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Access requirements
No reference grade has been defined for the design of the curriculum of the Master’s Degree in Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection. Therefore, admission will be carried out in accordance with the merit assessment criteria established in the following section.
Language requirement:
Students from other countries where Spanish is not an official language must demonstrate a sufficient knowledge of Spanish in order to be admitted.
The minimum level required is B2 in Spanish and must be accredited by an official certifying body. This information will be duly publicized on the degree’s web page.
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.
Functional diversity: In the case of students with specific educational needs derived from some functional diversity, appropriate support and counseling services will be established to evaluate the needs of curricular adaptations, itinerary or alternative studies through the support of the UPV’s CEDAT foundation.
Admission criteria
Applications for admission to the Master’s Degree in Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection that meet the access conditions 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.
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File
The evaluation of the transcript will be expressed in a score on a scale from 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 from different Universities comparable, the average grade of each transcript will be standardized according to the conditions regulated by the UPV.
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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 Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection is requested will be assessed. The evaluation will be expressed in a score on a scale of 0 to 10 and considers the degrees and qualifications related to engineering and physical and chemical sciences.
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Curriculum Vitae
The applicant’s curriculum vitae will be evaluated, especially in those aspects that have to do with work experience in the field of the Master’s Degree, continuous training and knowledge of foreign languages. The evaluation will be expressed with a score on a scale of 0 to 10.
The following weights are established: Academic record: 40%, Adequacy of previous studies for access to the Master: 50%, Curriculum vitae: 10%. All applications received will be ranked according to the weighted score obtained and taking into account the preference criteria indicated in the specific requirements section. 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, 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.
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…
