FEES

• Tuition fees are charged to first and second cycle home and international students

• Short cycle students do not pay tuition fees in general but they are required to pay registration and admission fees and insurance. Only the Autonomous Community of Madrid and Catalonia (Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid and Cataluña) charge tuition fees in short cycle. The amounts are not subject to differentiation depending on the type of programme or field of study and the maximum fee is EUR 400.

• Students with poor performance or extended length of studies, are required to pay higher fees. After the fourth time, the price stays the same. The amounts vary among the autonomous communities.

• Students enrolled in health and engineering degrees usually pay higher fees than students enrolled in humanities and social sciences degrees

• Public prices for year 2022/2023 vary by autonomous community, field of study or academic performance/length of study

• Specific data for maximum fees for poor study performance and/or extended length of studies are not available

• In 2021/2022 reference year the share of fee payers was as follows:

  • 93% (first cycle) and 91% (second cycle) of part-time home students (paying fees regardless of the amount)

  • 63% (first cycle) and 73% (second cycle) of full-time home students (regardless of the amount)

  • 86% (first cycle) and 99% (second cycle) of international students (regardless of the amount)

• Waivers or reductions to tuition fees are available subject to evaluation of academic performance and socio-economic conditions of the students.  Some autonomous communities offer grants, which include fee waivers, for students whose residency is registered in those communities.

• Students with strong academic performance: students that have ended their studies with honours are entitled to tuition waiver for the first year of their next level studies. This applies also to secondary school students entering first cycle higher education programmes

• Students subject to socio-economic constraints can apply for a MEFP scholarship (Ministerio de Educación y Formación Profesional). These scholarships include fee waivers for students with lower income

• Grant holders do not pay tuition fees. The grant includes fee waivers. Students applying for grants, do not pay for tuition until the government confirms the grant award.

INDIRECT FINANCIAL SUPPORT

• Tax benefits for students with income and students’ parent are not available
• Family allowances are not offered

DIRECT FINANCIAL SUPPORT - GRANTS

• Need-based grants are available with no differentiation in the amounts to home and international full and part-time students[1] (first and second cycles) paid in sole instalment covering 12 months period

• Minimum amount in first and second cycles is not applied as it is equivalent to a fee waiver.

• The maximum amount is EUR 8456 and the most common EUR 3033

• Different amounts are applied for short cycle:

  • Minimum amount per year: 300

  • Maximum amount per year: 5 319.64

  • Most common amount per year: 1 606.31

• Grants offered by the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training consist of different components which are all fixed except for one variable. The fixed components are the following:

  • Fee waiver; fixed amount linked to income; fixed amount linked to residence/accommodation of the student during the academic year; fixed amount linked to excellence

  • The variable amount component is calculated by weighing the student's average grade and income, so it is different for each student

• Part time students can only apply for fee waiver and the minimum amount of the variable component (EUR 60)

• International students:

  • EU students are eligible as long as their residence is established in Spain. If their residence is not established in Spain, they are eligible for fee waiver only

  • Non-EU students are eligible if and only if they have residence permit

• In 2021/2022, 37% (first cycle) and 25% (second cycle) of home full-time students and 44.5% of international students received a need-based grant.

• In the same reference period, 7% (first cycle) and 8.3% (second cycle) of part-time students received a need-based grant.

• Merit-based and universal grants are not available

• There is no age limit for award of grants

DIRECT FINANCIAL SUPPORT - LOANS

• Loans are not available

Combination of grants and loans, considering that loans are not offered, is not possible.