Proceso admisión

Undergraduate Admission Medicine

Welcome to the admission process for candidates to study Medicine

Students on the degree form part of one of two groups:

  • Grado en Medicina (Bachelor's Degree in Medicine; Spanish-language stream): this stream is taught in its entirety in Spanish on CEU UCH’s Castellón and Elche Campus.

  • Grado en Medicina bilingüe inglés/español (Bachelor's Degree in Medicine; bilingual English-Spanish stream): students on this stream receive teaching on CEU UCH’s Alfara del Patriarca Campus in Valencia. Students following the English-Spanish bilingual stream receive teaching in English during the first two years and part of the third year (165 ECTS credits in total in English), with the rest of the degree taught in Spanish.

All applicants, regardless of the stream of the degree they wish to follow, must undertake one of the two types of admission test described below

Internal admission test for Medicine (EPAM) for applicants classed as home students

Applicants classed as home students (candidatos nacionales) are those who have undertaken their pre-university studies in Spain or who have undertaken such studies abroad following the Spanish education system. Home students sit the EPAM test, regardless of their nationality. The test will take place in an in-person format, on the date indicated below, on the University's Castellón Campus and Alfara del Patriarca Campus. All applicants classed as home students from the general admission system from any admission pathway sit this test.

In order to sit the EPAM test, applicants must do the following:

  • A request to sit the test must be submitted by filling in the relevant form, available on the CEU UCH website, before the corresponding deadline.

    Applicants can use this same form to apply for admission to both streams of the Bachelor’s Degree in Medicine: that taught entirely in Spanish on CEU UCH's Castellón Campus (Grado en Medicina) and the bilingual English and Spanish stream taught on CEU UCH’s Alfara del Patriarca Campus in Valencia (Grado en Medicina Bilingüe/Medicine).

     


     


    The order of preference for the two streams (Medicina or Medicina Bilingüe/Medicine) stated on the application form is very important because, during the final stage of the admission process, in which places are allocated to applicants, the order of preference will have the following effects:

     


     

     

    • Those applicants who are successful in gaining a place on their first option will automatically have the application for their second option rejected.

     

     

    • Applicants who obtain a place for their second option will also be put onto the waiting list for their first option.

  • Once the form has been completed and submitted, login details for the applicant intranet will be generated, a process which may take a few minutes. These login details will be sent to the email address provided in the application form, and this email address will become, from that moment onwards, the official communication channel between the University and the applicant. Via the intranet, applicants will be able to:
     

     

     

    • Pay the fee for CEU UCH’s in-house test: 75 euros. Payment must be made by credit card. The fee paid for this examination is strictly non-refundable

     

     

     

    • Upload and submit scanned copies to the applicant intranet of the documentation required for their admission pathway. This must be submitted before the corresponding deadline.


    Please note that all the documentation and information provided must be authentic and truthful. Successful applicants will be required, when enrolling, to provide the originals of all such documentation. If at that time it is found that one or other documents then supplied do not correspond with those provided previously via the intranet, or that certain information is contradictory, the applicant will lose their right to admission and will not be able to enrol on the degree. No alleged special circumstances will be taken into account in this respect, even if an inadvertent error has led to a discrepancy between the uploaded documents and the originals. It is entirely the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that all the documentation and information provided is authentic and truthful; otherwise, the application will be rejected and the applicant will lose any acquired right to admission.

  • Applicants must fulfil the requirements for the appropriate admission pathway, as specified in these Regulations. Being allowed to sit the admission test does not necessarily mean the applicant has fulfilled these requirements; it is the responsibility of the individual applicant to ensure that they do fulfil them and can demonstrate this. If, at any stage of the admission process, it is found that an applicant does not fulfil the requirements, then this person will be considered ineligible and his or her application will be rejected.

Applicants are strongly advised to pay close attention to the information on the website and other communication channels regarding the deadlines corresponding to the different stages of the process, the documentation that must be submitted, and the requirements of each admission pathway. Ensuring compliance with deadlines, the documentation needed, and admission requirements is entirely the applicant’s responsibility and a lack of awareness in one or other respect will not constitute grounds for special treatment under any circumstances.

Applicants must regularly check on the status of their application and undertake a variety of necessary administrative tasks before enrolment.

