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Access requirements
The requirements for access to this degree are those established in general in Royal Decree 822/2021, in the wording given in Article 18 thereof. Regulations for Pre-registration and Admission to university master’s degree courses at the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV).
In order to access the official university master’s degree courses, it is necessary to hold one of the following degrees:
- Official Spanish university degree of Graduate or equivalent, or another University Master’s degree, or degrees of the same level as the Spanish Bachelor’s or Master’s degree issued by universities and institutions of higher education of a country of the EHEA that in that country allows access to Master’s studies.
- Degrees from educational systems that do not form part of the EHEA, which are equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree, without the need for homologation of the degree, but with verification by the university of the level of training involved, provided that in the country where the degree was issued it allows access to postgraduate university studies. In no case will access by this route imply the homologation of the previous degree held by the interested party or its recognition for purposes other than that of carrying out the Master’s studies.
- A foreign university degree recognized by the Ministry of Education as equivalent to an official Spanish university degree or a foreign higher education degree declared by the Ministry of Education as equivalent to an official university degree or academic level that allows access to a Master’s degree.
- Of an official university degree corresponding to the organization prior to the EHEA in accordance with the provisions of the first additional provision of Royal Decree 822/2021: Official bachelor’s degree, graduate without additional training.
- Exceptionally, students of a Spanish or EHEA degree who still have to pass the TFG and a maximum of 9 ECTS credits (TFG and subjects) may be conditionally admitted, but in no case together (TFG and subjects) may exceed 30 ECTS credits. Undergraduate students who have yet to accredit the knowledge of a foreign language required to obtain a bachelor’s degree may also be admitted.
Quotas for seat reservations:
The UPV will reserve at least 5 percent of the places offered in official university Master’s degrees for students with a recognized degree of disability equal to or greater than 33 percent, as well as for students with permanent educational support needs associated with personal circumstances of disability, who in their previous studies have required resources and support for their full educational inclusion.
In the latter case, the UPV’s Service for Students with Disabilities (CEDAT Foundation) will be responsible for assessing each case in order to issue the relevant report on the appropriateness of formalizing pre-registration for a UPV master’s degree for this quota of reserved places. For this purpose, the interested party will provide the Service with the information and supporting documentation required for the evaluation of his/her application. Places within each quota will be ordered and awarded according to the admission grade.
General requirements for admission to a Master’s Degree at the UPV
Students who meet the access requirements may be admitted to a master’s degree in accordance with the specific requirements and merit assessment criteria established by each university master’s degree in accordance with section 5 of article 18 of the aforementioned Royal Decree 822/2021.
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 access to education for students who meet the conditions of access.
These criteria are transparent and objective and allow the selection, from among the students who apply, of the most qualified students on the basis of their records and merits and under conditions of comparability of these records and merits. Admission to this master’s degree does not imply, in any case, any modification of the academic and, where appropriate, 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.
Specific requirements for admission to the Master’s Degree
The Academic Committee of the Degree is the competent body to apply the evaluation criteria to establish the order of priority in the allocation of places, in accordance with 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.
The composition of the Academic Committee of the Degree is regulated in article 4.2 of the Regulations on Academic Regime and Student Evaluation.
Reference grades and related grades:
Reference Degrees: Degree in Fine Arts UPV, Degree in Design and Creative Technologies UPV, Degree in Digital Technology and Multimedia UPV. Related Degrees: Degree in Audiovisual Communication, Degree in Music (Electroacoustic Specialty), Degree in Computer Science, Degree in Industrial Design, Degree in Art History and Degree in Humanities.
The AVM master’s program contemplates this diversity of access degrees because it seeks complementary creative profiles, with a capacity for innovation, that favor a critical and experimental use of technology, and its connivance with artistic discourse, that favors innovation and cultural creation demanded by the field of contemporary artistic production and the creative and cultural industries, and that are competent to integrate into interdisciplinary teams, contributing constructive contents and perspectives from their specific field of knowledge.
Training complements or admission without complements
For admission to this master’s degree, students who meet the general admission requirements and the specific admission requirements are not required to take additional courses.
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
Los criterios de acceso al máster son los mismos que en el plan vigente, ya que son el resultado de las 15 ediciones anteriores han demostrado un funcionamiento óptimo para el objetivo interdisciplinar del título, así como su capacidad efectiva para garantizar a los estudiantes de diferentes procedencias académicas un resultado formativo competitivo.
It is important to highlight that one of the fundamental criteria in the selection of students is defined through the evaluation of an artistic and professional Dossier in the epistemological field proposed by the master’s program, provided by the candidates, which functions as a catalyst in relation to their admission depending on the level of knowledge demonstrated in the same and their affinity to the area of knowledge proposed by the master’s program.
A
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.
The following is taken into account: average grade of the transcript and training courses taken. Up to 20% of the grade.
B
Correspondence of the competences of the access degree with those of the Reference Degree.
It is not taken into account in the scale as long as the candidate comes from a reference or related degree of those indicated in the report. If the student does not come from a reference or related degree, he/she will be discarded due to the lack of affinity of the access degree.
C
Curriculum Vitae
Professional experience appropriate to the contents of the Master’s Degree is taken into account. Up to 20% of the grade.
D
Other merits
No other merits (letters of recommendation, etc.) other than those specific to the university and those particular to the degree are taken into account.
Special entrance examinations or special admission criteria
The master’s degree has four more mandatory criteria of its own in its list of candidate’s merits for admission, which we consider relevant and significant:
- Dossier-Portfolio of the work done. The adequacy of the dossier to the profile of the master’s degree and the candidate is taken into account. Up to 20% of the grade.
- Summary of the possible project to be carried out as TFM in the master’s degree. The adequacy of the project with the lines of research of the master’s degree is taken into account. Up to 20% of the grade.
- Motivation letter on video support. Presentation of the candidate completely free that allows to know briefly his/her interests and motivations to study the degree. Maximum duration 3 minutes. Up to 20% of the grade.
- Among the mandatory merits for access is the linguistic requirement. Spanish will be used as the vehicular language for the training process of the degree. Those coming from countries where Spanish is not an official language must accredit a level of Spanish that proves the degree of competence and mastery of the Spanish language. Specifically, it will be necessary to accredit the B1 level of Spanish by means of any of the official certificates recognized by the Conference of Rectors of Spanish Universities (CRUE) or by the Association of Language Centers in Higher Education (ACLES). An alternative form of accreditation may include a personal interview conducted by the Master’s Academic Committee to verify linguistic competence.
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.
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.
As an official and public Master, there are scholarships from the Spanish Ministry of Education for Spanish residents that cover the tuition and living expenses of the Master.
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…
Scholarships
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