University entrance pathways

Students who have passed the PAU or have recognised equivalent status (pathway 0)
Non_European Union foreign students (pathway 1)
Students with a bachelor's degree, university diploma or recognised equivalent status (pathway 2)
Students with professional occupational qualifications or recognised equivalents (pathway 4)
Students with COU but not PAU (pathway 5)
Students who have passed the PAU and started university studies (pathway 7)
Students with professional qualifications who have started university studies (pathway 8)
Students who have passed the entrance exam for the over 25s (pathway 9)
Which is the right pathway for me in the university admissions process? Summary table

Students who satisfy the requirements to apply for admission via more than one pathway may use both.

Students who have passed the PAU or have recognised equivalent status (Pathway 0)

Requirements and necessary documentation

• For students who have passed the PAU and Batxillerat LOGSE: the PAU card (original and photocopy).
• For those who have passed COU, or the experimental batxillerat (REM), and have passed the PAU: the PAU card
  (original and photocopy).
• For those with validated COU and who have passed the University Entrance Exams (PAU): PAU card (original and
  photocopy)
• For those who passed COU or a validated equivalent prior to the 1974-1975 academic year: the school report and
  academic record for batxillerat superior or COU, or the relevant validation certificate (original and photocopy).
• For those who have passed batxillerat superior, the pre-university course and maturity test: the school report indicating
  5th and 6th academic year results, PREU and maturity test results (original and photocopy).
• For those who have passed the technical batxillerat and the maturity test: the school report covering the last two years
  of study and maturity test results (original and photocopy).
• For those who have passed Batxillerat and the State exam: school report and academic report for 5th and 6th years
  including State exam results (original and photocopy).
• Students from education systems in European Union Member States or other states with which reciprocal international agreements have been signed, and who meet the academic requirements for university entrance in their home country. Organic Law 2/2006, of May 3, on Education, Royal Decree 806/2006, of 30 June, establishing the calendar for applying the new education system structure, and Resolution of 14 March 2008 of the Secretary of State for Universities and Research: credential issued by the Spanish Distance Learning University (UNED).
  For further information: http//www.uned.es/accesoUE
  This entrance pathway is incompatible with other entrance pathways to university studies. Students whose accreditation assigns them to pathway 5: Arts, are not exempt from the personal aptitude test required for acceptance onto a Fine Arts course of studies. Please check courses requiring personal aptitude tests and exemptions.
  Important:
  - Non-university students who hold entrance accreditation for the 2007/2008 academic year and wish to participate in the 2008 university pre-enrolment process must apply to UNED for new accreditation.
  - Students who enrolled at any university for the academic year 2007/2008 having obtained entrance via this pathway (accreditation) and who wish to participate in the 2008 university pre-enrolment process must apply for new UNED accreditation.
  

Non-European Union foreign students (Pathway 1)

• Foreign students from outside of the European Union or the European Economic Area whose countries have a reciprocal of studies agreement with Spain and have passed the PAU in the current or previous academic year.

  Necessary documentation
  The PAU card (original and photocopy) and passport (original and photocopy)

Students with a bachelor's degree or a university diploma or with recognised equivalent status
(Pathway 2)

