Matriculation

1.  In order to be able to register for a University Master's degree you need:
   • To have completed the preregistration within the period established for each academic year and have been admitted, unless you registered in the previous academic year and you did not complete the syllabus.
   • To be up to date with matriculation payments for previous academic years. Otherwise, you will only be permitted to matriculate once the debt has been settled.
2. Before registering you should read important information.
3. The application will be opened from 10 a.m. of the day of the beginning until 23:59 of the deadline, continuously, and it is designed for computer and laptop screens, not for mobile devices. Check the browsers and requirements.
4. In order to register, you need the username and password that you used in the University Master's degree Preregistration.
• New students: During the Registration process you were sent an e-mail with your username and password. If you don´t remember it, check the information here.
• Students in second and subsequent years: If you have been registered in previous years, check the information here.
5. Pay the registration fee. Find out about issues related to payment of the registration fee, such as the amount, method of payment, single payments and payment in instalments, and reductions and exemptions from payment.
6. Submit the required documentation and check where to present it and the deadline for presentation. Any student not in possession of Spanish nationality, or of any EU member state and who don´t have authorised residence must contract the health insurance, during all the master´s study. This insurance must equal, at least, all the coverages offered by the health insurance subscribed by the University of Alcalá through its General Foundation. For more information follow this link: http://www.fgua.es/seguros
7. All the processes and questions about the registration must be carried out at:

LAST PERIOD FOR PRE-REGISTRATION, MATRICULATION AND CREDIT TRANSFER AND RECOGNITION

EXTRAORDINARY PERIOD

• Automatrícula

The registration fee is the total of the public fees for academic services, administrative services and academic insurance, where appropriate.

a) Academic services.

The amount payable is the total derived from multiplying the price of a credit by the number of credits for which you are registering.

At the moment of register the Master Dissertation it is paid the 100% of the cost at first registration. If it is not defended at the academic year registered, the student can register again the next academic year paying the 25% of the cost at first registration.

b) Administrative services

These consist of:

• Creation of an academic transcript paid only when registering for a University Master for the first time. In the event of simultaneous studies, each of the University Master's degrees for which the student is registered must be paid for.
• Secretarial Costs: paid in each academic year for which the student registers.

c) Academic insuranceYou will be exempt from payment if:

This must be paid by Spanish students and foreign students legally resident in Spain.

You will be exempt from payment if:

• You are over 28 years old on the start date of the academic year for which you are registering.
• You have already paid it at another Official Education Centre, but you must present the receipt.
• You are trainee researcher staff covered by the General Social Security Regime.

Check the coverage and the application procedure on the Social Security website 

d) Voluntary accident insurance

The University has an accident insurance policy which you may subscribe to voluntarily by selecting this option on the automatriculation application:

• It is distinct from student insurance.
• Cost: 6 € a year.
• Consult terms of policy.

e) Recognition of credits

If you have obtained recognition for credit in some subjects, you will pay 25% of the price of the credit for the course you are taking.

 Choose a payment option:

a) Single payment

Total matriculation fee to be paid in single instalment, in September. Check the payment date here.

If when matriculating automatically you encounter difficulties to pay on-line or print the receipt for payment in the bank, try again using the receipt management application.

b) Payment in instalments.

In monthly payments starting in September and ending in June. Payment cannot be divided into instalments if total matriculation fee is below 350 euros.

Remaining monthly payments:

• Check here the payment dates.

When matriculating automatically, you can only pay on-line and print the receipt. corresponding to the first instalment. For receipts corresponding to subsequent instalments, use the receipt management application.

Important: You do not need to present a receipt at the University, but it is very important that you keep the receipt, as you may be asked to produce it if there is no record of payment in your transcript.

a) If you live in Spain.

Online-Payment Redsys (electronic or card payment). Maestro, Mastercard, Visa and Visa Electron credit and debit cards are all valid. Very important: Be sure that your card has implemented the system 3D secure or similar. Have your card ready before starting the process. Before using this form of payment please read the following important information. If you are uncertain how to use this method of payment, do not start the process. You have to take into account that the limit at your card must cover the amount of the receipt to pay.

Direct debit:

• If you choose this form of payment, you must maintain it throughout the course.
• Receipts will be presented for payment on the fifth day of each month. If these payments are bounced, they must be paid immediately using the bank receipt available from MI PORTAL, (“My receipts”)
• When matriculating automatically, you must supply the following details: bank account for charging the receipts, in which you must appear as account holder. If this form of payment was not chosen when carrying out auto-matriculation but you later wish to do so or to notify any change in your account details, you must fill in the “SEPA standing order form” available from MI PORTAL and hand it in at the Postgraduate and Non-Regulated Studies Students Office before the 25th day of each month.

