Recognition in form of credits by accreditation of labor and professional experience for master's course

The interested party or the authorized person on presentation of the necessary identification.

Via the online administrative procedures on the URV's intranet or the URV online registry.

Please check the general considerations for submitting applications and documentation.

Period: 2 May to 30 November.

(*) Please go to the application resolution section and check the academic year when the recognition will come into effect.

Submitting the following documents :

• Application form addressed to the head of the Secretary's Office who, if necessary, will pass it onto the Office of the Dean or the Management of the Faculty/School.

• Employment record certificate that accredits the student's relationship with the company.

• Document issued by the company that details the work carried out by the student and the period in which this took place.

• Check the criteria of your school/teaching that may require additional documentation.

• If the documentation submitted by the student has been issued in a foreign country, the Faculty/School will decide if it provides the required information.

• Original and photocopy of the document that accredits the type of exemption, if appropriate (large family certificate, etc.).

Students must pay the recognition fee that is charged by the secretary's office of the center/campus in accordance with the current decree on public prices.

(See also other costs in the Resolution section)  

• The Faculty/School Board must approve and publish the specific criteria that will be used to evaluate the recognition of credits.

• Under no circumstances will credits corresponding to final master's projects be recognized.

• The number of credits based on professional and work experience may not exceed 15% of the total credits of the curriculum. This percentage also includes, if appropriate, recognized credits from non-official university courses (university-specific qualifications).

• The faculties/schools publish the criteria that they apply when recognizing professional and employment work experience (consult the specific criteria for each faculty/school or course).

• The maximum number of credits based on professional and work experience that can be recognized for master's courses is:

• Master's degree of 120 credits: 18 credits

• Master's degree of 90 credits: 13.5

• Master's degree of 60 credits: 9 credits

The Office of the Dean or Management of the Faculty/School.

At most, one month after presenting the application and the necessary documentation.
* August is not considered to be a working month.

• The interested party will be informed of the decision.

• If necessary, the students' academic transcript will be updated automatically.

• Applications presented between 2 May  and 21 June 2024 will be accepted for the 2023-24 academic year (this is not the case if the subjects to be recognised are registered during the 2023-24 academic year).

• Applications present between 21 June and 30 November 2024 will be accepted and charged for the 2024-25 academic year.

• Students must pay the fee for the recognized subjects established by the current decree of public prices.

• The faculty/school must evaluate the experience accredited by the student and, if accepted, it will be recognized as forming part of the External Practicals subject.

• The faculty/school will only recognize the experience as forming part of a different subject in specific cases.

• The grade originally awarded for these credits is not recorded by the URV when it recognizes the credits and is therefore also excluded when calculating the overall grade of the academic transcript.