Master's Degrees

Requirements

The student may request the issuance of transcripts, reflecting the current state of his or her Academic Records, upon payment of the fees concerned which are fixed from year to year.

Academic certificates can only be issued at the request of the interested party, and must be justified with the DNI, Passport or NIE. They may also be issued at the request of a third party, upon presentation of the express authorization of the interested party accompanied by a copy of the DNI, Passport or NIE of both. 

The Official Grades Records of the subjects that make up the Study Plan concerned are to be found in the keeping of the Administration Office to initiate the application process.

Types of Personal Academic Transcripts

• Personal Academic Transcript of subjects with final grades already allotted: it contains only those subjects with final grades already allotted.
• Personal Academic Transcript of subjects with final grades already allotted and of the subjects which form part of the enrolment undertaken: it includes all the subjects with final grades already allotted and, moreover, all the subjects which have been enrolled in.
• Personal Academic Transcript of subjects which have been passed: it includes only those which have been passed.
• Personal Academic Transcript of subjects which have been passed and those which have been enrolled in: it includes those subjects which have been passed, together with those in which the student concerned is enrolled.
• Personal Academic Transcript of subjects as they currently stand: it includes the current situation regarding all the subjects found in the file of the student concerned, while not including the evolution of each subject over time as the case may be.

Documents to be submitted

• Application Form for the Issuance of Personal Academic Records (Forms).
• Current and legible photocopy of National Identity Card or Passport.
• Students from large families or students with some form of disability: those documents available at fee reductions and exemptions.

Submission of the Application Form

The Application Form can be submitted in person in the UIMP Student Administration Office (Secretaría de Estudiantes UIMP - C/Isaac Peral, 23. 28040 Madrid - Spain) or via e-mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Payment

After submitting the application form, the student will be given a receipt of payment of the fee concerned so that payment may be made in cash at any branch of Banco Santander, or by credit card (for which purpose the Online Administration Office may be accessed), or via a bank transfer (only in the case of those who find themselves outside Spanish territory).

The amount to be paid over is displayed on the receipt. The transfer costs or any other bank charges involved must be borne by the interested party and should not lead to a reduction in the total amount to be paid.

The student concerned is obliged to submit to the Student Administration Office a copy of the receipt of payment duly stamped by the Bank, or proof of payment made by credit card or bank transfer, indicating: Name / ID Card, Passport or Non-National ID (NIE), together with the code and description of the studies concerned and the academic year in course.

Collection of the Qualification Certificate

Collection of the Qualification Certificate
The certificate may be collected in person by the interested party, or by a duly authorized person, from the Student Administration Office. In those cases where indicated, the University will send the certificate to the mailing address as indicated by the interested party on the application form.

Requirements

The official Master's Degree Certificate is proof of the full completion of the studies concerned, it being academically and professionally valid throughout national territory.

It will be issued in the name of the King, by the Principal of the University, in accordance with the requirements set down regarding its format, text and issuance procedure in Royal Decree 1002/2010, dated 5 August, dealing with the issuance of university-level qualifications certificates.

Having applied for the Degree Certificate implies the closure of the Academic Records concerned, for which reason, once closure has taken place, new entries cannot be made in the said Records.

In order to initiate the application process, the following requirements must be met:

• The total number of credits that make up the qualification concerned must have been passed, in accordance with that which is set out in the Study Plan concerned.
• Being up to date in the payment of enrolment fees.
• The Official Grades Records of the subjects that make up the Study Plan concerned are to be found in the keeping of the Administration Office.

Stipulated Periods for Issuance

The Master's Degree Certificate may be requested throughout the academic year.

Documents to be submitted

• Application Form to request Issuance of Official Master's Degree Certificate (Forms).
• Current and legible photocopy of National Identity Card or Passport.
• Students who belong to large families or students with some form of disability: the documents available in fee reductions and exemptions.

Submission of the Application Form

The application may be submitted in person at the UIMP Student Administration Office (Secretaría de Estudiantes UIMP, C/Isaac Peral, 23. 28040 Madrid) or by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Payment

After submitting the application form, the student concerned will be given a receipt of payment of the fee so that payment may be made in cash at any branch of Banco Santander, or by credit card (for which purpose the Online Administration Office may be accessed) , or via a bank transfer (only in the case of those who find themselves outside Spanish territory).

The amount to be paid over is displayed on the receipt. The transfer costs or any other bank charges involved must be borne by the interested party and should not lead to a reduction in the total amount of fees to be paid with regard to the issuance of the Qualification Certificate concerned.

The student concerned must submit to the Student Administration Office a copy of the receipt of payment duly stamped by the Bank, or proof of payment made by credit card or bank transfer, indicating: Name / ID Card, Passport or Non-National ID (NIE), together with the code and the description of the studies concerned and the academic year in course.

Provisional Supplementary Qualification Certificate

The Master's Degree Certificate will become fully effective as of the date of payment of the costs of the issuance of the said certificate.
Once payment has been made, the interested party will be provided with a provisional supplementary Qualification Certificate which will act as the equivalent of the official Qualification Certificate until the latter's actual issuance, and will be of equivalent value with regard to the exercise of the rights inherent to the Qualification Certificate concerned. Such a certification will include the essential data that would be included in the said Qualification Certificate itself.

Collection of the Qualification Certificate

• By the interested party in person from the UIMP Student Administration Office (Secretaría de Estudiantes, C / Isaac Peral, 23. 28040 Madrid, Spain), by providing proof of his or her identity upon production of the original of his or her National Identity Card, DNI, (in the case of Spanish citizens), a passport, or a Non-Nationals Identity Card, NIE, (in the case of persons from other countries).
• By duly authorizing another person by power of attorney to collect it on his or her behalf. If the power of attorney were to have been issued abroad, it ought to have been legalized and translated into Spanish.
• If the interested party does not reside in Madrid, he or she may request in writing that the UIMP General Administration Office ensure delivery of the Qualification Certificate to the High Inspectorate of Education or Education Offices of the Government Delegation or Sub-Delegation, and / or the Consular Office, nearest to his or her place of residence. In such a case, the student concerned would be expected to collect the Qualification Certificate in person.

Legalizing documents to be used abroad

Original academic documents (degree, academic transcript, or course syllabi) which are to be used abroad must be legalized following the process which can be consulted here.

Legalizing documents issued by the Menéndez Pelayo International University must be done directly by the interested party or by his or her legal representative.

Fees

Menéndez Pelayo International University resolution of October 31, 2023, stating prices for academic services leading to official university degrees and other services for the academic year 2023-24

See Fees for the Academic Year 2023-2024

Enrolment  Fees

It is the fee charged as the total amount of fees in exchange for academic and administrative services.

1. Academic Services: the result of multiplying the cost per credit by the number of credits corresponding to the Master's Program concerned.
2. Administrative Services: they include the initiation of the Academic Records File concerned (payment for which is undertaken only when enrolling for the first time), administrative costs and student insurance (to be paid by all Spanish students or by those who are nationals of other countries under the age of 28 who are legally resident in Spain).

Fee Reductions and Exemptions

Students included in some of the following groups may apply for the listed benefits, as long as they can provide the University with documentary evidence of the alleged condition within the enrollment period.

Important: Documents justifying reductions and exemptions must be in effect at the time of registration.

All fee reductions and benefits are applied to public prices for academic services. They will not affect to administrative fees and other services, nor to student insurance, unless stated otherwise.

Beneficiaries of general category large-family status (RD 1621/2005, dated December 30, 2005)

Exemption:

• 50% of the costs of academic services during the first enrolment period and administrative services, excluding student insurance.
• 50% of the costs of the graduation certificate and other academic certificates.

Documents to be submitted:

• Authenticated photocopy of large-family identity card and the renewal card, if applicable, issued by the relevant Spanish Public Administration office.

Applies to the following graduate studies:

• Masters' Degrees.
• Academic supervision during the research period of a Doctoral Program.

Beneficiaries of special category large-family status (RD 1621/2005, 30 December, 2005)

Exemption:

• 100% of the costs of academic services during the first enrolment period, and administrative services, excluding student insurance.
• 100% of the costs of the graduation certificate and other academic certificates.

Documents to be submitted:

• Authenticated photocopy of large-family identity card and the renewal card, if applicable, issued by the relevant Spanish Public Administration office.

Applies to the following graduate studies:

• Masters' Degrees.
• Academic supervision during the research period of a Doctoral Program.

Victims of Terrorism, as well as their spouses and offspring in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 of Law 32/1999, 8 October.

Exemption:

• 100% of the costs of academic services during the first enrolment period, and administrative services, excluding student insurance
• Does not include the cost of Administrative Services or student insurance.

Documents to be submitted:

• Authenticated photocopy of the administrative order issued by the relevant Spanish Public Administration institution granting the status of victim of terrorism.

Applies to the following graduate studies:

• Masters' Degrees.
• Academic supervision during the research period of a Doctoral Program.

Victims of gender-based violence, as well as their children under twenty three, and minors under their custody (article 23 of Organic Act 1/2004, 28 December on Integrated Protection Measures against Gender Violence)

Exemption:

• 100% of the costs of academic services during the first enrolment period.
• Does not include the cost of Administrative Services or student insurance.

Applies to the following graduate studies:

• Masters' Degrees.
• Academic supervision during the research period of a Doctoral Program.

Students with disabilities

Those with a disability equal to, or greater than 33%, as per Legislative RD 1/2013, of November 29, approving the Revised General Law on Rights of Persons with Disabilities and their Social Inclusion.

