1. An official Spanish university qualification or an official university qualification issued by a university in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) that qualifies the holder for admission to a master's degree.

2. A qualification issued by a university in a country that is not in the EHEA. If the qualification has not been homologated, the UPC will verify that the course of study corresponds to a level of education equivalent to an official Spanish university degree and that the qualification obtained would provide admission to a master’s degree in the country in which it was awarded. This access route in no way implies the homologation of the qualification or its recognition for any purpose other than admission to the master's degree. The master's diploma will, however, be fully and legally valid.

In addition to these general access requirements, which apply to all master's degree courses, specific admission requirements may be set for each programme.

3. Master's are also open to UPC bachelor's degree students who have not awarded the bachelor's diploma because they have not completed the bachelor's thesis and up to 9 ECTS credits (including credits pending recognition or transfer) or they have not yet attained the cross-disciplinary competency in a foreign language, if applicable.

The school responsible for a master's degree may set additional conditions on credits pending for these bachelor's degree students, or prevent them from gaining admission via this route.

Under no circumstances will students be awarded a master's degree without having first been awarded a bachelor's diploma.

4. Holders of an official university diploma corresponding to curricula in accordance with the first additional provision of Royal Decree 822/2021 may be considered for admission to a master's degree provided that they

• hold an official undergraduate diploma;
• hold an official university diploma.

In addition to the general requirements, specific admission requirements and criteria may be set for given master's degrees. These specific requirements may include specific access qualifications, requisites for foreign languages, and bridging course requirements.

In all cases, what is taken into consideration includes the weighting of the academic record.

The selection process may also include an examination and an appraisal of the candidate's CV. Further information is available on the master's degree website.

Admission to master's degrees that qualify the holder to practise a regulated profession is open to candidates who meet the general requirements mentioned above and who are also holders of one of the following:

• A degree intended to lead directly to master's degree and used as the basis for the design of the master's degree curriculum.
• A bachelor's degree that qualifies for professional practice as a technical engineer in the relevant discipline.
• An official degree that does not qualify for professional practice as a technical engineer in the relevant discipline but which does meet the requirements for admission stipulated in the corresponding ministerial order.
• A degree in another discipline, provided that the candidate completes the necessary bridging courses.
• In the specific case of architecture, only the degree in Architecture Studies (which does not qualify the holder for professional practice as an architect) or similar regulated in Ministerial Order EDU/2075/2010, of 29 July, makes the candidate eligible for admission to the qualifying master's degree.
• A pre-EHEA degree, provided that the candidate completes the bridging courses if this requirement is stated in the corresponding ministerial order.
• UPC students on any of the degrees referred to in previous points who have not been awarded the degree because they have not completed the thesis and up to 9 ECTS credits (including credits pending recognition or transfer) or they have not yet attained the cross-disciplinary competency in a foreign language, if applicable. The school responsible for master's degree may set additional conditions on credits pending for these students, or prevent them from gaining admission via this route.

Bachelor's degree students who have not been able to complete their studies because they have not yet defended their bachelor's thesis may be granted conditional admission. They will be admitted definitively if they have been awareded their bachelor's degree on 31 October. In the case of master's degree courses in which new students enrol in the spring term, they will be definitively admitted if they have obtained their bachelor's degree on 28 February. These students may enrol later than the period established by the teaching centre or research institute.