Pioneers Scholarship Programme
Ángel Herrera Oria founded the first School of Journalism in Spain in 1926. This made him a pioneer of higher education in communication.
The 2025-26 academic year will be the 40th anniversary of the launch of the first degree programme from the Faculty of Humanities and Communication Sciences at the CEU Cardenal Herrera University in Valencia.
We call it the Pioneers Scholarship Programme and they are pioneering scholarships for four reasons:
- A 7 or more gets you 50%
If you get an average mark of 7 or higher in the first year of your pre-university studies (EQF Level 4, known as Bachillerato in Spain) or the first year of a vocational training course at the same EQF level (Ciclo Formativo de Grado Superior), then you can get a scholarship worth 50% of the cost of an academic year with us. What's more, you'll be notified if you have been awarded a scholarship before May or June, long before you have to decide whether to enrol. - A high grade in university entrance examinations makes things even better
Once you have a 50% Pioneers Scholarship you may be able to enhance it. If your final grades in pre-university examinations are higher than the required level in the scholarship conditions, you could get the ‘Outstanding’ version of the scholarship. With this enhancement, the cost for a complete academic year on a bachelor's degree programme, even a dual degree programme, will be just 1000 euros. - Keep your scholarship year on year
Once you have a Pioneers Scholarship, you can keep it for every year of your degree, not just the first year. Depending on the average grade you achieve in your Bachelor's degree (or dual degree) studies and any additional work you do, your scholarship will be of the following types:- Outstanding: the total cost per year will be just 1000 euros.
- Special: a 75% scholarship, meaning you'll pay just 25% of the cost for the year
- Support: a 50% scholarship, meaning that you only pay the other 50% of the cost.
- Aid: a 25% scholarship, meaning you'll pay 75% of the cost of an academic year.
If you're in the Pioneers Scholarship Programme, then you'll have the scholarship every year. Can you get the Outstanding version of the scholarship every year? Of course – that means you're a great performer on your degree programme and have an excellent academic record.
Can you go from the Support version one year to the Special version the next? Absolutely. If your academic performance improves, then your scholarship will improve too.
Read the conditions of the Pioneers Scholarships Programme: