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PRELIMINARY CALENDAR FOR ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
Administrative, academic and teaching matters Preliminary Calendar for Academic Administrative Procedures
REGISTRATION IN THE UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE EXAMINATION
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Place: Secondary School or Student Service.
sa.ua.es/selectividad/
End of May for the regular examination session and the end of June for the special examination session. For the 2019-2020 academic year, due to the exceptional situation, the centers will send the list of enrolled students, between 15 to 26 June (for the ordinary call) and 20 July to 2 September (for the extraordinary call).
UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS FOR PEOPLE AGED OVER 25
Registration in the Orientation Seminar
Admissions Office (Student Service). Usually beginning of October the year before the entrance examination is due to be taken.
Registration in the entrance examination
Admissions Office (Student Service).
sa.ua.es/es/mayores-25/
Generally in the month of February, according to the set term.
Entrance examination
At the UA. This is done usually from late April to early May, according to the deadlines set forth each year. For the 2019-2020 course, because of the exceptional situation, on 5 and 12 September 2020.
UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS FOR PEOPLE AGED OVER 40
Application for registration
Negociado de Acceso (Servicio de Alumnado).
sa.ua.es/es/mayores-40/
Generally in the month of February, according to the set term.
Interview
At the centres. Generally in mid-May, according to the set term.
UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS FOR PEOPLE AGED OVER 45
Registration in the entrance examination
Admissions Office (Student Service).
sa.ua.es/es/mayores-45/
Generally in the month of February, according to the set term.
Entrance examination
At the UA. This is done usually from late April to early May, according to the deadlines set forth each year. For the 2019-2020 course, because of the exceptional situation, on 5 September 2020.
ADMISSION AND REGISTRATION FOR 1ST-YEAR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
PRE-REGISTRATION (application for a place)
It will be held online: - From 1 to 22 July, for the regular session period. - From 14 to 21 September, for the special session period.
sa.ua.es/preinscripcion - www.ceice.gva.es/web/universidad/preinscripcion
- No documents require to be submitted by Upper Secondary Education students who are taking the university admission test (PAU) in the Valencia region this year, those who took these exams in 2012 or subsequent years; students in the Valencia region exempted from taking this year’s PAU (these students must have obtained the relevant accreditation for this 2017 PAU exemption). If you are a high-performance athlete or a student with functional disability, you must upload a scanned proof of this to the relevant section of the website. For students to enter the electronic system, they must be identified with their ID, Foreing Resident Identification Number (NIE) or passport number and with the password given to them on the first day of the admission test, or the one given to students exempted from taking the admission test (PAU 2017). - Students from upper vocational education (holders of an advanced vocational education technician certificate, advanced sports technician certificate and advanced visual arts and design technician certificate) and all those students not included in the paragraph above must upload their documentation using the relevant web section. Access to the electronic system for these students is provided by simply inserting their Spanish ID card, Foreign Resident Identification Number (NIE) or passport and the app wizard will generate their PIC (Personal Identification Code).
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PRE-REGISTRATION (application for a place)
Publication of admission results and waiting lists.
Available for consultation:
Appeals regarding admission results. Ordinary call: 28 July. Extraordinary call: 24 September. - Online: sa.ua.es/es/preinscripcion - Telephone: 965 903 851 Ordinary call: from 29 to 31 July. Extraordinary call: from 25 to 29 September.
Registration
From any computer connected to the Internet. Information in the secretary’s office of the centres.
Admitted students: - Regular session period: 29 to 31 July 2020. - Special session period.: 25 and 28 September 2020. Waiting lists opened to fill any vacant places: 3 and 4 August 2020. If places remain vacant: until 30 October 2020. If you have been admitted to the University of Alicante, we will send you an e-mail (to the e-mail that you provided on pre-registration), with instructions, registration appointment and your institutional e-mail address (...@alu.ua .es) Enter the following web address to get your password to access UACloud: cvnet.cpd.ua.es/gestldent/ClaveAcceso/Solicitar/en Admitted students who do not register will lose their place. Appointments for registration of students who are beginning undergraduate degrees and have completed the application procedure will be assigned according to the mark obtained for university admission. Consequently, it is very important that students register from the first day of the registration period, particularly with regard to maintaining priority in choice of group. If, after registration, a student is admitted onto another course and registers at another centre, the fee paid may be transferred if the student has registered in another course at the UA, or the student may request a refund if he or she has registered at another university.
