Admission Process

Required documents for University admission

• If you enter the University already holding an accredited university degree:
• Official certificate issued by the ministry accrediting your degree

Required documents for the admission process:

• Photocopy of DNI or passport (if you are not Spanish)
• Curriculum Vitae
• Admission form Admission form
• Copy of your degree certificate

If the University master’s programme you want to do has curricular internships and you are interested in validating them for professional experience, you can ask for a free credit recognition and transfer request plan that offers detailed information on which credits can be recognised and the enrolment plan for the degree you are interested in. To request your free credit recognition and transfer plan, visit the following link.

You can also request credit recognition once you are enrolled within the first month from the start of the academic year.

You must submit the following documents:

• Curriculum Vitae
• Certificate of work history (vida laboral)
• Company certificate only when it is necessary to demonstrate the duties carried out at the company, or in the case of students with international work experience who cannot provide a certificate of work history (vida laboral).

Do you want to take the admission tests? Admission form

The entrance exams consist of:

• Personal interview approved by the admissions committee
• In the case of certain master’s degrees, a telephone interview will be held with the director of the programme.
• Language evaluation test*

*If Spanish is not your native language, you have to pass a B1 level test. This online test is completely free.

Documentation for the admission process:

• Photocopy of DNI or passport (if you are not Spanish)
• Curriculum Vitae
• University degree (if you want to access a qualifying master's degree, it will have to be accredited)
• Admission form Admission form
• English certificate proving the B1 level for those who want to access the Master's in Teacher Training. If you are unable to prove that with an official certificate, you can take our free language level test.

Once you have finished the admission process, you may begin the reservation process.

Reserving your place confirms that you wish to enrol at the University and guarantees you a place on the programme you have chosen. The reservation fee should be paid prior to enrolment.

You can pay the €500 fee through the following link:

We recommend that you reserve your place within seven calendar days of being accepted into the Universidad Europea.

The payment methods are:

1. CREDIT OR DEBIT CARD, which registers you immediately.
2. ONLINE TRANSFER, which will register you approximately three to five days from the start of the transaction.
3. DIRECT DEBIT, taken from the account indicated in the financial and family details form. In order to use this form of payment, you must have a bank account in Spain or a bank account within the SEPA territory (Single Euro Payment Area) that supports this payment method. The SEPA territory includes the member countries of the European Union, as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Norway, San Marino and Switzerland.

Your enrolment is conditional on submitting these documents to the University before completing your registration. We recommend submitting these as soon they are available, and at the latest by 15 November 2021 or the last day of the month following your registration. This information is stated in the Informed Consent Form for Legal Admissions Requirements.

The following documentation must be submitted:

• Master’s Degrees: Bachelor’s degree, or in the absence of an issued degree, academic certification of your university studies accrediting that you have passed all credits necessary to obtain a bachelor’s degree.
• If your bachelor’s degree is from an education system within the EHEA, you must provide a sworn translation into English or Spanish if your documents are in another language.
• Documents issued by education systems outside of the EHEA must be duly legalised (under the Hague Convention, the Andrés Bello Convention or via diplomatic means) and translated into Spanish or English by a sworn translator if they have been issued in another language.
• Qualifying Master’s Degrees: Bachelor’s degree granting eligibility for the master’s degree, or in the absence of an issued degree, academic certification of the bachelor’s degree.
• International students who wish to study a qualifying master’s degree must obtain recognition (homologation) for their foreign bachelor’s degree ranting them eligibility for the master’s programme.

For official degrees from education systems outside the EHEA, you must submit an official certificate. This official certificate is a document stating that both the university and bachelor’s degree program studied are officially recognised in accordance with national law in the country, and that the studies completed are authorised.

This document can be issued either by the university of origin (signed by the dean or competent authority) or by the Ministry of Education in the country of origin.

If you are a Spanish university graduate who has started your master’s degree at another university, you must pay the transfer fees applicable to the university where you started your master’s.

How to submit the legal admissions requirement documents:

If your documents have an electronic signature:

• On the Pre-University Student Portal if you have not yet registered.
• On the Student Portal if you have already registered.

If your documents do not have an electronic signature:

• In person at Student Services, by requesting an appointment through the following link
• By certified post to the following address:

Dpto.: Secretaría Académica
Universidad Europea de Madrid:
C/ Tajo S/N. 28670
Villaviciosa de Odón, Madrid

If you need any futher information please see the University Access Guides or the FAQs