Applicants must be in possession of an undergraduate degree issued by any university in Spain or the rest of Europe (i.e., a bachelor's degree or, in Spain, a ‘llicenciat').

The program is also open to graduates in possession of degrees issued by universities outside the European Higher Education Area. These applicants will not be required to seek official recognition for their qualifications as long as they can demonstrate that the level of their academic studies corresponds to the level of the Spanish degree in the same subject or subjects, and that their academic qualification would entitle them to such postgraduate studies in their university and country of origin.

If additional selection criteria are required, students will be chosen on the basis of:

   1. Curriculum vitae and academic transcript

   2. Reasoned description of the proposed research project, for those students

       intending to write a thesis

   3. Certifiable level of foreign language skills

   4. Personal interview