Entry and admission

The Royal Decree 412/2014 of July 6, establishes the basic regulation for acceptance procedures to official university degrees and the acceptance procedures in the Spanish public universities. The following groups can access to the university degrees:

1. Students in possession of Baccalaureate diploma on the Spanish educational system or other declared equivalent.
2. Students in possession of European Bachelor diploma or the international Bachelor diploma.
3. Students in possession of certificates, diplomas or studies on the educational systems of the European Union Member States or on other States with which international agreements applicable in this respect have been subscribed, on a reciprocity basis.
4. Students in possession of certificates, diplomas or studies homologated to the Baccalaureate diploma of the Spanish educational system, obtained or performed in educational systems of States that are not members of the European Union with which there are no subscribed international agreements for the recognition of the Baccalaureate diploma on reciprocity basis.
5. Students in possession of the official diplomas of higher technical in vocational training, higher technician on plastic arts, design or higher sports technician, within the Spanish educational system or of certificates, diplomas and studies declared equivalent or homologated to these diplomas.
6. Students in possession of certificates, diplomas or studies, different from the equivalents to the Baccalaureate diplomas, higher technical in vocational training, higher technician on plastic arts, design or sports, obtained or performed on an European Union Member State or other States with which international agreements applicable in this respect have been subscribed, on a reciprocity basis, when the students meet the academic requirements of the Member States to access to their Universities.
7. People over 25 years old who pass the admission test.
8. People over 40 years old with work or professional experience related to the degree.
9. People over 45 years old who pass the admission test.
10. Students with a university degree on Bachelor’s Degree, Master’s Degree or equivalent degrees.
11. Students with a university degree as a certified degree, technical architect, technical engineer, architect, engineer, corresponding to the previous academic planning for university studies, or an equivalent degree.
12. Students who performed partial university studies, in Spain or abroad, or that after finishing the university studies abroad did not achieve the homologation in Spain and are willing to continue their studies in a Spanish University. In this case, it would be an essential requirement that the corresponding university transfers at least 30 ECTS credits.
13. Students who were able to access the university system according to the regulation on the Spanish educational system prior the Organic Law 8/2013, on December 9.

An entry profile will be considered in terms of knowledge, skills and initial abilities at a Baccalaureate level.

In addition to this, this Degree is recommended for those students who are interested in teaching, especially in the basic levels. They should be interested in humanitarian and solidarity activities, responsible, willing to acquire ethical commitment, critical and self-critical. To be able to teamwork, to be persuasive, entrepreneurial and to be good at interpersonal relationships. To be sensitive to the new demands of a reality in which equality, compensation for inequalities and the right to difference are demanded, as well as to express sensitivity to environmental problems. To be creative and flexible and to be able to adapt to complex, changing and unplanned situations.

Access by pre-enrolment by the CIUG procedure

Number of entry-level places: 75

The reserved places which remain vacant will be offered generally.

Access by 30 credits recognition (from the same Degree in a different university or from a different Degree in the same branch of knowledge)

Number of entry-level places: 8 (2 for foreigners that can be gathered)

Application in the headquarters

Change of Degree from the same Study Plan (from Vigo and Pontevedra in the Bachelor’s Degree of Primary Education)

Number of entry-level places: 10

All the information can be found at the CIUG website.

According to the Royal Decree 1393/2007, of October 29, which establishes the arrangements for official university teaching, the credit transfer should be understood as the university accepting that credits which have been obtained in formal education either in this same University or in a different one can be computed to different ones to achieve an official qualification. Moreover, credits earned in different official higher education or in university studies leading to the collection of other degrees, referred to in the article 34.1 in the Organic Law 6/2001, of December 21, on Universities, can be recognised.

The credit transfer and recognition in the degrees must comply with the following basic rules:

• As long as the degree to access belongs to the same branch of knowledge, a number of credit corresponding to at least the 15% of the total of credits in the degree, in the basic training subjects of the branch, can be recognised.
• As long as the degree to access belongs to the same branch of knowledge, the credits corresponding to the basic training subjects can be recognised.
• Can also be recognised the credits achieved in other basic training subjects belonging to the branch of knowledge of the degree to access.
• The University can recognise other credits taking into account the competences and knowledges associated to the other subjects studied, as well as the included in the study plan or that have a cross curricular nature.

On the other hand, students can have recognised up to 6 ECTS for their participation in university cultural activities, sports, student representation, and solidarity or cooperation activities. These credits will be deducted from the total amount of subjects to take. The regulation and forms for this type of credit recognition can be found in the web page of the University of Vigo.

Automatic recognitions

For students from the Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Education in the University of Vigo, the following subjects will be recognised:

Recognition from the Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Education to the Bachelor’s Degree in Primary Education

For students from the Superior Grade Formative Course in Primary Education the following subjects will be recognised:

• Recognised credits and subjects catalogue

For students from extinct degrees from the faculty, the following subjects will be recognised:

Recognition from the extinct degrees to the Bachelor’s Degree in Primary Education