La subject Academic Recognition of Credits (RAC), common to all official Degree qualifications that are taught in any of the URJC's own Centers (whether in-person, blended or non-face-to-face), addresses the participation of students in cultural events and/programs, sports, student representation, solidarity and cooperation, as well as other academic activities that the university organizes for teaching purposes so that they can complete their curricular development with activities complementary to their degree.
To pass the subject, students will have to recognize 6 ECTS credits, of which they will be mandatory 2 ECTS credits for completing two activities/courses of your choice from among those mandatory training activities offered by the University.
The remaining credits, in each case, may be obtained both through the activities programmed by the Rey Juan Carlos University, as well as through those that are external, according to the particular interests of each student.
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Catalog of activities
The computer application RAC will remain open throughout the academic year, to request these credit recognitions for activities that do not involve automatic transfer, and the student may submit his/her request at any time during the course.
The student must provide the certificate of completion of the activity through the RAC application
Mandatory training activities
These activities do not imply the issuance of any certificate of achievement. HE will automatically recognize with a PASS in the established periods, which you can consult in the deadlines and procedures tab:
- Universal Accessibility and Design for All* (1 ECTS) * mandatory for undergraduate students prior to the year 2014/15
- Search and Access to Scientific Information (1 ECTS)
- Improving Employability (1 ECTS)
- Sustainability: Criteria and Decision Making (1 ECTS)
Training activities programmed by the URJC
- 0 courses
- MOOC courses
- Other activities, There are two types:
- Automatic recognition activities. No certificate will be issued and within a period of no more than 15 days from their evaluation, they will appear recognized in the RAC application.
- Manual recognition activities. A certificate of achievement will be issued, which the student must upload to the RAC platform for recognition.
External training activities
They are those that the student chooses according to his interests. Such activities must have, for the purposes of the academic recognition of ECTS credits, an annual Program for approval by the Vice-Rector for Academic Planning, specifying the credits requested for recognition in relation to the hours of duration of the corresponding activity.
Activity chart
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ACTIVITIES |
CONTENT |
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CONTACT |
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Universal Accessibility and design for everyone |
Principles of Equal Opportunities, Non-Discrimination and Universal Accessibility for people with disabilities |
Care Unit for People with Disabilities – Vice-Rectorate for Students |
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Search and Access to Scientific Information |
Digital skills in the field of scientific information. |
University Library |
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Student orientation |
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Welcome Days |
https://www.urjc.es/estudiar-en-la-urjc/oficina-del-estudiante/841-jornadas-de-acogida |
SIOU- Vice-Rectorate for Students and Vice-Rectorate for International Relations |
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Mentoring |
Vice-rector for Transformation and Digital Education and Artificial Intelligence |
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Buddy |
International Relations Service |
Vice President for International Relations |
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Sports |
https://www.urjc.es/estudiar-en-la-urjc/vida-universitaria/1543-deportes |
sports service |
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Cooperation and volunteering |
Vice-Rectorate of Quality and Strategy |
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Congresses, seminars, conferences |
university centers |
Emails from departments, faculties, centers |
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Cultural: music, theater… |
Vice Chancellor of Campus Community, Culture and Sport |
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Collaboration between departments, research groups, laboratories |
Departments |
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Student Representation |
Student Coordinator/Faculty/Vice-rector |
Degree delegate and subdelegate. |
Faculty |
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Course delegate and subdelegate. |
faculty |
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Student representative on the Department Council or Center Board. |
Faculty |
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Student representative on the Quality Assurance Commissions (Degree, Center or University). |
Student Coordinator/Faculty/Vice-rector |
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Representative of the students in the Senate, Governing Council or Social Council. |
General Secretary |
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other coordination and representation responsibilities in statutorily recognized student participation bodies, such as associations or other entities recognized by current legislation, as well as any other coordination or representation activity that is determined by the Rey Juan Carlos University, or that deserves analogous consideration in the judgment of the Centers or Governing Bodies of said University, prior certification of the exercise of said activity by them. |
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Activities External to the URJC |
Organizing Entity, authorization of the activity must be requested from the Vice-Rector's Office for Academic Organization |
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Mandatory activities
Universal Accessibility and Design for All (1 ECTS)
This activity is based on the principles of Equal Opportunities, Non-Discrimination and Universal Accessibility for people with disabilities. This training activity is mandatory and free for passing the subject "Academic Recognition of Credits" and is recognized with 1 ECTS credit. It reopens with tables
Enrollment:
Voluntary registration for the activity can be done by clicking on the corresponding link depending on the campus:
- Madrid-Vicálvaro Campus:
- Mostoles Campus:
- Madrid-Quintana and Manuel Becerra Campus:
- Fuenlabrada Campus:
- Aranjuez Campus:
- Alcorcón Campus:
Evaluation:
The student, once the activity has been completed, must pass 2 multiple choice tests; one of them related to the contents of Universal Accessibility and the other to those of Equality.
