The Department of University, Research and Innovation of the Government of Andalusia will open from March 6 to 19, 2026 the deadline for foreign students holding an unaccredited diploma to be able to apply for a degree place at one of the universities … public of Andalusia. The last pre-registration period will be open from April 30 to May 6.
This is what emerges from the resolution published in the Official Journal of the Council, consulted by Europa Press, in which The procedure for admission to undergraduate studies at universities is established. Andalusian public schools in foreign student phase for the 2026/2027 school year.
Those who formalize the registration within the set deadlines will have to pay 400 euros, which will be included as pre-registration, explains the ministry in the resolution. “Once the rates for the academic year have been established, the university will ask students to pay the difference between the full amount and the 400 euros already paid.” When bonuses or exemptions are applied to the final amount to be paid, If it is less than this amount, “the university will automatically reimburse the difference”.
Among the requirements, the Commission specifies that for the diploma requestedthe foreign student must have an academic grade “transferred to the Spanish grade range”. is equal to or lower than the lowest mark of the secondary school transcripts accredited by persons from the educational centers of Andalusia enrolled in the diploma in question or the cut-off mark for the diploma of the academic year 2025/2026.
Andalusia is the second community that attracts the most undergraduate and master’s students from the entire Spanish public university system, a position that is also repeated in the case of the mobility of non-resident foreign students.
According to the report “The Spanish University in Figures” corresponding to the period 2023-2024 analyzed by the Department of University, Research and Innovation, the availability of one of the largest degree offers in the national public complex and the existence of one of the most affordable tuition prices in the country or the application of the bonus of up to 99% of the cost of credits The first registration due to economic performance makes Andalusia an attractive destination to study.
The Andalusian Government highlighted from this report that Andalusian public universities attracted a volume of 6,287 international students during the 2022/2023 academic year. non-residents of bachelor’s and master’s degrees, thus becoming Andalusia second in the national ranking, only behind Catalonia, with 7,039. Next come the Community of Madrid, with 5,234 people, and Valencia, with 3,696 people.
Among Andalusian students, master’s studies appear to be the majority choice, concentrating 3,576 people (56.87%), while bachelor’s studies bring together 2,711 students (43.13%). The country’s public universities have 26,696 foreigners, including 16,500 master’s degree holders and 10,196 bachelor’s degree holders.
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