Andalusia’s Department of Universities, Industry, Energy and Innovation authorised 17 new joint international programmes for the public university system’s 2025-2028 academic programme, which is already under way. Their rollout is scheduled to continue through the 2028-2029 academic year. The authorisation is set out in an order by Minister Jorge Paradela published in the Official Gazette of the Government of Andalusia (BOJA). The revised programme now includes 210 titles.
The programmes will be offered by the universities of Almería (UAL), with two; Córdoba (UCO), with three; Granada (UGR), with four; Jaén (UJA), with one; Málaga (UMA), with one; and Seville (US), with six. Andalusia’s regulations generally require the academic programme to be renewed every two years; the latest renewal took effect at the end of 2025. International programmes are exempt from that timetable and can be authorised annually.
The 17 programmes are linked to European Universities Alliances and the European Union’s Erasmus Mundus programmes. For inclusion, they may have verification or a favourable assessment from an agency listed in the European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education (EQAR). If they have that assessment, they can be included directly without verification by the Andalusian Agency for Scientific and University Quality (ACCUA). Otherwise, ACCUA verification is required.
The University of Almería will offer an Erasmus Mundus master’s in Sexology with Malmö University in Sweden and Portugal’s Lusófona University, which will coordinate it. It will also coordinate a master’s in Digitalisation and Innovation in Agriculture with other members of the European UNIgreen alliance. Both are scheduled for 2027-2028.
Córdoba’s three programmes, developed through the INVEST consortium, are bachelor’s degrees in Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Societies; Smart Agriculture and Resilient Food Systems; and Sustainable Green Energy. All are planned for 2027-2028. Granada’s four programmes include an Erasmus Mundus master’s in Intercultural Leadership (CLIDE), starting in 2026-2027; a master’s in Defence and Applied Security – Networks for Unified Strategies (JANUS), also starting in 2026-2027; and, for 2027-2028, a bachelor’s degree in Physics for Technology and a master’s in Translation, Technologies and Artificial Intelligence. Jaén’s bachelor’s degree in Global Health Sciences, Management and Policy, through the NEOLAiA consortium, is planned for 2026-2027.
Málaga’s master’s in Data and Emerging Technologies in Healthcare, part of the UNINOVIS consortium, is scheduled for 2028-2029. Seville’s six programmes, all planned for 2027-2028 under the Ulysseus alliance, comprise three master’s degrees—Conservation and Restoration; Digital Industry and Smart Engineering Driven by Artificial Intelligence; and Sustainable Management of Life Sciences and Engineering—and three doctorates in Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Systems for the Digital Economy; Healthy Ageing, Longevity and Management of Age-Related Diseases; and Technology Applied to Cultural Heritage and Restoration.