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Mentoring for Euriclea research
Responsible Center: Faculty of Health Sciences Location: Alcorcón
Modality: In‑person
Title code: 6415 Orientation: Researcher
Number of ECTS Credits: 60 ECTS Duration of the Master: an academic year
Public prices: See table
Academic Calendar Opening hours Examinations Teaching Guides Faculty
Academic Co-director: Prof. Ms. Raquel Abalo Delgado Technical Co-Director: Prof. Ms. Natalia González Benitez
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University master's information: Phone: 91 665 5060 Inquiries Mailbox
Student attention: Student Help Box Suggestions, complaints and congratulations mailbox
Basic Information
What knowledge will I acquire with this Master?
The general purpose of this programme is to provide students with advanced, multidisciplinary and integrative training, aimed at promoting initiation into research tasks in the field of Biomedicine. To this end, the following specific objectives are formulated:
- To expand students' knowledge of the main techniques of interest in biomedical research (microscopy, bioassays and functional tests, biomic techniques, scientific method and data analysis, clinical trials, bioinformatics).
- To provide students with the theoretical training necessary to obtain qualifications in animal experimentation (in accordance with Order ECC/566/2015, of March 20, which establishes the training requirements that must be met by personnel who handle animals used, bred or supplied for experimental and other scientific purposes, including teaching) and to help them develop a critical view of the design of experiments with animal models, based on the review and discussion of the main application models in the different pathologies and conditions of human health and disease.
- To provide students with a solid education in the most important fields of biomedical research today, such as pathophysiology and molecular pathology, genetic engineering, gene therapy, cell therapy, tissue engineering, drug research, human microbiology and immunology, and research into healthy eating.
- To raise awareness among students of the need to apply the principles of bioethics and those arising from the One Health concept to biomedical research, which emerged from the recognition of global change, with a multidisciplinary and integrative approach.
- To introduce students to research activities by carrying out a Master's Final Project, preferably of an experimental nature, in line with the research areas of the groups involved in teaching the master's degree.
Is this degree official according to the regulations required by the European Higher Education Area?
Yes, (final verification report is attached) starting the first course in the academic year 2025-26.
Final verification report turned out FAVORABLE
What is the minimum number of credits for which I can enroll?
You can see it in the rules of permanence in this link
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Objectives
This program seeks to prepare students to contribute significantly to the field of biomedical research, addressing current challenges in a comprehensive and practical manner.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
| CON1. Achieve a detailed and well-founded understanding of the complexity of the body's functioning at the systemic, cellular, tissue, and molecular levels and its alterations in various pathologies in order to apply and integrate them into different areas of biomedical research. |
| CON2. Learn about the latest innovations in biomedical techniques applicable to personalized diagnosis and treatment. |
| CON3. Understand the complexity of the research process in the development of new therapeutic strategies in the biomedical field, including its stages and requirements, as well as the advanced resources and methodologies aimed at optimizing the safety and efficacy of different treatments. |
| CON4. Understand the theoretical foundations of the most advanced biomedical research techniques in specialized fields of study, such as pathophysiology and molecular pathology, genetic and tissue engineering, gene and cell therapy, as well as their applications in biomedicine. |
| CON5. Acquire advanced knowledge of experimental design and data analysis, as well as state-of-the-art bioinformatics tools for application in biomedical metadata analysis. |
| CON6. Understand the emerging problems facing human health as a result of global change processes interacting with the environment, from the perspective of "One Health," which recognizes the interconnectedness of human health, animal health, and ecosystems. |
| CON7. Describe the fundamentals of working with experimental animals and the main animal models for studying human pathophysiology, as well as the use of alternative methods to animal testing based on cutting-edge technological developments. |
Skills
| HAB1. Apply the perspective of the accepted ethical and legal framework when analyzing new biomedical challenges and propose possible scientific and technological solutions within the context of biomedical research. |
| HAB2. Select the appropriate scientific theory and precise methodology to adequately answer the question posed in a specific biomedical research context. |
| HAB3. Appropriately and critically manage various specialized sources to search for reliable information in biomedical research. |
| HAB4. Apply advanced statistical and computational techniques to the analysis and interpretation of complex biomedical data, ensuring their proper handling to draw relevant conclusions in specialized research. |
| HAB5. Be able to effectively convey knowledge derived from biomedical studies to specialized and non-specialized audiences, ensuring clear and unambiguous understanding, emphasizing its scientific nature in contrast to other unreliable sources of information, and using the most appropriate communication channels for the recipients of the message. |
| HAB6. Develop and foster the capacity for cooperative work and professional leadership in specialized uni, multi, or multidisciplinary teams with diverse perspectives in the context of biomedical research, assuming responsibility for continuous improvement. |