Exemption: 

• 100% of the costs of academic services during the first enrolment period.
• Does not include the cost of Administrative Services or student insurance.

Documents to be submitted:

• Authenticated photocopy of the administrative order issued by the relevant Spanish Public Administration institution granting the status of disabled person.

Applies to the following graduate studies:

• Masters' Degrees.
• Academic supervision during the research period of a Doctoral Program

Orfans of public servants deceased in the line of duty

Exemption: 

• 100% of the costs of academic services during the first enrolment period up to the year in which the beneficiary reaches age 25.
• Does not include the cost of Administrative Services or student insurance.

Applies to the following graduate studies:

• Masters' Degrees.
• Academic supervision during the research period of a Doctoral Program.

Beneficiaries of Guaranteed Minimum Income according to articles 4 and 5 of Law 19/2021, 20 December

Exemption: 

• 100% of the costs of academic services during the first enrolment period up to the year in which the beneficiary reaches age 25.
• Does not include the cost of Administrative Services or student insurance.

Applies to the following graduate studies:

• Masters' Degrees.
• Academic supervision during the research period of a Doctoral Program.

Other Reductions:

Reductions of Other Kinds:

Distinction in Master's Degree Studies

When the grade of 'With Distinction´ is achieved in subjects within UIMP Masters' Degrees, the following year a deduction will be made for the amount corresponding to the number of credits for which the grade was obtained.
Under no circumstances may the total amount of the deduction exceed the total cost of tuition. Likewise, this deduction will not be applicable to the fee for academic supervision upon enrolment in a Doctoral Program.

Civil Service Personnel and UIMP Staff

As long as vacant slots are available.

Exemption:

• 50% in the first-year enrolment fees.

Applies to the following graduate studies:

• Masters' Degrees.
• Academic supervision during the research period of a Doctoral Program.

Recipients of Grants and Study Bursaries

Students who, upon enrolment, avail themselves of fee exemption, having applied for an official grant, and then at a later date do not acquire the status of grant holders, or whose allotted grant is revoked, will be required to pay the fee corresponding to the enrolment already formalized. Non-payment of the said fee will result in the cancellation of the enrolment.

Doctors with Extraordinary Award

In accordance with the Regulations for the awarding of extraordinary doctoral prizes at the Menéndez Pelayo International University approved by the Governing Body on August 15, 2017, all those doctors who have been awarded an extraordinary prize will be entitled to exemption from, or refund of, the fees for the award of the doctoral degree in the form and for the amounts approved by the Governing Body. If the student has the right to this exemption and pays the full public prices, the amount will be reimbursed upon request of refund of public prices. 

Method of Payment

• Studies managed by a Collaborating Institution: the student should contact the said entity.
• Studies managed by the UIMP: The student admitted in an area of study will be notified by the Student Administration Office by e-mail, which will include an identification code, thereby allowing him or her to undertake enrolment via the on-line registration website located at the UIMP's Online Administration Office

The application will guide the student so that he or she may select the Studies in which to enrol, the method of payment, as well as the stipulated periods for payment.

Payment Options:

1. Single Payment
   • 100% of the academic and administrative fees involved.
   • Student Insurance, were it applicable.
2. Split Payment

The student concerned may pay in two installments. 

First Installment:

• 50% of the fees for academic services.
• 100% of the fees for administrative services.
• Student insurance, were it applicable.

Second Installment:

• The remaining 50% of the fees for academic services.

The student will be expected to pay these amounts within the stipulated periods established each year. Taking heed of the Academic and Enrolment Calendar

Methods of Payment:

1. If the student lives in Spain, payment can be made:
   • In cash at any branch of Banco Santander
     The student will need to print three copies of the payment form through the Online Administration Office, via the "Payment of Receipts Pending" option, and submit them at the Banco Santander branch concerned, within the stipulated period indicated on the receipt.
     The bank is obliged to stamp the three copies: one copy is for the bank, one should be handed in at the UIMP Students Administration Office within 15 working days of the due date, and the third copy is for the student. This latter document is his or her proof of enrolment in the University.
   • Online Credit Card Payment
     Payment by credit card through the online platform Vía Pago, which is accessed from the Online Administration Office , by selecting "Online Payment" ("Pago on-line") within the "Payment of Receipts Pending" ("Pago de recibos") option.
     At the Student Adminsitration Office the student concerned is expected to hand in the payment slip which has been generated, within 15 working days of its expiration, indicating: First Name and Last Names / National ID Card, passport, or Non-National's ID (NIE), together with the code number and description of the Study Program concerned, and the academic year in course.
     This data is absolutely necessary so as to identify the payment. If the slip does not contain the data, the University may demand payment at any time.
2. If he or she lives abroad:
   • Payment via bank transfer
     The amount to be paid in is shown on the receipt. It is the student who is expected to meet the costs of the transfer incurred, as well as any other bank charges incurred, which should not diminish the overall amount as indicated.

