Universidad de Navarra Admissions Guide

To apply for Medicine at the Universidad de Navarra (UNAV) for 2027/28 you must be in the final year of school (2º de Bachillerato or its equivalent) with a final grade of 7 out of 10 or more in the year before (1º de Bachillerato). The same minimum of 7 applies to international applicants. You apply on UNAV's miUNAV portal and pay a €100 processing fee, which is not refunded. UNAV asks for the Bachillerato, preferably in health sciences, or an equivalent school-leaving diploma, and the PAU (Spain's university entrance exam) where Spanish law requires it; if you sit the PAU you must pass it at the first sitting to enrol in Medicine. International students do not need the PAU.

Spanish and international applicants do not reach Medicine the same way. The national route is the on-site test in Pamplona, in the March round. Applicants at a school outside Spain, whatever their nationality, are international applicants and choose one of three routes: the ISAT with the School of Medicine's own online test, the International Baccalaureate route, or the same on-site test in March. Only international applicants can use the December round.

UNAV is a private university and charges by the credit. For 2026/27 the first year of Medicine costs €340 per ECTS credit, €20,400 for its 60 credits, and the price is the same whether you take Medicine alone or Medicine with the International Program. UNAV has not yet published its 2027/28 prices; the table shows the 2026/27 ones, the latest on its site.

Not in the public sense. At a Spanish public university the nota de corte is the lowest PAU admission grade that won a place, published every year. UNAV is private and sets its own test, so it ranks candidates by its own final grade (on the on-site route, 70% test and 30% 1º de Bachillerato) against the places it has, and publishes no cutoff and no scores. The figures you may see quoted online for a 'nota de corte' at Navarra are not UNAV's.

Two numbers are fixed: you need 7 or more in 1º de Bachillerato to apply at all, and on the on-site route the waiting list moves on the PAU, using the two best of Biology, Chemistry and Physics, each weighted 0.2, as places come free.

Do not confuse UNAV with the Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA), a separate public university also in Pamplona. UPNA's Medicine degree has 75 places, is taught in Spanish and takes students from the Bachillerato or related higher vocational qualifications through its own pre-enrolment, like any public university, so its notas de corte are UPNA's to publish. IvyTest has not checked them.

UNAV's Medicine page offers 200 places. In September 2026, 220 new students from 23 nationalities began the degree, according to the university's own news. UNAV publishes no applicant numbers, so there is no official acceptance rate, and any rate you see quoted is an estimate.

Medicine at UNAV is an official six-year degree of 360 ECTS, taught on site in Pamplona, in Spanish and English. UNAV says its Integrated Curriculum was developed with Harvard Medical School and set up in 2020. The third year is a full year of clinical rotations at the Clínica Universidad de Navarra, in Pamplona or Madrid.

UNAV's School of Medicine gives five Prof. Jiménez Vargas scholarships a year to first-year students, each covering up to 70% of tuition and kept for all six years if renewed. You need a Bachillerato average of 9 or more, in health sciences, and a family income of up to €20,000 per person, and you apply by the same deadline as for admission. To keep it you need 8 or more after the first and second years and 8.5 from the third. The scholarships page still asks for an older tax return, so check the current call before applying.

Times Higher Education ranks the University of Navarra joint 275th in the world in its World University Rankings 2027. In THE's Medical and Health table, the subject ranking that covers medicine, it is in the 176–200 band in the 2026 edition; the 2027 subject tables are not out yet. Only rankings read on their publisher's own site are shown here.

A ranking describes the university, not your chances: admission depends on your final grade on the route you choose.