Universidad Complutense de Madrid Admission 2027

Admission at a glance

Universidad Complutense de Madrid is a large public university with faculties spread across a main campus in Moncloa, in the city of Madrid, and it is one of the biggest universities in Spain by enrolment. Almost all bachelor degrees are taught in Spanish, so a non-EU applicant to a bachelor programme first needs a B1 level of Spanish for general coursework, and a separate access route depending on where they finished secondary school. Applicants from an EU or EEA system, from a country with a bilateral recognition agreement with Spain, or holding an International Baccalaureate or European Baccalaureate diploma register directly with UNEDasiss, the national service that issues an access credential Spanish universities can read. Applicants from any other foreign school system must first have their secondary certificate homologated (formally recognised as equivalent to the Spanish Bachillerato) by Spain's Ministry of Education before UCM will consider the application; UCM's own bachelor-access page for non-EU students without an exchange agreement points applicants to UNED's recognition office rather than to UCM directly for this step. Once the credential is issued, the applicant submits a passport copy, the UNED credential and academic transcripts to UCM by certified mail or in person. UCM also runs a separate, earlier admission window each year for a subset of bachelor places reserved for international applicants whose family resides outside Spain, called Early Admission, alongside the general national pre-registration calendar most Spanish public universities share. For master's degrees, a non-EHEA bachelor's graduate does not need formal homologation; UCM instead verifies directly that the applicant's prior degree is of an equivalent level, and admission runs through the university's own preinscripcion (pre-registration) calendar in ordinary rounds during the year before the September start, followed by a separate enrolment period once an offer is accepted. English-taught master's programmes ask for a C1-level English certificate rather than a specific test score.

Requirements

Bachelor

• Applicants whose secondary schooling was completed in the EU/EEA, in a country with a bilateral agreement with Spain, or who hold an IB or EB diploma: register with UNEDasiss to receive an access credential; formal homologacion of the school certificate is not required for this group.
• Applicants from any other foreign school system: first obtain homologacion of the secondary certificate from Spain's Ministry of Education, then register with UNEDasiss.
• A B1 level of Spanish is expected for general bachelor coursework; the Bachelor in English Studies asks for a minimum of English B1.3 at entry instead.
• Submit the UNEDasiss/UNED credential, transcripts and passport copy directly to UCM once the credential is issued.

Master

• A bachelor's degree from an EHEA (EU/European Higher Education Area) institution, or, for a non-EHEA degree, UCM's own verification that the prior degree is of an equivalent academic level; this does not require formal homologation.
• Programme-specific academic requirements, such as a related bachelor's degree for restricted-entry master's programmes.
• For English-taught master's programmes, an English certificate at CEFR level C1 (in-per...

Full requirements and documents