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Access 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.
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.
- From an official university degree corresponding to the organization before the EHEA in accordance with the provisions of the first additional provision of Royal Decree 822/2021: Official degree of architect, graduate or engineer. Official degree of graduate, technical architect, technical engineer or technical engineer, with the training complements that, where appropriate, were required and in accordance with the provisions of the corresponding report of verification of the master’s degree to which it is intended to access.
- Exceptionally, students of a Spanish or EHEA degree who still have to pass the TFG and a maximum of 9 ECTS credits may be conditionally admitted. Undergraduates who have yet to accredit the knowledge of a foreign language required to obtain a bachelor’s degree may also be admitted.
- Exceptionally, in the academic programs with successive courses in the field of Engineering and Architecture offered by the Universitat Politècnica de València, students may be conditionally admitted to study the official master’s degree of this program without having completed the related degree, provided that they still have to pass the TFG and one or more subjects that in any case together (TFG and subjects) may not exceed 30 ECTS credits.
In no case students with conditional enrollment in a master’s degree (both in official master’s degrees that are part of academic programs with successive courses and in the rest of the official master’s degrees) obtain the master’s degree if they have not previously obtained the bachelor’s degree.
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 regulations for Pre-registration and Admission to university master’s degree studies at the UPV to ensure equal access to education for students who meet the conditions of access.
They are transparent and objective criteria and allow the selection, from among the students who apply, of the most qualified students because 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.
Admission requirements and admission procedures specific to the Master’s Degree
The Academic Committee of the Degree is the competent body to apply the admission and evaluation criteria of the degree (specified in this report), in order to establish the order of priority in the allocation of places, in accordance with the regulations of Pre-registration and Admission to the studies of university masters at the UPV and following the guidelines issued by the vice-rectorate responsible for students.
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 and related grades
The reference degrees for access are those belonging to one of the following fields of knowledge:
- History of art and artistic expression, and fine arts.
- History, archaeology, geography, philosophy and humanities.
- Philology, Classical Studies, Translation and Linguistics.
- Education Sciences.
For other degrees with fields of knowledge different from the above, applications will be evaluated by the Master’s Academic Committee because of the subjects taken in the “areas of provenance” recommended by the non-profit academic association. “Hispanic Digital Humanities. International Society (HDH)”
Complements or admission without complements to the master’s program
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
Applications for admission to the Master’s Degree in Digital Humanities that meet the conditions of access indicated above will be evaluated by the Academic Committee of the Master’s Degree in accordance with the merit assessment and selection criteria described below.
A
Academic record
The evaluation of the transcript will be expressed in a score on a scale of 0 to 10 and will be obtained from the average grade of the transcript of the Degree with which the applicant accesses the Master, in accordance with the provisions of article 5.3 of Royal Decree 1125/2003, which establishes the European credit system and the system of qualifications in university degrees of an official nature and valid throughout the national territory. For the purposes of obtaining the above-mentioned average grade, credits recognized without a grade are not counted. To make the grades of different Universities, Centers, Degrees and promotions comparable, the average grade of each file will be standardized according to the conditions regulated by the UPV.
In the case of records qualified in scales other than those indicated in RD 1125/2003, the applicant 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 average access grade.
Relative weight: 40%.
B
Adequacy of previous studies for access to the Master’s program
The adequacy of the contents of the academic curriculum of the Degree with which access to the Master’s Degree in Digital Humanities is requested will be assessed. This assessment will be carried out by the Academic Committee of the Master’s Degree. The evaluation will be expressed in a score on a scale of 0 to 10. The assessment of the degree of suitability of the studies to the Master’s Degree in Digital Humanities will be as follows:
- University Degrees in the following fields of knowledge: “History of Art and Artistic Expression and Fine Arts”; “History, Archaeology, Geography, Philosophy and Humanities”, “Philology, Classical Studies, Translation and Linguistics”, “Educational Sciences”: 10 points.
- Other degrees: the qualification will be the one estimated by CAT in its admission report, based on the subjects taken in the “areas of provenance” recommended by the non-profit academic association “Hispanic Digital Humanities. International Society (HDH)” The maximum score will be up to 8 points.
Relative weight: 50%.
C
Curriculum Vitae
The following aspects will be evaluated:
- Work experience in the field of the Master’s degree.
- Continuing education in non-official degrees.
- Knowledge of foreign languages.
The evaluation will be expressed with a score on a scale of 0 to 10.
Relative weight: 10%.
All applications received will be ranked according to the weighted score obtained. As many applicants will be admitted as places are offered, in strict order of priority after their weighted score, giving priority in enrollment to graduates over those who have not yet completed the access degree at the time of admission, and provided that the minimum score obtained in the assessment is 5 out of 10 points. In the event of resignations, and provided that there are applications on the waiting list, vacancies will be filled until the number of places available or until the waiting list is exhausted, following the order of priority established above.
Special entrance examinations or special admission criteria
Given that teaching is conducted in Spanish, and in order to ensure that students are able to follow all training activities, students from non-Spanish-speaking countries will be required to have a level equivalent to B2 of Spanish, certified by any of the organizations recognized by ACLES, which must be verified and validated in the accreditation issued by the UNED. Students who have studied in educational systems that use Spanish as a vehicular language will be exempt from this accreditation.
Quotas for seat reservations
The UPV will reserve at least 5 percent of the places offered in official university Master’s degrees for students who have 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 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 above-mentioned Service with the information and supporting documentation required for the assessment of his/her application.
Places within each quota are ordered and allocated based on the admission grade.
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-enrollment: deadlines, fees, documents, regulations…
