ACCUA issues favourable reports for 8 of the 9 degree proposals from the UGR for the 2026/27 academic year

The Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Technology and Materials Engineering receives an unfavourable report

The Agency for Scientific and University Quality of Andalusia (ACCUA) has issued a favourable final report for eight of the nine new degree programmes presented by the University of Granada for verification and implementation for the upcoming 2026/27 academic year, while only one of them has received an unfavourable report, against which an appeal may be lodged with the Council of Universities.

Thus, the University of Granada will be able to implement, pending final approval by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, the bachelor's degrees in Environmental Sciences and the bachelor's degree in Optics and Optometry, as well as the master's degrees in Foreign Trade and Economic Relations, in Digital Education and Entrepreneurship, in Advanced Practice Nursing and, finally, in Active and Healthy Lifestyles; as well as two joint master's degrees with the University of Seville and the International University of Andalusia, specifically in Plasma Science, Astrophysics and Fusion Technologies and in Artificial Intelligence Applied to Health Sciences.

Conversely, the independent experts comprising ACCUA's Engineering and Architecture Committee have issued an unfavourable report on the new bachelor's degree proposal submitted by the University of Granada (UGR) in the field of Industrial Technology and Materials Engineering.

The final evaluation reports issued by ACCUA culminate an evaluation process regulated by state legislation and in accordance with European standards for university quality assurance, in which a provisional report is first issued, detailing the strengths and weaknesses of each degree, with specific mention of those deficiencies that must be corrected in order to obtain a favourable report. Universities are then given a period of fifteen working days to correct the identified deficiencies and make any submissions they deem appropriate, after which the expert committees meet again to issue their final reports.

These final reports are sent to the requesting academic institution, the Regional Ministry of University and the Council of Universities, a body attached to the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities. Ultimately, the Council of Universities is the body responsible for issuing the verification resolution for the degree, taking into account the evaluation report issued by the experts. Likewise, these final reports are published on the Agency's website, as required in compliance with European standards.

The evaluation system applied by ACCUA is endorsed by the European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education (EQAR), has a favourable report from the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) and follows the guidelines agreed with the other Spanish agencies within the Spanish Network of University Quality Agencies (REACU), which guarantees that it is a process that ensures rights, is transparent, independent and based exclusively on evidence and technical criteria.