The Andalusian Government’s Council of Government authorised 49 new university programmes for the 2026–2027 academic year. Together with three approved earlier, the total is 52: 16 undergraduate degrees, 34 master’s degrees and two doctorates. The agreement, previously endorsed by the Andalusian Council of Universities, also approves substantial curriculum changes to nine existing programmes.
Most of the new programmes—50—form part of an academic plan being developed by the regional Department of Universities, Industry, Energy and Innovation through the 2028–2029 academic year. The plan aims to align university provision with digital-era challenges, the needs of the productive sector, and demand from students and Andalusian society. It focuses on technological advances and skills for sectors considered strategic to the region’s economic development. Digitalisation, artificial intelligence and data technologies feature prominently, including applications in business, markets, art and design, education, health sciences and industry. Other programmes address healthcare, tourism, energy and engineering.
Public universities will deliver 39 of the new programmes: 10 undergraduate degrees, 27 master’s degrees and two doctorates. Of these, 24 will be offered jointly by several universities, five will include a dual-study component combining academic learning with workplace training, and two will be international programmes delivered with other European institutions.
The public-university programmes are distributed as follows: the University of Almería will offer one undergraduate degree and one master’s; the University of Cádiz, one undergraduate degree and one doctorate; the University of Córdoba, one undergraduate degree and four master’s; and the University of Granada, three undergraduate degrees and eight master’s. The University of Jaén will introduce two undergraduate degrees and two master’s. The University of Málaga will offer one undergraduate degree, four master’s and one doctorate; Pablo de Olavide University, one master’s; the University of Seville, one undergraduate degree and three master’s; and the International University of Andalusia, four master’s.
Private institutions account for 13 programmes, or 25% of the new provision. Loyola Andalucía University will add one undergraduate degree and three master’s; CEU Fernando III University will introduce four undergraduate degrees and four master’s; and the Atlantic-Mediterranean Technological University will add one undergraduate degree.
The Council of Government also approved substantial revisions to nine existing programmes at the universities of Granada, Huelva, Málaga, Pablo de Olavide and Seville. The changes require renewed verification and may reflect curriculum restructuring, the addition of institutions to joint programmes, or developments in the relevant fields. Separately, a decree authorises changes to public-university centres from 2026–2027. Córdoba University’s Faculty of Medicine and Nursing will be renamed the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Physiotherapy. Granada University’s Faculty of Legal and Social Sciences in Melilla will become the Faculty of Social Sciences and Digital Technologies of Melilla.