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 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 authorizes access to Master's courses in the country issuing 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 purpose other than to undertake Master's studies.
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.
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.
Taking into account that the itineraries will only be launched if there are a minimum of 15 students enrolled in each one, when requesting access to the Master, those interested will have to indicate which itinerary they wish to follow in order to be able to predict whether it will be launched or not. The number of places offered in each of the itineraries will be 20 to complete the 60 places offered in total in this Master.
The selection process will be carried out by itinerary, so that the applicants with the highest scores according to the proposed scale within the chosen itinerary will be admitted. Only in the event that some applicants have the same scores, a personal interview will be held with them in which their interest and motivation for study and research will be taken into account.
The students will be graded as follows:
1. Academic record (up to 4 points)
2. Qualifications for access to the Master's Degree (up to 5 points):
• Qualifications in the field of Health Sciences: 5 points • Qualifications in the field of knowledge of Social and Legal Sciences: 3 points
3. Previous professional or research experience (up to 2 points)
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.).