Granada promised them very happy with their new degree of the university. Until his feet stopped

The University of Granada (UGR) closed the month of June with An important varapalo: Your commitment to the degree in AI It was completely paralyzed. A temporal defeat that is a blow to the city, but not a definitive goodbye to a key degree for its curriculum.

Granada wanted to join the wave. In September 2024, the University of Granada proposed the application for verification of the degree in Data Sciences and Artificial Intelligence. One shared with the city of Melilla, and in which students were sought to form one of the most demanded fields of today From this 2026 course. The answer has been a no.

For now.

What happened. The UGR faced an unfavorable report by the Agency for the Scientific and University Quality of Andalusia (ACCUA). The most immediate translation: Pedro Mercado, rector of the university institution, declared on Monday, June 30 that The beginning of the titles for the month of September would not be reached. The more than 1,100 pre-registered students In the degree they were in Limbo, forced to bet on other UGR formative alternatives.

The degree was paralyzed, but not definitively. The University of Granada must make the modifications required by the organization to obtain green light from September. Juanma Moreno, president of the Junta de Andalucía, has assured that The administration will have “everything ready” to start the course in September In case of the issuance of a favorable report.

Why acua. Accua It is the main quality evaluation agency in Andalusian universities. Without a favorable emission, the necessary filter is not passed to give the green light to the degree. This is the first time that the entity issues an unfavorable report for a degree of the UGR and, without it, there is no free way.

In summary accounts:

• The university approves the application for degree verification.
• ACCUA (in the case of Andalusia) Check if the degree meets the quality standards required by the European Higher Education Area (EEES).
• The Junta de Andalucía analyzes the economic viability and planning of resources of the degree, once approved.
• The Council of Universities, at the hands of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, reviews whether the title of adjustment to the general framework of the university system.
• With all previous checks, the degree is officially recorded

Why is it important. Spain is trying create a quarry of experts in the counterrelojto cover the current offers without covering in AI and data science. The country needs cover more than 4,000 positions Deserts in these territories, waiting for 2025 for both training offer and professionals with the necessary skills to start covering them.

Universities are trying to integrate AI and modify the stem curriculum Not to be left behind and face an inevitable problem: who enrolls from a degree in 2025 will be in … 2029. And there the labor market will be completely different. Amparo Alonso, president of the Spanish Artificial Intelligence Association Between 2013 and 2021, he collected for Xataka that the key will be to “explain the scientific foundation behind”, and not so much programming languages or current technologies.

Spain and AI at University. In this acceleration for integrating AI as a university competence, The Community of Madridthe Valencia Polytechnic Universitythe University of Leónthe University of Malaga and the University of Jaénare some of the few who have dared with public degrees focused on data science, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence.

In their programs, basic pillars such as:

• Data structures
• Learning systems
• GENERATIVE AND COMPUTATION IN THE CLOUD
• Programming techniques
• Regulation and legal framework

The experts themselves suggest that the key to learning will be to know their pillars and be clear that there is not a single path: The university is a good alternative, but not the only.

Key to Andalusia. The degree in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence responds to a key academic strategy for the technological development plans of the Andalusian Board in cities such as Malaga and Granada.

The community led by Juanma Moreno has been trying to become a key technological hub in Spain, with great initiatives such as the Andalusian Technology Park in Malaga, capture of large companies (Vodafone, Salesforce) Chips manufacturing centersand degrees in artificial intelligence in Jaén either Almería.

Clear victories, as Google’s first cybersecurity center in Spain In the center of Malaga, they place the community in a competitive and ambitious position. And Granada, on a smaller scale, is willing to follow its steps.

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