MEC Releases Official List of Authorized Blended Learning Higher Education Courses
The Ministry of Education (MEC) has published an official list of 456 authorized blended learning higher education courses, covering bachelor's, licentiate, and technological degrees. This measure aims to ensure transparency and legality, protecting students from invalid diplomas. Decrees from May 2025 establish the formats (in-person, blended, distance learning), requiring 30% in-person activities for blended courses, while medicine and law remain exclusively in-person.
estadaoconteudo
2025-09-15T08:43:26
Publication of the Official List of Blended Learning Courses
Last Friday, the 12th, the Ministry of Education (MEC) released the ordinance containing the official list of 456 higher education courses in a blended learning format. The ordinance details the annual vacancies planned for each course, seeking to ensure the transparency and legality of the offerings, and serving as a tool to combat false or unauthorized courses by the federal government. This is crucial to prevent students from paying for diplomas without official validity.
Ordinance Rules and Future Recognition
The list includes 456 bachelor's, licentiate, and technological courses. The regulation establishes that the in-person activities for all these courses must be carried out only at addresses already registered and approved in the e-MEC Registry. This ordinance represents an initial authorization; educational institutions that received it must, at a future time and according to existing rules, request the official recognition of each course.
Changes in Distance and Blended Learning Policies
In May of this year, Presidential Decree No. 12.456/2025 altered the New Distance Learning (EAD) Policy, determining that undergraduate courses can be organized in in-person, blended, and distance learning formats, all with the same duration. Blended learning courses must have a minimum of 30% in-person activities and 20% live virtual activities. Activities for blended and distance learning courses must occur at the headquarters, EAD centers, or equipped and supervised professional environments. Courses such as medicine, law, dentistry, nursing, and psychology remain exclusive to the in-person format, not being permitted in EAD or blended learning.
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