Payment is to be made within the stipulated period indicated in the receipt pending, and once made, the student is obliged to submit proof of the transfer to the following e-mail address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

On the transfer receipt slip, the following will be indicated: First Name and Last Names / National ID, passport, or Non-National's ID (NIE) / code number and description of the Study Program concerned / and the academic year in course.

This data is absolutely necessary so as to identify the payment. If the slip does not contain the data, the University may demand payment at any time.

Requesting Receipt of Payment

Generally speaking, the receipt for having satisfied fee payments is issued on behalf of the student, who is the person obliged to ensure payment is made.

If payment is going to be undertaken by a company, or by a public or private institution, the latter must be requested using the available standard form within the period set out in the bill for payment.

The billing request will then be sent by normal post to the Students Administration Office:

Secretaría de Estudiantes UIMP
C/ Isaac Peral, 23. 28040 Madrid
(Spain)

• Billing request. Payment of Enrolment Fees (Forms)

Modification of Enrolment

Applications will be accepted to substitute one or several optional subjects for others of the same nature, as long as the total number of credits registered remains unchanged, within the deadlines established in the Academic and Administrative Calendar.

The student who intends to make this modification shall submit the Application Form to request Modification to Enrolment to the Students Administration Office. The Application Form must include the full name of each subject that is modified, the study plan to which it belongs, credits, and the same data for the subjects that will replace them.

The Students Administration Office will send the application received to the Collaborating Center for analysis and resolution. The Collaborating Centers will verify that the total credits registered remain unaltered and that the data is complete, informing, if necessary, the teachers responsible for the different subjects. Once the request for modification is resolved, the Students Administration Office will contact the student.

• Application Form to request Modification to Enrolment (Forms)

Cancellation of Enrolment

The cancellation of enrolment renders the enrolment concerned academically and administratively ineffective with the consequent loss of the rights inherent to it.

Total or partial cancellation of the enrolment must be requested to the Students Administration Office on the Application Form to request the Refund of Fees, duly justified and accompanied by the original or copy of the payment slip concerned and / or by the corresponding justificatory proof in those cases in which the reason for requesting a reimbursement might require justification.

The request for cancellation must be made within the deadlines established in the Academic and Administrative Calendar, implying the cancellation that the enrolment has not existed and will not be counted for any purpose.

The student will be entitled to a refund of 50 percent of the tuition fees, but not to a refund of the prices paid for administrative services, which will be considered as processing costs. Only in the event of cancellation of the Studies Program, will the University also reimburse the fees paid over in lieu of administrative services.

Exceptionally, applications for total or partial cancellation of enrolment may be processed with the right to a refund of tuition fees after the established deadline, provided that there are duly motivated and justified extraordinary situations that make it impossible for the student to continue studying.

Failure to pay the total amount of the fee costs, in case of option for full payment, or the corresponding deadline, in case of payment by installments, will result in the automatic cancellation of the enrolment by the Students Administration Office, without any right to a refund of the enrolment fee. Under no circumstances will the prices paid for administrative services be refunded. Only in the event of cancellation of the Studies Program, will the University also reimburse the fees paid over in lieu of administrative services.

• Application Form to request the Refund of Fees (Forms)

Refund of fees

In accordance with Law 8/89, of April 13, on Public Fees and Prices and other applicable provisions, Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo will refund the enrolment fees in the following cases:

1. When payments have been made in excess of the current public prices, due to material or factual errors and arithmetic errors in the settlement. 
2. If, once the amount of the registration fee has been paid, the interested party obtains scholarships or study aids which, according to the regulations in force, imply exemption from the payment of public prices per enrolment, or have obtained recognition of credits and the amount has not been compensated with that of the extension of the registration fee, or this does not occur. 
3. If, after the payment of the registration fee, it is certified that the student is in a legal or administrative situation that entails exemption from payment. 
4. When, for reasons not attributable to the student, the service is not provided. 

In the case of a refund of academic fees, if these correspond to tuition paid in installments, the amount of the refund will be deducted from the amount of the outstanding payments. When the payment has been made in a single payment, if applicable, the refund will be made to the person concerned. In the case of a refund of academic fees, if these correspond to tuition paid in installments, the amount of the refund will be deducted from the amount of the outstanding payments. When the payment has been made in a single payment, if applicable, the refund will be made to the person concerned. 

Under no circumstances will the prices paid for administrative services be refunded. Only in the case of cancellation of studies, the UIMP will refund the prices for administrative services.

In this case, the student will request a refund of the prices paid for administrative services to the Students Administration Office on the Application Form to request the Refund of Fees, accompanied by the original registration form. 

The Students Administration Office will send the application received to the Collaborating Center for its analysis and resolution. Once the refund request is resolved, the Students Administration Office will contact the student.