| HAB7. Respect and value the differences of opinion among colleagues, faculty, and students, recognizing the richness they contribute to the advancement of scientific knowledge in biomedical research as a strategic approach in complex and unpredictable work contexts. |
Competences
| COM1. Integrate the knowledge acquired through the study of different biomedical disciplines and the skills to use different specialized techniques to solve complex biomedical problems in a multidisciplinary context, such as biomedical research. |
| COM2. Apply the scientific method and the dynamics of cooperative work and open science, with an inclusive approach free of bias and discrimination, to optimize the collection of reliable and comparable information and results across different biomedical disciplines. |
| COM3. Identify the main problems and challenges facing our society and propose, design, and develop sustainable, innovative, and participatory methodologies and/or technologies to improve people's lives, taking into account their diversity, making responsible use of resources, and knowing how to determine the impact that different biomedical research projects have on the economy, society, and the environment. |
| COM4. Assimilate the complexity of sustainability from a critical, systemic, and interdisciplinary perspective, to understand how biomedical research interacts with society and the environment, both locally and globally, and to identify potential challenges, risks, and impacts. |
| COM5. Address biomedical challenges through a comprehensive analysis of processes and interactions, in order to understand and participate in the design of efficient, sustainable, and situation-specific research programs and action plans. |
| COM6. Demonstrate the ability to independently manage specialized information to conceive, design, implement, analyze with self-critical capacity, and draw conclusions from a research initiation process with academic rigor/seriousness, communicating the acquired knowledge clearly and rigorously. |
Admission and enrollment
ADMISSION
The Rey Juan Carlos University does not have specific admission regulations, but is governed by article 18 of Royal Decree 861/2010, of July 2. Each degree has its own general access criteria and special access tests.
Admission to the Master's Degrees will be carried out through a selection process; in some cases, that process may involve a selection test. The Direction of the Master will communicate to the interested parties what the selection test will consist of, as well as the exact date and place of its realization through this application and by means of an email notice.
GENERAL ACCESS CRITERIA:
The specific qualifications that will facilitate access to the Master are the following:
- Degree in Biology
- Degree in Biochemistry
- Bachelor's Degree in Biotechnology
In addition, an admission criterion for this master's degree is that students have linguistic ability in Spanish. Therefore, students from countries where the language is not Spanish must officially prove a general level of competence in Spanish equivalent to level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).
CONDITIONS OR SPECIAL ACCESS TESTS:
Anyone interested in taking this Master's degree must submit a cover letter or questionnaire explaining their motivation in their application.
In the event that the number of applications exceeds the number of places offered, the admissions committee, led by the master's management, will apply the following criteria to select the students:
- Academic record (45%): up to 45 points, considering degree, transcript and postgraduate courses.
- Training activities in academic environments of biomedical research (15%): up to 15 points, evaluating participation in conferences, collaboration in research departments, collaboration grants, publications, talks or blogs for scientific dissemination, etc.
- Professional experience in the field of biomedicine (15%): up to 15 points.
- Certified English level (B1 or higher) (10%): up to 10 points
- Motivation letter for taking the master's degree and interview (10%): up to 15 points (10%).
- Others (5%): up to 5 points, evaluating training courses related to the Master's degree, etc.
Applications will be ranked from highest to lowest, according to their score. In addition, an admission criterion for this master's degree is that students have the ability to function independently and safely in the laboratory environment, and that they have the appropriate skills to obtain and study images from various sources. Therefore, the first 20 candidates with the best scores after applying the scale will be required to conduct an interview with the Master's Coordination, aimed at assessing these skills.
The applicant must pass a test of basic laboratory skills: simple calculations, use of basic computer tools, handling of basic laboratory instruments and equipment in the field of biomedicine. In addition, the applicant must demonstrate skills for obtaining and describing basic images of interest in the field of biomedicine. A rubric will be used to evaluate these tests. Applicants will receive a pass/fail grade, and will be removed from the scoring list if they fail to pass in each of the aforementioned aspects (autonomous development in the laboratory; ability to obtain and study images from various sources).
Offer of places: 20 seats. If the minimum number of students envisaged is not reached in a course, the University may choose not to open the teaching group.
Training itinerary
Master's Teaching Guides
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Training Itinerary
External Internships
The External Practices subject is a curricular subject whose main objective is to promote a comprehensive training of the student through the practical application of the knowledge acquired during the master's degree, which facilitates direct contact with the professional activity and the opportunity to join the professional world with a minimum of experience. All practices are designed so that the students who participate in them acquire professional experience in real situations and conditions, applying the knowledge, skills and attitudes that are acquired in the training processes throughout the degree. The internships represent a decisive opportunity for the personal development and professional future of the students.
