Older than 40

General information

If you are over 40 years old, you can access university by proving work or professional experience related to undergraduate education, as long as you do not have any academic qualification that allows you access to university.

In this way, it will be possible to access those degree studies that offer this type of access.

Offer of TecnoCampus studies

Check out the TecnoCampus study offer for the 2026/2027 academic year at this link

Requirements

All people who meet the following requirements can access this channel:

a) To be 40 years old in the year in which access to the university is requested.
b) Not to have any academic qualifications that enable them to access the university through other means of access.
c) Accredit work or professional experience related to the undergraduate university education for which access is requested.

Exam and registration calendar

Access for those over 40 is announced once a year and you can only apply to a single study center at Catalan universities.

If you want to access TecnoCampus this way, you must register at University Access Portal following the instructions and deadline detailed in the call.

Admission process

It consists of two phases:

Phase 1. Assessment of merits and documentation: The assessment of merits must be made according to the following scale: 

Work and professional experience: The Evaluation Committee will assess the experience provided, provided that skills are demonstrated that are equivalent to the degree study chosen by the student: up to a maximum of 6 points. Specifically, the experience acquired and demonstrable in occupations that are specifically related to the degree study requested by the student will be assessed up to a maximum of 0,05 points per full month of professional experience. Professional experience will be considered accredited if a contract or appointment with functions and official certification of periods of contribution to the Social Security System is provided.

Training: Accredited training will be valued: up to a maximum of 2 points.
Training and further training courses, the content of which is directly related to the degree study requested, with a duration equal to or greater than 15 hours, that have been taken by the interested person will be assessed according to the calculation of 0,002 points per hour.
Training and further training courses, the content of which is not directly related to the branch of knowledge of the degree study requested, with a duration equal to or greater than 15 hours, that have been taken by the interested person will be assessed according to the calculation of 0,001 points per hour. 

Knowledge of foreign languages: Knowledge of foreign languages ​​will be assessed according to their relevance for teaching and learning in the courses in question, subject to accreditation of the certificates established in this section: up to a maximum of 1 point.

• Intermediate level course corresponding to level B1 Threshold of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) or equivalent: 0,5 points.
• Proficiency course corresponding to level C1.2 Effective functional proficiency of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) or equivalent: 1 point.

Once the merits and documentation assessment phase has been passed, and provided that the candidate has obtained a minimum score of 5 points, the Evaluation Committee will call the applicant for an interview.

Phase 2. Personal interview

1. The interview will aim to determine the maturity and suitability of the person to successfully pursue the degree study applied for. This phase will have a rating of Pass or Fail. Candidates who obtain a rating of Fail in the personal interview phase will not have passed this access process.
2. During the interview, the assessment committee will preferably use the Catalan language and may check the candidate's comprehension and expression skills in any of the languages ​​of instruction of the corresponding degree.
3. For candidates who have obtained a Pass grade, the final grade will be determined by the sum of the grades from phase 1, which will also be used for the corresponding allocation of places. 

Publication of results

In the event that there are applications for TecnoCampus undergraduate studies, the results of both phases will be published in this section of the website.

TecnoCampus will contact candidates who have passed Phase 1 (assessment of accredited experience) to specify the day and time of the personal interview (Phase 2).

It should be remembered that overcoming the access process does not automatically award a place. It will be necessary to consult the allocation of university pre-registration places at University Access Portal.

Results academic year 2026/2027

Phase 1 (assessment of accredited experience)

See the resolution in the following links:

• English version
• Spanish version

Phase 2 (personal interview)

See the resolution in the following links:

• English version
• Spanish version

Regulation

You can consult the structure of the process of assessment of professional or work experience in the Regulations for admission to the university through the accreditation of work or professional experience.

More information

See more information on the website. Universities Channel