Requirements for prospective students

 

The requirements for prospective students to the master’s program are the following:

 

1. Obtention of a bachelor’s degree in a discipline in the humanities, social, natural or exact sciences, engineering, or any other field akin to the Program.

 

In the case of prospective students whose UNAM bachelor’s degree allows for students to undertake graduate studies as part of the fulfilment of their requirements for graduation, the Academic Committee could exempt this requirement if the prospective student fulfills the corresponding requirements in their home institution and those set by the academic administration of UNAM’s Graduate School.

 

2. A GPA of at least 8.5/10, or equivalent, in their bachelor’s degree.

In justified cases, the Academic Committee could consider applications of students who do not satisfy this requirement.

 

3..- A commitment to enroll as a full-time student. The condition of being a half-timestudent will only be presented for students who work in areas related to the sphere of philosophy of science y who present an acceptable justification to the Academic Committee.

 

4. Take and pass the admission exams established by the Academic Committee (on previous background, abilities, and aptitudes).

 

5. Present a draft project of research and/or a brief essay on a topic related to the field of knowledge in which the prospective student is applying.

 

6. Attend, if required, an interview with the Admissions Committee of the Academic Committee.

 

7. Take and pass with a minimal grade of 8/10 the pre-degree modules set by the Academic Committee. The Academic Committee could exempt either one or all modules for prospective students who satisfactorily demonstrate knowledge of the contents taught in them.

 

8. Comply with all the admission procedures established in the Operating Regulations and in the call for applications to the master’s degree.

 

9. If the prospective students have study certificates or degrees issued by other national or foreign universities, they will have to be revalidated by UNAM’s General Direction of Incorporation and Revalidation of Studies. In the case of foreign certificates, it will be necessary to legalize degree and academic certificates.

 

10. In case the mother tongue of the prospective student is not Spanish (according to their nationality), they will have to demonstrate sufficient knowledge of said language by having a certificate issued by UNAM’s Foreign Students Learning Center. .

 

Extracurricular and pre-degree requirements

 

Pre-degree

 

In order to be admitted to the master’s program, prospective students must take and pass each of the pre-degree modules set by the Academic Committee with a minimal grade of 8/10. Nonetheless, the Academic Committee could exempt from one or all of them students who demonstrate, on the eyes of the Academic Committee, to have sufficient knowledge of the contents.

 

Reading comprehension in foreign languages

 

Prospective students must demonstrate proficiency in reading comprehension of English and of a second foreign language relevant for the field of knowledge in which they are applying. This can be done by presenting either 1) a certificate issued by UNAM’s Foreign Students Learning Center or any other of language center of UNAM or any other national higher education institution, or also 2) any other certification deemed as satisfactory proof of proficiency in reading comprehension by the Academic Committee, for instance, international standardized tests such as TOEFL, Cambridge’s FCE (English), DELF or DALF (French), CELI (Italian), or Zertifikat Deutsch als Fremdsprache (German).

 

In case that the scores are not any longer valid, it must not have more than four years of antiquity.

 

Complementary activities

 

Every semester, the Academic Committee will design a program of extracurricular and complementary activities, such as seminars and conferences, as well as the Program’s annual student conference.

The Academic Committee will determine which of those activities will be obligatory for all students or for students certain fields, since they are designed to complement and broaden their academic training.

 

 

 

(See the section on Operating Regulations, ‘Rules on selection and admission’.)

 

 

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