At the beginning of 2005 Royal Decrees 55/2005 
and 56/2005 were approved to regulate, respectively, official undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, in accordance with the reform of university studies within the framework of the European Higher Education Area 
(EHEA) and the Bologna Declaration.
The aim of this reform is to adopt a European system leading to harmonisation of all the diplomas and degrees awarded in the universities of the European Union, to facilitate and promote the mobility of students and future professionals who will not have to obtain official approval of diplomas and degrees in order to practice their profession in the EU.
Undergraduate studies (first cycle) comprise basic instruction and general training in the subject, as well as preparation for professional practice. The number of required ECTS credits is 240. These studies are equivalent to the current first and second cycles.
The postgraduate studies include masters programmes (second cycle) and doctoral programmes (third cycle).
The masters studies include advanced training whose objective will be academic or professional specialisation or an introduction to research activities. They have a length of between 60 and 120 credits and lead to an official masters degree.
The doctoral studies aim to provide advanced raining in research, and must include the writing and defence of a doctoral thesis.
For access to a doctoral programme candidates will have to have previously obtained a masters degree or completed 60 credits in an official postgraduate programme. In all cases, students will have to have completed a minimum of 300 credits between undergraduate and postgraduate studies in order to enter a doctoral programme. The official degree will be that of doctor.
The new studies are organised according to the ECTS (European Credit Transfer System), which is the standard adopted by all the universities of the EHEA to guarantee the homogeneity and the quality of studies. The ECTS takes into account, in addition to classroom hours, all the activities in the student’s learning process (hours studying and spent working on papers, projects and practicums).
At the same time, the UdG will continue offering some of the doctoral programmes exactly as they are currently organised.