PAU High School Evaluation Test for University Admission
Selectivity PAU Barcelona
At Academia Guiu, we offer you all the key information about PAU and prepare you to successfully pass your exams.
This is where you'll find all the information and links for the two annual university entrance exams (PAU), for both the June and September sessions.
Information about the University entrance exam
Academia Guiu guarantees success in preparing for selectivity exams and provides all the essential information about the process in Catalonia.
Every year there are two university entrance exam sessions.
The ordinary session takes place in June, and the extraordinary session in September. The exams last one and a half hours per subject.
There, you will find the necessary details to complete the enrollment process.
To complete the enrollment process, you need a user and password for the Accesnet portal, which you will receive after completing the required registration.
To decide which subjects to take, you can consult the weighting tables for the optional high school subjects for the current year.
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Selectivity PAU Barcelona
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PAU (University Access Evaluation) aims to assess the academic maturity, knowledge, and competencies acquired in high school or its equivalents.
These exams are designed for students who have studied in Spain or within its educational system and serve as a requirement for university admission. The PAU content is based on the curriculum of the second year of the Spanish high school.
Compulsory General Phase consisting of five exercises:
- Catalan Language and Literature
- Spanish Language and Literature
- Foreign Language (choose from German, English, French, or Italian)
- History or History of Philosophy (students must choose one) and a compulsory subject of specialization.
- For the arts modality, visual arts, and design:
- Artistic Drawing
- For the arts modality, pathway of music and performing arts (chosen by the student):
- Musical Analysis
- Performing Arts
- For the science and technology modality (chosen by the student):
- Mathematics
- Mathematics Applied to Social Sciences
- For the general modality:
- General Sciences
- For the humanities and social sciences modality (chosen by the student):
- Latin Language and Culture
- Mathematics Applied to Social Sciences
Voluntary Specific Phase:
You can take up to three specialization subjects from the following:
Musical Analysis, Performing Arts, Biology, General Sciences, Artistic Drawing, Technical Drawing, Design, Physics, Artistic Fundamentals, Business Operation and Business Model Design, Geography, Geology and Environmental Sciences, Art History, Music and Dance History, Greek Language and Culture, Latin Language and Culture, Spanish Literature, Catalan Literature, Dramatic Literature, Mathematics, Mathematics Applied to Social Sciences, Chemistry, and Technology and Engineering.
Regarding weighting, the compulsory specialization subject taken in the general phase will also be considered for the admission score calculation, as long as the grade is 5 or higher.
To calculate the high school admission score:
Admission Score =
Admission Score = General Phase: minimum grade of 4. Specific Phase: minimum grade of 5.
a, b = 0.2 or 0.1 according to the weighting table.
To calculate the admission score for CFGS:
Admission Score = NMGS Score + a * opt1 + b * opt2a, b = 0.2 or 0.1 according to the weighting table.
In Spain, the university seat allocation system is based on supply and demand. If there are more applicants than available university seats for certain studies, the system selects those students with the best admission scores.
University PRE-REGISTRATION takes place in June, during which students choose which studies and at which university they wish to pursue them.
In Catalonia, applicants can choose up to 8 degree programs.
From our offices, we will advise and guide you through the university pre-registration process to ensure you have the best chances of getting the desired seat.
These applications can be submitted in different autonomous communities. If you are allocated seats in more than one of them, you decide where to enroll. Once the application deadline has closed, the system, based solely on admission scores, will assign university seats, and the cut-off score for each Degree/University will be published. This score indicates the minimum score needed to obtain the seat during that year in the June session and may vary each year.
For guidance purposes, you can view the scores in Catalonia for previous June sessions here.
Once you have been assigned a university seat, and if it is to your satisfaction, all you need to do is proceed with the enrollment at the designated school or faculty.
If you are not assigned your first choice, you can still wait for the subsequent rounds of reassignments, with the possibility of securing a better option.
At the academy, we will provide you with all the details and guidance needed to maximize your chances of getting the seat you truly want. We will also keep you informed about enrollment deadlines and the start of your university classes.
- Financing of the course, without interest, so you can pay comfortable monthly fees.
- Personalized advice from our professionals on the following aspects:
- Information and guidance on all national universities.
- Free processing to take the University Entry Exam.
- Help with pre-enrollment to Catalan universities.
Pass the University Entry Exam at Academia Guiu.
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*The payment of the enrollment or reservation of a seat will not be refundable in any case.
