UPC Postgraduate Degree requirements

Requirements to obtain the Postgraduate Diploma issued by the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya:

• In order to obtain the degree, class attendance is obligatory in, at least, an 80% of the attending hours (teaching hours, labs and outreach activities).
• The student must successfully pass the evaluation tests (exams, tests, projects, exercises)

The student must submit to the Coordinator a photocopy of the second-cycle university qualification (official or recognized university degree equivalent to a bachelor's degree or diploma).

Students of countries of the European Union or signatories of the Agreement on the European Economic Area do not need to authenticate the photocopy of their qualification.

Germany, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, the Netherlands, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden and United Kingdom.

Through a bilateral agreement with the EU, Swiss citizens also do not need to authenticate their qualification.

All other foreign students must obtain the verification of their qualifications, in accordance with the following conditions:

• Unique verification or "Apostille" issued by the competent authorities of the country if the latter is a signatory of the Hague Agreement of 5th October 1961.

  Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brunei Darussalam, Colombia*, Croatia, Cyprus, Dominica, El Salvador, Ecuador, United States of America, Russian Federation, Fiji, Grenada, Hong Kong, Honduras, Mauritius, Niue, Marshall Islands, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Lesotho, Liberia, Macao, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Malawi, Malta, Mexico, Montenegro, Namibia, New Zeland, Panama*, Puerto Rico, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Independent State of Samoa, Saint Kitts and Nevis, San Marino, Saint Lucia, Saint Vicent and the Grenadines, Serbia, Seychelles, South Africa, Surinam, Swaziland, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey and Venezuela*.

  Extensions: The Netherlands (the Netherlands Antilles, Aruba); United Kingdom (Anguilla, Bailiwick of Jersey, Bailiwick of Guernsey, Isle of Man, Bermuda, British Antarctic Territory, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Saint Helena, Turks and Caicos Islands, British Virgin Islands).

• Verification through diplomatic channels when the qualification has been issued by one of the signatory countries to the Andrés Bello Agreement:

  Bolivia, Colombia*, Cuba, Chile, Ecuador*, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela*.

  (*) When a country is a signatory of the Hague Agreement and the Andrés Bello Agreement, students may follow the process of verification through diplomatic channels, which eliminates the last process of ordinary verification and is simpler.

  Students must apply for verification to:

  The ministry of education of the country of origin;
   The diplomatic or consular representation of Spain in the country of origin.

• Verification through diplomatic channels, when the qualification has been issued by any other country. Students must apply for verification to:

  The ministry of education of the country of origin;
   The foreign ministry of the country in which the qualification was issued;
   The diplomatic or consular representation of Spain in the country of origin.

• Verification at the foreign ministry when the qualification was issued in Spain by diplomatic or consular authorities of other countries.

Translation of qualification

Foreign documents or qualifications in languages other than Spanish must be translated into Spanish according to Article 36.1 of Law 30/1992, of 26 November, regulating public administrations and common administrative procedure.

The following people can perform an official translation:

• a sworn translator, or a translator who is duly authorized or registered in Spain;
• any diplomatic or consular representative of Spain abroad;
• the diplomatic or consular representative of Spain in the applicant's country of origin, or, if necessary, in the country the document comes from.

All the professionals without graduated degrees will get a Course Completion Certificate issued by Fundació UPC if the evaluation and attendance requirements are fulfilled, but they will not get the UPC Postgraduate Degree.

Refund policy

(1) If the Program is cancelled

The Coordination Committee reserves the right to cancel the Program in case if it has not enrolled to an adequate level prior to the beginning of the Program's instruction. Adequate course enrolment is determined by Coordination Committee's sole judgment. The organizing Institution (Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya) may also cancel the Program based on their internal criteria. In the case of Program cancellation, all enroled students are notified by email and given a full refund of the Program fee.

(2) If you cancel your enrolment

Students will receive a refund of all fees, minus the 200€ non-refundable cancellation fee corresponding to administrative expenses, if fees have already been paid in full. The deadline to cancel registration is the beginnign of the Program's instruction.