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Spain Confirms 34,553 Applicants for 12,366 Health Residency Posts

The corrections window opens today ahead of a Jan. 24 exam with an earlier start time.

Overview

  • The 12,366 posts are allocated as 9,276 for Medicine, 2,279 for Nursing, 362 for Pharmacy, 280 for Psychology, 83 for Biology, 57 for Physics, and 29 for Chemistry.
  • The national exam is scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026 at 14:00 (13:00 in the Canary Islands), starting two hours earlier than in previous years.
  • Candidates can submit corrections from Dec. 16, 2025 through Jan. 2, 2026 inclusive.
  • This call adds 423 positions versus last year, bringing the expansion to 54% since 2018.
  • Reserved quotas cover applicants with disabilities and those without residence authorization—for example, the MIR sets 928 places for each—and some test venues are being consolidated, with Vigo removed in favor of Santiago in Galicia.