UK-Spain agreement on education cooperation and access to university and higher education.
This agreement ensures mutual and direct recognition of UK and Spanish qualifications, allowing students of both education systems to access our respective universities more easily.
Students studying in the British education system with UK qualifications (including A-levels and other qualifications) can access universities in Spain under the same conditions as students from Member States of the European Union. Additional entry requirements will only be necessary for certain competitive courses, as was the case in many regions prior to the UK’s withdrawal from the EU.
Students from the Spanish education system can continue to access UK universities and other higher education institutions with additional legal certainty that their Spanish Baccalaureate qualification results will be recognised.
The agreement also establishes a framework to increase cooperation between the UK and Spain in the field of education and underlines our shared ambition to strengthen existing education links.
