The UPV recognizes the students with the best admission grades and the most outstanding academic records in undergraduate studies.
The Universitat Politècnica de València awards the students with the best admission grades, the most outstanding records in undergraduate studies and the graduates with the best grades.
The recognition is of an academic nature and is granted on the basis of the data available to the UPV in the student records, so it is not necessary to submit an application to participate. The rules are available on the UPV Student Services website.
Admission scores, between 12 and 14 points
For the category of awards for the best admission grades, students will be considered with access grades between 12 and 14 points, from both the University Entrance Exams (PAU) and higher level training cycles, who have enrolled at the UPV in the 2025-2026 academic year.
One prize is awarded for each degree and double degree, so that a total of 66 prizes will be awarded.
Best records of each course
Regarding the awards for the best records of the 2024-2025 academic year, the UPV announces 64 awards for first year students, 64 for second year students, 63 for third year students, 58 for fourth year students and 12 for fifth year students.
The average grade to be eligible for these awards must be equal to or higher than 8 points.
Awards to UPV graduates
Finally, the UPV recognizes with 63 awards the merit of students who have completed their undergraduate studies during the 2024-2025 academic year with the best grades. Students who have completed double degree itineraries will compete in this call for awards through the allocation of an additional award in each of the single degrees that make up the double degree.
The average grade of the transcripts must be equal to or higher than 8 points.
In addition to the academic recognition, the three graduates with the best academic records will be awarded an extraordinary prize that entitles them to exemption from the payment of fees for academic services in official Master’s Degree studies, provided that the awarded person enrolls for the first time in a Master’s Degree taught at this University in the 2025/2026 or 2026/2027 academic years.
Publication of results
The provisional list of awards will be published on the UPV Alumni Service website before May 30, 2026.
The final list of winners will be published before July 31, 2026, after evaluation of the claims submitted.