According to a survey carried out by the Andalusian Studies Centre (CENTRA) for the Regional Ministry of University, Research and Innovation on the Andalusian university system, 79.5 percent of students and more than 90 percent of teaching and research staff (PDI) at Andalusian universities are in favour of requiring languages to gain access to university degrees.
This study reveals that 59% of students are in favour of maintaining the requirement of accrediting a B1 level in languages, while 20.5% consider it necessary to increase it. On the other hand, 15% of university students are in favour of lowering the level.
When asked about this issue, 90.5 percent of teaching and research staff (teaching and research staff) were positive about the language requirement for access to university degrees. Of these, 46.5% were in favour of maintaining the requirement for students to accredit a B1 level in languages, although 44.1% considered that this should be increased. On the other hand, only 5.2% of teachers were in favour of lowering it.
CENTRA also asked university administration and services staff about their perceptions of the internationalisation of universities. 43% believe that their own university is fairly or very internationalised, compared to 33.7% who believe that it is not. These same employees (38%) also believe that Andalusian and Spanish universities are not very internationalised.
As for the future outlook for internationalisation, 38% of teaching and research staff (PDI) believe that the university will be better in 2030 in this respect, compared to 49.3% who think it will be the same. On the other hand, only 5.8% say the situation will be worse.
For their part, 49.3% of the Technical and Administration and Services Staff (PTGAS) believe that the internationalisation of the university will be better in 2030 compared to 30.8% who think it will be the same, while 9.2% believe that the situation will be worse and the same percentage do not know.