Over 25s: examination structure and content
The exam consists of two parts:
- a general exam, which is the same for all candidates.
- a specialised exam, according to the subject area chosen.
General
examination
The general examination seeks to evaluate the
candidate's maturity and suitability for university studies, together with his/her
reasoning
and comprehension abilities and writing skills in either of the
two official languages in Catalonia; plus the candidate’s knowledge of a
foreign language.
The general examination consists of four exercises:
- Text commentary
- Catalan language
- Spanish language
- Foreign language (choise of English, French, German, Italian or Portuguese).
The purpose of the specialised examination is to evaluate a candidate's skills, abilities and aptitude to successfully undertake studies associated with the subject area chosen for admission to university.
There are five main subject areas:
- Science and Technology
- Health Sciences
- Humanities
- Social Sciences
- Arts
Candidates must choose one of the five main subject areas. There are one or two compulsory subjects according to the subject area selected, and candidates must choose one or two optional subjects accordingly to make a total of three subjects to be examined in.
According to the subject area chosen, candidates can
select the university studies associated with the subject area, in accordance
with appendix
1 
(in catalan).
| SUBJECT AREA | Compulsory subjects | Optional subjects Select one of: |
| Science and Technology | Physics Mathematics | Biology Technical Drawing Physics Mathematics Chemistry |
| Health Sciences | Biology Chemistry |
| SUBJECT AREA | Compulsory subjects | Optional subjects Select two of: |
| Humanities | Philosophy | Philosophy Geography Contemporary History Art History Literature Applied Mathematics for the Social Sciencies |
| Social Sciences | Contemporary History | |
| Arts | Art History |
An applicant who is examined in either Humanities, Social Sciences or Art and who selects the compulsory subject of one of the other two subject areas as an optional subject is thereby considered to have been examined in more than one subject area and can choose from all of the options associated with the corresponding subject areas.
Topics covered
Information on the topics covered can be found in the Catalan and Spanish text of the website.
Examinations
Information on the exams can be found in the Catalan and Spanish text of the website.
The application of Royal Decree 743/2003, of 20 June, regulating the university entrance examination for over-25s, will bring changes in the examination as of 2005. These changes will affect the structure of the exam, its contents and university entrance.
| Last updated: 26th September, 2007 |