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Doctoral Programme in Optometry and Vision Sciences

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS/ADMISSION CRITERIA:
As general entry requirement they should be contemplated in some of the presumptions of the article 6 of the RD 99/2011 or of the second additional provision of such Royal Decree.
- To entry the master’s degree it is necessary to hold an official
Spanish university degree or another issued by a higher education institution within the European
Higher Education Area (EHEA) that allow in the country of issuance for the entry
to master’s degree studies.
- Likewise, graduate students from educational systems outside the
EHEA can access to it without needing the accreditation of their
qualification, after verification by the University of Valencia that certifies an equivalent level
of training to the official Spanish qualification
and which confers in the issuance country of the degree the access to postgraduate studies.
The access through this pathway will not imply, in any case, the official approval of the certification prior to the possession of the person interested, nor its recognition to other
effects apart from studying the Master’s Degree
-To hold a graduate certification of at least 300 credits.
As specific criteria/requirement:
1.-Applicants must have studies a Master’s Degree or other studies of the same level
and field of knowledge. In the event of holding the Diploma d'Estudis Avançats (DEA-a tertiary education degree)- obtained according to the Royal Decree 778/98– or
the Research Proficiency- according to the regulations of the Royal Decree 185/85–, they must
have been completed it within Doctoral Programme
of Optometry and Vision Sciences.
2.-Or either holding a title equivalent to the previous non-related to the EEES, following verification
of the UV.
3-Or either having passed 60 credits in one or several Master’s Degrees in
fields of knowledge in Optometry and Vision Sciences.
4) To hold an Undergraduate Degree whose duration according
to the rules of Community Law is at least of 300 credits. The necessary training complements that are listed under the
article 6.2 of the R.D. 99/2011 will correspond to the subjects Introduction
to research I and Introduction to research II of the Master’s Degree
in Optometry and Vision Sciences of the UV or either having
carried out a Master’s Degree which include the research complements equivalent to
6 credits ECTS. The details of the Master’s Degree in Optometry
and Vision Sciences of the UV are those listed under the
section 3.4.