What to study at the end of the Selectividad (EBAU)?

The minds of many young Spaniards are occupied these days by the Selectivity exams (EBAU) that are being carried out throughout the Spanish geography since last Tuesday. Many of these young people have their hopes for the future on these exams that will be, to a large extent, decisive when choosing their professional career next year.Once they know the marks of the different exams, the average will be very important for them. access that desired career. These careers, increasingly, do not depend on the personal tastes of each student, the choice also depends on the professional opportunities that one or another career can offer with a view to the guarantees of finding employment in the future. After the Selectivity, the cut-off marks will determine the careers to be chosen. After the arrival of the pandemic, student preferences have changed. For example, now there are many more interested in careers such as Medicine, and in health-related careers such as Nursing. The percentage of students who enrolled in 2020 in careers in the branch of Health Sciences increased by 13% Over the previous year. The coronavirus pandemic had a lot to do with this, but not only the Health Sciences branch has seen an increase in demand. With the pandemic, careers related to Engineering, Mathematics or Legal Sciences also suffered a considerable increase last year. Without going any further, the double degree in Mathematics and Physics had the highest cut-off mark in Spain at the Complutense University of Madrid (13,775).Professional opportunities In a recent study carried out by the FUE (University-Business Foundation), 81% of the students who pass the Selectivity this year will choose a career based on the job opportunities that it may offer them in the future. They demand young profiles related to business administration, digital marketing or technology. For this reason, according to the 2019 Adecco-Infoempleo report, the careers most demanded by companies are Business Administration and Management, Industrial Engineering and Computer Science, Labor Sciences and Commerce and Marketing. For this reason, companies look for young profiles with knowledge in the digital environment and with the ability to lead projects. Likewise, companies related to the legal-social field were the ones that demanded the most workers last year, followed by jobs that were looking for technical and professional profiles in the health sector.