After protests from thousands of students demanding the Ebau (Selectivity) exam patterns, they were finally released. The test will be carried out simultaneously throughout Spain on June 3, 4 and 5, 2025 during the ordinary call, and on July 1, 2 and 3 during the extraordinary call. However, in Catalonia it will take place on June 11, 12 and 13.
Students even went on strike and took to the streets to demand that they know the criteria and examples of what the university entrance test will be like, which is changing this year to adapt to the Lomloe , the new Education law.
PAU in Madrid
The six public universities of Madrid This Thursday, October 17, they announced the new exam models. In total, 31 different models can be viewed, one for each subject, listed in alphabetical order. These are exams in common subjects: Spanish language and literature, Spanish history and English.
The rest of the Communities have also made their model public. Here, a compilation with the different exams of the three subjects of the compulsory phase.
Andalusia
The Ministry of Educational Development and Vocational Training of Andalusia published its exam model on Monday, which corresponds to the same as that of the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla. The ministry has committed to sending the information via Seneca to all second-year baccalaureate teachers.
Cantabria
After approval from the UPA Organizing Commission, coordinators from the University and the Ministry of Education began meeting with teaching staff to present both the qualification guide and the exam model.
Catalonia
So far, they have only released five exam models: Latin, English, German, Performing Arts, and Cultural and Artistic Movements.
Galicia
They were the first to release their exam patterns. Galician officials have designed a series of tests in which there are four compulsory questions, you cannot choose, although there are optional answers in the questions. One of these four exercises is focused on skills, thus respecting what is proposed by the CRUE.
Basque Country
Basque public universities have already published 20 models, but some are still missing, such as language and English. The rector of the University of the Basque Country, Eva Ferreira, assured that the new test “raises doubts” and, therefore, “it is essential to have clear and reliable information”.
Castile-La Mancha
The Minister of Education, Culture and Sports, Amador Pastor, assured that their models “unlike other autonomous communities, are agreed and faithful to those planned for the month of June.”
Castile and León
In Castile and León, a model as such has not yet been published, but instead they have uploaded some documents with the structure that the tests will have.
Murcia
All templates, along with the minutes of the faculty meetings at which they were agreed, are now available on the universities’ platform. There are more than 130 files distributed among the 32 subjects.
Asturias
Asturias specifies that the models are provisional with red text running throughout the document.
Some communities have not yet made exams easier. Canary Islands And Extremadura They assure that they will be published at the end of the month. On the University of La Rioja website they appear “pending publication”, although they assure that they will be available from this week. Navarre You must submit your proposals to the organizing committee before October 21. As for the Valencian Communitythe regional secretary of Universities, Esther Gómez, said that the tests will be ready in the week of October 21 to 25. Aragon And Balearic Islands They do not have a confirmed date, but they will follow the criteria agreed with the rest of the Autonomous Communities.