• Application Form to request the Refund of Fees (Forms)

Non-payment

The Students Administration Office will follow up the process of settlement of the registration by claiming from students the amounts that are pending payment by electronic communication. At the end of the period granted, the Students Administration Office will propose to the General Secretariat the cancellation of those registrations that are pending total or partial payment. 

The lack of payment of the total amount of the price, in case of option for the total payment, or of the corresponding term, in case of fractioned payment, will imply the automatic cancellation of the registration by the Secretary of Students, without any right to refund the registration fee.

The UIMP will deny the issuance of degrees and certificates when students have outstanding payments.

Qualification System

Although the Master's Degrees may be organized into modules, each of the subjects or courses that make up them will be independently graded.

The level of learning achieved by students in each of the subjects within the Study Plan, will be expressed in the form of numerical scores in accordance with the provisions of Article 5 of Royal Decree 1125/2003, dated September 5, establishing the European credit system and the qualification system for official university degrees valid throughout the national territory.

The results obtained by the student in each of the subjects of the curriculum will be graded according to the following numerical scale from 0 to 10, with expression of an alphabetically based grade together with its equivalent numerical score.

Grade with Honours

The mention of Honorary Enrolment (MH) may be given to students who have obtained a qualification equal to or greater than 9. Their number may not exceed 5% of the students enrolled in a subject in the corresponding academic year, unless the number of students enrolled is less than 20, in which case a single Honours Mention may be awarded.

When applying the limit of 5% of students enrolled in a subject in the corresponding academic year does not result in a whole number, a rounding to the nearest whole number shall be made, for the purpose of establishing the maximum number of honours that may be awarded.

Recognised subjects

Recognised subjects shall retain the qualification of the subject of origin. In the case that a subject is recognized by several subjects of the studies of origin, the grade of this will be the weighted average of the subjects involved in the degree of origin. Credits recognised for work or professional experience and for their own qualifications shall be recognised in terms of aptitude, Apt / Not Apt and shall not be taken into account for the purposes of weighting the file.

Both the numerical and alphabetical grades will become part of each student's academic record and will be included in the corresponding academic certifications.

Average of the academic record

The average of the academic record of each student will be the result of the application of the following formula: sum of the credits obtained by the student multiplied each one of them by the value of the corresponding grades and divided by the number of total credits approved by the student.

Those subjects which are weighted in terms of aptitude, Apt / Not Apt, will not affect the overall average grade on file.

Examination Sittings

Assessment in each subject is undertaken on a continuous basis, as well as by means of an examination.

With regard to each of the subjects in which he or she were to be enrolled, in each academic year, the student concerned will have available to him or her a maximum of two exam sittings as convened:

• In February and in September, the latter in terms of resits, for those subjects the teaching of which would have been carried out during the first semester.
• In June and in September, the latter in terms of resits, for those subjects the teaching of which would have been carried out during the second semester.

Overall, the student concerned will have available to him or her four examination sittings as convened in order to pass each of the subjects which form part of the Study Plan.

Procedure for the completion of Official Grades Records

The Directors of Studies and the members of the teaching staff and researchers involved in the teaching concerned will proceed according to the system of grading and the procedure for completion of Official Grades Records approved by the UIMP.

The Subject Teacher or the Subject Coordinator will be responsible for the Official Grades Records appertaining to the subjects coordinated by him or her.

Under no circumstances will Official Grades Records be signed by Assistants, Collaborators, or Research Fellows, even though they may have participated in the teaching of the subject concerned.

In the exceptional case of the Subject Coordinator being unable to sign the Official Grades Record concerned, the person responsible for the signing of it will be the Director of Studies.

• The Initiation of Access to Official Grades Records: The Vice Principal's Office for Postgraduate Studies and Research will generate the initiation of access to the Official Grades Records and provide the instructions necessary for their completion by Coordinators and members of the Teaching Staff via the online computer application concerned and the password provided. The initiation of access to Official Grades Records will take place at the end of each semester, within the stipulated periods designated for such purposes and about which the members of the Teaching Staff responsible for carrying out the said task will be duly notified.
• The Signing of Official Grades Records: Official Grades Records must be signed by each member of the Teaching Staff responsible for the teaching of the subject concerned so as to facilitate the management and custody of them by the Student Administration Office and their subsequent inclusion in students' files.

It will not be possible to make any correction to the Official Grades Records once the process of ratification within the online computer system has been completed.

No individually based academic certificates may be issued until the corresponding Official Grades Records, in original format, have been filed by the Student Administration Office staff.

It is advisable to consult the Academic and Administrative Calendar in order to find out about the stipulated periods involving the sealing of Official Grades Records which are set from year to year.

