Regulations of
Issuance of Titles

Bachelor's, Master's and Doctorate degrees

University degrees from educational systems prior to RD 1393/2007

Duplicates

Withdrawal of titles

European Diploma Supplement

Royal Decree 1044/2003, of August 1, which establishes the procedure for issuing the European Diploma Supplement by universities. (Official State Gazette No. 218 of 11 September 2003)
Royal Decree 22/2015, of January 23, which establishes the requirements for issuing the European Diploma Supplement to the qualifications regulated by Royal Decree 1393/2007, of 29 October, which establishes the regulations for official university education and modifies Royal Decree 1027/2011, of 15 July, which establishes the Spanish Qualifications Framework for Higher Education. (BOE No. 33 of 7 February 2015)
Royal Decree 195/2016, of May 13 establishing the requirements for issuing the European Supplement to the Doctorate Degree. (Official State Gazette No. 134 of June 3, 2016)

Approval of foreign studies

Royal Decree 1954/94, of September 30, on the approval of degrees to those in the catalogue of official university degrees, created by Royal Decree 1497/87 of 27 November (Official State Gazette No. 275 of 17 November 1994)

Royal Decree 49/2004, of January 19, on the approval of official study plans and qualifications, valid throughout the national territory. (Official State Gazette No. 19 of January 19, 2004).

Royal Decree 889/2022, of October 18, which establishes the conditions and procedures for the approval, declaration of equivalence, and validation of university degrees from foreign educational systems and regulates the procedure for establishing the correspondence to the level of the Spanish Qualifications Framework for Higher Education of official university degrees belonging to previous academic systems. (BOE No. 251 of October 19, 2022)
Royal Decree 581/2017, of June 9, which incorporates into Spanish law Directive 2013/55/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 amending Directive 2005/36/EC on the recognition of professional qualifications and Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 on administrative cooperation through the Internal Market Information System (IMI Regulation). (BOE No. 138 of 10 June 2017)

Cross-cutting regulations

Organic Law 2/2023, of March 22, of the University System (BOE No. 70 of March 23, 2023)
Royal Decree 822/2021, of September 28, which establishes the organization of university education and the procedure for ensuring its quality (BOE No. 233 of September 29, 2021).

Royal Decree 1027/2011, of July 15, which establishes the Spanish Qualifications Framework for Higher Education. (Official State Gazette No. 185 of August 3, 2011)