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In this section you can obtain information on the organization of the entrance exam for people over 45 years of age.
Students who want to apply for admission this way can obtain more information about the admission process at the Admission Department section.
Call and 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: From January 8 to 20, 2026,
Enrollment instructions
To register for the senior test you must follow these steps:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Resolution of adaptation requests
NOTE: Granting the accommodation does not imply that the registration is correct; the granting of accommodations is subject to the payment of the registration fees for the tests
The above documentation must be submitted during the registration period, either through the link provided in the final registration step or via the Electronic Office procedure as follows link Documentation delivery
Failure to submit the required documentation will result in the applicant being considered unregistered.
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.
- Students may not leave the classroom until half an hour after all exams for the subject have begun. Students are 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 for the subject Spanish language It will be the same as that of the subject of the second year of Baccalaureate, in accordance with Decree 64/2022, of July 20, of the Governing Council, which establishes for the Community of Madrid the organization and curriculum of the Baccalaureate, without taking into account the Literature part.
The course syllabus Text commentary will be the one that determines the RESOLUTION of November 26, 2014, from the General Directorate of Universities and Research, which publicizes the agreement of the Organizing Committee by which the rules and instructions regulating the University access test for people over 45 years of age are dictated in the area of the Community of Madrid.
Guidelines on Spanish Language exercises
SOME GUIDELINES ON THE SPANISH LANGUAGE EXAM
The Spanish Language exam will be divided into two sections: one dedicated to reflection on language and the other to language and its speakers.
In block 1 the student must answer three questions:
- A morphology question, similar in its solution to the one in the PAU exam; the student will encounter two words and must:
- Indicate what kind of words they are or what grammatical category they belong to.
- Analyze its morphological structure.
- Indicate in which word formation process they are included.
- A semantics question concerning the concepts of antonymy, synonymy, hypernymy, polysemy, and homonymy. The student must be able to define these concepts, apply them, and provide concrete examples.
- A syntax question. The student must analyze the syntax of a sentence. This question is analogous to the syntax question found in the university entrance exam.
Block 2 will contain questions that address some of the following aspects:
- Multilingualism in Spain: concepts of bilingualism, multilingualism, diglossia, glottophobia (theoretical definition, examples or text commentary).
- The varieties of Spanish in Spain and America: enumeration of features of a specific dialectal area or identification of the origin of a text based on its linguistic characteristics.
- Social and diaphasic variation: theoretical definition, exemplification, and recognition of the sociolect or register to which a text belongs. Jargons and technolects.
- The norms (cultivated, popular, vulgar) and the standard language: theoretical definition, exemplification and classification of texts.
Guidelines on the Text Commentary exercise
SOME GUIDELINES ON THE TEXT COMMENTARY EXAM
The Text Commentary exam will consist of two blocks, one focused on the commentary of a text and the other on critical reflection.
For the first section, students will find two texts at the top of the exam; they must choose one and complete the following exercises:
- Write a summary of 40 to 50 words. The summary should adhere to the following guidelines:
- It must contain the main ideas of the text.
- It must be written in the student's own words; that is, it cannot be a paraphrase of the text.
- It must be objective; therefore, it cannot contain personal opinions or assessments. The ability to summarize will be positively valued.
- Determine the text type. The way in which you justify your answer will be positively valued, especially when you explain the resources used to achieve appropriateness to the topic, the recipient, and the communicative situation (author-reader relationship).
- Describe the structure of the text. Assessment will be given to the justification of how the information is organized, how it is developed, and which resources are most relevant. Rigor of reasoning and clarity of expression will also be assessed.
- Finally, they will be given a list of words taken from the text and the students will have to indicate the grammatical category and the meaning that those words have in the text.
The second part of the exam will consist of writing a critical commentary on some of the ideas presented in one of the provided texts. Students will demonstrate their critical and analytical skills regarding the text's content by producing an argumentative essay that clearly states their position and the arguments that support it. Rigor and clarity in reasoning and the presentation of ideas, as well as skill in argumentation, will again be positively assessed.
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:
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
To take the university entrance exam
The test will take place on Friday, March 6, 2026, in Building II of the Móstoles Campus. Tulipán Street, no number.
The classroom distribution list will be available on this same page from March 4, 2026 at 13:00h.
Students who pass the Language and Text Commentary exams will have their personal interview on April 15, 2026.
Schedule of the test
The test will be held on the Móstoles campus, in Lecture Hall II
| TIMETABLE | March 6 (Friday) |
| 8:45 | Student Call |
| 9.00-10: 30 | Spanish Language (90 minutes) |
| Rest | |
| 12:30 | Call |
| 12:45 - 13:45 | Text commentary (60 minutes) |
Publication of notes and claim period
| 12 March | Consultation of provisional notes: From 10:00 p.m., through the web |
| 13 al 17 March | Deadline to request a claim: Through the web, on the notes consultation screen |
| April 9 | Publication of notes after claims. Starting at 10:00 p.m. |
| April 14 | Publication of the schedule and place of the interviews. Starting at 10:00 p.m. |
| April 15 | Interviews. Mostoles Campus |
| April 21 | Publication of final grades and download of the digital grade card: From 13:00 p.m. |
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.
Privacy Policy
RESOLUTION of December 19, 2025, from the Director General of Universities, which gives publicity to the Agreement of December 16, 2025, which modifies the rules and instructions regulating the University access test for people over 45 years of age in the Community of Madrid approved by the Agreement of October 29, 2014 of the Organizing Committee, which has been published today in the BOCM.
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.
File transfers and academic certifications
TRANSFER
If you take the PAU at the URJC and you are going to study at another university:
All students who have passed the University Entrance Exam (PAU) at the Rey Juan Carlos University and are admitted to any private university or public university outside the Community of Madrid, including UNED, must request a transfer of their records.
Students who have begun their studies at Rey Juan Carlos University must request a transfer of their records to the Student Registry Office on their campus.
Students who have passed the University Entrance Exam (PAU) at the Rey Juan Carlos University in any session and have been admitted to any of the Public Universities in the Community of Madrid should not request a transfer of their records.
Documentation to present:
- Letter of admission from the host university (original)
- Valid document proving exemption from payment (if applicable)
Application form: https://sede.urjc.es/catalogo-de-servicios/TRAPAU/
Rates: Decree 43/2022, of June 29, of the Governing Council, establishing the public fees for university studies leading to official degrees and academic services at the public universities of the Community of Madrid.
CERTIFICATIONS
NOTICE: It is reported that according to agreement of the public universities of the single district of the Community of Madrid, the official report card may be used as a supporting document for the entrance exams downloadable from our web page for students who have taken the tests from 2018 onwards.
This document contains a Secure Verification Code (CSV) with which its validity can be verified in the Electronic Headquarters of the University. You can also download from this last place, the same document in PDF with the Electronic signature including.
All those students who have taken the University Access Tests at the Rey Juan Carlos University may request, by means of a standardized form, the issuance of a certificate that accredits their completion.
Documentation to present:
Valid large family card (if applicable).
Place of delivery:
Applications will be delivered:
- Telematically through Registration of the Electronic Headquarters (it is necessary to have a digital certificate or equivalent), attaching the application form and the rest of the documentation to the general instance "Expose/Request".
- In person, consulting Previously the schedules and availability of the Registrar's offices of each campus
You can also present it in the registries (face-to-face or digital) of other public administrations that are enabled. The documentation must be addressed to the General Registry of the Rey Juan Carlos University (Identification code DIR3: U05600001).
When the certificate is issued, the interested party will be contacted.
For any questions related to the University entrance exam for those over 45 years of age, you can contact us through the Student Help Box.