This activity is evaluated with a final grade of Pass/No Pass and does not entail the issuance of a certificate.
Once the student enrolls in the activity, they must go to the “News” forum, within the Virtual Classroom, to be aware of any changes that may arise.
Deadlines:
This activity will be available throughout the academic year until the last call for Academic Recognition of Credits ends (from April 29 to May 12).
Contact
For any clarification related to the contents of Universal Accessibility, please contact the following email
For any clarification related to the equality content, please contact the following email
Search and Access to Scientific Information (1 ECTS)
This training activity has the purpose of achieving the acquisition of digital skills in the area of information and data literacy.
This training activity will allow you to detect possible needs for scientific information, recover and manage scientific information and be able to correctly carry out class work, Bachelor's and Master's Thesis (TFG, TFM), scientific works and doctoral thesis.
This training activity is mandatory and free to pass the subject "Academic Recognition of Credits". It is recognized with 1 ECTS credit.
Registration
Voluntary registration for the activity can be done by clicking on the corresponding link depending on the campus:
Madrid-Vicálvaro, Quintana and Manuel Becerra Campus Form
Evaluation
This activity will be developed through theoretical sessions and practical activities. The theoretical sessions will have teaching material prepared by the library's training staff. At the end of each thematic unit of the program, recommended practical activities will be proposed to strengthen the contents of the topic covered. To pass the activity, enrolled students must:
- Carry out the self-assessment exercises corresponding to each topic of the Program, developing them within the deadlines indicated at the beginning of your program.
This activity is evaluated with a final grade of Pass/No Pass and does not entail the issuance of a certificate.
Once the student enrolls, he/she must go to the “News” forum, within the Virtual Classroom, to be aware of any changes that may arise.
Deadlines
From October 2 to June 28. (Registration from September 18 to June 21).
Contact
For any clarification please contact the following email
FAQs
Why an activity on Search and access to Scientific Information?
With the inclusion of the subject on Search and access to scientific information, it is intended to introduce in the training of students, the acquisition of informational competences (CI), in accordance with the new challenges that Universities must face in the face of the information society. , challenges that entail significant changes in the teaching model and that involve the incorporation of information and communication technologies.
Students who have begun undergraduate studies from the 2014-15 academic year inclusive must obtain 2 ECTS credits for completing two activities/courses of their choice from among those proposed by the University, including the course "Search and Access to Scientific Information (1 ECTS)
What is?
To detect your needs for scientific information.
To retrieve and manage scientific information.
To be able to perform correctly:
• Class work
• Final Degree Project (TFG)
• Research papers for publications, Doctoral Thesis, Master's Thesis (TFM)
When can I do the activity? When does the work have to be done and when do I have to deliver it?
Several editions will be held both in the first semester and in the second semester, both in face-to-face mode and through the Virtual Classroom. Check the calendar with dates and times on INTRANET URJC.
Where and how can the training activity be carried out?
Both the theoretical sessions and the practices will be taken in the Virtual Classroom.
Is it necessary to register to be admitted?