REGISTRATION FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE CONTINUING THEIR DEGREE STUDIES
From any computer with an Internet connection. Further information available at the centre’s secretary’s office. - Students with all subjects passed in C1, C2 and C3 during the academic year 2019- 2020: 21, 22 and 23 July 2020. - Rest of students: 3, 4, 7 and 8 September 2020. - Period to add 2nd-semester subjects: 1 and 2 February 2021.
Application for partial validation of foreign studies
At the centre’s secretary’s office.
Admission via transfer to continue studies
At the centre’s secretary’s office. Generally from 15 March to 15 May each year.
Generally from 15 March to 15 May each year.
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POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES
Admission to officially recognised master’s degrees
Application for admission will be made using the electronic form available for each study programme.
web.ua.es/en/continua/applications-master-s-degrees.html
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Calendar 1:
- Period 1: from 10 March to 30 June 2020. - Period 2: from 7 July to 7 September 2020. Calendar 2: from 10 March to 30 May 2020. Calendar 3: from 10 March to 30 June 2020. Calendar 4: from 10 March to 30 June 2020. Additionally, once the first period has finished, those Master’s degree courses with vacant places will be reopened for a special enrolment period (see dates).
Registration
Online, through the UACloud. Submission of documentation: In the centre’s secretary’s office.
For 1st year students:
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Calendar 1:
- Period 1: from 7 to 10 July 2020.
g g g - Period 2: from 11 to 14 September 2020. Calendar 2: from 5 to 9 June 2020. Calendar 3: from 7 to 10 July 2020. Calendar 4: from 30 July to 3 August 2020. For students continuing their education: from 3 to 8 September 2020. For students adding 2nd-semester subjects: from 20 to 21 January 2021.
Admission to doctoral programmes (Pre-registration)
Applications should be made via the EDUA website
edua.ua.es/en/
Admission results. Requests for admission (1st stage): 15-30 September 2020. Requests for admission (2nd stage): 15-31 January 2021. Admission results are communicated personally, via the email provided and the code assigned in the pre-registration. There is no publication of results on the web.
Registration
Online
New students:
- Registration and modification, first phase: from 1 October to 30 November 2020. Submission of documentation: secretary’s office of EDUA
- Registration andmodification, second phase: from 1 February to 15 March 2021. Students who are continuing their studies: from the EDUA, enrollment will be generated automatically in September.
Admission to University of Alicante’s own Postgraduate and Specialisation Courses
In the secretary’s office of the department or institute responsible. web.ua.es/en/continua Specific time limit for each course.
Registration
On the Internet, through the UACloud. Specific time limit for each course.
MODIFICATION OF REGISTRATION
Modification of registration: From any computer with an Internet connection. Further information available at the centre’s secretary’s office. From the moment registration has been carried out until the end of the main registration period. Extraordinary deadline extensions are granted once the ordinary registration periods are over.
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MODIFICATION AND CANCELLATION OF REGISTRATION
Cancellation of registration at student’s request. Place: corresponding centre’s secretary’s office. -Students who register for the first time and have been admitted to pursue further studies at the same level at this or another Spanish university must request cancellation of registration before 15 December at the centre where they registered. -Students registered for a maximum of 3 subjects to complete their studies, must apply before the start of the assessment of these subjects, set in the academic year calendar. -All other students must apply before the beginning of the first-semester examination period scheduled in the calendar. -Exceptionally, because of force majeure (accident or serious illness) and if duly justified and requested before the end of the resit examination session for first or second-semester subjects, registration cancellation may be granted afterwards, once each case has been examined.
