Find out which universities are punished for low grades in medicine

The Ministry of Education determined sanctions against 4 federal universities after unsatisfactory results in the 2025 National Medical Training Assessment Exam. The ordinances were published on Tuesday (17 March 2026) and punish medical courses at 4 public educational institutions: Federal University of Pará, (UFPA), Federal University of Maranhão (UFMA), Federal University of Latin American Integration (Unila) and Federal University of Southern Bahia (UFSB), in addition to others. Here is the Official Gazette of the Union (PDF – 8,6 kB).

The medical degrees punished were those that received grades 1 or 2 on a scale that goes up to 5. The sanctions vary depending on the grade and the percentage of graduates considered proficient in the exam. Enamed, which had its first edition last year, defines 60 points as the minimum to reach proficiency.

The Federal University of Pará received concept 1 with proficiency among graduates of 30% to 40%. It was the only federal institution with immediate sanctions. The MEC determined a 50% reduction in medical course vacancies. The university also had requests to increase vacancies suspended until the results of Enamed 2026.

The other 3 federal universities received grade 2, with proficiency of 40% to 50%, and did not receive immediate punishments. The Ministry of Education opened a supervision process for the Federal University of Maranhão, the Federal University of Latin American Integration and the Federal University of Southern Bahia.

Public institutions will have 30 days to present their defense.

Courses prohibited from enrolling new students

Of the 53 private institutions punished, 7 medical courses received a grade of 1 with less than 30% of graduates considered proficient. These degrees are prevented from accepting new students:

• Estácio de Sá University (Angra dos Reis-RJ), from Yduqs;

• Unilago (São José do Rio Preto-SP);

• Adamantina University Center (Adamantina-SP);

• College of Dracena (Dracena-SP);

• Unifan (Aparecida de Goiânia-GO);

• Porto Velho Metropolitan College (Porto Velho-RO);

• Uninorte (Rio Branco-AC).

Courses with 50% reduction in vacancies

Another 12 courses received a grade of 1 with proficiency between 30% and 40% of participants and should reduce the number of places by half:

• Unipac (Judge of Fora-MG);

• Brazil University (Fernandópolis-SP);

• University of Contestado (Mafra-SC);

• University of Mogi das Cruzes (Mogi das Cruzes-SP);

• Nilton Lins University (Manaus-AM);

• Uniclosed (Goiatuba-GO);

• University Center of the Americas (São Paulo-SP);

• Faculty of Health and Human Ecology (Vespasiano-MG);

• Ceuni-Fametro (Manaus-AM);

• São Leopoldo Mandic (Araras-SP);

• Estácio (Jaraguá do Sul-SC), from Yduqs;

• Zarns College (Itumbiara-GO), from the bottom Exchange.

Courses with 25% reduction in vacancies

Another 34 degrees received concept 2, with 40% to 50% of graduates considered proficient. These institutions will have a reduction in 25% in medical enrollments.

Among them are:

• Ânima Educação Group: Anhembi Morumbi University;

• Ser Educacional Group: Uninassau (Barreiras-BA, Recife-PE and Vilhena-RO units);

• Health Group: Unigranrio (Rio de Janeiro), Porto Velho-RO and Itaperuna-RJ units, Faculty of Medical Sciences of Paraíba (João Pessoa-PB), Faculty of Porto Nacional (TO), Faculty of Medical Sciences (Jaboatão dos Guararapes-PE) and Faculty of Medical Sciences (Santa Inês-MA);

• Yduqs Group: Estácio (Ribeirão Preto-SP, Alagoinhas-BA, Juazeiro-BA and Canindé-CE units);

• Cogna Education Group: Unic (Cuiabá-MT);

• Vitru Education Group: Unicesumar (Corumbá-MT);

• Other institutions: Fafipe (Penápolis-SP), University of Ribeirão Preto (Guarujá-SP), Iguaçu University (Nova Iguaçu and Itaperuna-RJ), Santo Amaro University (São Paulo), University of Marília (Marília-SP), Paranaense University (Umuarama-PR), Unifeso (Teresópolis-RJ), Unifunec (Santa Fé do Sul-SP), Centro Universitário Ingá (Maringá-PR), Famene (João Pessoa-PB), Atitus Educação (Passo Fundo-RS), FAMP (Mineiros-GO), UniFAMESC (Bom Jesus do Itabapoana-RJ), Faculty of Medicine of Olinda (Olinda-PE) and Faculdade Atenas (Passos-MG).

Restrictions on federal programs

All private courses with concepts 1 and 2 are prevented from expanding the number of places and signing new contracts with Fies (Student Financing Fund). They also lost access to (University for All Program).

Institutions will have 30 days to file an appeal against the precautionary measures. The sanctions remain valid until the next edition of Enamed, projected for October 2026.

A  (Brazilian Association of Higher Education Supporters) criticized the measures. The organization stated that the standardized application of sanctions without specific normative criteria creates legal uncertainty and compromises the sector’s regulatory predictability.