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Over 3,600 Candidates Sit Spain’s Largest Joint Police Exam Since Pandemic

Selected candidates will enter an accelerated eight-month training program with full boarding at Arkaute once results are announced.

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Overview

  • 3,609 aspirants took the theoretical and eliminatory tests on July 5 at the Bilbao Exhibition Centre in the sixth joint competitive examination.
  • The exam offered 650 basic-scale positions across the Ertzaintza and 25 municipal police forces in Euskadi.
  • About 1,000 of the 4,812 registered candidates did not attend, with 64% of those present male and 36% female.
  • Results are pending to determine which aspirants will advance to the next phase of recruitment.
  • The new training syllabus condenses instruction into eight months of morning and afternoon classes and restores full internment at Arkaute.