Internships are activities carried out by the student in companies, institutions and organizations; that is, in centers outside the university premises, which aim to enrich and complement your university education, while providing you with a deeper knowledge about the skills you will need once you have graduated.
The External Practices subject will consist of two phases:
- Completion of the internship period that offers professional experience related to any of the graduate profiles that are expressed in the Verification Report of the degree.
- Elaboration of the memory
Documentation:
Degree Training Project
For more information: External Internship Unit
Social Security contributions for interns starting January 1, 2024
Mobility programs
University Master's degrees, due to their duration and characteristics, in general do not specifically contemplate the mobility of their students. However, the Rey Juan Carlos University has different mobility programs for both students and University workers (PDI and PAS) and has procedures for collecting and analyzing information on these mobility programs.
Privacy Policy
- Academic Calendar
- Regulations governing the university master's degrees of the Rey Juan Carlos University
- Regulations for enrollment and permanence in university master's degrees at the URJC || Explanatory notes
- Academic exemption (Regulations for the Evaluation of Learning Outcomes - Title IX)
- Public prices for university master's degrees
- Exemption from the prices of official master's and doctoral studies for the sons and daughters under 25 years of age of victims of gender violence
- External Internships
- University Master's Thesis
- Review and claim of the evaluation (Regulations for the Evaluation of Learning Outcomes - Title VII)
- Acknowledgments / Adaptations of university master's degrees
- Simultaneity of URJC university master's degree studies
- Regulations of the School of Official Masters
- Addendum to the protocol for adapting teaching at the School of Official Master's Degrees
- Royal Decree 1125/2003, of September 5, which establishes the European credit system and the qualification system in official university degrees valid throughout the national territory
STUDENTS
TEACHING COORDINATION
COEXISTENCE REGIME
SCHOOL INSURANCE
ASSOCIATIONS
EVALUATION
- Regulation on the Assessment of Learning Outcomes (in force from 1 September 2024)
- Early call (Regulations on the Assessment of Learning Outcomes - Article 19)
- Article 6.1.2. The favorable resolution of the request for total cancellation of registration does not necessarily imply the refund of the amount paid by the student. To do this, the requirements established in the Article 10.3 of the present regulations.
- Article 11.3. The extension of the period of permanence will be requested through the procedure established for this purpose by the Rey Juan Carlos University in the electronic office, within the established period. The Rector may authorize the continuation of studies in those cases in which exceptional causes, duly documented, have affected the academic performance of the students., valid for that academic year (up to a maximum of one year).
- Article 11.4. In accordance with what is established by the Article 4 of these regulations, those students whose request to remain is resolved favorably will have to enroll in all the remaining subjects to complete their studies.
- Article 11.5. For subjects with an indefinite call, once the extension of the permanence period is granted, the fees corresponding to the second and successive registrations will be paid according to the corresponding Public Price Decree as long as they have been previously enrolled in that subject.
- Article 12.4. Once this is granted, the student must enroll in accordance with the provisions of the Article 4 of the present regulations.
- Article 12.5. For subjects with an indefinite call, once continuity in the University Master's studies is granted, the fees corresponding to the second and successive registrations will be paid according to the corresponding Public Price Decree as long as they have been previously enrolled in that subject.
Quality guarantee
Results report
Once the monitoring of the Master's Degree has been carried out, the most relevant quantitative information on the results obtained in the monitoring of said Degree is displayed, differentiated by academic year.
Reports by course:
General information collection plan
Within the quality assurance system of the Rey Juan Carlos University, the following surveys are planned:
- Student profile
- Teacher evaluation
- Degree of satisfaction:
- Of the students
- of the graduates
- From the Faculty
- Administration and Services Staff
- Labor insertion
- External internships:
- Satisfaction of interns
- External tutor satisfaction
- Employer satisfaction
Survey results:
Improvement actions
The Quality Assurance System of the Rey Juan Carlos University establishes that the degree's Quality Assurance Commission will annually analyze the information derived from the degree's indicators and prepare a report that will include improvement plans if the results so indicate.
Renewal of accreditation
The renewal of the accreditation represents the culmination of the implementation process of the official Bachelor's and Master's degrees registered in the Register of Universities, Centers and Degrees (RUCT). The renewal of the accreditation of official bachelor's and master's degrees is organized in three phases: self-assessment report, external visit and final assessment.
In the first phase, the university describes and assesses the status of the degree with respect to the established criteria and guidelines. The result is the Self-Assessment Report (IA) that is presented. The second and third phases are carried out by a group of evaluators external to the evaluated title.”
- Final Report Accreditation Renewal