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Rafael Salido

Record numbers of foreign doctors fill Spain's healthcare gaps. But is it enough?

Spain validated 65,319 foreign university degrees in 2025 — 76.3% of all academic recognition decisions issued that year — according to a new report from the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities.

Of those, a record 30,303 were medical degrees, making healthcare the single biggest beneficiary of Spain's overhauled degree recognition system.

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