New rules for advanced arts education and professional arts studies

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1. Advanced arts education is structured in two cycles, degree and master, and organized by discipline: music, dance, drama, conservation and restoration, visual arts, design, audiovisual arts, creative writing and circus arts. The Government may add new disciplines.
2. Degree and Master titles in Advanced Arts Education are placed at the same level as the corresponding university titles and are fully equivalent to them. Holding one of these titles meets any requirement of holding a university degree.
3. To enter degree studies, applicants need a Bachiller certificate or an equivalent title and must pass a specific entrance test. Access without a title is limited to exceptional cases of extraordinary talent, and people with proven work or professional experience may also be admitted without the usual academic title.
4. Centers gain autonomy: they define their degree study plans, design master plans, set admission procedures and run research and innovation projects. Public centers must have a Center Council and a Faculty Assembly.
5. For the first time, students' rights and duties are defined: participation in governing bodies, access to the state scholarships and grants system on the same terms as university students, and a reserve of at least 5 percent of places for students with disabilities.
6. Teaching these studies will require a degree plus a specific master's in research and teaching in arts education. New teaching corps are created for Professors and Full Professors of Advanced Arts Education and of Professional Arts Education; becoming a Full Professor of advanced studies requires a doctorate.
7. Professional music and dance studies will be organized in a program of at least six years, with possible tracks leading to a Técnico or Técnico Superior title. The Government will set how these titles match the levels of the Spanish Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning.
8. Teachers in the current corps, declared to be phased out, may join the new corps if they meet the requirements, such as teaching experience in advanced studies or a doctorate. Until the law is developed through regulations, the previous rules still apply.

Who it affects

• Students at conservatories and advanced arts schools: Their titles will be equivalent to university ones, they get the same scholarships and new participation rights.
• People who want to enroll in these studies: They must pass a specific entrance test, though professional experience may allow entry without the usual academic title.
• Arts education teachers: New training requirements, new teaching corps and a procedure for current teachers to join them.
• Advanced arts education centers, public and private: They gain academic and management autonomy, with new governing bodies and minimum requirements set by the Government.
• Students with disabilities: At least 5 percent of places in these programs are reserved for them.

Words worth knowing

Enseñanzas artísticas superiores

Higher-level arts studies (degree and master), such as music, dance, drama or design.

Enseñanzas artísticas profesionales

Non-higher arts studies, such as professional music, dance, visual arts and design programs.

MECES

Spanish Qualifications Framework for Higher Education: the system that classifies higher education titles by level in Spain.

Cuerpos a extinguir

Civil servant corps that will no longer hold entrance exams and will gradually disappear as their staff join the new corps.

Prueba específica de acceso

A discipline-specific entrance test required for these studies, in addition to the general academic requirements.

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