Application for credit recognition and transfer. Place: secretary’s office of the corresponding centre.
OTHER PROCEDURES
Within the time limit set by the University.
Resit to complete official undergraduate degrees and master’s degrees. A resit can only be requested by students needing to pass maximum two subjects plus the Undergraduate Degree or Master’s Degree Final Project to finish their studies. For these purposes, Undergraduate Degree and Master’s Degree Final Projects will be considered as subjects, as set forth by the Office of the Vice-President for Students and Employment on 11-09-14.
Mark compensation. Mark compensation may only be granted once. Students shall not be able to apply for compensation again in any other degree studied at the UA. No compensation shall be granted to students from other universities who have used their compensation at such universities. Only one subject can be compensated , which must not exceed 9 credits.
Group change request. Place: secretary’s office of the corresponding centre.
Within the time limits set by the centre.
Adaptation courses for graduates who wish to obtain the corresponding undergraduate degree in the following areas: - From former 3-year programme in Architectural Technology to 4-year undergraduate degree in Architectural Technology. - From former 3-year programme in Public Management and Administration to 4-year undergraduate degree in Public Management and Administration. - From former 3-year programme in Social Work to 4-year undergraduate degree in Social Work. - From former 5-year programme in Business Administration and former 3-year programme in Business Sciences to 4-year undergraduate degree in Business Administration. - From former 5-year programme in Economics to 4-year undergraduate degree in Economics. - From former 5-year programme in Advertising and Public Relations to 4-year undergraduate degree in Advertising and Public Relations. - From former 5-year programme in Sociology to 4-year undergraduate degree in Sociology. - From former 3-year undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering Technology to 4-year undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering. - From former 5-year undergraduate degree in Sound and Image Engineering in Telecommunications to 4-year undergraduate degree in Sound and Image Engineering in Telecommunications. Adjustments can also be applied for uncompleted undergraduate degrees from the Faculty of Education: former 3-year undergraduate degrees to the corresponding 4-year undergraduate degrees. Please contact the corresponding secretary’s office for pre-registration deadlines and dates of implementation.
SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS
Grants for the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training:
www.educacionyfp.gob.es/en/servicios-al-ciudadano/ catalogo/estudiantes/becas-ayudas/para-estudiar/ universidad.html
Becas Generalitat Valenciana:
www.ceice.gva.es/web/universidad/becas-de-estudiosuniversitarios
Becas Universidad de Alicante:
sa.ua.es/es/becas/becas-de-universidad
The due time and proper form to submit applications will be set forth in each call.
sa.ua.es/becas
Academic Calendar
Approved by the UA Governing Council on 29 June 2020 (BOUA 29th June). This academic calendar is applicable to official undergraduate and master’s studies taught at the University of Alicante.
START OF CLASSES The day established to hold this academic year opening ceremony by the UA Governing Council will be considered a teaching day.