It is mandatory to register through the link that appears in the forms section.
Only applications sent from the URJC single domain account provided to you when you enroll (@alumnos.urjc.es) will be accepted.
Once admitted, you will receive a confirmation email. More information in
What does the activity consist of and how can I get 1 ECTS credit?
This activity will be developed through theoretical sessions and practical activities. The theoretical sessions will have didactic material prepared by the training librarians. At the end of each thematic unit of the program, the student must carry out the corresponding practical activities and the self-assessment exercises that are included in each topic.
To obtain the RAC certificate, enrolled students must:
- Carry out the practical activities and self-assessment exercises, corresponding to each topic of the Program, developing them within the periods indicated at the beginning of the program.
- Get the rating of SUITABLE.
How can I ask questions and raise doubts?
Through the Virtual Classroom, within the compulsory training activity, you will have two Forums to ask questions and doubts:
- General: about the activity
- Specific: of each theme
All the theoretical and practical material will be at your disposal in the Virtual Classroom, from the beginning of the session in which you are registered and admitted.
When and how will I know if I have obtained the APTO qualification?
In each four-month period, in the virtual classroom, information on the different phases of development of the activity will be published in the "News" section.
When will I have recognized the 1 ECTS credit?
On the dates established by the Academic Credit Recognition Unit, the Library will send the list of students who have passed the activity and from that moment credit recognition will be managed.
Improving Employability (1 ECTS)
This training activity is designed to help students in their job search, job placement and professional development.
The objective is to provide a series of tools and strategies useful in the design of one's professional career and the active search for employment, whether self-employed or employed.
This training activity is mandatory and free to pass the subject "Academic Recognition of Credits". It is recognized with 1 ECTS credit.
Registration
Students who have enrolled since the 2015-16 academic year or later years will be able to carry out the activity through a virtual classroom without having to register. Registrations prior to this period will be voluntary and must be accessed through the following links:
- Madrid-Vicálvaro Campus:
- Mostoles Campus:
- Madrid-Quintana and Manuel Becerra Campus:
- Fuenlabrada Campus:
- Aranjuez Campus:
- Alcorcón Campus:
Evaluation
At the end of each topic, a self-assessment consisting of 5 multiple choice questions will be carried out. You have to get more than 60% correct to pass.
The self-assessment of the 8 topics can be repeated, as many times as necessary, to exceed 60%.
This activity is evaluated with a final grade of Pass/No Pass and does not entail the issuance of a certificate.
Once the student enrolls, he/she must go to the “News” forum, within the Virtual Classroom, to be aware of any changes that may arise.
Deadlines
It can be taken throughout the year and in any academic year of the degree, although it is advisable to take it in the 3rd or 4th year.
Contact
Sustainability: Criteria and Decision Making (1 ECTS)
This training activity is mandatory and free to pass the subject "Academic Recognition of Credits". It is recognized with 1 ECTS credit.
Enrollment
If the student enrolled for the first time in the 2015-16 or 2016-17 academic year, they will be able to carry out the activity through the virtual classroom without having to register.
If you enrolled in years prior to the 2015-16 academic year, you can make your voluntary registration in the activity by clicking on the link corresponding to the campus to which the degree belongs:
- Madrid-Vicálvaro Campus:
- Mostoles Campus:
- Madrid-Quintana and Manuel Becerra Campus:
- Fuenlabrada Campus:
- Aranjuez Campus:
- Alcorcón Campus:
Deadlines
It can be taken throughout the year and in any academic year of the degree, although it is advisable to take it in the 2rd or 3th year.
Evaluation
At the end of each topic, the basic concepts learned will be evaluated.
This activity is evaluated with a final grade of Pass/No Pass and does not entail the issuance of a certificate.
Once the student enrolls, he/she must go to the “News” forum, within the Virtual Classroom, to be aware of any changes that may arise.
