Overview

• The Ministry of Science’s reclamation commission unanimously urged ACCUA to confirm or amend its negative verification of the University of Granada’s Data Science & AI degree and the joint Biomedical Engineering program
• National authorities have deferred the final decision to the Junta de Andalucía, intensifying a jurisdictional dispute over accreditation powers
• The Andalusian University Department has established its own commission to review the appeals and pledged to issue a ruling by month-end
• University leaders in Granada and Jaén caution that even a favorable outcome cannot meet the 2025 enrollment window, so they are planning for a 2026-27 launch
• Critics argue the dispute exposes tensions over public versus private bias in ACCUA’s decisions and wider regional-national authority clashes