Bachelor and Master Degrees

Universities, both public and private, have the autonomy to design proposals for official degrees adapted to the characteristics dictated by the government following the European declarations. Once it is designed, the future university degree has to obtain two reports in order to be implemented: one (VERIFICATION) from the Council of Universities and another one (AUTHORISATION) from the Autonomous Community.

The Council of Universities is responsible for VERIFYING the degree by issuing a favourable or unfavourable report. In order to take this decision, the Universities Council requests an EVALUATION report on the degree proposal from one of the competent agencies.

The law establishes that the National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation (ANECA) and the assessment bodies determined by the Law of the Autonomous Communities, which comply with the quality criteria and standards established in the European Higher Education Area, may carry out the assessment of curricula by passing an external assessment that allows them to be full members of the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) and be registered in the European Register of Quality Assurance Agencies (EQAR).

Support documents

ANECA has developed a series of accompanying guides and support and guidance documents for the evaluation process for the verification of official Bachelor and master’s degrees.

The Spanish Network of University Quality Agencies (REACU)

This section compiles the evaluation protocols agreed by REACU that affect the verification of official university degrees.

REACU-Informative note on the Catalogue of Evaluation Protocols to be developed by the Evaluation Agencies in order to comply with the provisions of Royal Decree 822/2021.
Assessment protocol for the verification of official university degrees (bachelor and master) (490.14 kB ): the assessment protocol for verification has been drawn up within the Spanish Network of University Quality Agencies (REACU). The agencies competent to draw up the prescriptive assessment report prior to verification will apply it when assessing bachelor's and master's degree proposals.
Evaluation protocol for the modification of official university degrees (bachelor's and master's degrees): (662,45 kB): the evaluation protocol for the modification has been elaborated within the Spanish Network of University Quality Agencies (REACU). It will be applied when assessing proposals for the modification of bachelor’s and master’s degrees that have already been verified.
Guidelines for the development and evaluation of bachelor's and master's degrees in distance and blended learning-REACU (257.64 kB) : At its meeting of 26 February 2018, the Spanish Network of University Quality Assurance Agencies (REACU) approved the document "Guidelines for the preparation and assessment of bachelor's and master's degrees in distance and blended learning", which specifies the characteristics to be taken into account in the assessment of official degrees taught using distance learning methodologies (in whole or in part), as a development of the "Considerations for quality assurance of e-learning provision" drawn up by the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA).
The assessment protocol for the inclusion of the dual mention(745.39 kB). It establishes the basic structure for the evaluation of the Dual Mention agreed by the integrated university quality agencies (REACU).

Guides and accompanying documents

ANECA has prepared different documents with the aim of providing guidance and support in the design of official bachelor's and master's degrees (verification process) and in the request for modifications of these degrees once they have been implemented.

Support Guide for the preparation of the Report for the application for the verification of official degrees (bachelor's and master's degrees): this guide has been prepared with the aim of guiding the universities in the preparation of the Report for the application for the verification or modification of official degrees.
Support guide for the writing, implementation and assessment of the LEARNING OUTCOMES: this is a flexible and practical guide for the writing of learning outcomes, their development and assessment.
Learning outcomes and quality assurance procedures for the assessment, certification and accreditation of teaching and institutions according to RD 640/2021 and RD 822/2021: complementary document to the "Support guide for the drafting, implementation and assessment of learning outcomes" published by ANECA in 2013.
Protocol for the application for non-substantial modifications according to royal decree 822/2021: this document contains the procedure and guidelines for the application for non-substantial modifications of verified study plans in the framework of articles 30 and 31 of RD 822/2021.
Guidelines for the preparation of reports for the application for the verification of official master's degrees in Law and Court Advocacy: this document contains the basic guidelines for the preparation of proposals for official university master's degrees related to access to the professions of lawyer and court attorney, taking as a reference the provisions of Royal Decree 775/2011.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

This document includes both the most frequently recurring questions that have been received through the communication channels that ANECA has made available for this programme, as well as important aspects that have been detected during the evaluation of the proposals for official bachelor's and master's degrees.

VERIFICA procedure help tools

Evaluation software: https://srv.aneca.es/verifica/cargarLogin.do
Computer application for the submission of applications for official bachelor's and master's degrees: The Ministry of Education has enabled the University Degree Officialization Application to be used through the electronic headquarters of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport for the submission of applications for the verification of official degrees and for the processing of modifications of verified degrees according to RD1393/2007.

Evaluation reports

The purpose of ANECA is to promote and assure the quality of the Higher Education System in Spain. In order to fulfil this task assigned to the Agency, the official degree evaluation report search engine has been created in the field of official degree evaluation. Through this search engine, ANECA provides all stakeholders, and especially students, with all the information about the official bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees on which ANECA has carried out evaluation reports.

Assessment by Committees

Assessment by Committees

To ensure the rigour of the evaluation process at all stages, there are two types of committee: evaluation committees and reporting committees.