Bank receipt: Payment in cash at any branch of the Banco Santander upon presentation of two payment receipts. The Bank keeps one copy and the other is for the student.

b) If you live outside Spain.

Online-Payment Redsys (electronic or card payment). Maestro, Mastercard, Visa and Visa Electron credit and debit cards are all valid. Very important: Be sure that your card has implemented the system 3D secure or similar. Have your card ready before starting the process. Before using this form of payment please read the following important information. If you are uncertain how to use this method of payment, do not start the process. You have to take into account that the limit at your card must cover the amount of the receipt to pay.

The public fees payment receipt is issued in the student's name. If it is to be paid by a public or private Company or Institution, this body should request the issue of an invoice within the payment period stated on the receipt using the form Factura abono del importe de matrícula (Registration fee payment invoice). Once the invoice has been requested, the receipt cannot be used for the purposes of payment.

Failure to pay in whole or in part generate a debt in favour of the University which instalment will be required as a previous condition for the registration in the following courses and for the access to academic services.

It is not understood as a request to cancel the matriculation, accordingly, you will not be treated for administrative purposes in the same way as if you had requested cancellation of matriculation.

Failure to pay will entail:

• You will not be able to ask for any action at your record
• Demand for payment of outstanding registration fees from previous academic years, when you reregister for a UAH course.
• Refusal to issue qualifications and certificates when you have outstanding payments, with these sums subject to a surcharge equivalent to the official interest rates for the period.

Using the receipts management application in MI PORTAL, you can view, print and pay on-line matriculation receipts

How to Access the application?

• With your user ID and password. If you cannot remember them, click here
• Access the application

Which matriculation receipts can be paid on-line?

• Outstanding receipts under either form of payment which can be viewed in the outstanding receipts section, except:
  • Bank standing charges: if you chose this form of payment when matriculating automatically, you must use it for all instalments.
  • Bank receipt: if you have already printed it and wish to pay on-line, contact the Students Secretariat at secalum.postgrado@uah.es in order to make payment this way possible.
• Erroneous receipts:
  • If for some reason the on-line payment could not be completed, your matriculation will not be validated and you will not be able to print the receipt.
  • Such receipts may be viewed in the erroneous receipts section.
  • In order to pay and validate the matriculation, try to make the payment from this application. If you do not wish to try again, contact the Students Secretariat secalum.postgrado@uah.es
• Please bear in mind:
• You cannot pay the receipt for, say, the third instalment within the dates for payment of the second instalment.
• You cannot pay the receipt for, say, the second instalment within the dates for payment of the third instalment. Contact the Secretariat 

Calendar of payments

• Check  the monthly payments and due dates

You need to go to the receipt management application to generate the receipt in order to pay the stipulated public fees for:

• University Master’s Degree academic certificates.
• Official University Master’s Degree certificate.
• Postage of Official University Master’s Degree certificate to Delegations or Subdelegations of Spanish Government or to Spanish Embassies or Consulates abroad.
• The inspection of applications for the recognition or transfer of credits for studies pursued in other Spanish or foreign centers, except if you apply just for the recognition of subjects included at the table of automatic recognition of the Master (check the Catalogue of courses, section Recognition of credits). The inclusion of the credits taken at the Open Application for Postgraduates Studies or Short Postgraduates Studies, always that the subjects belong to the University Master in which you enroll.
• Degree certificate duplicate.
• Reserve MU place.

Before creating the fee, check that the concept and the amount you choose is suitable for the application, because, with posterity, the amounts payed will not be returned.

Please bear in mind the following

1. To access the receipt management application you need a user ID and password. If you do not remember them, click here
2. Before generating the receipt, make sure you select carefully the item corresponding to your application. For example, if you are applying for the Master’s Degree certificate, you need to select Payment of Official Master’s Degree certificate.
3. If you belong to a large family the corresponding discount will be applied automatically provided your file is up to date. If not, before continuing send a copy of your card to: postgrado@uah.es
4. Allowed methods of payment:
• On-line TPV payment (Virtual payment or credit card payment). The following credit and debit cards are accepted: Visa, Mastercard, 4B and Maestro. Very Important: Be sure that your card has implemented the system 3D secure or similar. Have your card ready before starting the process. If you are uncertain how to use this method of payment, do not start the process.
• Over the counter payment (only if you reside in Spain): print the receipt for cash payment in any Banco Santander branch in Spain. The bank will keep one copy of the payment slip, the other is for you.
5. Send the payment slip to secalum.postgrado@uah.es  together with the application form and the relevant documentation; or hand it in in person at Postgraduate and Non-Regulated Studies Students Office.

