Master's Degree in Terrestrial Biodiversity and Conservation in Islands

Access, admission and registration

Access

Access is the set of requirements necessary to pursue the teachings
university. Completion of these requirements is prior to admission to the courses to be taken.

Article 16 entitled “Access to Official Master's Degree Courses” of Chapter IV “Official University Master's Degree Courses” of Royal Decree 1393/2007, of October 29, which establishes the organization of official university courses, states the following:

  1. To access official master's degree courses, it will be necessary to be in possession of an official Spanish university degree or another one issued by a higher education institution in the European Higher Education Area that enables access to master's degree courses in the country that issued the degree.
  2. Likewise, graduates from educational systems outside the European Higher Education Area may access the programme without the need for their qualifications to be recognised, subject to verification by the University that they certify a level of training equivalent to the corresponding official Spanish university qualifications and that they entitle them to access postgraduate studies in the country that issued the qualification. Access via this route will not, under any circumstances, imply the recognition of the previous qualification held by the interested party, nor its recognition for any purposes other than to undertake the master's degree courses.

In addition, the University of La Laguna, in compliance with the provisions of Decree 168/2008, of July 22 (Official Gazette of the Canary Islands No. 154, of August 1), establishes that in order to access this master's degree, it will be an essential requirement to prove a B1 level of English. Check the Documents recognized as proof of language skills. También puede consultar en el siguiente listado las Titulaciones Oficiales de Grado de la ULL que a efectos de matrícula en un máster universitario de la Universidad de La Laguna, conlleva la adquisición de un nivel B1 de inglés que posibilite la admisión en títulos de Máster (para visualizar el documento, Click here).

Admission

Admission is the allocation of places offered by the ULL to study official university courses among those who, fulfilling the access requirements indicated above (Graduate/Bachelor's degree and/or approved foreign qualification and B1 in English), have requested them.

Admission is carried out through the procedure established for this purpose in the ULL Regulations.

In line with the provisions of the Verification Report, the admission criteria for students applying to the master's degree are as follows:

  • Academic record (up to 4 points)
  • Related qualifications (up to 3 points)
  • Professional or research experience (up to 2 points)
  • Interview (up to 1 point)

The student must attach all official documents that prove the profile required for access, as well as the academic record and curriculum vitae for evaluation according to the criteria indicated above, complying with the principles of equality, merit and capacity.

The body responsible for admission that will evaluate the applications will be the Academic Committee of the degree, whose composition is determined in article 30 of the Regulations for Official Master's Degree Courses at the University of La LagunaArticle 31 of the aforementioned regulation states that the proposal for admission of students is one of the functions of the Academic Commission.

Pre-registration and enrollment

Enrolment is the formal instrument through which one acquires the status of university student. Before enrolling, students who wish to take the Master's degree must meet the entry requirements and have obtained a place through the admission process.

The access, admission and registration instructions published annually contain the information necessary for the correct development of the process (modalities, periods, calendar, documentation to be submitted, payment methods, etc.).