Admission information for students coming from educational systems other than the European Union
1.Academic requirements for admission:
1.1. For students with foreign pre-university studies completed.
Application
- Sit and approved entrance examinations
for official degree programmes.
- Apply for a place through the pre-registration
systems (for all degrees except for those that do not have quota system).
1.2. For
students with partial or completed foreign university studies who do
not have obtained official approval and wish to continue university
studies in Spain (Partial Credit Transfer of Foreign Studies)
- You should submit application for parcial transfer of studies directly tothe Faculty or University College which
organizes the studies equivalent to those started at the home
country, within the deadlines established by ecah centre
(Faculty / University College).
The secretary's offices of the centres will inform on the documents required for submission.
- You should certify that the foreign studies taken are official and have university level.
- Obtain recognition (validation) of at least 30 credits of subjects taken abroad
(around 5 subjects) correspoding to the contents of the degree to which you want to enter. See legislation
Students with completed foreign studies
cannot apply for simultaneous official approval of the degree and
partial validation. If these students get partial validation,
they could not apply for subsequent official approval of the degree. If
you have applied for the official approval of the degree, parcial
validation cannot be requested unless the previous have been denied.
1.3For students with official degree programmes taken at foreign universities[nbsp]
In Spain, there are three ways to apply for academic recognition of the official university degree completed abroad.
a.- Apply for official recognition of the university foreign titlefor the equivalent Spanish one from the Spanish Ministry of Education.
Applications
b.- Recognition of the academic degree from the Spanish Minitry of Education .
Applications
You
would not apply for the recognition of a foreign title for the Spanish
equivalent but only the recognition of the condition of holder of a
diploma or degree programme, etc.
This makes recognition easier and has effects to enter other university programmes or the public/private market
c.- Apply, at the University of your interest, for Partial Credit Transfer to take an official degree programme in Spain recognizing at least 30 credits
(5 subjects).
In this case,
official approval of the degree and partial validation cannot be
applied simultaneously. If these students get partial validation,
they could not apply for subsequent official approval of the degree. If
you have requested official approval of the degree, you cannot apply
for partial validation unless the previous has been denied.
Admission to second-cycle programmes (to the last two years of certain degree programmes) is also possible
For information on the proceedings for official approval of foreign university titles:
Ministry of Education
Customer service
Electronic enquiries
2 . University Entrance Examinations:
THose
foreign students who have got the official approval of the Spanish
Secondary Education qualifications, will perform University Entrance
Examinations through the (Spanish Open Distance University - UNED).
The UNED (Spanish Open Distance University) organizes University
Entrance Examinations in all the Spanish provinces, in Latin American
and European capital cities, in Morocco and Guinea.
University Entrance Examinations are called twice a year
. First of June (applications by April). First fortnight of September (applications by end July).
Structure of University Entrance Examinations.
General Phase: Compulsory. It consists of 4 tests.
Text analysis. Spanish language
Foreign language (German, Ffrench, English, Italian, Portuguese)
History or Philosophy
One modality subject
The approval of the general phase will allow access to official degree programmes at Spanish universities:.
The Ministry of Education sahll adapt the contents of the common subjects to the entrance examinations for foreign students.
Specific Phase: Voluntarily. Temporary validity of 2 years. For improving admission marks.
- Those
students who enter this specific phase can sit for modality subjects
related to the university programme they wish to enter.
- The two best grades will be taken of those subjects they sit in.
- It is highly recommended
to sit in subjects belonging to the specific phase to enter a study
programme where applications exceed the places offered (Example:
Medicine, Nursing, Architecture, Teacher Education, Translation, etc)
Subjects belonging to the weighted specific phase -related) to those study programmes taught at the University of Alicante.
Academic year 2011/12
Website
of the UNED (Spanish Open Distance University) with information on
University Entrance Examinations with studies abroad (subject to
validation)
3. Pre-registration (admission proceedings at Spanish public universities)
Students
can apply for places through the pre-registration system by order of
preference for those study programmes taught at the public universities
in an autonomous community, within a single application form and a
single deadline.
Pre-registration procedures of the Valencian Community's university district
Pre-registration procedures of other university districts
3.2 University District at the Valencian Community
It is made up by the Valencian Community's Public Universities: University of Alicante, University of Valencia ,
Polytechnic University of Valencia, University 'Jaume I' DE Castelló y
University Miguel Hernández of Elche. They act as a single university
for admission purposes.
Students
should complete only one application to apply for admission in one or
several of these universities, by order of preference, with the list of
study programmes with quota system they are interested in. ( See instructions for pre-registration ).
4. Interesting links
For official approval or recognition of foreign studies (both university and non-university)
Ministry of Education
Subdirección
General de Títulos, Convalidaciones y Homologaciones (Department
for Titles, Transfers and Official Approvals)
Paseo del Prado, 28.
E- 28071 Madrid (Spain)
Information Service (Ministry of Education and Science. Area for Educational Information )
C/ Alcalá, 36.
28071-MADRID
Direct line: 902218500.
Fax: 917018648 / 917018600.
Electronic enquiries
For submission of applications for official approval or transfers in Alicante
Regional Government (Area for Education. C/ Federico Soto, nº 11. 1º)
E-03003 Alicante
Tel. 965019030
Fax: 965201689
For the submission of applications from abroad
Education Departments and Spanish Embassies and Consular Offices at the corresponding country.
For University Entrance Examinations via the Spanish Open Distance University (UNED)
Sección de pruebas de acceso
(Division for Entrance Examinations
Spanish Open Distance University (UNED)[nbsp)
Paseo Senda del Rey, 11
E-28040 Madrid (Spain)
Tel. 34 913986613
Fax: 34 913986679.
e-mail: selectiv@adm.uned.es
UNED (Spanish Open Distance University) Venue in Elche
C/ Candalix, s/n
E-03202 Elche
Tel. 966610000.
Fax. 966612000.
E-mail: info@elx.uned.es
For pre-registration at the University of Alicante
Student Service; Admissions
University of Alicante
Ap. correos 99.
E-03080 Alicante (España)
Tel. 34 965903851/3455
Fax 34 965909441.
acces@ua.es
For general information on the University of Alicante
Student Information Office
University of Alicante
Ap. correos 99.
E-03080 Alicante (España)
Tel. 34 965903456.
Fax. 34 965903755.
informacio@ua.es
5 . Links of interest
6. Legislation
- Public General Act on Education. It controls the Spanish educational system. Art. 38 (University Entrance Examinations)
- LOU (Act on the Spanish Universities).
 It controls the Spanish university system.
- Art. 36 (official approval and foreign studies transfer)
- Arts. 42, 43, and 44 (Entrance and Admissions)
- Royal Decree 1393/2007. It establishes the organization of official university study programmes
adapted to the European Higher Education Area (EHEA)
- Royal Decree 1892/2008. It controls the admission criteria to official degree programmes (University Entrance Examinations) and the admission procedures (pre-registration) at public universities.
- Art. 20
University entrance for European Union's students + agreements
- Arts. 21 to 25. University Entrance Examinations for foreign students. (Non-EU)
- Art. 57. University Entrance Examinations for foreign students. (partial transfer of foreign qualifications)
- Royal Decree 285/2004. It controls official approval
and validation. of higher education qualifications abroad.
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here only if you are a students coming from the EUROPEAN UNION
educational systems (+Switzerland, Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein and
Andorra) wishing to take a graduate programme
Students
coming from the educational system of the Popular Republic of China
meet the same requirements as those met by the European Union's,
through an agreement on the recognition of studies signed by the
Spanish and Chinese governments on 21 October, 2007.