1. If you are entitled to a reduction or exemption in registration fees: a verified copy of the documentation justifying the application of discounts or exemptions
2. If you hold a grant: a verified copy of the grant holder's certificate. 
3. You do not need to present the payment receipt at the University, but it is very important that you keep the receipt, as you may be asked to produce it if there is no record of payment in your transcript.
4. If you are a new student in the University, upload a digitalized photograph through this web service in order to apply for the Intelligent University Card (TUI)

• Before registration period: documents justifying reductions or exemption from payment of matriculation fees for members of large families, victims of terrorism, the orphans of civil servants or members of the armed services or those fallen in act of duty, and for disability, unless already presented when registering or in previous academic years and still valid.
• Registration period: the remaining documents.

An amendment to the registration consists of removing, adding or replacing subjects and it will be managed sending the application form to the Postgraduate and Non-Regulated Studies Students Office (Secretaría de Alumnos de Posgrado y Estudios Propios) within the period established for each academic year for University Masters degrees.

In order to process the request for amendment, it is an essential requirement to be aware of the payment of the registration.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Before filling the section Subjects in which matriculation is to be cancelled or Subjects in which new matriculation is sought, you have to check the study plan for matriculation publish at the website. If your Master has specialities or itineraries, is your responsibility to check that the modification applied allow you to complete the study plan.

If for any reason you cannot study the Master program you have matriculated in, you must request the cancellation of your matriculation taking into account the following deadlines:

• Until 22nd October: Payments made will be reimbursed except for the 250 € reservation fee.
• Cancellations after 22nd October: There will be no reimbursement of payments In exceptional, properly justified circumstances, should the whole amount of the matriculation fee have been paid, the amount corresponding to the instalments that would have been pending payment if the fee were to have been paid in instalments will be reimbursed.

Failure to pay in whole or in part will not be regarded as a request to cancel matriculation. Accordingly, the student will not be treated for administrative purposes in the same way as if he or she had requested cancellation of matriculation.

The application for recognition of credits is done telematically, through "MI PORTAL", within the set deadlines, and after the period you have enroled.

For example:

 Before starting, read carefully this information

1. Before making the application, you should refer to the Regulations, and check the public fee established for the study you are applying for, which depends on whether the studies were pursued in a Spanish or a foreign center. VERY IMPORTANT: You don´t have to pay this fee if you apply just, the recognition of subjects included at the table of automatic recognition of the Master (check the Catalogue of courses, section Recognition of credits), or the inclusion of the credits taken at the Open Application for Postgraduates Studies or Short Postgraduates Studies, always that the subjects belong to the University Master in which you enroll.
2. Complete enrolment in the study plan for which you will request recognition, and next apply for the recognition of credits at the stablished period.
3. Access the Receipts Management application and generate the receipt for payment of the study applied for. Payment is a prerequisite to start the procedure, with the exceptions indicate at point 1.
4. Access "MI PORTAL" using the user name and password that you registered with, select Request Adaption, Validation or Recognition, and follow these instructions:
   • If you are enrolled in more than one study plan, choose the plan for which you want to request recognition. If you are only enrolled in one study plan, the system will display it directly.
   • In step 1. Check the boxes of the subjects for which you apply for recognition and click the next button.
   • In step 2. For each one of the selected subjects in the previous step, complete the subject(s) taken for which you want to apply for recognition. If you want to register more than one subject taken, press the [+] button which is found next to the subject field. 
     • If you took the subject at UAH, the system will show you all the degrees in which you have records and the subjects you have studied.
     • If you did not study the subject at UAH, you must fill out all the fields, except the numerical rating. If you cannot locate your university in the drop-down menu, you can add it. In addition, you can also enter the name of the company, if you are requesting recognition of professional experiences. When you have registered all of the equivalences, go to the next page by clicking the button Apply. Very important: if after registering all the equivalences, you return to step 1, you will lose all of the information and will have to fill out the fields again.
   • Navigate to the last screen and check the summary of requests that you have made, verify that the data is correct before printing. Make sure that you have a printer connected to the computer that you are using. Remember that once you have requested the recognition of a subject, you cannot do so again for the same subject.
5. Submit, at the stablished period, the Form for telematic shipment of documents for recognition of credits (only active at the established period), and attach a copy of the application form for recognition of credits and the documents required. You will receive an email of submission, once you send the form.

You have to attach in pdf format at the Form for telematic shipment of documents for recognition of credits together with the the application for recognition of credits.