First semester UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES
from 14 September to 23 December 2020 first-year university students: from 25 September to 15 January 2021 [2]
MASTER’S DEGREES [1]
from 28 September 2020 to 26 January 2021
Second semester
from 3 February to 26 May 2021 [3] from 8 February to 1 June 2021
Christmas
Easter END OF CLASSES
26 May 2021 1 June 2021
HOLIDAY PERIODS
from 24 December 2020 to 6 January 2021
from 1 to 12 April 2021
Special degree completion examination session [4] - C1
Special degree completion examination session for Final Year Undergraduate Projects (FYUPs) and Master’s Final Projects (MFPs) - C1 [5]
1st -semester subjects - C2 [6]
1st -semester regular examination 2019 sessions for Master’s Final Projects (MFP) - C2
2nd - semester and annual subjects - C3
Regular examination sessions for Final Year Undergraduate Projects (FYUPs) and Master’s Final Projects (MFPs) - C3
Special examination sessions for all undergraduate and Master’s subjects except for Undergraduate Projects (FYUPs) and Master’s Final Projects (MFPs) - C4
Special examination sessions for Final Year Undergraduate Projects (FYUPs) and Master’s Final Projects (MFPs) - C4 [8] EXAMINATION PERIODS AND ASSESSMENT
UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES
from 28 September to 8 October (2020)
MASTER’S DEGREES
from 28 September to 8 October (2020)
up to 26 January 2021
from 16 January to 2 February (2021) [7]
from 31 May to 18 June (2021)
from 31 May to 18 June (2021) up to 26 January 2021
from 27 January to 6 February (2021)
from 2 to 14 June (2021)
from 2 to 18 June (2021)
COMPLETION AND ISSUANCE OF THE STUDENT MARK RECORDS
UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES MASTER’S DEGREES
from 29 September to 17 October (2020) up to 17 October (2020)
up to 2 February 2021
from 16 January to 22 February (2021)
from 31 May to 28 June (2021)
up to 28 June (2021) up to 2 February 2021
up to 22 February (2021)
up to 28 June (2021)
up to 28 June (2021)
from 30 June to 19 July (2021) from 30 June to 19 July (2021) from 30 June to 29 July (2021) up to 29 July (2021)
from 1 July to 23 September (2021) from 1 July to 13 October (2021) Up to 25 September (2021) up to 15 October (2021)
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[1] The starting date of the Master’s degrees is flexible and can be set from 28 September to 31 October. The Master’s degrees, which are governed by quarterly periods, will begin on 2 September 2020 and end on 22 June 2021. [2] The first year of the undergraduate degree in Nursing ends the first semester on 19 January. [3] The Nursing degree is governed by a specific calendar for the second semester and will be published on the website of the Faculty of Health Sciences. [4] During the assessment tests of this period, classes will not be suspended. The dates for those tests must be published at least 7 days before the beginning of this examination period. [5] The C1 exam period for final-year undergraduate project (FYUP) will be adjusted by each centre according to its needs. [6] C2 exam period begins on 13 January 2021 for dual undergraduate degrees. [7] C2 exam period for the undergraduate degree in Nursing: 20 January from 4 February. [8] If the Office of the Vice President for Students and Employment considers it appropriate, these periods will also apply to external internships —both curricular and extracurricular— carried out during the summer.
PhD Academic Calendar
Passed by the UA Governing Council on 20 February 2020 (BOUA 20th February). This academic calendar would apply to Phd students.
START OF THESIS SUPERVISIONS AND/OR TUTORING
From the very moment in which the relevant Academic Committee appoints a tutor and/or supervisor to the PhD student upon agreement between them.
HOLIDAY PERIOD
Christmas 24 December 2020 to 6 January 2021 Easter 1 to 12 April 2021 REGISTRATION PERIOD Registration instruction will be passed by the UA Governing Council.
ACTIONS DURING THE ACADEMIC YEAR
Appointment of the PhD tutor and line of research
Appointment of thesis supervisors
Signing of the doctoral commitment document Publication of the Research Plan on the RAPI platform
Assessment of the student’s record of activities and the research plan by the thesis supervisor and tutor
Assessment of students by Academic Committees Performance of core compulsory cross-curricular skills training Performance of specific compulsory cross-curricular skills training Thesis submission deadline (for oral examination) Oral examination deadline
DEADLINES
On admission to the PhD degree
On admission to the PhD degree or, if not possible, within three month’s time from registration
up to 28 March 2021 up to 7 May 2021
from 31 May to 26 June 2021
from 28 June to 11 July 2021
As published on the Doctoral School website
Depending on the syllabus established by each PhD degree
Up to 23 July 2021 Up to 30 September 2021
If any of deadlines above coincides with a non-working day, it will to be moved to the next working day. The day established to hold the 2020-21 academic year opening ceremony by the UA Governing Council will be considered a teaching day. For you to find out the days in which no administrative activity will be held, please check the work calendar at the following link on the Human Resources Service: sgp.ua.es/es/servicio-de-gestion-de-personal.html
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