Enrollment Requirements (UJI) PDF Print Email

For enrollment at UJI, Spain, please regard the following notices:

LEGALIZATION OF DOCUMENTS

Diploma and Transcripts

University degree or the equivalent academic degree and the transcripts or the academic certificates with the courses studied and the grades issued outside Spain have to be legalized according to Spanish law.

Students with a non-recognized foreign degree must provide a certificate acknowledging that their degree has an academic level equivalent to Spanish degrees and entitles them to pursue master’s degree studies.

Legalization, attestation or authentication of documents is the procedure that gives official and legal validity to documents issued outside Spain.

The deadline for students who are admitted to the Master of Science in Geospatial Technologies to submit their legalized documents for enrollment in the Master’s program is according to the enrollment calendar each year at the Universitat Jaume I and is usually before September 1st.

Recognition channels for foreign documents

These channels vary according to the country in which the studies took place or the qualification was awarded.

1. Countries in which the Council of the European Union norms on academic recognition apply:

France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxemburg, United Kingdom, Ireland, Denmark, Greece, Portugal, Austria, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Liechtenstein.

Since May 1st, 2004 also for: Cyprus, Slovakia, Slovenia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland and Czech Republic.

Documents issued in these countries do not require authorization.

2. The Hague Convention

The following countries have signed or joined the Hague Convention of October 5, 1961: Germany, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brunei-Darussalam, Bulgaria, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, El Salvador, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, United States of America, Estonia, Federation of Russia, Fiji, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, the Island of Mauritius, the Marshall Islands, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Yugoslavia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Lesotho, Latvia, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Luxemburg, Malawi, Malta, Mexico, Namibia, Niue, Norway, The Netherlands, Panama, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Romania, Saint Kitts and Nevis, San Marino, Seychelles, Switzerland,South Africa, Suriname, Swaziland, Tonga, Turkey and Venezuela.

Information concerning this legalization must be provided by the authorities or the consulate from the country of origin.

Documents stamped with the Hague Apostille do not require legalization through diplomatic channels.

3. The Andrés Bello Agreement

The legalization of documents from countries that have signed the Andrés Bello Agreement requires legalization through diplomatic channels. The signatory countries to this agreement are: Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Chile, Ecuador, Spain, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela.

This legalization requires the following:

  1. The acknowledgement, by Ministry of Education authorities in the country of origin, of the signatures appearing in the original document, when they provide evidence of studies followed.
  2. Legalization by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the country of origin of the acknowledgement granted in the above cases.
  3. The acknowledgement of the above-mentioned signature of legalization by the Spanish Consulate in the country of origin.All Other Countries

4. All Other Countries

All foreign documents, whether they provide evidence of studies followed, birth, nationality or any other circumstance, must be official and must be submitted after having been legalized through diplomatic channels.

This legalization requires:

  1. The acknowledgement, by Ministry of Education authorities in the country of origin, of the signatures appearing in the original document, when they provide evidence of studies followed.
  2. Authentication by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the country of origin of the acknowledgement granted in the above cases.
  3. The acknowledgement of the above-mentioned signature of legalization by the Spanish Consulate in the country of origin.
  4. The acknowledgement of the signature of the Consulate official or civil servant by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

All documents issued by Consulate services of countries outside Spain must be authorized by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.