Spain has scrapped its university entrance test, known as the Selectividad exam, for foreign students with the goal to establish the country as a major destination for overseas study.

“The Selectividad exam, which has been removed with immediate effect, has long been viewed as a barrier to increasing Spain’s relatively low number of international students. It will be removed for Spanish students in 2017-18, with regions set to unveil their own standardized exams.”

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