Credit recognition consists in the inclusion in the curriculum of official education of credits obtained previously through training or professional experience.

This is regulated in the Rules for the Recognition and Transfer of Credits in Master’s Degree Courses at the UB.

Recognised training

1. Credits obtained in official courses previously completed, at the University of Barcelona or at any other university, are included in the new official courses, for the purpose of obtaining an official title.
2. Credits received in higher education leading to other degrees covered by Article 34.1 of the University Law 6/2001.
3. Work and professional experience, provided that it is related to the competences of the degree being studied by the student.

The credit limit which may be recognised, on the basis of other qualifications and professional experience, may not, taken as a whole, exceed 15 % of the credits in the curriculum which the student is taking.

A percentage greater than 15 % may be recognised, up to the full credit of the curriculum, only when the own degree has been extinguished and replaced by the official title, and thus be recorded in the official title record verified under the conditions established in articles 6.4 and 6.5 of Royal Ordinance 861/2010.

In this master, a maximum of 6 theoretical credits may be recognized, corresponding to the subjects:

Subject 9 (optional): Animal Assisted Interventions (6 credits) for all students who have obtained the Master’s degree in dog-assisted interventions for social professionals, of health and education. It is a degree from the University of Barcelona organized by the Campus Docent Sant Joan de Déu (UB). Students who opt for recognition must submit a corresponding university degree.

Subject 10 (optional): Innovation and creativity in the hospital environment (6 credits) for all students who have obtained the Master’s degree in Research and Innovation in Nursing Care. It is an interuniversity Master organised by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, the Universitat Ramon Llull and the Universitat Pompeu Fabra and the collaboration of the Campus Docent Sant Joan de Déu (UB). Students who opt for recognition must submit a corresponding university degree.

In no case will credits corresponding to the Final project of the Master be recognized.

Criteria for the recognition of work and professional experience

Those students who have a work experience of two years or more in pediatric hospital settings, where they have developed roles and functions as a Child Life professional, may apply for recognition of the External Internship Subject (6 credits). The required documentation shall be as follows:

• Certificate issued by the company where he has carried out his professional activity detailing:
  • Years of work trajectory.
  • Fields of work.
  • Roles and functions as a Child Life professional.
  • Experience in the application of the Child Life care model: services and activities performed.
• Application form for recognition of subjects/subjects of the Campus Docent Sant Joan de Déu.

Once the applications have been studied, the Master’s Degree Coordinating Committee will communicate the decision to the students.