Admission Degree in Biomedical Engineering

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  Admission marks by academic year

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 Admission procedure

• In order to apply for a place, the procedure and pre-enrolment periods established each year must be observed.
  Information concerning the application procedure  (Pre-enrolment).
• Applicants admitted to a course must formally register within the timescale established annually in the enrolment calendar.
  Registration Information.

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Credit recognition and transfer

What is credit recognition?

The concept of 'recognition' has replaced the former 'validation/adaptation' in undergraduate degrees. 

'Credit recognition occurs when a university accepts the credits earned in official studies either from this university or from another university so that they can be taken into account in other studies in order to obtain an official degree' (RD 1393/2007. Art. 6) Recognition is therefore the acceptance of a subject passed by the student in a previous university course or degree when said student wishes to access a new course. 

Also, credit recognition may be granted when a student provides proof of his/her professional experience and of subjects passed in other official higher education centres (vocational education) or in non-official university studies.

Generally speaking, the criteria followed to grant credit recognition are:

• If the degree the student is applying for belongs to the same field of study, a minimum of 36 core subject credits in that field will be recognised.
• Credits earned in other core subjects belonging to the chosen degree's field of study will be recognised too.
• The remaining credits may be recognised by the UA as long as the competences and knowledge acquired therein match either other subjects or programmes completed by the student, their previous professional experience, or subjects of cross-sectional nature.

For recognised credits, students will pay 25% of the price.

Regulations:

• Royal Decree 1393/2007 . (as amended by  RD 43/2015 [pdf in Spanish] ) Sections  6 and  13
• UA regulations  on credit transfer and recognition.

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What is credit transfer?

Section 6 of Royal Decree 1393/2007 defines the concept of credit transfer as: 

'Credit transfer is the process of including all the credits from an official degree that a student has completed in one or several universities (even if completion of said credits did not eventually entail the obtention of a degree certificate) in a student's academic record'.

Its goal is for non-recognised subjects completed by the student in other official degrees to be included in the final academic record and in the European diploma supplement, in addition to subjects completed in the student's current degree and other recognised subjects.
 
These transferred subjects are not taken into account for point-system calculation of the academic record.

Regulations:

• Royal Decree 1393/2007  (as amended by  RD 43/2015  [pdf in Spanish] ) on the planning of official university studies.
• UA regulations about credit transfer and recognition.

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What are the criteria followed to grant credit recognition?

The criteria followed by universities in order to grant credit recognition for subjects passed in other official studies are included in Royal Decree 1393/2007 (as amended by  RD 43/2015  [pdf in Spanish] ) Sections  6  and  13  . 

Universities must create and publish their credit transfer and recognition regulations in accordance with the general criteria included in this Royal Decree. 

The general criteria applied for credit recognition are as follows:

• A minimum of 36 credits corresponding to  core subjects  will be recognised if a student transfers to an undergraduate degree  from another degree belonging to the  same field of study .
• Core subjects  shared by both degrees will be recognised when transferring to other undergraduate degree studies, whether they belong to the same field of study or not.
• Any other subjects passed (compulsory and optional) will be recognised insofar as they are similar in terms of skills and contents.
• Credits completed in other official higher education degrees (vocational education)   may be recognised. 
• Subject recognition may be granted on the grounds of professional experience if similar competences are involved in both. 15% of the total amount of the undergraduate degree's credits can be recognised this way. Subjects recognised under this premise will not be numerically assessed and will not be taken into account for the calculation of grade point average.
• Subject recognition may be granted through subjects completed in UA own programmes. 15% of the total amount of an undergraduate degree's credits can be recognised this way (this percentage can increase if UA own programmes had become official degrees). Subjects recognised under this premise will not be numerically assessed and will not be taken into account for the calculation of grade point average.
• Subjects of  cross-sectional nature  (language level) can be recognised.
• The  final-year undergraduate project  will never be recognised.

The 'adaptation table' for subject recognition will be applied to former students of first and second-cycle undergraduate degrees who enrol in the new undergraduate degree replacing their former studies. 

