To go to a Spanish university students need a minimum of three A levels at E grade or above.
A maximum of four A levels will be counted. These can give students a mark of ten points.
Three A levels at A* grade can give a total score of 8.41.
If a student needs to gain a mark of more than 10 points to access a public university, they will have to ask for the “reconocimiento” through UNEDASISS or take the PCE (Pruebas de Competencia Específicas).
Spanish A level counts for medicine, economics and engineering, as well as other degrees.
Biology and Chemistry A level are needed to sit medicine in a public university.
Students obtain their mark (credencial de acceso) through UNEDASISS with their estimated grades after their March mocks exams (2023).
Private universities hold their own entrance system.
Comillas (ICADE, ICAI), Navarra (Medicine) and others: students have to pass their entrance exam.
Universities will look at grades from Year 10.
British and Spanish educational authorities are looking into following this post Brexit entrance system after 2023 and are in the process of reaching an agreement over this.
Convalidation and homologation (título de bachiller) from the British system into the Spanish are done at school as well as the Credencial de Acceso.