Access, admission and registration

Admission is the set of requirements necessary to pursue university studies. Compliance with these requirements is prior to admission to the courses to be pursued.

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. In addition, you can consult the following list of subjects that ULL and ULPGC, for the purposes of enrolment in a master's degree at the University of La Laguna, entails the acquisition of a B1 level of English and exemption from subjects as an academic requirement that enables admission to Master's degrees (to view the document, Click here).

Check the following link for the relationship of official ULL Degree qualifications whose completion recognises the achievement of foreign language skills (at least level B1) and the List of subjects from the different official ULL Degree courses, the completion of which involves attaining foreign language skills (level B1). 

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. The student must attach all official documents that prove the profile required for access, his/her academic record and his/her curriculum vitae, through which he/she will be evaluated for admission to the master's degree according to criteria 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.

1. The admission procedure will be in accordance with the procedure established by the ULL, with the Academic Committee of the Master's Degree being the body responsible for admission.
2. Students wishing to access the program must prove that they meet the training requirements by submitting an application, including a curriculum vitae (CV), with a sworn statement of the merits claimed and an official academic certification or certified copy. Specifically, they must prove that they have a B1 level of English, as well as a B1 level of knowledge of Spanish, if this is not their mother tongue.
3. Depending on the specific profile of each graduate, the Academic Committee of the Degree may recommend that each student obtain complementary knowledge in order to facilitate their integration and maximum educational benefit.
4. The criteria for evaluating merits (according to the agreement of the governing council of April 24, 2015) will include:

• Academic record (EA): maximum of 0.5 points [(Average grade EA x 0.5) / 4].
• Adjustment of the qualification to the entry profile: 0.3 points for each profile; 0.2 points for a profile different from those recommended.
• Collaboration grants, publications, completed specialization (MIR, FIR, BIR, PIR, QUIR) and equivalent merits: maximum of 0.2 points
• Communication to International and/or National Congress: maximum of 0.1 points.
• Courses related to the objectives of the Degree: maximum of 0.05 points.
• Personal interview: maximum 0.1 points. Graduates with a profile different from those recommended for evaluating other curricular merits related to the objectives of the Degree.

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.).