Requirements and documentation

• Degree holders, qualified architects and engineers, those holding skilled training qualifications for industry, diploma
  holders, architectural or engineering surveyors: certificate listing grades for all courses (original and photocopy). In the
  case where the qualification does not appear on the grade certificate, mention must be made of this and the qualification
  certificate or cover certificate presented.
  For students who have studied in technical schools and colleges, the certificate should also provide the grade awarded
  for the end-of-course project.
  Students with secondary studies only to age 16 should present a certificate with the grades awarded for their
  secondary-school studies.
• Holders of the ATS nursing qualification plus course upgrade: certificate listing grades awarded for all courses plus a
  certificate that confirms having passed the upgrade course (Royal Decree 111/1980 of 11 January) (original and
  photocopy).
• Clerks, book-keepers and insurance actuaries: certificate of studies with final grade (original and photocopy)
• Primary school teachers (1950-1967 educational plan, with basic baccalaureate; 1967-1971 educational plan, with
  advanced baccalaureate): certificate listing grades for the three courses and baccalaureate certificate (originals and
  photocopies).
• Business and tourism specialists who have studied in accordance with Royal Decree 865/1980 of 14 April, and who are
  classified as University diploma holders: certificate of studies that confirms having passed the final examination and that
  the corresponding certificate has been formally requested (original and photocopy).
• Officers from the Army, Navy or Air Force (in accordance with Royal Decree 434/2002 of 10 May) who have studied at
  the General Military Academy: certificate of grades (original and photocopy).
• Officers in the Merchant Navy who have studied in accordance with Royal Decree 355/1979 of 28 February, and who
  are considered as University graduates;: official certificate of grades (original and photocopy).
• Airline pilots, in accordance with the Order of 9 May 1995: official certificate of grades and declaration of equivalence
  issued by the Ministry of Education and Science (original and photocopy).
• Holders of the qualification in Ecclesiastical Sciences at university level, as per the agreement between the Spanish
  State and the Holy See: certificate of the grades obtained and confirming degree holder status, accredited by the
  appropriate authorities of the Catholic Church and the Ministry of Education (Royal Decree 3/1995 of 13 January) (original
  and photocopy).
• Holders of advanced teaching qualifications for the Arts (Preservation and Restoration of Art Works, Dramatic Art, Music,
  Dance, Glass and Ceramics): certificate listing grades for all courses (original and photocopy) as per Organic Law
  1/1990 of 3 October, Part 2, Chapter 1.
• Qualified teachers of music or holders of a professional qualification in music as per the Decree of 15 June, 1942, or
  holders of equivalent diplomas from previous educational plans: certificate listing grades for all courses, issued by a
  music conservatory (original and photocopy)
• Holders of the advanced music teaching qualification as per Decree 2618/1966, of 10 September: certificate of grades
  for all courses, issued by an advanced music conservatory (original and photocopy)
• Students with University studies from abroad: official recognition of the academic qualifications issued by the MInistry of
  Education and Science and certificate of the marks obtained in each year with the corresponding sworn translation,
  where applicable.
• Officers and Commissioned Officers of the Guardia Civil (Spanish police force): the official certificate of grades (RD 1563/1995, of 21 September) and declaration of equivalence issued by the Ministry of Education and Science.

Criteria for rating the student records of diploma and degree holders and recognised equivalents )pathway 2)
pursuant to RD 1267/1994 of 10 June

For studies completed under the new or reformed educational plan
The following is the criterion is applied:
The number of credits obtained is multiplied by the corresponding grade value obtained for each one (see table below), the
sum of wich is then be divided by the total number of credits for the corresponding course of study.

Table of values:
Pass: 1
Good: 2
Excellent: 3
Distinction: 4
Validated subjects are awarded a value of 1 adapted subjects are given the grade awarded by the issuing centre. Where no
such grade is available, these will not affect the weighting process remains unaffected; ungraded recognised subjects are
also not taken into account for weighting purposes.

Royal Decree 1044/2003 of 1 August, in the sole supplementary provision, partially modifies paragraph two of section 1.5 a)
of RD 1267/1994 of 10 June as follows: validated subjects will be equivalent in points that correspond to the qualification
obtained at the issuing centre while in the case of adapted subjects the calculation is made according to the qualification/s
obtained at the issuing centre and recognised credits without a qualification are not taken into account for weighting purposes.

The criteria laid down in RD 1044/2003 are applicable to students applying for subject validation from 12 September 2003
onwards, the date when the Decree came into effect.

For studies completed under previous or non-reformed educational plans
The following is the criterion is applied:
The grades for subjects passed are added together and converted according to the above table of values, summed, then
divided by the total number of subjects passed. For subject courses lasting four and six months (duly indicated), half the grade
is included in the sum and the subject will count as half for division purposes.

Students with CFGS (advanced level training cycles), FP2 (occupational training level 2), and equivalent
qualifications (Pathway 4)

Requirements and documentation

• Students with CFGS: official cerificate listing grades issued by training institution (original and photocopy)
• Students with higher education in sports: the official certificate of the final grade for sports education issued by their study centre.
• Students with FP2: certificate of grades for the three Level 2 courses, issued by the public training institution that the
  study centre belongs to (original and photocopy).
• Students with CFGS in Art & Design or equivalent: official certificate of grades, issued by the study centre (Royal
  Decree 1033/1999 of 18 June) (original and photocopy).
• Students with qualifications in crafts and the applied arts: official certificate of grades, issued by the study centre
  (original and photocopy).
  
