The Master's Degree in Architecture is a qualifying master's degree for Spain, which means that students who want to practice architecture in this country must take it as a compulsory course. However, students who do not have a Spanish degree must have their licentiate degree/Degree degree recognised in order to be able to apply for this postgraduate program. This implies the validation of several subjects and the need to take new ones, which can take up to two years.

The homologation is a process by which the Spanish Ministry of Education and Vocational Training verifies that the competences acquired by the foreign qualification correspond to those acquired in Degrees of Architecture studied in Spain and which give access to the qualifying master's degree (Order Edu/2075/2010).

This homologation process is carried out by the Ministry and you can see procedure in detail at link.

Once the homologation process has been completed, candidate will be able to apply for to apply for admission to the Master's degree and start the process.

However, there are alternatives if candidate is looking for a Master's programme for specialisation and not for qualification, they have the option of taking these Master's programmes in which the requirement is to hold a qualification that gives access to studies at postgraduate program in their country of origin:

• Master's Degree in design and Environmental Management of Buildings

• Master's Degree in Architectural Theory and design

• Master's Degree in Real Estate Strategy and Business / Master in Real Estate

The process of Admissions Office will be carried out through three deadlines of Admissions Office, in which it will be necessary to fill in the application of Admissions Office and the resolutions will be published in the next few days. These deadlines are:

Deadline	GPA	Resolution	deadline reservation place
28 November	To access this deadline, the minimum grade required in the academic transcript so far is equal to or higher than 7	December 18	January 16, 2009
February 12, 2009	Not required	February 20	March 6
June and July	Not required	One week after fill in the application	One week after obtaining the resolution

They will have a unique and specific call with its respective deadline.

You can apply for the admission from October 1, 2024 until issue of the offered places are filled.

To apply for the admission, it is first necessary to register at Portal miUNAV. Once inside the Portal, the candidate can apply for the admission and attach all the documentation required by the master's degree through the same form:

1. One passport-size photograph

2. Photocopy of National Identity Card or passport

3. certificate official academic transcript* of qualifications* of the degree of Degree in Architecture that gives access to the qualifying master's degree (Order Edu/2075/2010). This document must be issued, stamped and signed by the academic authorities of the home university. It must be an original document or certified. Copies or documents generated via websites are not accepted as they lack academic validity.

This document does not have to be presented by graduates of the University of Navarra.

4. Curriculum vitae. A document containing a maximum of 2 pages of the academic and professional experience of candidate.

5. A letter of presentation. A document in which you must explain your academic and professional background and the reasons that lead you to apply for admission to the Master's Degree in Architecture at the University of Navarra.

6. Payment of €100 for the admission feefees .

*Students in their final year of studies should submit transcript provisional with certified grades at the time of application.

The portfolio includes projects, publications and the most significant works of candidate (3D computer graphics and/or images of models, plans, elevations and sections). The individual or collective authorship of each of them must be explicitly stated. The first page must include the full name of candidate and the university where the student studied Degree. The portfolio can be submitted as file .pdf or hosted on a url.

You must send the file .pdf or the link to the url to the email address avirujo@unav.es indicating in the subject of the message FirstNameLastName1_portfolio.

Sending this email by itself does NOT serve as proof that the portfolio has been submitted. You will need to receive an email confirming receipt of the portfolio.

When the admission application is complete (online admission application + portfolio), the selection committee of candidates for the Master's Degree in Architecture assesses the profile of the candidate taking into account the merits accredited in the online admission application and the portfolio of each candidate of agreement according to the following criteria: 50% transcript academic up to 4th year / 50% portfolio.

In the evaluation of the portfolio, the quality of the design and technical development of the projects presented will be taken into account, and a minimum score of 3 out of 5 must be reached in each of them.
The resolution is sent by e-mail and can be consulted at Portal miUNAV.

If you are admitted, you must pre-register for the master's degree (reservation from place) by the established deadline by paying a deposit of €3,000, which will be deducted from the total price of the course enrollment.

The pre-enrolment fee is non-refundable and must be paid in accordance with the instructions at Portal miUNAV.

Once you have been admitted, you can formalise your enrollment through Portal miUNAV on the date indicated by the Admissions Service (July).

At the moment of formalizing the enrollment you must present the degree scroll of Degree in Architecture that gives access to the Master's Degree enabling (Order Edu/2075/2010) or the receipt of having requested it. The enrollment is conditioned to pass all the subjects of the Degree. It will not be possible to access the Master's Degree with pending credits.

The enrollment is paid in full at the time it is formalised, by means of:

• Direct debit (only for accounts opened in Spain, with IBAN ES); the position is paid into the account within approximately 2 days.

• card credit card; payment is made at the time of making the enrollment.

• Bank transfer: the deposit is made into any of the University's accounts; proof of the transaction must be uploaded to portal miUNAV.

Students with residency program in Spain can apply for this bank loan that allows you to pay enrollment in 10 equal monthly instalments (from September to June, approximately). You can find the information and the application formhere download .