Theoretical and Applied Linguistics - MA - Admission requirements

APPLICATION PERIOD	From November 7th, 2011 to June 29th, 2012
DURATION	1 academic year full time, 2 academic years part time (60 ECTS credits)
CALENDAR AND TIMETABLE	From September to June. Classes are mainly in the afternoons
COURSE TYPES	Research, academic and professional
LANGUAGES	English (Catalan and Spanish) (in the formal linguistics speciality, we guarantee the possibility of doing the Master's degree entirely in English)
PLACES	30
ORGANIZATION	Department of Translation and Language Sciences
LOCATION	Communication Campus - Poblenou

Admission requirements

MANDATORY DOCUMENTS
In order to be admitted to the Master in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics 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. Degrees in any academic field of study will be accepted.
Curriculum Vitae in Spanish, English or Catalan.
A letter of motivation in Spanish, English or Catalan stating the candidate's interest in following the master's programme (400 to 600 words).
Identity Card or Passport.
OPTIONAL DOCUMENTS
Proof of level B2 of Catalan (except for those candidates who have completed their undergraduate studies in a country where the language is the language to prove and for those candidates with undergraduate studies in a third country, proving of having completed at least 50% of the studies in the language to prove).
Proof of level B2 of Spanish (except for those candidates who have completed their undergraduate studies in a country where the language is the language to prove and for those candidates with undergraduate studies in a third country, proving of having completed at least 50% of the studies in the language to prove).
Proof of level B2 of English (except for those candidates who have completed their undergraduate studies in a country where the language is the language to prove and for those candidates with undergraduate studies in a third country, proving of having completed at least 50% of the studies in the language to prove).
Proof of other foreign languages.
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).