Proof of over 45 years

Requirements

Persons over 45 years of age who do not have any qualifying academic qualifications to access the University by other means, may access the official undergraduate university education by passing the entrance exam for those over 45 years of age, if they meet or have reached the aforementioned age in the calendar year in which said test is held.

Test characteristics

The test will aim to assess the maturity and suitability of candidates to successfully undertake university studies, as well as their ability to reason and write.

It will consist of two exercises:

• Text commentary or development of a current general topic.
• Spanish language.

Applicants who pass the previous exercises will be called for a personal interview in order to find out their motivation and detect their basic skills and competencies to face university studies.

Documentation and registration deadlines

Enrollment period:  9 to the 20 of January of 2025 

Registration platform: Deadline closed

Enrollment instructions

To register for the senior test you must follow these steps:

1. Access the Registration Platform for people over 25, 40 and 45 years old

When you access the platform, two options will appear, which you must select:

• New User Registration:
  • If you have not previously participated in any entrance exam, course, etc., with the URJC, and therefore do not have, nor have you ever had, an access password.
  • If you have not yet made any new user registration requests during the current academic year.
  • If you have selected this option, you must register your details and follow the instructions you will receive in an email after registration.

• I already have an account:
  • If you have previously participated in any entrance exam, course, etc. with the URJC.
  • If you have already requested your “New User Registration” and want to continue with your enrollment process for the senior test.

2. If you have already registered and have selected “Receipt” as your payment method, You must pay it within 10 business days by the following means: 

• At Banco Santander: through Electronic Banking or ATMs or window. 
• At CaixaBank: through Online Banking and ATMs. Over-the-counter payments are not accepted.
• Important: payment cannot be made via bank transfer. 

3. Once you have registered and made the payment, you must present the following documentation:

• DNI, or valid identity document for foreign citizens.
• Students with a large family, a disability equal to or greater than 33%, victims of gender violence or terrorism, minimum living income and/or participants in international peace and security operations who have requested exemption from payment of fees: card, ID or valid certificate that accredits this.
• Accommodation Request for students with disabilities or other special circumstances. They will also provide the corresponding supporting documentation or report.

The above documentation must be submitted during the registration period in the University registration through the following channels:

• Telematically through Registration of the Electronic Headquarters (it is necessary to have an electronic certificate or equivalent).
• In person, after previously consulting the schedules and the availability of the Registration offices of each campus.

Instructions for taking the exam

• Students are reminded that absolute punctuality is essential. The student who arrives late to the exam, or who does not show up, will be graded with a zero in the exercise that she does not attend.
• Students must always carry the receipt of having paid the fees for the exam and the DNI, which can be requested at any time during the tests.
• Upon entering the exam, students will be given identification barcode labels. Each exam that the student takes will have a reserved space on the first and last page to paste these labels. Extreme care will be taken in this operation so as not to tear them or place them outside the mentioned space. If there is any kind of problem with the label, please report it immediately to the person in charge of the classroom. Even if the exam is delivered blank, the labels will be attached.
• You cannot leave the classroom until half an hour after the exam begins. A student is also not allowed to enter after the initial 20 minutes have elapsed.
• To guarantee the confidentiality of the Test, the name may not be written or any identifying mark left on the exam.
• Once each exercise is finished, the student will hand it in to the person in charge of the classroom, even if the exam is left blank.
• The Court has the legal capacity to expel from the classroom and annul the tests to people who fail to comply with the rules of ethics, respect and order that must be followed in the exercises. Expulsion carries a grade of 0 in all subjects.
• In the event that any student needs to justify attendance at the Tests, they may request a receipt from the Court.
• The presence or use of mobile phones or other electronic devices will not be allowed.

Assignment program

The syllabus of the subject will be the same as that of the subject of the second year of the Baccalaureate, in accordance with Royal Decree 243/2022, of April 5, which establishes the organization and minimum teachings of the Baccalaureate.

Spanish language and text comment

Qualification of the access test

Candidates will be able to take the entrance exam for those over 45 years of age in each call at the Universities of their choice. Passing the entrance test will allow them to be admitted only to the Universities in which they have taken the test. An annual call will be held.

The final grade for the Language and Text Commentary exercises will be the arithmetic mean of the grades obtained in each exam, which will be graded from 0 to 10 points, expressed to two decimal places, rounded to the nearest hundredth, and in case of equidistance, to the higher one, not being able to average if in each one of them the qualification of 4 points is not reached. This part will be considered passed if a minimum of 5 points is obtained.

In the personal interview, which will only be carried out by students who pass the previous part, a pass or fail result will be obtained.

It will be understood that the candidate has passed the entrance test when he or she obtains a passing grade in the personal interview. The definitive qualification of the test will be the one obtained in the part of the exercises of Language and Commentary.

The student may apply for admission to the degrees of their choice. 1% of the places offered by the University will be reserved for this route.

IMPORTANT: Passing the test does not imply being admitted to the university.

They will be able to consult the admission procedures On our website

Claims

Once the qualifications have been published, a period of three business days will be granted to submit a claim through the web. The exercises on which the claim request has been submitted will be reviewed by specialist university professors who, in any case, will be different from those who made the first correction.

The review will be carried out in order to verify that all the questions have been evaluated and have been done with a correct application of the evaluation and qualification criteria, as well as that there are no material errors in the calculation of the final qualification.

Also, applicants may claim, by writing to the Vice President for Students, the result of the interviews, within three business days from the date of its publication. The resolution of the claim will put an end to the administrative procedure.

Official Report Card

The official digital qualification card is an electronic document accrediting the final qualification of the Tests and is signed by means of an electronic signature and a secure verification code (CSV), which allows any recipient of the document to validate its authenticity and integrity in the Electronic Office of University ( https://sede.urjc.es/verifica ).

This document, being directly verifiable, will allow it to be used in printed or digital format for any procedure without the need for certification or additional stamps.

The card of the Tests carried out from 2020 can be obtained at the following link:

( https://gestion.urjc.es/pau/ )

grade rise

Once the entrance test has been passed, candidates may present themselves again in successive calls at the same University, in order to improve their qualification. The grade obtained in the new call will be taken into consideration, provided that it is higher than the previous one.

Test dates and times

Academic fees and examination rights

• Ordinary registration – 86,31 Euros
• Large Family General Category: will pay 50% of the ordinary amount: 43,15 Euros
• Large Family Special and Honor Category, and Victims of Terrorism: will be exempt from paying fees.
• *In the event of being a Large Family, the certified photocopy of the updated Large Family Title will be provided or, failing that, the original accompanied by a photocopy of the same.
• * In the event of being a Victim of terrorism, a certified photocopy of the certification issued for this purpose by the Ministry of the Interior or, failing that, the original accompanied by a photocopy of the same, must be provided.
• Students with disabilities with a degree greater than or equal to 33% exempt from paying the fees. They must provide the photocopy and original or certified photocopy of the certificate of recognition of the degree of disability.

Exams from previous years

year 2024

year 2023

year 2022

year 2021

year 2020

year 2019

year 2018

year 2017

year 2016

year 2015

Regulation

Royal Decree 412/2014, of June 6, which establishes the basic regulations for admission procedures to official university degree courses

Resolution of November 26, 2014, of the General Directorate of Universities and Research, which publicizes the agreement of the Organizing Commission by which the regulations and instructions governing the university entrance exam for people over 45 years of age are issued in the field of Madrid's community.

ORDER 1342/2012 of February 7, which regulates the organizing commission of the university entrance exams for those over twenty-five and forty-five years of age.

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