Regulated Professions
Regulated Professions
Regulated professions are those that require holding a specific academic degree. At UPV, we offer qualifying bachelor's and master's degrees for the practice of regulated professions in the fields of engineering and architecture.
What are they?
Regulated professions are those for which a specific academic degree is required according to legal regulations. They are governed by Royal Decree 1837/2008, of November 8. Specifically, the specific regulations for each profession determine whether a vocational training degree or a university degree is required for its practice.
Following the implementation of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), the professional attributes corresponding to regulated professions are obtained with a bachelor's degree (technical professions) or with a master's degree (non-technical professions).
The Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV) teaches qualifying degrees for the practice of regulated professions in the field of technical engineering and technical architecture and it also teaches qualifying master's degrees for the practice of regulated professions.
Regulated professions with bachelor's degree
- Technical Architect
- Qualifying degree: Bachelor's Degree in Building Engineering
- Technical Aeronautical Engineer
- Qualifying degree: Bachelor's Degree in Aerospace Engineering
- Technical Agricultural Engineer
- Qualifying degree: Bachelor's Degree in Agricultural and Biological Engineering
- Technical Public Works Engineer
- Qualifying degree: Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering
- Technical Forestry Engineer
- Qualifying degree: Bachelor's Degree in Forest and Environmental Engineering
- Technical Surveying Engineer
- Qualifying degree: Bachelor's Degree in Geomatic and Surveying Engineering
- Technical Industrial Engineer
- Qualifying degrees: Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering / Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Electronics and Automation Engineering / Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering / Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering
- Technical Computer Engineer
- Qualifying degree: Bachelor's Degree in Informatics Engineering
- Technical computer engineering is not a regulated profession; however, for these purposes, it is comparable.
- Technical Telecommunications Engineer
- Qualifying degrees: Bachelor's Degree in Telecommunications Systems, Sound and Image Engineering / Bachelor's Degree in Telecommunication Technologies and Services Engineering
Regulated professions with master's degree
Certain regulated professions require holding a qualifying master's degree for their practice. These master's degrees are designed from a reference bachelor's degree, so that the set of bachelor's and master's degrees forms an Academic Programmes of Successive Pathways (PARS).
- Architect
- Reference degree: Bachelor's Degree in the Fundamentals of Architecture
- Master's degree: Master's Degree in Architecture
- Aeronautical Engineer
- Reference degree: Bachelor's Degree in Aerospace Engineering
- Master's degree: Master's Degree in Aeronautical Engineering
- Agricultural Engineer
- Reference degree: Bachelor's Degree in Agricultural and Biological Engineering
- Master's degree: Master's Degree in Agricultural Engineering
- Civil Engineer
- Reference degree: Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering
- Master's degree: Master's Degree in Civil Engineering
- Industrial Engineer
- Reference degree: Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Engineering
- Master's degree: Master's Degree in Industrial Engineering
- Computer Engineer
- Reference degree: Bachelor's Degree in Informatics Engineering
- Master's degree: Master's Degree in Informatics Engineering
- Computer engineering is not a regulated profession; however, for these purposes, it is comparable.
- Forestry Engineer
- Reference degree: Bachelor's Degree in Forest and Environmental Engineering
- Master's degree: Master's Degree in Forest Engineering
- Chemical Engineer
- Reference degree: Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering
- Master's degree: Master's Degree in Chemical Engineering
- Chemical engineering is not a regulated profession; however, for these purposes, it is comparable.
- Telecommunications Engineer
- Reference degree: Bachelor's Degree in Telecommunication Technologies and Services Engineering
- Master's degree: Master's Degree in Telecommunication Engineering
Admission requirements
Access to these master's degrees requires holding a prior bachelor's degree. The Master's Academic Committee will determine, assessing the student's admission profile, whether it is necessary to take training supplements. The assessment criteria and their weighting are:
- Average grade of the academic record (40-60%)
- Suitability of the degree for access to the master's degree (40-60%)
- Curriculum vitae, professional experience (0-10%)
Academic Programmes of Successive Pathways (PARS)
The PARS are academic programs offered by the UPV that can be chosen directly in the degree pre-registration, to carry out a degree and a master’s degree -in the branch of engineering and architecture- consecutively. The aim is thus to make visible the regulated professions that require a qualifying master’s degree to practice the profession.
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