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Admission requirements
The requirements for access to this degree are those generally established in Royal Decree 822/2021, in the wording given in its article 18. Likewise, those established in the Regulations for Pre-registration and Admission to university master’s degree studies at the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) are also applicable.
The requirements and evaluation criteria for this university master’s degree have been defined in accordance with the provisions of article 5.2 of the UPV’s own regulations on Pre-registration and Admission to university master’s degree studies in order to guarantee equal opportunities of access to education for students who meet the conditions of access.
They are transparent and objective criteria and make it possible to select, from among the students who apply, those who are most qualified on the basis of their records and merits and under conditions of comparability of these records and merits.
Admission to this master’s degree will not imply, in any case, any modification of the academic and, if applicable, professional effects corresponding to the previous degree held by the interested party, nor its recognition for purposes other than that of pursuing a master’s degree.
Royal Decree 822/2021, dated September 28, allows universities to offer successive academic programs linking a bachelor’s degree and a university master’s degree oriented to professional specialization, and also provides for the regulation, through its own regulations, of a procedure for access to university master’s degree studies in these programs without having completed the related bachelor’s degree.
The UPV offers the PARS in Building. This academic program of Successive Pathway links the Degree in Technical Architecture, whose professional skills enable the exercise of the profession of Technical Architect (Order ECI/3855/2007 of 27 December) and the Master’s Degree in Building, aimed at professional specialization, interdisciplinary knowledge and training towards research, innovation and development in the field of building.
Access to the Academic Program with Successive Pathway in Building for students entering the Universitat Politècnica de València, is done through a specific offer of places. As indicated in RD822/2021 in its ninth additional provision, students who choose to enroll in the Academic Program with Successive Pathway (hereinafter PARS) may, throughout the course of their Bachelor’s and Master’s studies, leave it at any time. Regarding admission to the Master’s Degree, priority in enrollment will be guaranteed to students who have an official Bachelor’s Degree, regardless of whether or not they are taking the PARS. Students who have an official undergraduate university degree that gives access to the Master’s Degree included in the following course will have priority access over PARS students who have not obtained the degree. For these students, the available Master’s degree places will be awarded according to the prioritization criteria established in the Master’s Degree, considering only the credits passed.
The Academic Committee of the Degree is the competent body to establish the evaluation criteria to be applied in order to establish the order of priority in the allocation of places, according to the regulations of Pre-registration and Admission to university master’s degree studies at the UPV and following the guidelines issued by the Vice-Rector’s Office responsible for student affairs.
Reference grade: Degree in Technical Architecture or equivalent degrees that enable the exercise of the profession of Technical Architect.
Related degrees:
- Degree in Fundamentals of Architecture.
- Degree in Civil Engineering.
- Degree in Public Works Engineering.
- Other equivalent degrees obtained in universities of the EHEA or international universities where there is a correspondence of the competences of the indicated degrees.
Admission for disabled students
For students with specific educational needs arising from a disability, appropriate support and counseling services will be established to assess the needs of curricular adaptations, itineraries or alternative studies, through the support of the CEDAT Foundation of the UPV.
The CEDAT Foundation of the UPV offers information and advice to members of the university community with disabilities, as well as accompaniment and support in the classroom. In addition, it provides technical aids for study to those members of the student body who, due to their special educational needs, require it. It also promotes and manages training and employment actions for this group, both inside and outside the UPV campuses, and offers different services from its Special Employment Center.
The foundation also carries out projects for the elimination of architectural and urban barriers, comprehensive accessibility plans, accessibility audits, project reviews, advice and design of ideal accessibility models.
General information on access can be found in the Alumni Service – Access
Admission criteria
The admission criteria and their weight in the ranking are included below:
1
Evaluation of the academic record
In the case of records qualified in scales other than those indicated in RD 1125/2003, the interested party will be required to provide a statement of equivalence of average grades of university studies carried out in foreign centers obtained from the Ministry responsible for Universities. Those who do not provide this document will be assigned a 5 as the average grade point average.
This variable will account for 50% of the score on the scale.
2
Correspondence of the competences of the access degree with those of the Reference Degree.
The correspondence is as follows:
- Reference grade 10 points.
- Degrees in Fundamentals of Architecture and Civil Engineering 8 points.
- Degree in Public Works Engineering 6 points.
This variable will account for 40% of the score on the scale.
3
Curriculum Vitae
Work experience and its affinity to the reference grade and competencies will be valued.
This variable will account for 10% of the score on the scale.
As many applicants will be admitted as places are offered, in strict order of priority. In the event of resignations, and provided that there are applications on the waiting list, the vacancies will be filled until the number of places offered or until the waiting list is exhausted, following the order of priority established above.
Special entrance examinations or special admission criteria
For the admission process of non-Spanish-speaking students to the master’s program, a mandatory language requirement is established:
- It is essential to present at least a B2 certificate of Spanish included in the list of certifications recognized by CRUE and by the Association of Language Centers in Higher Education (ACLES).
- If at the time of admission to the degree program you do not have the certification, you must have a personal interview with the academic director of the degree program.
The UPV develops different initiatives to inform the interested public about everything related to official undergraduate and master’s degree programs for each academic year. First of all, its website has a section dedicated to the future student, where updated information related to the degrees, pre-registration, enrollment, cut-off grades, weightings, places offered and other information appears in Spanish, Valencian and English.
You can find general information about access at Student Services – Access.
Scholarships
Studies leading to an official university degree allow access to scholarships and grants. The Ministry of Education, the Generalitat Valenciana and the Universitat Politècnica de València itself offer various scholarships and grants.
General scholarships for students pursuing post-compulsory studies valid throughout the national territory. The scholarship will consist of exemption from payment of fees for the provision of university academic services (tuition fees), corresponding to subjects enrolled for the first time. Other fixed and variable amounts may also be obtained, if the requirements established for this purpose are met.
For the awarding of the scholarship it is necessary to prove administrative residence in the Valencian Community and not to exceed the income thresholds established by the call, as well as to comply with the general and academic requirements. The scholarship consists of the exemption from the payment of fees for the provision of university academic services (tuition fees), for subjects enrolled in first and second enrollment.
The Universitat Politècnica de València offers various scholarships or grants such as social action grants, canteen grants or collaboration training grants. There are also grants for sportsmen and women.
This link brings together all types of calls for bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral students: mobility grants, collaboration grants, research grants, internship grants, course grants…
Pre-registration process
Pre-registration is the procedure used to order all the applications received by each university master’s degree, according to the access requirements that have been established and the evaluation of the merits presented by each applicant. It is a procedure that, at the Universitat Politècnica de València, is carried out through an online application and with a different (longer) deadline for students from outside the European Union. Those interested in applying for a place in this university master’s degree will find below the step-by-step instructions for pre-enrolment: deadlines, fees, documents, regulations…
