Medicine, new halt by the Council of State to appeals on the filter semester

The Council of State rejected another appeal on the filter semester for access to medical school, a modality introduced last year to replace the old entrance test.

For the judges, the filling of available places must be guaranteed by a student who has 'a minimum level of academic preparation'. This time the appeal was lodged against the decision to extend the possibility of being placed on the national ranking list to enrol in the second semester after passing the required examinations.

The University Ministry celebrates the victory and continues its march towards the next round of filter semester enrolments. Not toasting, however, is the student who lodged an appeal. The reasons that prompted him to appeal are the failures he obtained in the three tests of Physics, Chemistry and Biology.

The judges of the seventh section of the Council of State put their reasoning in black and white, emphasising in their order that the applicant should have met - like the other candidates - the minimum requirements.

The second instance panel of administrative judges also noted that granting the interlocutory application 'would cause serious and irreparable damage to the public administration'.