Candidates will typically hold an undergraduate degree in biology, biochemistry or biotechnology. However, students with undergraduate degrees in medicine, chemistry, engineering, pharmacy and nursing have also successfully completed the programme. Students must have a solid grounding in and/or ability to grasp and work with the concepts of cell function and molecular interactions (proteins, nucleic acids). Students with degrees in areas other than the biological and health sciences who are interested in applying to the programme are encouraged to look at the subject syllabus.

• Official university bachelor's or master's degree from the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) or equivalent foreign degree allowing access to a postgraduate degree in the country that issued the degree. Should the applicant have not finished yet their studies at the time of application, they will be asked to sign a statement certifying that they will have completed them before the start of the master degree program. 
  
  Qualifications can be in the following academic areas: scientific-natural sciences and health sciences. 
• Academic transcript of the accredited official training with the average grade at the university of origin. 

• Curriculum Vitae in Spanish, English or Catalan. 

• A letter of motivation in English stating the candidate's interest in following the master's programme (400 to 600 words). 

In addition all candidates must provide following document:

• A letter of acceptance into a Research Group in order to carry out the master's internship.
• a) If you have already been accepted to a research group for doing the master research practicum, please provide the acceptance letter by the group's supervisor/director. The group can be located in Spain or in a foreign country.

  b) If you do not have a host research group at the time of registering, you must indicate your first 5 choices, in order of preference, from the list of groups offered by the BIOMED master.

• Interested laboratories and tips for applying
• Riken Institute Groups
   
• Identity Card or Passport. 

• Proof of English language (level B2) 

• A (academic) letter of recommendation signed by someone who really knows the candidate and can assess them. 

• 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.

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.

More than 80% of the students who complete this master's degree continue on to a doctoral programme, either in Spain or abroad (mainly EU and USA).