• Students with MP3: official certificate of occupational module grades, issued by the public training institution on which
  the study centre depends (original and photocopy).
• Administrative clerks (equivalent to FP2, administrative and commercial branch): certificate of grades for all courses
  (Ministerial Order of 27 January 1983) (original and photocopy).
• Students with skilled training for industry and who have passed final exams:: official certificate of grades (Ministerial
  Order of 13 September, 1974) (original and photocopy).
• Students with supervisory training: official certificate of grades, issued by a public training institution, and FP2
  qualification (Royal Decree 1690/1980 of 16 July) (originals and photocopies).
• Sergeants (sub-officer scale) of the Guardia Civil (Spanish police force): official certificate of grades awarded (Royal
  Decree 313/2006 of 14 March) (original and photocopy).
  

Students with COU but not PAU (pathway 5)

Requirements and documentation

• Students who have passed COU or a validated equivalent, but not the PAU: school report and a photocopy of marks for
  the 1st, 2nd and 3rd years of BUP (the basic secondary school programme) and of COU marks (or identification card
  indicating that the student has registered for the PAU); in the case of studies that have been officially recognised as
  equivalent: the Ministry of Education and Culture (MEC) certificate and a marks certificate (original and photocopy).
• This admission pathway is only valid for diploma programmes, technical engineering and technical architecture. The
  university pre-enrolment must be for the September sitting.
• Any student who has started studies via this pathway and wishes to change to another programme must do so via the
  same pathway.
• For admission to a university school or to foundation studies, students who have passed the PAU have preference over
  those who have only completed COU.
  

Students who have passed the PAU (or have recognised equivalent status) and have started
university studies (pathway 7)

Requirements and documentation

• Students who have passed the PAU (or have recognised equivalent status) and who are (or have been) registered at a
  university and who wish to change to another programme, centre or university, or who wish to pursue simultaneous
  studies: the PAU card or, where lacking, a certificate issued by the centre where the student is or has been registered.
  This certificate must indicate the final grade and the PAU option (original and photocopy).
• Students who, having enrolled after taking the entrance exam for over-25s, pass a full year or the equivalent in credits
  (60 or more) of a degree course which is not a university's own qualification, according to the academic regulations and
  those concerning continuance of each university, and wish to change degree course: the results certificate for the
  over-25s' entrance exam and the course results certificate (original and photocopy).
• Students who are studying or have studied in a programme which is specific to a particular university: the PAU card or,
  in its absence, a certificate issued by the centre where the student is or has been registered. This certificate must
  indicate the definitive grade and the PAU option (original and photocopy).
• Students with partial validation of studies performed abroad; certificate of recognition. Students with partial validation
  (fewer than 60 credits) may apply through the univeristy admissions process but they may only request the center that
  has recognized their validation. They will be assigned a mark of 5.00.

Students from FP2, Advanced Training Cycles (CFGS) or recognised equivalents who have
started university studies (pathway 8)

• Holders of FP qualifications (or equivalent) who are already registered university students but who wish to change
  course, study centre or university: certificate listing FP2 grades (or equivalent), issued by the public training institution
  (original and photocopy) or, in the case of CFGS students, issued by the corresponding educational institution (original
  and photocopy).
• Students studying or who have studied for a university instituion (in-house) certificate: certificate of FP2 grades (or
  equivalent), issued by the public training institution (original and photocopy) or, in the case of CFGS students, issued by
  the corresponding educational centre (original and photocopy).

Students sitting the over 25 years old entrance exam (pathway 9)

• Students who passed the exam at the 2008 sitting at any of the seven Catalan public universities or at the UVic do not need to present any documentation; those who passed it at Ramon Llull University, at the International University of Catalonia and at the Abat Oliba University CEU must present the card showing the final grade for the exam.

Those who passed the exam in previous years at the universities mentioned above must present, if required, the card showing the final grade for the exam.

Five options have been set for the 2005 sitting of the university entrance exams. For university admission, the subject areas for students who passed the exam at Catalan universities, with the exception of the UOC (Catalan Open University), prior to 2005, have been equated with the current options:

• Students who passed the exam at Catalan universities, with the exception of the UOC (Open University of Catalonia) at the 2002, 2003 and 2004 sittings: if they took Science and Technology and Health Sciences in these years, they will be assigned the current options 1 (Science and Technology) and 2 (Health Sciences); if they took the Humanities and Social Sciences in these years, they will be assigned the current options 3 (Humanities) and 4 (Social Sciences).
• Students who passed the exam in sittings prior to 2002 at Catalan universities, with the exception of the UOC (Open University of Catalonia): they will be assigned the option that gives preferential admission to the study programme for which they took the exam (if the programme has more than one preferential admission option, the student may only choose one).

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