boards, during their usual hours and by appointment.

From 570 to 1,050 euros depending on family income

The distribution is carried out by points according to the criteria of the guidelines. By family unit income brackets:

• Group 1, up to 16,275.00 euros: 14 points, with a maximum scholarship of 800 euros plus 250 euros from the time bank, up to 1,050 euros.
• Group 2, between 16,275.01 and 32,550.00 euros: 10 points, with 505 euros in scholarship plus 250 from the time bank, up to 755 euros.
• Group 3, from 32,550.01 up to 54,000.00 euros: 6 points, with 320 euros plus 250, up to 570 euros.

3 points are added for each mother, father, or guardian included in the application with a functional diversity of 33% or higher, and 4 points for each student in the same situation. The call also includes a PAU Bonus of up to 93.02 euros.

Payment will be made via transfer to the applicant’s bank account once the final list of admitted and excluded candidates is approved, and no further justification is required other than compliance with the requirements. The agreement exhausts the administrative route: a contentious-administrative appeal may be filed within two months and, optionally, an appeal for reversal within one month. The document was signed in Fuenlabrada on November 10, 2026, by the mayor-president, Francisco Javier Ayala Ortega.

The call arrives with the course already underway and an income threshold that reaches a large portion of the municipality’s households, meaning the twelve-day window to submit the application and one more to validate it is decisive for thousands of families facing the costs of university enrollment and materials.

Source: OFFICIAL BULLETIN OF THE COMMUNITY OF MADRID, no. 272, of November 12, 2026, section III (Local Administration), pages 114-115 (official reference: BOCM-20261112-22).