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Admission requirements
To access the Master’s Degree in Geomatics Engineering and Geoinformation by the UPV, it is required:
- Official Spanish university degree.
- University degree from a country belonging to the European Higher Education Area (EHEA).
- University degree from countries that do not belong to the European Higher Education Area: prior homologation by the Ministry or prior verification of the equivalence of the level of training of said degree with Spanish undergraduate degrees (resolution of the Rector – fee to be paid).
The Degree in Geomatics and Surveying Engineering from the UPV is the official university degree used as a reference for the design of the syllabus of the Master’s Degree in Geomatics and Geoinformation Engineering from the UPV. Therefore, this is considered as the reference Degree and its graduates will be admitted, if applicable, according to the established merit assessment criteria.
Likewise, in accordance with the established merit assessment criteria, graduates in a degree equivalent to the one indicated in the previous paragraph from any Spanish university, as well as graduates in other Engineering Degrees from Spanish universities, from the European Space or others, will be admitted, if applicable, after homologation or verification of the equivalence of the level of the studies pursued with respect to the Spanish Degree.
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 Geomatics Engineering and Geoinformation at the UPV that meet the access conditions and specific admission requirements will be evaluated by the Academic Committee of the Master’s Degree in accordance with the merit assessment and selection criteria described below.
A
File
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. In order to make the grades of different Universities, Centers, Degrees and promotions comparable, the average grade of each transcript will be standardized according to the conditions regulated by the UPV.
B
Correspondence of the competences of the access degree with those of the Reference Degree.
The adequacy of the contents of the academic curriculum of the Bachelor’s Degree with which the applicant accesses the Master’s Degree to the competencies acquired in the Reference Degree will be assessed. This assessment will be carried out by the Academic Committee of the Master’s Degree and approved by the Academic Committee of the Governing Council. The evaluation will be expressed in a score on a scale of 0 to 10.
C
Curriculum Vitae
The evaluation will be expressed with a score on a scale of 0 to 10.
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-enrolment: deadlines, fees, documents, regulations…
