Applying with Overseas Qualifications

Students who have completed—or partially completed—studies at a non-Spanish institution and wish to take a programme at the UIB must follow different procedures, depending on what kind of qualifications they have.

With Pre-university Overseas Qualifications

Students with non-Spanish pre-university qualifications who wish to take an undergraduate degree programme at a Spanish university must fulfil the set admission requirements. The following table sets out these requirements alongside the corresponding documentation to be submitted, and whether or not a university entrance exam is required.  

Admission Requirement

Documentation

Entrance Exam

·High-school-equivalent studies from EU member states or states with an active international reciprocity agreement, that do meet admission requirements for universities in this state

·International Baccalaureate

·European Baccalaureate

·UNED credential

The entrance mark is the mark on the UNED credential. 
To improve your entrance mark, you can take the PBAU or the PCE (UNED).

·High-school-equivalent studies that do not meet admission requirements for universities in the origin country, for EU member states or states with an active international reciprocity agreement

·Recognition credential issued by the MECD

·UNED credential, if you have taken the PCE

You have access to undergraduate studies without an entrance exam (check on the admission conditions for this group).

You can take the PBAU or the PCE (UNED) to improve your chances of admission.

·With studies from education systems in countries outside of the EU or without a reciprocity agreement, but which have been recognized as being equivalent to a Spanish “Bachillerato” degree.

·Recognition credential issued by the MECD

·UNED credential if you have taken the PCE

You have access to undergraduate studies without an entrance exam (check on the admission conditions for this group).

You can take the PBAU or the PCE (UNED) to improve your chances of admission.

·With studies recognized as being equivalent to an Advanced Technical degree.

  • Recognition credential issued by the MECD
  • UNED credential if you have taken the PCE

You have access to undergraduate studies without an entrance exam. Your entrance mark is the mark on the recognition credential.

You can take the PBAU or the PCE (UNED) to improve your chances of admission.

·With a degree that is different from a Spanish-“Bachillerato”-style degree and an Advanced Technical degree but which was obtained in an EU member state or in a state with an active international reciprocity agreement and which allows for holders to access university studies in this state

·Academic transcript with your study marks

·The degree that was obtained

 

The entrance mark will be the same as the one that is shown on your degree or your academic transcript but adapted to the Spanish grading system ranging from 5 to 10 points.

 

 

With partially- or fully-completed university studies that are not validated or do not have an equivalent

According to article 30 of Royal Decree 412/2017 those who have either partially or fully completed a university study programme but who have not had these studies validated by the Spanish state, may request a seat in an undergraduate study programme.

In order to participate in this admission process, you must have passed at least 30 credits; and to be granted admission, at least 30 of these credits must have been taken in a field of study similar to that which will be studied in Spain.

With a degree from a foreign university validated as or equivalent to a Spanish undergraduate (grau) degree

Students with a foreign degree that has been validated or is recognized as equivalent to a Spanish undergraduate (grau) degree can gain access to the university in the same way as a Spanish university graduate can. These students cannot use the same admission process as that which is used by students with partial foreign studies.

The process of validating a foreign degree or declaring it equal to an officially recognized Spanish university degree is carried out by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport. See here for more information on getting a degree validated.

Exchange students

Exchange programmes at the UIB, in general, do not provide admission to official undergraduate study programmes. Nevertheless, specific agreements may exist that allow exchange students to obtain a degree.

Students who wish to take a few courses at our university over a short period of time can get more information by contacting international relations at +34 971 172 461.

 

More information

You can find more information on the application and admission procedure on the Spanish version of the web page.