Subjects taken in former study plans can be recognised depending on the similarity of their skills and contents with those taught in the undergraduate degree that they wish to transfer to.

For recognised credits, students will pay 25% of the price.

UA regulations on credit transfer and recognition.

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How many credits are recognised when accessing an undergraduate degree within the same field of study?

According to Section 13 of  Royal Decree 1393/2007 . (as amended by  RD 43/2015  [pdf in Spanish] ):

Section 13. a) 'In the event that the chosen degree belongs to the same field of study, a minimum of 36   core subject credits will be recognised in that field'. 

Students already enrolled in an undergraduate degree who later on are admitted in another undergraduate degree from the same field of study will be granted recognition of a minimum of 36 core subject credits from that field of study. 

Furthermore, other core, compulsory and optional subjects with similar skills and contents, as well as cross-curricular subjects may be recognised.

• Undergraduate degree's core subjects per field of study
• Fields of study of UA undergraduate degrees

For recognised credits, students will pay 25% of the price.

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How many credits are recognised when accessing an undergraduate degree from a different field of study?

Core subjects completed by students and common to both study programmes will be recognised.

Any other subjects passed (compulsory and optional) will be recognised depending on the similarity of the skills acquired therein and their contents.

Subjects of cross-sectional nature (language level) can be recognised. 

Students transferring to an undergraduate degree from study programmes to be phased out (former first and second-cycle undergraduate degrees, etc.) will be granted recognition of credits corresponding to subjects where similar concepts are taught.

For recognised credits, students will pay 25% of the price.

Regulations:

• Royal Decree 1393/2007. (as amended by  RD 43/2015 [pdf in Spanish] ) Sections  6 and  13 .
• UA regulations on  credit transfer and recognition.

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 How and when is credit recognition requested?

Recognition/transfer requests are made via UACloud, using the e-Administration app,  in due term (generally, coinciding with the registration period) and following the instructions established by each centre.

• Faculty of Economics
• Faculty of Science
• Faculty of Health Sciences
• Faculty of Law
• Faculty of Education
• Faculty of Arts
• Polytechnic School

UA regulations on credit recognition

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 What is partial foreign studies validation?

It is a proceeding by which students who have completed foreign universities' courses and degrees (partially or in full) can request to continue studying the same or an equivalent degree or course in Spain. 

Applications for admission submitted in this manner will be resolved by the University President according to the criteria established by the University of Alicante Governing Council for this proceeding. 

Applications for admission must be submitted at the secretary's office of the corresponding centre (faculty/polytechnic school) wher the chosen degree is taught.  The deadline for application submission will be established by each centre. 

In order to be admitted, students must meet the following requirements:

• Prove that they are studying an official university degree in their home country.
• Students who have completed university courses and degrees abroad must prove that they have not applied for official approval of foreign studies or that said approval has been refused.
• Recognition for a minimum of 30 credits from subjects studied abroad (five subjects) and corresponding to the Spanish degree for which admission is requested must be obtained.
• Credit recognition is granted depending on the equivalence between foreign and Spanish subjects in terms of contents and class load.

Applications must include the following documentation (authenticated and translated if necessary):

• The original and a photocopy of the student's passport or foreigner's identification number
• Official transcript of records of the degree or course, including:
• Official name of the degree, stating whether it is official or a university's own degree
• Rating scale with the minimum grade required to pass a subject
• Length of each subject (yearly, semestral)
• Programme of the subject for which recognition is requested (contents of the subject)
• Curriculum
• Sworn statement proving that official approval has not been applied, in case of completed foreign degrees

A fee of 143.73€ must be paid in order y for partial foreign studies recognition applications to be delivered and assessed.

Regulations:

• Royal Decree  412/204 Art. 3.l (admission of students holding foreign university degrees)

UA regulations on credit transfer and recognition.

• Admission office. University of Alicante Polytechnic School (EPS).
• Information about subject recognition for graduates from Vocational Formation.

 Transfer of record for undergraduate continuation of studies

• Transfer of record. Academic Management Service. (See paragraph 2)
• Access via 30 credits. Admission office. University of Alicante Polytechnic School .

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