Contact
RAC Deadlines and Procedures
Depending on the type of training activity
Mandatory training activities scheduled by the URJC
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ACTIVITIES carried out between the following dates (both included): |
AUTOMATICALLY RECOGNIZED before |
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from 27/02/2024 to 07/03/2024 |
12/03/2024 |
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from 08/03/2024 to 06/05/2024 |
11/05/2024 |
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from 07/05/2024 to 17/06/2024 |
22/06/2024 |
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from 18/06/2024 to 15/07/2024 |
20/07/2024 |
External training activities and those programmed by the URJC that involve delivery of a certificate
You must request recognition of the activities you have carried out through the RAC application which will remain open throughout the academic year, with the student being able to submit their application at any time during the course.
Students must provide the certificate of completion of the activity through the RAC application
Information and contact
1st You must select if the student belongs to the URJC
2º You must choose the type of consultation: Degree> RAC Subject-> Category:
The query is entered and the create button is clicked. All queries created will be answered from this mailbox.
To track the queries created, access them from your profile in requests/my requests/. Those that appear with the status “closed” will be the ones that can be consulted.
Location: Office 301 (3rd floor), Rectorate Building, Móstoles Campus. C/ Tulipán s/n. 28933 Móstoles (Madrid)
91 664 7409
FAQs
What should you know about the recognition of the RAC subject?
You need a total of 6 ECT credits.
You have to choose at least 2 activities from the list of “URJC mandatory activities”
An activity may never exceed 2 ECTs.
What can be recognized in my Degree?
- URJC mandatory activities. Automatic recognition
- Search and access to scientific information (1 ECTS)
- Universal Accessibility and Design for All (1 ECTS)
- Sustainability: criteria and decision making (1 ECTS)
- Improving employability (1 ECTS)
- Activities from the Virtual Classroom catalog. Automatic recognition
- Courses 0.
- MOOC courses.
Is there a credit limit per recognized activity?
An activity can never exceed 2 ECT credits of recognition.
Is there a fee to pay to carry out the RAC?
Once the registration fee is paid, there would be no additional fees for recognition.
I have carried out activities when I was studying another Degree. Can this activity be recognized?
No, according to article 2 of the regulations for academic credit recognition of degree studies at the URJC, only the student's participation in university activities carried out during the period in which the corresponding degree education is completed may be recognized.
Can work or professional experience be recognized?
Undergraduate students will not be able to obtain recognition of credits for carrying out internships in companies, whether of a curricular or extracurricular nature; Nor is the recognition of credits for work activities contemplated.
I have carried out some studies not foreseen in my study agreement during the mobility (SICUE, ERASMUS etc.) Can these activities be recognised?
You can obtain up to a maximum of 4 ECTS credits for these activities. There are two ways for your Recognition:
- Equivalence Agreement.
- Activities outside the Equivalence Agreement.
Can extracurricular external internships be recognized?
No, undergraduate students will not be able to obtain recognition of credits for carrying out internships in companies, whether they are curricular or extracurricular in nature; Nor is the recognition of credits for work activities contemplated.
I was awarded a collaboration scholarship, can I request recognition?
No, collaboration scholarships cannot be recognized because they are not cultural, sports, student representation, solidarity and cooperation university activities.
I have taken a course, internship, workshops, unofficial university studies, which I do not know if they are recognizable, how can I know?
Can language proficiency accreditation certificates be recognised?
No, because they are not cultural, sports, student representation, solidarity and cooperation university activities.
Is there a seniority limit for the activities or studies that you submit for recognition?
No, the activities do not expire, but they must be carried out during the period in which the degree is taken. For example, if I start the degree and carry out a RAC activity and for various reasons I abandon my studies and, later, when a few years pass, I return to them, that activity could be recognized.
What grade will I get for my recognitions?
The grade for each of the activities will be PASS/NOT PASS
Can I as a student organize a RAC activity?
Students interested in organizing an activity must submit the corresponding request to the Vice-Rector's Office for Academic Planning, accompanied by a report issued by the competent body (department, Faculty, School, Center, etc.) indicating the program or development. of the activity, its objectives, and duration.