Entrance Exams 2026
Do you need to take the entrance exam?
Depending on your academic qualification, you may have direct access to Higher Level Training Cycles in Plastic Arts and Design, or you may need to take a common entrance exam and a specific entrance exam, or you may only need to take a specific entrance exam. To find out which case applies to you, expand the following sections to see your situation.
Direct access without an entrance exam
If any of the following 10 options are accredited, you can access the Higher Level Training Cycles (CFGS) directly:
Qualification as Technician or Higher Technician in Plastic Arts and Design from a professional family related to the studies you wish to pursue, or an officially equivalent qualification.
Bachelor’s degree in the Arts track or Experimental Artistic Baccalaureate.
Bachelor’s degree in other tracks if three subjects from the Plastic Arts pathway of the Arts track have been completed.
Higher qualification in Plastic Arts or Higher qualification in Design, in any of their specializations, or officially equivalent qualifications.
Higher Vocational Training Technician qualification from a professional family considered equivalent to Plastic Arts and Design for the purposes of the entrance exam.
Higher qualification in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage, in any of its specializations.
Degree in Fine Arts.
Architecture degree.
Technical Engineering in Industrial Design.
Exemption resolution recognized by the General Directorate of Vocational Training.
Access with a specific exam
To access CFGS by taking only the specific exam, you must have one of the following 4 qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree.
Vocational Training Technician qualification.
Higher Vocational Training Technician qualification.
Having passed the Higher Vocational Training entrance exam.
Access with both a common and a specific exam
If you are 19 years old (or turn 19 in the year of the exam call) and you do not hold any of the qualifications (or accreditations) specified in the previous sections, you must take both the common exam and the specific exam.
Key calendar dates
Ordinary session (common part and/or specific part)
Registration: from March 17 (starting at 9:00 a.m.) to March 30 (11:59 p.m.), 2026
Fee payment: until March 31, 2026 (before 10:00 p.m.)
Provisional list of admitted and excluded candidates: from April 23, 2026
Final list of admitted and excluded candidates: from May 15, 2026
Submission of documentation for people with specific needs: between March 18 and April 10, 2026
Exam dates
Common part: May 20, 2026 at 4:00 p.m.
Specific part: May 21, 2026 at 4:00 p.m.
Provisional results: from June 10, 2026
Deadline for submitting appeals via email to the corporate mailbox of the chosen exam center: from June 11 to June 15, 2026
Final results: from June 18, 2026
Incident session
This session is intended for registered applicants who cannot attend the ordinary session due to force majeure, which must be documented (by email to the corporate mailbox of the exam center where the applicant is registered).
Application deadline: until 12:00 p.m. on May 22, 2026
List of admitted and excluded candidates: no later than May 27, 2026
Exam: May 28, 2026 — common part at 9:30 a.m. and specific part at 4:00 p.m.
Extraordinary session (specific part)
Registration: from May 25 (starting at 9:00 a.m.) to May 29, 2026
Provisional list of admitted and excluded candidates: from June 4, 2026
Submission of documentation for people with specific needs: no later than June 5, 2026 (during office hours)
Submission of documentation at the center: from June 5 to June 18, 2026 (during office hours)
Final list of admitted and excluded candidates: June 19, 2026
Exam: June 26, 2026 at 9:30 a.m.
Provisional results: from June 29, 2026
Deadline to submit appeals at the center: from June 30 to July 3, 2026 (during office hours)
Final results: from July 7, 2026
September session (specific part)
Registration: from September 1 to September 4, 2026
Provisional list of admitted and excluded candidates: September 10, 2026
Submission of documentation at the center: from September 14 to September 25, 2026 (during office hours)
Final list of admitted and excluded candidates: September 28, 2026
Submission of documentation for people with specific needs: until September 4, 2026
Application for exemptions: until June 25, 2026
Exam: September 29, 2026 (at 9:30 a.m.)
Provisional results: October 5, 2026
Deadline to submit appeals at the center: from October 6 to October 8, 2026 (during office hours)
Final results: from October 9, 2026
Contents
The entrance exam is organized in two parts: a common part, only for people who do not have the required academic qualifications, and a specific part for all applicants who wish to access a training cycle.
The common part includes the subjects of Catalan language, Spanish language, a foreign language (English, French or German), and a fourth subject chosen between History and Mathematics. It should be noted that passing this part of the exam may also grant access to vocational training cycles, but only if the Mathematics exam has been taken. The General Directorate of Initial Vocational Training and Special Regime Education prepares the exams according to the syllabus and evaluation criteria approved by Resolution EDU/3983/2010 of December 9.
Regarding the specific part, the exam consists of an exercise in which the student will develop a project proposal based on pre-established conditions, choosing between three projects related to:
The field of communication and design, integrating the contents of Audiovisual Culture and Design.
The field of artistic expression, integrating the contents of Foundations of the Arts and Artistic Drawing.
The field of art and technology, integrating the contents of Technical Drawing and Design.
The General Directorate of Initial Vocational Training and Special Regime Education prepares the exams according to the syllabus and evaluation criteria approved in Annex 7 of Resolution ENS/519/2011 of February 17, modified by Resolution ENS/1770/2018 of July 29.
Materials required for the specific part
At least two DIN A3 drawing sheets, one of them for preparatory drawings and sketches.
One DIN A3 sheet suitable for the technique used to produce the final proposal.
One DIN A3 cardboard sheet.
Graphite pencil.
Eraser.
Pencil sharpener.
Compass.
Ruler.
Set square and triangle.
For applying color: colored pencils, markers, tempera, acrylic or watercolor.
For cutting: scissors, scalpel or cutter.
For gluing: double-sided tape, glue stick or white glue.
Examples of the specific exam
Model 1: model_prova_cfgs_apd_1.pdf
Model 2: model_prova_cfgs_apd_2.pdf
Model 3: model_prova_cfgs_apd_3.pdf
Model 4: model_prova_cfgs_apd_4.pdf
Model 5: model_prova_cfgs_apd_5.pdf
Rúbrica d'avaluació de la prova: rubrica_avaluacio.pdf
Submit the request
You can submit the request online on the website of the Generalitat de Catalunya