With Bachelor of Arts: access is direct. You don’t have to take any tests.
With the ESO title: you have to take the specific test.
Without the ESO title: you have to take two tests. First the general test and then the specific test. If the first test is not passed, the second cannot be performed. In addition, you have to be 17 years old the year you take the test
With Bachelor of Arts: access is direct. You don’t have to take any tests. (50% of the places are reserved, which are occupied in order of note).
With Baccalaureate other modalities: you have to take the specific test.
Without the Baccalaureate (With the ESO title): you have to take two tests. First the general test and then the specific test. If the first test is not passed, the second cannot be performed. In addition, you have to be 19 years old the year you take the test.
If you have the title of Printed Graphic Product Assistant, our medium-level Training Cycle, you will not have to take the general test. If you want to access a cycle of the same professional family: Photography, Advertising Graphics, Animation and Illustration, access is direct (limited places). If you want to access a cycle of a different professional family: Projects and Construction Management or Styling, you have to take the specific test.
The general test for the Intermediate Training Cycle is made up of several exercises:
– Develop a written essay and answer the questions that are formulated about language and literature (Spanish or Valencian) from a written text. You must choose one of the two languages.
– Answer questions related to a technical-scientific and socio-cultural content.
The maturity and level of knowledge related to the subjects of Language and Literature (Spanish or Valencian), Social Sciences, Geography and History, Natural Sciences, Technology and Mathematics will be valued, according to the current ESO curriculum in the Valencian Community
The specific test for the Intermediate Training Cycle consists of several exercises:
– Written development of issues related to the field of plastic arts, based on a written text and/or graphic documentation provided. In this exercise the artistic knowledge of the student will be valued.
– Making drawings or sketches based on a subject which will serve as the basis for the subsequent making of a color drawing. In this exercise, aptitudes such as creativity, specific skill, observation and perception skills will be assessed, as well as the predisposition towards specific studies of the cycles corresponding to the professional family indicated in the test.
– Based on one of the sketches made in the previous exercise, a practice adapted to the material and curricular reality of the training cycle indicated in the test will be carried out. In this exercise the following aptitudes will be valued: specific skill, observation, perception and composition of expressiveness according to the indicated training cycle.
The general test for Higher Level Training Cycles is made up of several exercises:
– Develop in writing one of the two text comments and questions proposed in Language and Literature: the Spanish one or the Valencian one.
– Develop written foreign language questions: English or French.
– Develop in writing the questions proposed on the History of Spain.
– Develop in writing the proposed questions on the History of Philosophy.
All the exercises will be carried out according to the current High School curriculum of the Valencian Community. For each subject, two exam options are proposed. You have to choose one of the two.
The specific test for Higher Level Training Cycles is different depending on the Cycle you want to study. But always have the following exercises:
– Questions related to art history, based on a written text and/or the graphic or audiovisual documentation provided to the students. In this exercise, the level of artistic knowledge and sensitivity to artistic and functional creations will be assessed, as well as the maturity of the aesthetic criteria.
– Making several sketches on a proposed subject, and subsequent execution of one of the sketches in color. In this exercise, aptitudes such as artistic sensitivity, creativity, compositional and communicative capacity, and a sense of functionality will be assessed, as well as the predisposition towards specific studies of the cycles corresponding to the professional family indicated in the test.
– Execution from one of the sketches made in the previous exercise of a practice adapted to the material and curricular reality of the training cycle indicated in the test. In this exercise the following aptitudes will be valued: specific skill, observation skills, expressiveness, perception and formal composition according to the indicated training cycle.
On the School’s website, in the Studies tab, by clicking on the studies you are interested in taking, you can find examples of the tests proposed in previous courses.
In addition, there are preparation courses. You can access more information on this topic through the following link:
Training Cycles: https://portal.edu.gva.es/ceedcv/
On 05/10/23 we will carry out informative and guidance workshops on access tests at the EASDAlcoi. You can register by filling out a form at 1:30 p.m. on 05/08/23 at the following link.
By clicking on the following link you can check the dates of the entrance exams: Calendar
For all the tests it will be necessary to bring the DNI or another document that allows the identification of the student.
For the general tests it is necessary to bring a blue or black pen, pencil, rubber. In the case of the general test for the Medium Grade Training Cycle, also a calculator.
For the specific tests it is necessary to bring a blue or black pen, rubber, graphite pencil, and materials for the free technique: markers, colored pencils, crayons, pastels, magazines or materials for collage, glue, etc. Wet techniques are not allowed.
The tests are carried out in the classrooms of the School. You work on tables, not with easels. They last a whole morning. Some rest is taken.
To be able to take the entrance tests to the Training Cycles, it is necessary to register previously.
For which, you have to follow the instructions that you will find on the website, in the I want to be a student tab, Instructions for access to training cycles. Also stinging in the following link: Admission instructions
In the following link you can find the dates and registration deadlines for the Cycles and Grades tests: Calendar
Yes, all procedures can be done online.
All the processing will be online following the following modus operandi:
When the registration period opens, you will have to fill in the form that will be activated on the EASDALCOI website, in the tab: Study here > Admission instructions
You also have to send an email to acces.cicles@easdalcoi.es with the following information:
– The completed registration form
– A scanned copy of the DNI or NIE (front and back)
– A scanned copy of the academic certificate of the studies required for direct access (artistic bachelor’s degree, plastic arts and design training cycle, etc.) where the average grade is stated
A few days before the specific test, the list of those admitted by direct access will be published. It is very important that you check that you show up. If you were left without a place due to having an average grade that was too low, you will still be able to choose to enter by entrance test
A few days after the tests we publish the results on the website, tab: Study here > Admission and Registration > Enrollment calendar
If you fail to pass the entrance exams you will not be able to be a student at EASDAlcoi this year. But you can try again for the next course.
If you pass the entrance exams you can continue with one last procedure, the registration.