Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech

Master's degree in Occupational Health and Safety

Barcelona School of Building Construction (EPSEB)

The aim of the interuniversity master’s degree in Occupational Health and Safety (master's degree website), organized by the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), the Universitat de Barcelona (UB) and the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), is to provide professionals with the knowledge, abilities and skills necessary to take on high-level professional responsibilities in the field of occupational health and safety. Students specialise in various non-medical areas of prevention, including occupational safety, industrial hygiene, ergonomics and applied social psychology, enabling them to update their technological knowledge and to embark on a doctoral thesis.

Duration and start date
1.5 academic years, 90 ECTS credits. Starting September
Timetable and delivery
Afternoons. Face-to-face
Fees and grants
Approximate fees for the master’s degree, excluding other costs (does not include non-teaching academic fees and issuing of the degree certificate):
€2,490 (€9,496 for non-EU residents).
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Language of instruction
Spanish

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Location

Barcelona School of Building Construction

Official degree
Recorded in the Ministry of Education's degree register
General requirements
Academic requirements for admission to master's degrees
Specific requirements

Given its interdisciplinary nature, the master's degree is open to applicants from a variety of backgrounds who have undergraduate degrees in any of the areas of knowledge. Bridging courses may be set depending on applicants' entrance qualifications.
The following entrance qualifications do not require bridging courses to be taken:

  • Degrees in architecture, engineering and basic sciences.
Documents
Applicants must upload the following documents to the pre-enrolment application so that their applications can be reviewed:
  • DNI or passport • Academic record that includes the final mark for the degree* (transcript, syllabus, etc.)
  • Degree certificate
  • Certificate stating that your degree makes you eligible for admission to postgraduate studies or a master's degree (for foreign degrees)
  • Curriculum vitae (CV)
  • Letter of motivation
  • English level
  • Spanish Level B2 in the case of non-Spanish speaking candidates
(*) You must request the equivalence of your mark in the Spanish education system through the Ministry of Education's e-services portal. You must attach the resulting document when you submit your academic transcript in the pre-enrolment application.
Admission criteria
  •  Academic transcript (75%)
  • Correspondence between the competencies of the entrance qualification and the competencies of this master’s degree  (25%)
Places
30
Pre-enrolment
Pre-enrolment period open.
Expected deadline:  31/05/2025.



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All documents issued in non-EU countries must be legalised and bear the corresponding apostille.
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