What has changed the most in this year's cut-off scores?
The most striking novelty of this call comes from Medicine. For years it has been the most demanding reference, but the increase in the number of places approved by the autonomous communities at the request of the Ministry of Health has pushed its grade down in most public universities. At the Complutense of Madrid, which is still one of the most demanding in the country, the cut-off mark stands at 13.476, while the first place in the Madrid ranking is now occupied by the Double Degree in Mathematics-Physics, with 13.698. That says a lot about where the real demand is moving.
Nursing follows a similar trend: the grade has dropped in most autonomous communities, although it continues to be one of the careers with the highest number of applications in relation to available places. If you are interested in health and your grade is not where you wanted it to be, this year may be a good opportunity to explore options that were previously tighter.
STEM majors continue to rise, and that's not going to change.
The increase in demand for science, technology, engineering and mathematics degrees has been steady for several years, and the 2026 cut scores bear this out. Double degrees that combine Mathematics with Physics or Computer Engineering are now the most difficult to enter in many Spanish universities, surpassing even Medicine in demand. This reflects something that we at Singularity Experts already know: the labor market has long been demanding technical profiles with reasoning skills, and students are beginning to orient themselves towards this.
Remember that these grades are the result of supply and demand each year. The ones you see now are indicative and may vary until all enrollments close at the end of October. The number that appears today is that of the last student admitted in the previous year, not a guarantee of what will happen in yours.
The mistake that almost everyone makes with the cut-off grades
There is a very common mistake at this time of the year: look to see if your grade reaches, and if it doesn't, discard the course. Or the other way around: to see that you have enough and choose without thinking about it. But remember that the most important thing is to understand if that career takes you where you want to go. A cut-off mark only tells you who got in last year. It doesn't tell you what the degree can lead to, how many people work in what they studied, what kind of work is done in practice or what other degrees can take you to the same place by another path.
That's why at Singularity Experts we have our degree finder with more than just the number. Each degree includes real-world employability data, specific career paths and, if your grade doesn't make the grade, alternative degrees that connect to the same world of work. More than 2,000 degrees available, all updated, so that the decision is made with all the information on the table.
Remember
Choosing a career wisely means going far beyond comparing grades. The education system changes slowly, but the job market evolves fast, and the distance between the two is exactly what you need to know before enrolling anywhere.
If you want to make that decision with a real analysis of your profile, your skills and the most promising career paths, our orientation packs are designed for that: so that the cut-off mark number is only the starting point, not the only criterion.
Go for it!