Applications concerning the Reappraisal of Examinations

Applications for examination reappraisal should be made in writing, on the form existing for such a purpose, addressed to the Teaching Team of the subject concerned. A form must be filled in for each subject in which the reappraisal of an examination needs to be requested. Applications must be filled in on an individual basis, reappraisals requested on a collective basis by several students not being accepted.

No request whatsoever for the reappraisal of an examination will be allowed which were to be based on criteria other than that of a strictly academic nature.

The application may be made by post to the UIMP Student Administration Office (Secretaría de Estudiantes UIMP. C/ Isaac Peral, 23, 28040 Madrid) or by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., within seven calendar days form the date of the publication of grades on the UIMP Administration Office virtual platform or via the procedure set down by which the grades for all subjects are made known.

• Form to be used to apply for the reappraisal of an examination (Forms)

Upon receipt of the request for the reappraisal of an examination, the Teaching Team concerned will be under the obligation to provide a reply before the official sealing of Academic Grades Records takes place. The Teaching Team's response should be a substantiated one and in keeping with the academic criteria for correcting that each Teaching Team would have set down.

Upon completion of the reappraisal, the Vice Principal's Office for Postgraduate Studies and Research will be notified, via a minutes document, of the grade obtained as a result of the reappraisal, so it may be recorded in the file of the student concerned and he or she may be notified of it.

In the event of the student concerned being dissatisfied with the outcome of this initial reappraisal, he or she will be able to apply to the Vice Principal's Office for Postgraduate Studies and Research, during the stipulated period of five calendar days following his or her having received notification of the resolution concerned, for an Examination Reappraisal Board to be set up within five calendar days of receipt of the resolution. The filing of this application does not impede the inclusion in the Official Grades Records of the grade obtained as a result of the first reappraisal.

The request should be made in writing on the stipulated form and sent by post to the UIMP Student Administration Office (Secretaría de Estudiantes UIMP. C/ Isaac Peral, 23, 28040 Madrid) or by e-mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

• Application concerning the setting up of an Examination Reappraisal Board (Forms)

Upon receipt of the application requesting the setting up of an Examination Reappraisal Board, the Vice Principal's Office for Postgraduate Studies and Research will make the decision, of a substantiated kind, as to whether or not it should be set up. If it were the case, a Board will be appointed, made up of at least three members of the Teaching Staff belonging to the area of expertise to which the subject or subjects concerned is/are linked, the three members of the Teaching Staff responsible for the first reappraisal being excluded therefrom.

The Board may request as many assessment reports as may be deemed fit in order to come to a decision and the decision taken will be submitted to the Vice Principal's Office for Postgraduate Studies and Research so that the final grade of the student concerned may be recorded in his or her file, while the interested party may be notified of it.

• Form used for the notification of a substantiated grade assessment (Forms)

Once the decision taken has been made known, the student concerned may lodge an appeal before the Principal of the UIMP within one month of having received notification of it, i.e. of the decision taken.

Qualifications inquiry

Students will be able to consult their qualifications through the UIMP's Online Administration Office (Secretaría Virtual).

The qualifications obtained through these systems will have only informational value and will not be valid administratively.

Pre-enrolment procedure

UIMP Governing Council approves, for each academic year, the calendar to apply for a place in the official Master's Degree programs. The calendar is made public, in due time, on the UIMP website (Academic and Administrative Calendar) and on the website of the Collaborating Institutions.

Prior to pre-enrolment in a Master's Degree, each student should check that he or she meets with the entry requirements, as well as the specific criteria for admission to the Program concerned, and that he or she is in possession of the required documentation.

Pre-enrolment should be carried out via internet by completing the online Pre-enrolment Form (Formulario de Preinscripción) available on the UIMP website.

Pre-enrolment via this online platform requires that, in addition to personal data, an indication should also be made of the Degree which facilitates access to Master's Degree Studies, the date of its being awarded, together with an average-grade transcript based on academic records.

In those university Master's Degrees in which it is indicated by the Vice-Rector for Postgraduate and Research, the pre-registration will be carried out by filling in the Enrollment Application Form (Forms).

Entrance requirements

All students must provide documentary proof that they meet the entrance requirements to official Master's Degree programs at the time of pre-registration, although the documentation does not need to be duly certified at this time.

Pre-registrations made by students who have not completed previous studies that enable them to access Master's Degree programs will be considered "conditional admissions" until students documentaryly prove compliance with academic requirements to access such studies.

Students currently enrolled in the last year of their university degree who are due to present and defend their End of Degree Project can pre-enroll. Admission will depend, in this case, on meeting the admission requirements and the accreditation of the degree granting access during the registration period.

All other students who do not meet these circumstances will have 5 working days from the end date of the pre-registration period.

Documents required

In order to formalize the online Pre-enrolment Form, students must attach in PDF format the documentation required in the "Required Documentation" section of the Online Pre-enrolment Platform, although the documents do not need to be duly certified at this time.

