OBJECTIVES

1. To discuss the historical, theoretical and philosophical bases of the Nursing Sciences.  2. To design and implement planning, actions and assessment in the field of Nursing Care, considering different health needs according to problem, age and social context.
3. To equip students admitted to the programme to apply the methods and techniques necessary for professional under- and postgraduate teaching practice.
4. To train Master’s Degree students in the management of the resources available in any social or health organisation, and at any organisational level.
5. To promote the development of areas of research aimed at professional practice and/or which serve as a basis for a doctoral thesis.

• Entry Requirements and Selection Criteria
• Admission and Assessment Criteria
• Pre-enrolment and Enrolment
• Number of Places

 ENTRY REQUIREMENTS AND SELECION CRITERIA

According to the Regulations of the University of Alicante, the following requirements must be complied to have access to official taught Master’s degrees:

1. To be in possession of a SPANISH OFFICIAL GRADUATE DEGREE CERTIFICATE or other issued by an institution of higher education  within the EHEA (European Higher Education) that enables the holder to have access  to Master’s degrees in the issuing .
2. To be in possession of an officially approved  FOREIGN HIGHER EDUCATION DEGREE CERTIFICATE that had been recognised as equal to the degree that allows access to the requested studies.
3. To be in possession of a UNIVERSITY DEGREE CERTIFICATE obtained in a University or Higher Education Institution of COUNTRIES OUTSIDE THE EHEA, without the prior approval of their studies. In this case, the following should be considered:

• Non- recognised degree certificates shall require a technical report showing an equivalence statement issued by the University of Alicante (ContinUA – Continuing Education Centre), for which the corresponding fee should be paid.
• Access through this way does under no circumstances imply prior official approval of the holder’s degree certificate, nor its recognition for purposes other than studying a master's degree.

ADMISSION AND ASSESSMENT CRITERIA 

The following factors will be considered in the selection process:

1. Academic record corresponding to the qualification being presented  for admission to the Master’s Degree.

2. Personal Curriculum Vitae, assessing the following activities undertaken by the applicant:

-Experience of nursing unit management

-Teaching experience

-Experience of professional practice in health care

-Research activity

-Continuous learning

-Other achievements, with special importance being given to command of foreign languages and new technologies.

Of the places available, 3% will be reserved for students with a certified degree of disability equal to or above 33%.

 PRE-ENROLMENT AND ENROLMENT 

PRE-ENROLMENT +info

Students who wish to study for an Officially Recognised Master’s Degree at the UA should complete pre-enrolment in accordance with the deadlines and conditions specified annually.

ENROLMENT +info

Following publication of the definitive list of those admitted to the course, an email containing the user password will be sent to the students, enabling them to enrol via the Campus Virtual in accordance with the deadlines and conditions specified annually.

In the registration process, the documents issued abroad must be official, duly notorised and translated. Further information:

• http://sga.ua.es/en/academic-regulations/legalizacion/legalization-of-documents.html

NUMBER OF PLACES

Focus

A research degree: education-management-research.  Master’s Final Project 12 ECTS.  Direct access to doctorate areas of research.

Degree course specialisation profile

Introduction to research in the fields of the health sciences, clinical management and advanced academic and clinical teaching.

Perfiles Profesionales del Título

Professions for which the degree qualifies its holder

This degree does not qualify its holder for regulated professional practice.

TIMESCALE FOR IMPLEMENTATION

• https://cvnet.cpd.ua.es/webcvnet/PlanEstudio/traducirEstudioInfo.aspx?pidSolapa=10401 - 1Timescale for implementation
• Equivalence recognition procedure
• Discontinued programmes

1. Timescale for implementation of the new Master’s degree course

2. Procedure for equivalence recognition, where appropriate, between the current and the new course programme.

Conversion and credit equivalence between the various subjects on the University of Alicante’s own qualification course and those on the Master’s Degree in Nursing Sciences are detailed in the table below:

* Newly incorporated optional subjects in the course programme

** Subjects which did not exist at the time of implementing the Master’s Degree in Nursing Sciences corresponding to Royal Decree 56/2005 of the 21st January.

3. 3.  Studies being discontinued and replaced by the proposed degree course:

Master’s Degree in Nursing Sciences corresponding to Royal Decree 56/2005 of the 21st January.