For university courses taken in Spanish centers (it is not necessary to submit this documentation if the studies were taken at UAH):

• Copy of the personal academic certificate of completed studies.
• Copy of the teaching guide or program of each subject for which the student applied for recognition of credits, with indication of the acquired skills and knowledge, the developed contents, and activities completed and their extension in credits or hours.
• Copy of the syllabus.

The Academic Board may request other supplementary documentation, consult the Master webpage.

For university studies taken in centers abroad:

• Copy of the academic certificate of the completed studies, previously legalize, including the subjects taken, the qualification gained, the workload in hours or credits, the academic year in which the subjects were taken and the qualification system used to issue the academic certificate, with specific indication of the minimum and maximum grade available the mentioned qualification system.
• Copy of the programme of the subjects studied and passed for which the student is applying for recognition of credits, with indication of the skills and knowledge acquired, the contents developed, the activities completed and their extension in credits or hours, with the stamp of the corresponding centre.
• Copy of the syllabus, with the stamp of the corresponding centre.

These documents shall conform the following requirements:

• They must be official and issued by the relevant authorities for this purpose, in accordance with the legal system for the country concerned.
• To legalization or translation, if necessary, check here.

For work experience:

• Recent Curriculum Vitae.
• Work life in Social Security, or equivalent document (for foreign countries).
• Copy of the certificate/s issued by the institution/s or the public or private company/ies in which the student has worked, indicating the functions and tasks performed the duration.

The Academic Direction of a Master may request other supplementary documentation which is considered necessary to assess the of the curriculum and study plan for which recognition of credits is sought.

Finished the deadline to apply for the recognitions of credits, we will check your application, if it doesn’t meet the requirements or you don’t have submit the documents required, we will notify you by email in order to you repair or submit the documents in a period of ten days. Finished this period, if you don’t have repaired it, we will consider you desisted at the application for recognition of credits.

You can consult the status of you request by accessing "MI PORTAL" where you can see if the subjects for which you applied for recognition, have been accepted, denied or are pending resolution.

You will be notified of express resolution via your email. If you are successful in your requests, you will have to pay the corresponding public price, unless you are a beneficiary of a relevant exemption; in that case you have to use the receipt that is available on "MI PORTAL".

Period for resolving and notifying students on the resolution of their application for the recognition of credits.

There is a period of three months, starting from the date that the application is received by the Postgraduate Students and UAH-endorsed Courses Secretary's office. This period will be interrupted, if you have to repair your application, or submit the required documents, for the time between the requirement notification and its effective compliance or, otherwise, for the period given.

A lack of response will mean that the application for recognition of credits has been denied.

A denial of the application for recognition of credits, shown by a lack of response, will then allow the student concerned to make an appeal before the Rector, within a period of three months, starting from the day after the previous three-month period ends. This is in accordance with articles 24.2 and 122 of Law 39/2015, on 1^st of October, of the Common Administrative Procedure of Public Administrations (BOE nº 236, of 2^nd October).

1. The application for the transfer of credits should be made in the first year of the students Master’s degree, for those who are applying for the transfer of credits or when joining to a new Master, and shall conform that is established and published on the university website.
2. Before embarking on the application, you should consult the Regulations and Public fee established for the study of applications relative to studies pursued in Spanish centres.
3. Access the Receipts Management application and generate the receipt for payment of the study applied for. Payment is a prerequisite of the study and processing of your application. VERY IMPORTANT: New students entering the University have to let 24 hours pass since they are registered to access the receipts management application and MI PORTAL.
4. The application and the proof of payment for study of the application should be submitted to the Postgraduate School, to the Secretary of Postgraduate and Research Students, or to any of the places mentioned in article 121 and 122 of Law 39/2015, on 1^st of October, of the Common Administrative Procedure of Public Administrations (BOE nº 236, of 2nd October), in the registration period that is established for each academic year.

Official Academic Certificate for the transfer file, in the case of studies completed in the Spanish universities, or the personal academic certificate, in the case of completed at universities in the European Higher Education Area.

If the studies (for which the transference of credits is being applied) were completed at UAH, it is not necessary to present any documentation.

For the certificate, and for the required documents that must accompany the documents issued abroad, you must consult Legislation, Translation, Collation and Attestation of Documents.

Deadline to resolve and notify credit transfer resolution.

It will be three months from the date that the application was received by The Secretary of Postgraduate and Research Students. The lack of express resolution within the time limit will mean that the request for recognition of credits has been denied.

The denial of the application for recognition of credits, shown by lack of administrative response, does however mean that the person concerned can file for an appeal before the Rector, within a period of of three months. This period starts the day after the original three month period, in accordance with articles 121 and 122 of Law 39/2015, on 1^st of October, of the Common Administrative Procedure of Public Administrations (BOE nº 236, of 2^nd October).