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He Growth of university education In Spain it is a fashion issue since the Government was willing to harden the criteria for the opening of new private universities. Medicine faculties do not escape a reality that affects the entire Spanish territory and has been translated, since 2007, into a growth of 600 percent in private centers and 50 percent in the public sphere.

The consequences of this brutal growth for both the university and student hierarchy are difficult to foresee, for this Medical writing consultation Antonio Compaño, new president of the Conference of Deans of Spanish Medicine Faculties already Markel GamarraPresident of the State Council of Medicine students (CEEM).

The reasons after the ‘boom’

“In 2007, there were 28 powers of Medicine, 26 public and 2 private. In 2025, we are already 53 of which 39 are public and 14 private. These figures They suppose an increase of 50 percent in the case of public and 600 percent in the case of private”, Explains Compañía, who has headed a study on the growth of medical faculties in Spain.

For the Dean Faculty of Medicine of the Miguel Hernández de Elche Universitythere are two main factors that influence this ‘boom’ took place; he limited number of places offered in public faculties and high cutting notes to access them.

“This leaves a space for private universities to offer alternative and on the other hand they can offer different admission criteria. Also, everything must be said, the business opportunity, Education in Medicine, given its high demand and the value of professionals trained, can be a profitable sector for private investment. Registing in private universities are usually significantly higher than in public, ”reflects company.

For its part, the Student RepresentativeMarkel Gamarra, clarifies that, although there is no clear position on the part of the student in relation to the opening of new faculties if there is concern about it.

“The excessive opening of faculties generates concern in different areas, from What an impact will the increase in places in their university training and in the quality of their clinical practices; until How will this increase in graduates in their future work and future profession impact”, Says Gamarra.

The risks that entails

For company, the risks of this enormous growth of faculties are several, although the P highlightsquality of quality in student practices and the subsequent difficulty for graduates of joining the world of work; “A greater number of students can exert excessive pressure on university hospitals and Health centers for clinical practices. This could result in a lower practical exposure per student.”

Los Risks to the labor insertion of graduates They would be in their opinion the saturation of the labor market, theUnemployment, increased emigration of professionals looking for better conditions, either outwards or to private health, and Precarization of working conditions.

“Yes it is perceived This saturation risk given the increase in students in the faculties and the opening of new faculties, which does not translate into greater offer mir“, Coincides the president of the CEEM, who sees” an uncertain work future before a demand that does not conform to the offer and that can lead to the escape of graduates to other countries that offer better working conditions and greater stability in the system. “

Measures to take

However, both agree that there are measures that can improve this situation. For the representative of the deans this goes through “the complete implementation of the State Registry of Health Professionals that will allow an adequate projection of the studies on retirement and the greatest coordination between communities when offering MIR places taking into account a joint and national planning ”.

For the CEEM, in the words of Gamarra, whose position coincides quite a lot with the deaneDemographic LAN in the framework of educational-professional planning and institutional coordinationnot based on economic and political criteria. ”