The Master’s Degree in Occupational Risk Prevention is aimed at students with a Spanish undergraduate degree (or qualifications from prior official higher education regulations worth 180 credits or more) or another Spanish master’s degree. In turn, it is also aimed at students with similar overseas qualifications who are seeking to specialise and focus on occupational health and safety. 

With regard to any necessary prior knowledge for students to properly follow the programme, the multidisciplinary nature of occupational risk prevention training requires a multi-pronged analysis including legal, technical, medical, psychological, sociological and economic approaches. This means it has links to a wide range of programmes in different areas, such as technical qualifications, health sciences, social sciences and basic sciences, mainly involving professional skills linked to occupational health and safety, or technical and scientific knowledge that will enable them to specialise in these fields.

In line with the above, qualifications deemed suitable for admission purposes include:

• Technical area: engineering, architecture and related degrees
• Basic sciences: biology, biochemistry, environmental science, physics, chemistry, and food science and technology
• Social sciences: business studies, labour relations, social work, business administration and management, labour studies, law, economics and sociology
• Health sciences: physiotherapy, nursing, psychology, pharmacy and medicine.

Students interested in applying for a spot on the programme must submit their pre-registration application within the deadline stated on the website, and in accordance with the procedure for each academic year, as set by the UIB Centre for Postgraduate Studies (CEP).

The CEP will verify whether applicants fulfil the requirements for admission to the programme and, subsequently, submit the application to the programme coordinators to consider and decide on admission.

Finally, the CEP will publish the list of admitted students and provide the enrolment dates.

This procedure is governed by Regulatory Agreement of 23^rd March 2022 that governs Entry and Admission to Official Master’s Programmes, published in the extraordinary issue of FOU no. 534 of 31^st March 2022 (https://seu.uib.cat/fou/acord/14423/), implementing Article 18 of Royal Decree 822/2021 of 28^th September that sets out the Organisation of Higher Education Programmes and the Quality Assurance Procedure.

Admission Requirements

Spanish Language Level Accreditation

As stated, Spanish is the language of instruction on the programme. In this sense, non-native students must at least have an accredited level equivalent to B2 in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching and Assessing (Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport, 2002) from the European Union Council, enabling them to follow lectures. This level shall be deemed accredited where candidates fulfil one of the following conditions:

• Submitting certificates or diplomas equivalent to a B2 level, in accordance with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment (Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport, 2002)
• Having taken university courses in the stated language
• Having taken high school studies in the stated language
• Having passed an interview with the body responsible for admission to the programme.

Technical Requirements and IT Skills

Given the programme’s online format, students must have a personal computer with a microphone and camera, an internet connection and intermediate IT skills at user level. These requirements shall be included in the information prior to enrolment and must be accredited in a statement of skills and acceptance signed by students, acknowledging their awareness thereof at the time of enrolment.

Admission Criteria

The following criteria shall be considered in terms of assessing the merits of applicants wishing to be admitted to the master's programme.

• Average mark from the academic record/transcript for studies granting admission to the programme
• Accredited professional experience in the occupational risk prevention field.

To ensure correct assessment, candidates must submit the required and duly accredited documentation, in accordance with what is set by the CEP and the academic committee in the pre-registration phase. Professional experience in the occupational risk prevention field shall be accredited by a certificate issued by the company where candidates obtained said experience.

Applicant merits shall be assessed quantitatively by adding the following elements together:

• Average mark from the academic record/transcript for studies granting admission to the programme. Where students submit several undergraduate and/or master’s qualifications, the highest average mark will be considered
• A second qualification: 2 points
• Professional experience in the occupational risk prevention field: up to 3 points, in accordance with the time worked and the features of the work undertaken.

Where there is a tie between candidates, the decision to resolve the tie will be made based on their registration date for the master’s programme.

The academic committee shall manage admissions as per the terms stated.

July

September

For further information on enrolment deadlines, please see 'Master's Admissions Process? > Enrolment > Enrolment Deadlines'.