Basque PAU Technology & Eng II

It is aimed at Bachillerato students in the science and technology pathway who want engineering, architecture or technical degrees, where it typically carries a high admission weighting. You choose it in the specific phase to raise your admission score, so confirm on the official admission website whether your target degree weights it.

A written exam with a structured choice of questions, usually organised as options or blocks from which you select a set number. It mixes numerical problems with theory and diagram-based questions. The exact structure, number of questions and allowed materials are set each year by the official body, so read the current exam model.

Timing and scoring are published by the official admission body each year and change between sessions, so no fixed figure should be assumed. Check the current call's documentation on the official Basque university admission website, and practise full papers under the stated time once you know it.

Generally yes for the numerical sections, but only models permitted by the instructions, and programmable or graphing features may be restricted. Confirm the allowed list for your session. In any case, write intermediate steps, formulas and units, because method marks are usually available even when the final number is wrong.

Most candidates find the content familiar but the pace demanding: problems chain several concepts, such as a mechanism feeding an electrical drive, so a single slip propagates. The theory questions are usually more predictable. Difficulty comes less from obscure topics than from fluency with standard procedures and clear, fast working.

Yes, resitting is normally possible in later calls, and the better result typically counts. The rules on how many attempts are allowed, how results combine and how long scores remain valid are set officially and vary, so verify the current conditions on the official admission website rather than relying on what other students say.

Start with the quantitative cores you will reuse everywhere: circuits, mechanics and energy balances. Then add materials and manufacturing, which are more descriptive but examinable, followed by pneumatics and control, where standard symbols and schematics must be memorised. Finish with drawing and project work, and revise by solving past-style problems rather than rereading notes.

Unit errors, mixing prefixes in electrical and pressure calculations, forgetting to convert revolutions to radians, and drawing schematics with non-standard symbols. Another common loss is answering more optional questions than required or spreading effort too thinly. Practise selecting your strongest questions quickly and finishing them completely.

The Basque university admission authorities publish the current syllabus, exam model, dates, fees and regulations on their official website. Use those documents as your authority for content limits, permitted calculators and administrative deadlines; this page is independent study guidance and does not reproduce or replace them.