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Access and admission procedure for foreign students

The Management Committee for Admission and Pre-enrolment Procedures in public universities in the Valencian University System in its meeting of Thursday 30 of March of 2017 agreed to accept the procedure of certification of marks for access and admission to the University for the academic year 2017/18 and subsequent years that the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED) has regulated for students of foreign studies.

Thus, in the university pre-enrolment process the Valencian public universities will accept the following certifications that are included in the UNED accreditations:

  1. Certification of the university entry grade, resulting from the official recognition of the grade stated on the school leaving certificate obtained by the student in his or her home country.
  2. Certification of the marks obtained in exams of subjects of the Specific Competence Tests (PCE) carried out ate the UNED.
  3. Certification of the grades obtained in external assessment tests taken in the student's home country. This certification will only be accepted in the case of studies completed in countries with which the UJI has signed a university access agreement and provided that the accreditation explicitly states that the grades have been obtained in external assessment tests.

The structure of the UNED procedures for access and admission is as follows (with some specific examples):

Access to the information in the pre-enrolment platform (Conselleria d'Educació)

After obtaining the corresponding accreditations, the interested persons will have to complete the pre-registration process in the university were they wish to study.

In the case of the Universitat de València, this procedure (pre-registration) is responsibility of the Conselleria d’Educació, and brings together the offer of the five Valencian public universities.

The university districts are entities that group together all the universities in the autonomous community for the purpose of allocating places. Each district establishes deadlines and forms to formalise the request.

Specific Competences Tests (PCE)

PCE are UNEDasiss-organised exams for foreign students to increase their university entrance grade. They may choose up to 6 subjects from the subject list UNEDasiss provides. 

For the choice of subjects, it is necessary to take into account the weighting system applied to the marks obtained in the PCE for the calculation of the access mark. Thus, depending on the degree you want to study, it is advisable to choose the subjects with the highest weighting to try to achieve a higher access mark. 

  • Check, on this page, the section on Calculation of the access mark for more details on the weighting system.

Location, application period and dates

The exams for the specific competencies tests (PCE) can be taken at any of the UNEDasiss centres in different countries. The registration period usually starts in February and the exams are usually held in May (these are estimated dates).

Check the UNEDasiss website for the locations and dates of the PCE established for each academic year.
 

Subject and mark recognition from outside evaluation

Students who have studied abroad can apply to UNEDasiss for recognition of the subjects taken as long as they can accredit that they have been examined in external assessment tests organised by entities in their country of origin and that these have been carried out outside the study centre where they have studied. The subjects assessed in external tests and the grades obtained will be expressly stated in the accreditation issued by UNEDasiss.

Other qualifications that have not been obtained through this type of test will not be accepted. 
 

Únicament es tindran en consideració les assignatures superades amb una qualificació igual o major a 5 punts, tant de les proves de competències específiques (PCE) com del reconeixement d’assignatures examinades en proves d’avaluació externa. 

3. Procediment d’accés i admissió a la Universitat de València 

Per a participar en el procediment d'admissió als estudis de grau de la Universitat de València, s'ha de sol·licitar plaça mitjançant la preinscripció. 

La preinscripció és el procediment que serveix per assignar les places de les titulacions que ofereixen les cinc universitats públiques valencianes, gestionat per la Conselleria d’Educació, Cultura, Universitats i Ocupació. Per això, cada estudiant només presenta una sola preinscripció per a estudiar en qualsevol de les universitats públiques valencianes.

En la preinscripció, s'ordena l'estudiantat que demana plaça en un grau segons la nota d’accés, de major a menor, i s’assignen les places de cada grau respectant aquest ordre fins que s'esgoten les places.

  • Requisits d’idiomes. Abans de fer la preinscripció, consulteu els requisits recollits al document Graus universitaris amb condicions especials en la Preinscripció [PDF].
  • Termini de preinscripció. Sol començar a mitjan juny i finalitzar la primera setmana de juliol. 
  • Resultats de la preinscripció. L’adjudicació de les places de les titulacions sol publicar-se a mitjan juliol. Es pot consultar a la mateixa aplicació utilitzada per a presentar la sol·licitud de preinscripció. 
  • Accés al formulari de preinscripció: http://www.preinscripcion.gva.es
     
Universitat de València Access mark calculation

Spanish university access máximum mark is 14.

For the calculation of the admission mark for a specific degree programme (NAT), the following is taken into account: 

  1. The accreditation score issued by UNEDasiss. Maximum: up to 10 points. Equivalent to the university entrance mark (NAU). 
  2. The points obtained for the weightings of two of the subjects passed in the specific competency tests (PCE) or two subjects recognised in external assessment tests. Maximum: up to 4 more points, in order to be eligible for the 14 points (maximum score for university admission).

How are the weightings applied? The weightings are coefficients that multiply two of the marks obtained in the subjects passed in the PCE or two of the subjects recognised in external assessment tests. The weightings can be: 0, 0.1 or 0.2 and are established according to the relationship between the subjects and a specific grade. The subject weighting tables are set by each university for each of its degree programmes. If a subject has no relation to a degree, there is no weighting for it.

Therefore, before choosing the subjects of the ECP for the examinations, it is advisable to consult the weightings for the corresponding course and, from these, to select the subjects with the highest weighting (0.2). 

Mark threshold

The Universitat de València does not require a specific mark for the admission of students to the different degrees. The ‘mark threshold’ refers to the grade of the last student who obtained a place in a specific degree in the previous academic year. It is an indicative figure that varies depending on the demand for each degree programme. 

4. Enrollment at the University of Valencia

Admitted students in UV Will receive a confirmation message on their phones. The enrolment process is made online on specific dates, so check the UV enrolment appointment to complete the process.

 

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