Some studies require additional documentation, so it is recommended to consult the Master's website on which you will pre-enrolment. On the specific web-pages of each Master's Program, information is available regarding the documentation to be included as part of the application process.This additional documentation must be attached in a single document in PDF format in the "Additional documentation required" section. 

However, in general, the following documents will be required:

Students with an official Spanish University Degree or an European Higher Education Area (EHEA) Degree:

• Authenticated photocopy of National ID card, in the case of Spanish citizens, or of passport or identity document, in the case of foreign nationals.
• Authenticated photocopy of the Qualification Certificate which provides access to Masters' Degree studies, or proof of having paid for the issuance of the certificate concerned.
• Affidavit reflecting the status of completion of studies in the current academic year: Students currently enrolled in the last year of their university degree who are due to present and defend their End of Degree Project can pre-enroll. Admission will depend, in this case, on meeting the admission requirements and the accreditation of the degree granting access during the registration period. These students will replace the photocopy of the degree with this statement (download here).
• Certification of personal academic records, or authenticated copy thereof.
• ID or Passport-size photograph.
• Curriculum Vitae (maximum 4 pages), so as to facilitate the assessment of other merits appropriate to the admissions profile.

Students with qualification certificates issued in accordance with education systems outside the EHEA:

1. Homologated higher education qualification certificate:
   • Authenticated photocopy of National ID card, in the case of Spanish citizens, or of passport or identity document, in the case of foreign nationals.
   • Authenticated copy of the homologation credentials of the actual Higher Education Qualification Certificate which provides access to Masters' Degree studies.
   • Certification of personal academic records, or authenticated copy thereof, in which the duration of the official Study Plan in terms of the number of academic years concerned is set down, together with the courses taken, the grades obtained and the quantifiable workload each of them involves.
   • ID or passport-size photograph.
   • Curriculum Vitae (maximum 4 pages), so as to facilitate the assessment of other merits appropriate to the admissions profile.
2. Non-homologated Higher Education Qualification Certificate or one that is currently being homologated:
   • Authenticated photocopy of National ID card, in the case of Spanish citizens, or of passport or identity document, in the case of foreign nationals.
   • Legalized Higher Education Qualification Certificate which ensures access to Masters' Degree studies.
   • Legalized photocopy of the certification of personal academic records, or an authenticated copy thereof, in which the duration of the official Study Plan in terms of the number of academic years concerned is set down, together with the courses taken, the grades obtained, and the quantifiable workload each of them involves.
   • Certification issued by the University of origin where in it is set down that the Higher Education Qualification obtained provides access to Postgraduate Studies in that same country which issued it (download here). The University may use the UIMP model or issue its own certificate, provided it contains the same information.
   • ID or passport-size photograph.
   • Curriculum Vitae (maximum 4 pages), so as to facilitate the assessment of other merits appropriate to the admissions profile.

Access to these students is subject to the Rector's approval, once the report issued by the Commission for Postgraduate Graduate Studies has been heard. In any case, the Rector's approval does not imply the homologation of the Degree concerned beyond the fact that it is held by the applicant, nor the acknowledgement of it for purposes other than that of admission to the Courses taught within the Master's Degree.

Legalisation and translation of documents issued in other countries

Students with non-homologated Higher Education Qualification Certificates from universities outside Spain, or which are currently pending homologation, are required to submit duly authenticated documents, together with their corresponding translations into Spanish, should the circumstances arise.

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Legalisation and translation of documents issued in other countries

Submission of Documentation

If the student concerned is accepted for admission: The required documentation in original format should ONLY be submitted to the Student Administration Office (Secretaría de Estudiantes - C/ Isaac Peral 23. 28040 Madrid - Spain) in the event that the application has been passed by the Academic Commission of the area of Study concerned:

• Originals and copies: in person in the Student Administration Office. Once copies have been checked for authenticity, originals will be returned.
• Authenticated copies: may be submitted in person in the Student Administration Office or be sent in by post.

Applications for admission will be cancelled by the Student Administration Office, if the required documentation in original format, and / or in its authenticated version, were not received within the stipulated period, or in the case that the data indicated did not match the documentation provided.

Admission Lists

A student will be admitted to study a University Master's Degree if he/she is on the list of admitted students and has formalized pre-enrolment within the established period. 

The lists of those admitted, those refused a place, and those still pending, will be published on the online Pre-enrolment Form (Formulario de Preinscripción) available on the UIMP website, in accordance with the calendar established for each academic year. 

Students not included in the lists of those who have been accepted for admission, or who find themselves on a waiting list, should consider their status as that of "Application Refused" and may submit claims against their non-acceptance within the stipulated period established each year (the Academic and Administrative Calendar should be consulted in this regard). Claims should be submitted to the Academic Commission of the Program.

