More than 300,000 students prepare to examine this year of the selectivity, a permanently questioned system that despite this, has been standing for half and this course premieres several novelties. Since nine out of 10 students who appear approve, experts usually say that) is, more than a selection process, a method to order the granting of places in those careers where demand surpasses supply.
When is Pau 2025?
The exams in the ordinary call are this year on June 3, 4, 5 and 6 (with Saturday 7 as a day to do the exercises in case of coincidence of evidence in some communities, for example Madrid). The exception is Catalonia, where they will take place on June 11, 12 and 13 (and the call in case of coincidence or incidents, on the 17, 18 and 19 of the same month).
How long do exams last?
90 minutes, as in previous years. The Ministry of Education raised to increase the duration to 105 minutes, but finally ruled it.
What are the mandatory subjects of the PAU 2025?
The mandatory exams of the PAU are four, five in the case of the autonomous communities with co -official language, for those students who come from the baccalaureate. It is a Castilian language and literature; History of Spain or history of philosophy, at the choice of students; Foreign language (you can choose between English, French, German, Italian and Portuguese) ,.
In the modality of science and technology: mathematics or mathematics applied to social sciences, according to the student. In the itinerary of humanities and social sciences: Latin or mathematics applied to social sciences. In the general modality: General Sciences. In the Via of Plastic Arts, Image and Design: Artistic drawing. And on the music and performing arts: musical analysis or performing arts.
To them are added the examinations of language and literature in Catalan, Valencian, Basque and Galician in the autonomous communities where they are co -official languages, with the rules of possible exemptions established by each territory.
In all these mandatory exams, students must reach at least a average 4 so that it can make average with the qualification obtained in high school.
What is the note of the baccalaureate that is used in the PAU?
The Baccalaureate note that scores for access to the university is the average qualification of both courses without taking into account the subject of religion, in case of having completed it.
How is the Pau note calculated?
The university access note. The average is expressed on a scale of 10. It can have up to three decimal figures, rounded to the nearest thousandth and, in case of equidistance, to the superior. Access to the university is achieved if this combination of grades reaches 5.
How is the Pau note calculated over 14?
Students who have passed the access test can enter with this qualification to the careers that have no cut -off note or have it low. , also admission call, which allows them to add up to 4 additional points. And, if they had achieved a 10 in the access phase, get a maximum of 14 points.
To do this, they can examine up to three subjects of the second year of Baccalaureate, both common (for example, history of philosophy, if in the mandatory phase they would have chosen history of Spain), as of modality (for example, to physics and technical drawing). They can also present themselves to a second foreign language other than the one they chose in the access test. And although students can examine up to four subjects in this voluntary phase, it will only tell them the two in which they obtain greater score. Optional exams do not reduce the qualification obtained in the previous phase.
How do universities pondered the subjects?
The universities weigh the qualifications achieved by the student in the optional exams differently depending on the career they aspire to enter. For example, the University of Alicante pondera with a factor of 0.2 (the maximum) the notes of biology and chemistry, and with a factor of 0.1, the qualifications of physics and mathematics. This means that if the student had achieved a 10 in the first two exams, the University would value as a 4 note in the voluntary phase of the selectivity. And this would allow him, in theory, if he had achieved a 10 in the general phase, reach 14.
With physics and mathematics, on the other hand, although he had taken a 10 in both exercises, they would only give him 1 point. And it could reach, following the example, a maximum of 13. If it had been presented in the voluntary phase to other subjects, for nursing they would not help him, even if he had achieved the maximum rating.
How is spelling in the selectivity?
Spelling faults can penalize up to 10% of the note of an exercise that implies writing (for example, in the history of philosophy, but not in physics). The percentage of possible penalty rises to 20% in the Castilian, Catalan (or Valencian), Galician and Basque tongue exams. That is, they can take you up to two points. And the penalty reaches 15% in foreign language exercises. .
What are the PAU 2025 exams?
All this year’s selectivity exams must include a minimum of 25% of competence questions. These are characterized by the fact that they are not limited to asking the student to develop a subject giving him a brief statement, such as: “The dictatorship of Primo de Rivera”.
A competence question in one of the history exam models of Spain of the University of Zaragoza presents a period photograph in which eight children dressed in work and tools appear, dirty, and in a manufacturing scenario to raise several issues to the student. Among them: “Explain what this photograph and its transcendence represent.”
Another of the novelties with respect to the last years is that the high degree of optionality that was established following the pandemic is reduced and remained until the 2024 edition. This means that this time the students must study the entire agenda of the subjects if they want to opt for the maximum qualification.
When the PAU 2025 notes come out?
The qualifications of the ordinary call of the selectivity will be published on different days of June according to the Autonomous Community. Murcia (June 10); Aragon, Navarra, Euskadi and the Balearic Islands (June 11); Andalusia, Castilla y León, Galicia, Ceuta and Melilla (June 12); Madrid, Castilla-La Mancha, Valencian Community, Extremadura, the Canary Islands and Asturias (June 13); Cantabria and La Rioja (June 16), and Catalonia (June 25).
How is the cutting note calculated from a race?
The cutting note is established every year the qualification of the last one that accesses a degree. That note serves as guidance for students for the PAU of the following year.
What is the extraordinary call of the PAU?
Students who have not been able to present themselves to the ordinary call, for example, for having suspended subjects in Baccalaureate and having had to present themselves to recovery exams (the regulations allow a student to obtain the baccalaureate title with a suspense) ,.
When will the extraordinary call?
The extraordinary call will take place on July 1, 2 and 3, except in Catalonia, where it will take place on September 3, 4 and 5.
Can you go to the selectivity without having made the baccalaureate?
Yes. The graduates can be presented to the selectivity in a higher degree formative cycle. In this case, the average note of your file in the cycle (from 5 to 10) is directly equivalent to the qualification of the access phase for those who come from high school (obtained with 60% of its average note in high school and 40% of the mandatory exams). If you want to enter any of the races that most note, as the double degree in physics and mathematics or medicine, for most universities require more than a 13, they have to present themselves to voluntary exams, such as those who come from the Baccalaureate. The regulations regulate, on the other hand, specific evidence of university access for over 25, 40 and 45 years.
