Physics of Complex Systems and Biophysics
Recommended applicant profile and admission requirements
Recommended applicant profile
The master's degree is aimed at students with a university qualification in sciences and engineering disciplines with broad training in physics, mathematics and computer science, who want to obtain interdisciplinary postgraduate training in complex systems and biophysics.
Admission requirements
In accordance with Article 16 of Royal Decree 1393/29 October 2007, students must hold one of the following qualifications to access university master's degree courses:
- An official Spanish degree.
- A degree issued by a higher education institution within the European Higher Education Area framework that authorizes the holder to access university master's degree courses in the country of issue.
- A qualification from outside the framework of the European Higher Education Area. In this case, the qualification should be recognized as equivalent to an official Spanish degree. If it is not recognized, the University of Barcelona shall verify that it corresponds to a level of education that is equivalent to official Spanish degrees and that it authorizes the holder to access university master's degree courses in the country of issue. Admission shall not, in any case, imply that prior qualifications have been recognized as equivalent to a Spanish master's degree and does not confer recognition for any purposes other than that of admission to the master's degree course.
Specific requirements
The master's degree in Physics of Complex Systems and Biophysics can be accessed directly by students who have taken official bachelor's degrees (240 ECTS credits) in physics, physical engineering or equivalent areas of knowledge.
Students with national or foreign qualifications at a level equivalent to the EHEA bachelor's degree and corresponding to areas of physics knowledge other than those mentioned previously, mathematics and statistics or information and communication technologies who have suitable knowledge to take advantage of the master's degree course must take as bridging courses subjects of the Minor in Fundamental Physics from the UB EHEA bachelor's degree in Physics that the Coordination Committee considers to be suitable, up to a maximum of 30 ECTS.
Exceptionally, students with qualifications in environmental sciences, biology and related sciences with strong training in quantitative aspects of biology or ecology who are particularly motivated to gain a command of physical and mathematical aspects of biology could be admitted.
In any case, students must have a level of English equivalent to at least B1 in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
Students with national or foreign qualifications at a level equivalent to the EHEA bachelor's degree and corresponding to areas of physics knowledge other than those mentioned previously, mathematics and statistics or information and communication technologies who have suitable knowledge to take advantage of the master's degree course must take as bridging courses subjects of the Minor in Fundamental Physics from the UB EHEA bachelor's degree in Physics that the Coordination Committee considers to be suitable, up to a maximum of 30 ECTS.
Exceptionally, students with qualifications in environmental sciences, biology and related sciences with strong training in quantitative aspects of biology or ecology who are particularly motivated to gain a command of physical and mathematical aspects of biology could be admitted.
In any case, students must have a level of English equivalent to at least B1 in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
