Become a Doctor by studying in a Medical School in Spain
Spain’s 6-year medical training courses are very difficult to get into, whether at public or private universities.
Without a pass mark in the baccalaureate it is very difficult, if not impossible, to gain access to this medical training course and to consider studying medicine in Spain.
Indeed, the academic result is often weighted at 70% or 80% in the admissions process, while the complementary Spanish language tests (mathematics and/or physics and/or chemistry and/or biology and sometimes English) only count for 20% to 30% of the final result.
Given that Spanish students prepare for and take two complementary “Pruebas de Aceso a la Universidad – PAU” modules, which can add two points each (i.e. 4 points) to their baccalaureate grade, which is out of 10… this means that foreigner students wishing to study medicine in Spain are at a serious disadvantage.
Why not take these PAU exams?
- They are not based on programmes studied outside of Spain.
- Spanish students prepare for them over a two-year period.
Conclusion: no preparation, no points, no point in taking them.
All FEEDUC partner universities offering this course provide medical students with state-of-the-art learning methods and resources.
They all have competent and often prestigious professors, state-of-the-art facilities and many hours of practical training in Spain and abroad. The standard of Spanish medicine is recognised worldwide (ranked 7th by the WHO).
However, you should be aware that to practice medicine, even in Spain, at the end of your medical training you must pass and obtain the MIR (Médico Interno Residente). This is an examination, in the form of a multiple-choice test, taken at the end of the 6th year, which enables you either to go on to specialise or to be authorised to practice general medicine.
FEEDUC’s partner universities in Spain offer specific courses to prepare students for this exam, to ensure that they have every chance of succeeding, since there are fewer places available than there are medical students in Spain.
Are there other ways to study medicine in Spain?
One of our partner universities offers a Foundation Year to help you get into medicine without having to go through the admissions process again. However, you will need to demonstrate throughout the year that this demanding course is for you. Only students who have passed all the subjects in the foundation year will be considered for admission to medicine in Spain. To find out how to enter this preparatory year, please refer to the information available on our website.
Another option for starting medical studies in Spain is to study biomedicine at the European University of Madrid. Students can start a first year of biomedical studies and then enter the first year of medical studies with 25 recognized ECTS credits. Note that the transition to medicine is not easy, as there are very few internal transfer places in medicine. Only the best students who pass all the subjects in the first year of biomedical studies can go on to medical school.
Transfer between biomedical and medical studies is only possible at the European University of Madrid.
But what is biomedicine?
Biomedicine is a discipline that studies the biological aspects of medicine, essentially through analysis of the genetic, cellular, biochemical and molecular factors of the human body and the diseases that may affect it.
Biomedicine therefore draws on resources and knowledge from other fields, such as chemistry, biology, physics and mathematics.
The potential of this scientific training is virtually unlimited in a field as complex as medicine, which is constantly evolving.
FEEDUC offers you the opportunity to study biomedicine in Spain at three renowned private universities. You’ll find all the information you need on our website.