Hello, Vivers! As every year, from our center specializing in PCE preparation, we bring you updated information on the UNEDasiss accreditation process and the Specific Competency Tests. These tests are also known as the UNEDasiss PCE university entrance exams for students with foreign high school diplomas, and you must take them if you want to study at a Spanish university.
All the UNED Managing Entities were invited to the annual UNEDasiss information session on university access at the end of last November. Since we don't want you to miss a single detail, we've summarized the most important points about the accreditation process and the Specific Competency Tests.
If you want Luis Vives to accompany you in the process, taking advantage of our more than 20 years of experience, you can hire our LV EduAssist service , which includes assistance and advice in the process of studying in Spain as a foreigner.
Key dates for the PCE UNEDasiss specific skills tests
Below you will find the registration and exam dates for the PCE exams. Mark them down so you don't miss them!
Registration deadline for the PCE UNEDasiss 2026
As in previous years, this year you will have two registration dates to take the UNEDasiss Specific Competency Tests. One date is for the regular session and the other for the extraordinary session:
- Ordinary call: From February 18 to April 28, 2026 for students from collaborating entities like ours or from March 16 to April 28, 2026 for independent students.
- Extraordinary call: from July 1 to 22, 2026.
Registration will be done online. You can attach all the documentation required by UNEDasiss to take the exam. As you can see, studying with us not only provides training fully adapted to the exam, but as a UNED Managing Entity, it also gives you the advantage of being able to register for the exam earlier.
If you want to complete the PCE UNEDasiss selectivity through a UNED Managing Entity, you must register when the deadline opens. The places in the affiliated centers are limited and, if they are full, you will have to register in a center where there are free places.
PCE UNEDasiss 2026 exam dates
In this course, the tests will be scheduled on the following dates for the regular session:
- Ordinary call in Spain: from May 25 to 29.
- Ordinary call in Morocco: from May 18 to 23.
- Regular call for applications at UNED centers in America: from 10 to 13 in June.
- Regular call for applications at UNED centers in Europe and Africa: from 8 to 13 in June.
- Regular call for applications at non-UNED centers in America, Asia and Oceania: from June 8 to 12.
- Regular call for applications at non-UNED centers in Europe, Africa and the Middle East: 25 29 of the May.
In the ordinary course, the exams that take place at the venues that the UNED has abroad, with the exception of Morocco, will be held in June.
The extraordinary session will be held in the first days of September:
- Extraordinary call for applications in Europe and Africa: from the 2 to the 8 for September.
- Extraordinary call in America: September 2st – 5th
UNEDasiss exams will be exclusively in-person, except in duly justified exceptional cases. Results will be delivered approximately three weeks after the exam date, with a deadline of June 22nd for Spain.
Please note that all these dates are provisional and UNED may make changes in the following months. Although this is not common, if any deadlines are changed, we will inform you by posting the new dates in this post, so we recommend saving it for periodic review.
Optionality and competence in the PCE university entrance exams
According to the directive issued by CRUE, the Spanish Conference of University Rectors, competency-based exercises will increase significantly in the 2026 exams. These exercises, characterized by being less mechanical and requiring deeper reasoning, sometimes even with real-world applications, will become increasingly common in exams. This has led to changes in the structure of exams for some subjects, such as mathematics and language. We'll discuss these changes in upcoming blog posts, so stay tuned!
Although the structure of some tests has changed, students will generally still be able to choose some questions, and most exams will continue to consist of multiple-choice and short-answer questions. This means students can still select some exercises and take advantage of this, for example, to avoid more challenging ones. Therefore, preparing for the UNEDasiss PCE university entrance exam will be similar to previous years, now including practice with competency-based exercises.
Since May 2025, the UNED (National University of Distance Education) has completely prohibited the sharing of exams or their solutions in any format. Therefore, study centers that prepare students for these exams had to remove their solutions from previous years' exams from their websites. However, at the Luis Vives Study Center, we know how important it is to practice with models and questions similar to those on the actual exam, which is why we created PCE Mock Exams.
These are practice exams developed in collaboration with Academia Bravosol, created by our teachers using our extensive experience with these tests. This allows you to practice with models that closely mimic the structure and exercises of the official PCE exams. If you'd like to put your knowledge into practice, you can also take a look at the PCE Mock Exams.
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Baccalaureate Modality
Students should consult the universities where they are going to apply for admission if it is necessary for their accreditation to include the baccalaureate modality. In the public universities of Madrid, it is required to prove a high school diploma to apply for admission. To do this, the old and new evaluation formula from the last year will be maintained, so you can choose between any of the two options that we show you below:
- Old formula: students will be able to take the 3 PCE exam. You are required to score a minimum of 5 in all subjects to be able to consider the baccalaureate modality accredited.
- New formulaStudents will be able to take 4 PCE exams. They will have to achieve an arithmetic mean higher than 5 points between the four subjects in order to be accredited for the baccalaureate modality.
Language requirement
Students from non-Spanish-speaking countries must demonstrate B1 level proficiency in Spanish . We advise you to check the required Spanish level with your host university, as some currently require a certified B2 level.
From our Spanish department for foreign students, we can advise you on everything necessary to certify your level of Spanish.
Finally, we remind you that if you have any questions, you can contact UNED through its website.
At the Luis Vives Study Center , as a collaborating entity of the UNED and a specialist center for preparing students for the UNEDasiss PCE exams, we can advise you on everything you need. If you have any questions, click here to contact us.
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Hello, Ionela:
We invite you to use our PCE subject planner.
Thanks greetings!