Students coming from Bachillerato and higher-level vocational training will sit Andalusia’s University Access Examination (PAU) on June 1, 2 and 3, 2027, in the ordinary sitting. The extraordinary sitting is scheduled for June 29 and 30 and July 1. The dates were agreed by the Interuniversity Coordinating Commission of Andalusia, which includes representatives of the regional government and the nine public universities. The regional ministry responsible for universities will publish the agreement in the Official Gazette of the Regional Government of Andalusia (BOJA). Ordinary-sitting results will be published at 10 a.m. on June 10; extraordinary-sitting results will be published at 8 a.m. on July 8.
The 2027 PAU will introduce changes to the weighting of certain subjects used to calculate admission scores. These changes will not affect how students pass the examination, but will affect the choice of subjects in the admission phase. For 35 degree programmes, where both Mathematics II and Mathematics Applied to Social Sciences II carry the maximum weighting of 0.2, only the more advantageous of the two will count, alongside a different subject. The change affects programmes in Health Sciences, Sciences, and Social and Legal Sciences. It will also alter weighting calculations for 39 double-degree programmes.
General Sciences will carry a weighting of 0.1 instead of 0.2 for 47 single-degree programmes and 26 double-degree programmes. The weighting will be reduced for all 29 programmes in Engineering and Architecture, seven programmes in Sciences, and 11 in Health Sciences. It will remain at 0.2 for Psychology and Occupational Therapy. The subject will retain a 0.2 weighting for 13 single-degree programmes—four in Sciences, two in Health Sciences and seven in Social and Legal Sciences—and 17 double degrees.
The commission also agreed to continue the assessment system introduced over the past two years, including a competency-based approach and minimum common marking criteria across Spain’s autonomous communities. Questions testing competencies will generally make up 20% to 25% of exams, with proportions varying by subject in line with guidance from the Conference of Rectors of Spanish Universities. Spelling, grammar and vocabulary will be assessed in all papers, with greater penalties in language subjects than in other subjects. Selective searches will again be carried out to detect unauthorised devices and prevent their use, including devices that could enable cheating with artificial intelligence.
Universities must receive final grades for students taking the ordinary sitting by May 25, 2027, and those for the extraordinary sitting by June 21. Past exam papers and subject guidance are available through the Andalusian Single University District (DUA). The archive includes 35 exams from previous sessions, covering compulsory and optional subjects.