Overview
- The Comisión Permanente del Consejo de Universidades unanimously accepted the appeals from UGR and UJA, a move ministry sources called exceptional and unprecedented.
- It reverses two unfavorable ACCUA reports that cited staffing and planning gaps, a process criticized after the agency had authorized Biomedical Engineering at the private Loyola de Andalucía.
- UGR said it will use this academic year to prepare the programs and aims to start both degrees in 2026/2027 to ensure a rigorous rollout.
- The Junta convened an urgent Andalusian Council of Universities and said it can activate procedures for a 2025/2026 start, including DUA admissions adjustments, though the campuses view that window as unworkable.
- Civic mobilization continues in Jaén, where a platform defending the university is keeping an October 8 demonstration to press broader funding and planning demands.