Once the complaints have been analyzed, first by the Academic Commission of the Program and then by the Vice-Rector for Postgraduate and Research, the final resolution of the Rector will be formulated on the list of admitted students that will be published on the online Pre-enrolment Form (Formulario de Preinscripción) available on the UIMP website. Against this resolution, which exhausts the administrative process, an appeal for reversal may be brought before the Rector within one month, or directly challenged before the Juzgado de lo Contencioso-Administrativo of Madrid, within two months, in accordance with current legislation.

Enrolment procedure

To enroll in a Master's Degree, the process of pre-enrolment should have been completed within the stipulated period and acceptance by the Program's Academic Commission been obtained. 

The student admitted will be notified by the Student Administration Office by e-mail, which will also include an identification code that will allow him or her to formalize the enrolment via the on-line registration website located at the UIMP's Online Administration Office (Secretaría Virtual). 

The Online Enrolment site will guide the student in selecting the Master's Program in which he or she is enrolling, in the method of payment and in the stipulated periods of payment. It is important that, prior to enrolment, the syllabus plan of the Master's concerned be consulted in order to facilitate becoming familiar with the subjects in which to enroll.

Documents required

1) Students who begin studies in a University Master's Degree: 

• All students: Application form duly completed (Forms).
• All students: Certified photocopy of the DNI, in the case of Spanish citizens, or of the passport or NIE, in the case of foreign citizens (only if this documentation has not been previously provided during the pre-enrolment and admission process).
• Students who have exemptions from payment and fee reductions according to the Resolution of the Official State Gazette, which publishes the public prices for university academic services leading to official postgraduate university degrees, must present the required supporting documentation (these were not required as part of the admission process, and consist of, for example, accreditation of large-family status).
• All students who are studying an official Master's or Doctoral program at the UIMP and who are not covered by School Insurance or registered with Social Security must take out an accident insurance policy. At the time of enrolment, they must present proof of having taken out the aforementioned policy. In case the student is registered in the Social Security, he/she must provide a photocopy of the Health Card in his/her name.

2) Students who are continuing their studies in a University Master's Degree: 

Students enrolled in previous courses in a University Master's Degree and who wish to continue the same studies, will register through the means enabled for this purpose by the Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo in accordance with the calendar established for each academic year. 

The documentation to be provided to carry out their registration will be as follows: 

• Proof of payment of fees at the bank indicated in the payment letter.
• Students who have exemptions from payment and fee reductions according to the Resolution of the Official State Gazette, which publishes the public prices for university academic services leading to official postgraduate university degrees, must present the required supporting documentation (these were not required as part of the admission process, and consist of, for example, accreditation of large-family status).
• All students who are studying an official Master's or Doctoral program at the UIMP and who are not covered by School Insurance or registered with Social Security must take out an accident insurance policy. At the time of enrolment, they must present proof of having taken out the aforementioned policy. In case the student is registered in the Social Security, he/she must provide a photocopy of the Health Card in his/her name.

School insurance

School Insurance must be paid by all Spanish or foreign students under 28 years of age legally residing in Spain. 

All students who are studying an official Master's or Doctoral program at the UIMP and who are not covered by the School Insurance or registered with the Social Security must take out an accident insurance policy. At the time of enrolment, students must present proof of having taken out the aforementioned policy. In case the student is registered in the Social Security, he/she must provide a photocopy of the Health Card in his/her name.

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Insurance for students in official Master's and Doctoral studies

Full-time students and part-time students

Students may enrol in one of two ways:

• Part-time students: Students will be enroled in a maximum of 36 credits.
• Full-time students: Students who enrol in more than 36 credits.

Enrolment in one or the other way will affect the student's permanence regime.

Students who start Master's Degree studies and wish to complete it part-time must apply at the time of enrolment through the Enrolment Application form.

Students who continue the same studies at the University and wish to do so part-time must submit their application to the UIMP Student Administration Office.

• Application Form to request Enrolment (Forms)

A student, due to supervening and justified causes, may request the change to part-time enrolment until the end of the first quarter of the academic year by means of Application Form to request Modification to Enrolment.

• Application Form to request Modification to Enrolment (Forms)

The Vice-rectorate for Postgraduate and Research after consulting with the Collaborating Center where the University Master's is taught, will resolve the student's application and if it is positive, will modify the student's enrolment to adjust it to the part-time enrolment mode.

Number of credits that can be enrolled in an Academic Course

In each academic year, students may register for a maximum of 80 credits. This amount includes all the subjects that make up the study plan of the University Master's where the student is enrolled: those of the University Master's, those of training supplements, etc.

If a student wishes to pursue more than one University  Master's Degree, he/she must apply for explicit approval from the UIMP's Governing Council.

Minimum number of students enrolled

The number of students enrolled in a Master's Degree cannot be less than ten (10), so that the Master's Program in which enrolment is below that number will be cancelled.