Master in Immigration Management - Admission requirements

APPLICATION PERIOD	From November 2nd, 2010 to June 29th, 2011
DURATION	1 academic year (60 ECTS credits)
CALENDAR AND TIMETABLE	From September to June
COURSE TYPES	Professional
LANGUAGES	English, Spanish and Catalan
PLACES	30
ORGANIZATION	Department of Political and Social Sciences
LOCATION	Ciutadella campus

MANDATORY DOCUMENTS
In order to be admitted to the Master in Immigration Management 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 only in the following academic fields of study will be accepted: Health Sciences, Legal Sciences, Political and Social Sciences, Humanities.
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).
Two letters of recommendation (one academic and the other one professional, free-format, explicitely refering to the master's degree programme in Immigration Management and with the original letterhead of the issuing institution).
Proof of Spanish language (level B2)
Proof of English language (level B2)
Identity Card or Passport.
OPTIONAL DOCUMENTS
Proof of Catalan language (level B1)
Proof of other languages.
Undergraduate degree of 240 ECTS credits.
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).