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Access requirements
MasterFUEGO is aimed at all those who work in a multidisciplinary way in the management of forest fires, although, mainly, to all forest technicians. The degrees that allow direct access to MasterFUEGO are the following: Technical Forestry Engineer, specializing in Forestry Operations, Technical Forestry Engineer, specializing in Forest Industries, and all current undergraduate degrees that enable the exercise of the profession of Technical Forestry Engineer. Likewise, direct access will be available to all those who have a degree in Forestry Engineering or a Master’s Degree in Forestry Engineering.
Evaluation of profiles and training complements
The MasterFUEGO Studies Commission will evaluate the profiles of candidates who do not have direct access (Bachelor’s Degree or Degree, Architect or Engineer and their equivalents in the EHEA – e.g. Environmental Sciences, Biology, Agricultural Engineer, Natural Environment Engineer, Rural Environment Engineer, Geography, etc.) and will establish, if appropriate, the necessary training complements up to a maximum of 20 ECTS credits, as was done in the previous edition of this master’s degree. The complements to be taken will be determined among the following:
- Fundamentals of Forestry (5 ECTS). It integrates the principles of forest botany, ecophysiology and the description of the most common forest systems.
- Fundamentals of Forest Management (5 ECTS). It integrates the principles of silviculture, planning and management of forest resources, forest harvesting and forest engineering.
- Fundamentals of GIS and Remote Sensing (5 ECTS). They integrate the basic principles of generation, storage, analysis and modeling of geographic or spatial data.
- Fundamentals of Forest Fires (5 ECTS). It integrates the basic aspects of fire ecology and behavior, fire prevention, firebreak areas and fire extinction.
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 criteria to be taken into account for the evaluation of applications are as follows:
A
Student’s qualification
Priority is given to degrees that allow direct entry and those that have an affinity with the natural environment or the field of fire in general. Maximum 35 points.
B
Academic record
Maximum 30 points.
C
Professional experience in the field of forest fires.
Maximum 25 points.
D
International experience
Maximum 5 points.
In addition, knowledge of the English language will be taken into account, with a maximum value of 5 points. The student must accredit a level equivalent to B1 and in the case that he/she cannot, he/she must pass a test proposed by the Master’s Studies Commission.
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…
Scholarships: Scholarships are available for Master’s degree studies.
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…
