Results of the last quarter of the VERIFICA program for Bachelor's and Master's degrees

During the last quarter of 2024, 13 applications for verification of Master's degrees have been received, no applications for new Degrees have been received. Of these 13 proposals, 2 already have a final verification report, both in favorable terms.

During the mentioned period, 25 provisional reports and 15 final reports have been issued. Of the final reports, 13 were for Master's degrees and 2 for Bachelor's degrees; 53% of these 15 final reports were favorable. Table 1 reflects the production of reports in the different branch evaluation committees during the period considered.

More than half of the proposals received were from the branches of Social and Legal Sciences and Health Sciences, 36% and 20% respectively.

On the other hand, 53% of the total favorable reports issued were favorable to the verification of the degree proposal.

Table 1. Provisional and final reports by branch of knowledge

REQUESTS FOR SUBSTANTIAL MODIFICATION IN DEGREE AND MASTER'S DEGREES

During the last quarter of 2024, 49 requests for substantial modification were received, 19 for degree and 30 for master's degrees; the latter, therefore, are 61% of these requests.

The following graphs show the percentage of requests for substantial modification by type of teaching and branch of knowledge.

Graph 1. Requests for substantial modification of Degree

Graph 2. Requests for modification of Master's

It is noteworthy that while 47% of requests for degree modification are concentrated in the branch of health sciences compared to 14% in the case of master's degrees. In master's degrees, the branch with the most requests is social and legal sciences.

Regarding the production of reports, 92 provisional reports were generated in the last quarter, 56% of which were carried out in the social and legal sciences branch commissions.

44 final reports were issued, 64% of which were in favorable terms.

Table 2. Provisional and final reports of substantial modification by branch of knowledge

REQUESTS FOR NON-SUBSTANTIAL MODIFICATION IN DEGREE AND MASTER'S DEGREES

Articles 30 and 31 of Royal Decree 822/2021 establish the possibility of processing non-substantial modifications in the Degree and Master's study plans. The number of requests for non-substantial modification of degree and master's degrees received during the last quarter of 2024 is described below. The total number of requests that have received a final report is also included, identifying, in this case, the total number of favorable requests.

Table 3. Applications for non-substantial modification submitted and final reports by level

60% of the applications for non-substantial modification received are for master's degrees. 100% of the applications for non-substantial modification already have a final report, which is favourable in 85% of cases.