High Demand for Medicine Degrees in Spanish Universities: Historic Level Applications and Shortage of Health Professionals

2023-07-19 14:19:33

Medicine once again ranks among the most demanded degrees in the universities of Spain. The number of applications to access this degree reaches historic levels, shooting up 900 percentaccording to the first estimates of the faculties of Medicine collected by Medical Writing.

Despite the increase of 750 places in the Medicine degreethis has not been able to absorb the great demand of the students either and thus reduce the shortage of health professionals and the many upcoming retirements. The average number of places offered by each university for this degree is 300while the number of applications amounts to 3,740.

The Faculty of Medicine of Albacete of the University of Castilla-La Mancha has received a total of 4,049 requestsaccording to its dean, Silvia Llorens. For her part, the dean of the Faculty of Medicine of Ciudad Real linked to the same university, Immaculate Ballesterospoints out that in his case requests rise to 4,099 pre-registrations.

The degree in Medicine from the University of Lleida has received a total of 3,726 requestsaccording to the data of the first assignment, of which 518 in first preferenceExplain anna casanovas. For its part, from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Zaragoza, the 4,881 applications for admission to the studies of the Medicine Degree for the academic year 2023-24.

At the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of Oviedo, for the Degree in Medicine they have received a total of 4,220 applications that marked this degree as the first option and 4,710 applications that marked it as an option. Demand has also been high at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Cantabria, with around 4,300 applications for admissionAccording to the dean of the Faculty, samuel cos.

First students enrolled

In the Valencian Community, the Faculty of Medicine of The Miguel Hernández University of Elche has already enrolled 137 students and “4,775 remain on the waiting list”, in the words of its dean, Antonio Compan. In the same way, There are around 4,000 requests to access the Medicine Degree at the University of Santiago de Compostela.

To a lesser extent, 1,943 students have applied for their first option the Degree in Medicine from the University of Valladolid, according to the dean of the Faculty, Jose Maria Fidelwhile in the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of La Laguna, in the Canary Islands, 1,287 applications have been registered for a quota of 130 places. In this way, the figures confirm the ascending line of Health Sciences as the branch selected by a greater number of people when it comes to training.

Although it may contain statements, data or notes from health institutions or professionals, the information contained in Redacción Médica is edited and prepared by journalists. We recommend to the reader that any health-related questions be consulted with a health professional.

1689791405
#EBAU #leaves #historic #demand #access #Medicine

Leave a Comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.