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Pre-registration with UNED Accreditation

Pre-registration for international students with UNED Accreditation

People who enter the University with a foreign baccalaureate degree must obtain an Accreditation for admission to university studies in Spain.

This accreditation is obtained through the UNEDassis service , offered by the National University of Distance Education (UNED).

Depending on the country of origin and the situation of each student, they will participate in the first or second allocation of places, as follows:

1. Students with Accreditation of "Secondary studies of Annex I of the regulation".

Corresponds to the European countries and with reciprocity agreement that fulfill the requirements of access to the university in their country. If you have an Accreditation of this type:

  • You will be able to participate in the first distribution of places, both in the first and second deadlines.
  • Your Grade of Access to the University will be the equivalent of 10 to the final grade obtained in your studies, and will appear in your Accreditation.
  • In order to calculate your admission grade (out of 14) we will use the qualifications you have obtained in the UNED's Specific Competency Tests (PCE), if you have submitted them, or the qualifications of the recognized subjects that appear in your Accreditation, In the event that you have been recognized. In both cases we will apply the table of material weights.

Accreditation services needed from UNED Assis: Admission score for the spanish university. Optionally, you can take the specific competency tests (PCE) or the Recognition of Subjects. In addition, if you come from a non-Spanish-speaking country, you must apply for Spanish Language Accreditation.

2. Students with Accreditation of "Secondary studies that allow to obtain the homologation to the Spanish Baccalaureate" and that they have obtained in their Accreditation a modality of baccalaureate.

It corresponds to the non-European countries, as well as to European countries and with agreement without requirements of access to the university in their country. If you have an accreditation of this type AND IN YOUR ACCREDITATION FIGURE YOU HAVE OBTAINED A MODALITY OF BACHELOR:

  • You will be able to participate in the first distribution of places, both in the first and second deadlines.
  • Your University Access Rating (above 10) will be a combination of your high school diploma and the qualifications you have obtained in the Specific Competency Tests (PCE), and will appear on your Accreditation.
  • In order to calculate your admission grade (over 14) we will use the grades you have obtained in the UNED PCE again. Applying the established in the table of material weights.

Accreditation services needed from UNED Assis: Admission score for the spanish university, "Bachillerato" modality. In addition, if you come from a non-Spanish-speaking country, you must apply for Spanish Language Accreditation.

3. Students with Accreditation of "Secondary studies that allow to obtain the homologation to the Spanish Baccalaureate" and that have not obtained in their Accreditation a modality of baccalaureate.

If your accreditation is of the type "Secondary studies that allow obtaining the homologation to the Spanish Baccalaureate" and you have not requested or you have not obtained the modality of baccalaureate in your Accreditation:

  • You can't apply for a place at the first deadline.
  • You can request it in the second deadline, but you will be awarded the place only if there are vacancies after the first cast.

Information about sending documentation.

In any of the above cases, once your pre-registration is recorded, it is necessary that you send us the document without vain that has been provided by the UNED ("Documento sin validez"). Information to send the documents