Master in Bioinformatics for Health Sciences - Admission requirements - Masters

APPLICATION PERIOD	From November 7th, 2011 to June 29th, 2012
DURATION	2 academic years (120 ECTS credits)
TUITION FEE	EU students: 2.836,5 € \| EU non students: 8.056,5€ (Price subject to approval by the Government of Catalonia)
CALENDAR AND TIMETABLE	From 8.30 a.m. to 7 p.m.
COURSE TYPES	Research, Professional and Academic
LANGUAGE	English
PLACES	30
ORGANIZATION	Interuniversity master jointly organised by Pompeu Fabra University (coordinator) and the University of Barcelona, in collaboration with the University of Bologna
LOCATION	Campus del Mar (UPF) and Faculty of Biology (UB)

Admission requirements

MANDATORY DOCUMENTS
In order to be admitted to the Master in Bioinformatics for Health Sciences candidates must submit the following documents:
Official undergraduate degree/diploma (or a bachelor's degree, a degree in engineering or architecture, diplomas, technical engineering and technical architecture diplomas, or, for foreign qualifications, the equivalent qualification awarded by an accredited higher education institution) and the academic transcript of the accredited official training with the average grade at the university of origin. Qualifications can be in the following academic areas: Biology, Medicine, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Pharmacy, Veterinary studies, engineering studies, Chemistry, Physics or Mathematics or related degrees.
Curriculum Vitae in English.
A letter of motivation in English, stating the candidate's interest in following the master's programme (400 to 600 words).
One letter of recommendation (professional or academic).
Identity Card or Passport.
OPTIONAL DOCUMENTS
Proof of English language (level B2)
Professional experience in any of the fields related to the master's programme.
Research experience.
Teaching experience.
Additional academic training in areas related to the master's programme.
Additional professional experience.
Standardised tests organised by the Educational Testing Service (ETS) which measure verbal and quantitative reasoning, critical thinking and analytical writing, might also be taken into consideration: Test Graduate Record Examination (GRE) (in English) or the Graduate Studies Admission Test (EXADEP) (in Spanish). When you take the test (GRE or EXADEP), please introduce the institutional UPF code (4977) so ETS can send us your scores.

In addition, the Departments' selection committee may decide to interview the candidate.

The undergraduate degree/diploma and the academic transcript

If you have finished your Bachelor degree when you formalise your application, you will need to send us the following documents:

A photocopy of your undergraduate degree/diploma or certification/proof of degree completion.
A photocopy of your official final undergraduate transcript.

However, if you have not yet completed your undergraduate studies when formalising application, you will need to provide us with the following documents:

A signed declaration of obtaining your degree before the commencement of the master's programme
A photocopy of the provisional undergraduate transcript.

(If the diploma or the academic transcript are not written in Catalan, Spanish, English, French, Portuguese or Italian, you will also have to include the respective sworn translations into Catalan or Spanish).
(Those students who have taken official studies at the UPF do not need to submit their academic records).