The EPAM test will take place on 31st January and 25th April 2026 in an in-person format on the Alfara del Patriarca (Valencia) and Castellón campuses simultaneously. If the student has applied for both streams of the Medicine degree, then the stream which the student as chosen as their preferred option will determine the location at which they will undertake the test: in Castellón for the Medicina (Spanish) stream, and in Alfara del Patriarca for the Medicina Bilingüe/Medicine (English-Spanish) stream. Candidates who apply for the first exam session and are not admitted in that initial phase may apply for the second exam session, paying the fees again. The university will evaluate their application in the second phase based on the highest score obtained by the candidate across both sessions.

Online internal admission test for Medicine (EPOAM) for applicants classed as international students

Applicants classed as international students (candidatos internacionales) are those who have undertaken their pre-university studies abroad, regardless of their nationality (except in the case of those who have undertaken their pre-university studies abroad but have followed the Spanish education system). These applicants sit the EPOAM test.

In order to sit the online EPOAM test (the online internal admission test for Medicine for applicants classed as international students), applicants must do the following:

  • They must submit a request to sit the test by filling in the relevant form, available on the CEU UCH website, before the corresponding deadline.

    Applicants can use this same form to apply for admission to both streams of the Bachelor's Degree in Medicine: that taught entirely in Spanish on CEU UCH's Castellón Campus (Grado en Medicina) and the bilingual English and Spanish stream taught on CEU UCH’s Alfara del Patriarca Campus in Valencia (Grado en Medicina/Medicine bilingüe).



    The order of preference for the two streams (Medicina or Medicina Bilingüe/Medicine) stated on the application form is very important because, during the final stage of the admission process, which concerns the allocation of places to applicants, the order of preference will have the following effects:


     

    • Those applicants who are successful in gaining a place on their first option will automatically have the application for their second option rejected.


    Applicants who obtain a place for their second option will also be put onto the waiting list for their first option.

  • Once the admission form has been completed and submitted, login details for the applicant intranet will be generated, a process which may take a few minutes. These login details will be sent to the email address provided in the application form, and this email address will become, from that moment onwards, the official communication channel between the University and the applicant. Via the intranet, applicants will be able to:



    • Pay the fee for CEU UCH’s in-house test: 75 euros. Payment must be made by credit card. The fee paid for this examination is strictly non-refundable.

     

     

    • Upload scanned versions of the documentation required for their admission pathway. This must be submitted before the corresponding deadline. Please note all the documentation and information provided must be authentic and truthful. Successful applicants will be required, when enrolling, to provide the originals of all such documentation. If at that time it is found that one or other documents then supplied do not correspond with those provided previously via the intranet, or that certain information is contradictory, the applicant will lose their right to admission and will not be able to enrol on the degree. No alleged special circumstances will be taken into account in this respect, even if an inadvertent error has led to a discrepancy between the uploaded documents and the originals. It is entirely the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that all the documentation and information provided is authentic and truthful; otherwise, the application will be rejected and the applicant will lose any acquired right to admission.

    • View the status of their application at any time and undertake a variety of necessary administrative tasks before enrolment.

  • Applicants must fulfil the requirements for the appropriate admission pathway, as specified in these Regulations. Being allowed to sit the admission test does not necessarily mean the applicant has fulfilled these requirements; it is the responsibility of the individual applicant to ensure that they do fulfil them and can demonstrate this. If, at any stage of the admission process, it is found that an applicant does not fulfil the requirements, then this person will be considered ineligible and his or her application will be rejected.

Applicants are strongly advised to pay close attention to the information on the website and other communication channels regarding the deadlines corresponding to the different stages of the process, the documentation that must be submitted, and the requirements of each admission pathway. Ensuring compliance with deadlines, the documentation needed, and admission requirements is entirely the applicant’s responsibility and a lack of awareness in one or other respect will not constitute grounds for special treatment under any circumstances.

Applicants who are unable to obtain a place on the degree, after having taken the online EPOAM test for international students, cannot take the in-person EPAM test.

The EPOAM test will take place on 31st January and 25th April 2026 in an online format. Candidates who apply for the first exam session and are not admitted in that initial phase may apply for the second exam session, paying the fees again. The university will evaluate their application in the second phase based on the highest score obtained by the candidate across both sessions.