ACCUA issues favourable reports for all degrees from the University of Córdoba for the 2026/27 academic year

UCO obtains positive verification for 5 degrees, focusing on Social Work, Music, Digital Marketing or Public Administration Direction and Government

Loyola Andalusia University will be able to develop the bachelor's degree in Podiatry on its Córdoba campus, after receiving a favourable evaluation

The Agency for Scientific and University Quality of Andalusia (ACCUA) has issued favourable final verification reports for the five degree programmes presented by the University of Córdoba (UCO) for the upcoming 2026/27 academic year, an academic year in which Loyola Andalusia will also be able to implement another degree, totalling six programmes for Córdoba. Their implementation is only pending final approval by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, which must now issue its decision, now that these reports have been sent to it today.

Of the six programmes analysed, two are joint programmes, meaning they will be taught together with other academic institutions, and regarding their nature, two are bachelor's degrees and four are master's degrees.

In the case of the University of Córdoba's educational offering, one is a bachelor's degree with a dual-track focus, centred on Social Work, and the rest are master's degrees, two of which are joint programmes. The first is specialising in Music (Research/Performance), the second in Direction and Government of Public Administrations, and the third delves into Data-Based Digital Marketing and will be taught together with the Pablo de Olavide academic institution. Lastly, the fourth master's degree, also interuniversity, offers studies in Civil Engineering in collaboration with the University of Jaén. For its part, Loyola Andalusia University will be able to develop the bachelor's degree in Podiatry in Córdoba.

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.