Applications for the Master's Degree will be carried out on-line through our admissions application. Before starting the admissions process, we recommend you read the following information and follow the instructions provided at Admission step by step:
Specific access and admission requirements
Holding an official Spanish university degree or equivalent will be required. Likewise, holders of degrees from foreign Universities could be accepted after validating their degree, equating it to a Spanish degree, or without this requirement if they are able to accredit a level of training equivalent to Spanish university qualifications, and if the issuing country states that the said qualifications enables access to postgraduate studies.
The Master’s degree Management Committee will select and accept the students in accordance with the established requirements and assessment criteria. This Committee consists of the Master’s degree coordinators, the Department teaching secretary responsible for the administration of the Master's Degree and a member of the PAS.
Admission requirements
- Access qualifications: Holders of degrees in Experimental or Health Sciences (Biochemistry, Biology, Biotechnology, Medicine, Pharmacy, Veterinary Science, Chemistry or other related qualifications).
- English level: B2 or equivalent level is required.
- Letters of reference.
Documents to attach to applications
Mandatory documents:
- ID Card / Passport
- Academic certificate of degree study qualifications (1)
- Curriculum Vitae
- Declaration of average grade (2) [Mandatory for students who have not taken their access studies at UAM]
- Accreditation of the English language at B2 level.
- Letters of reference.
- Accreditation of knowledge of level B2 Spanish language [only mandatory for non-Spanish speaking foreign students]
- Access Degree: If you have completed your studies at the time of applying for the master's degree, you must attach the degree certificate/diploma, bachelor's degree, or equivalent (or proof of having applied for the degree) in the application.
They will also be required to complete an on-line selection form - independent from the SIGM@ form. The link to this form will be e-mailed to the applicants at a later date.
(1) The academic transcript must be translated if it is not in the Spanish language. It will not be necessary to translate documents if they are in English, French, Italian or Portuguese.
In the case of having taken Master’s/Doctoral studies, we recommend including them as additional documents to your application.
(2) If you have studied in Spain, you should attach a Certificate showing the average grade (on a scale of 0 to 10). If you have already studied at UAM, you will not need to submit this certificate.
If you have studied outside of Spain, you will need to submit the average grade equivalence issued by the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training (see section “related links”).
Admission Criteria
ADMISSION CRITERIA |
WEIGHTING |
Academic transcript |
50-70 % |
Match with the recommended profile |
10-35 % |
Other merits |
5-15 % |
Interviews may be held with applicants if this is considered to be appropriate.
When the applications deadline has ended, when considered necessary by the Master's Degree Coordinator, applicants who meet all the requirements shall reply to an on-line selection form. In these cases, each applicant will be e-mailed the instructions to access the form. Students will be given the maximum deadline of 4 working days from completion of the admissions application deadline, to complete the form. The objective of this form is to assess all the described aspects.
Other requirements for students with non-EU qualifications
When you have been notified about your acceptance on the Master's Degree, and your acceptance is based on a university qualification issued by a higher education institution not belonging to the EHEA, you will need to legalize the qualification via diplomatic channels in order to formalize registration, or by means of a “Hague Convention Apostille”.
You can check these procedures in the pages on Legalization of foreign qualifications and Declaration of average grade.
If necessary, you may need to include an official translation into the Spanish language of this document.