Master's degree in Molecular Oncology

Basic Information

What knowledge will I acquire with this Master?

The Master consists of 60 ECTS credits, which will be taken over an academic year, from October to June.

Academic training consists of two sections: 1) Research section with a focus on molecular oncology, of 36 credits taught in the 1st and 2nd semester.

2) Section for the development of the Master's Thesis, of 24 credits taught in the 2nd semester.

The research orientation of the Master will be based on research projects, systematic reviews and original studies carried out through the Master's Thesis. In addition, the investigative nature of the Master is justified through each and every one of the subjects that make up the academic program, all of them compulsory and aimed at acquiring research skills in the field of Molecular Oncology and Molecular Pathology of Oncological disease. : Molecular bases of cancer (3 credits), Proto-oncogenes and oncogenes (3 credits), Tumor suppressor genes (3 credits), Cellular processes involved in carcinogenesis (3 credits), Molecular pathology techniques (3 credits), Molecular pathology in the clinic of solid tumors (6 credits), Molecular pathology in the clinic of hematological tumors (3 credits), Clinical Research Methodology in oncology (3 credits), Risk factors in neoplasms (3 credits), Pharmacology and antitumor agents (3 credits), New molecular therapies (3 credits), Master's Thesis (24 credits).

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 2017-18.

Final verification report turned out FAVORABLE

Favorable report first modification

Is it necessary to pass an access test?

The admission conditions are established according to the general regulations of the URJC and the specific regulations of the Master and are:

The candidate must submit their application for admission correctly completed within the period established for this purpose.
The application must be accompanied by a letter stating the reasons why you wish to be admitted to this Master's degree. The writing will have a maximum length of 600 words.
Updated curriculum vitae of the candidate for whose veracity he is responsible.
Title in accordance with the provisions of section 4.2.1 (article 16 of Royal Decree 861/2010).
Candidates must be able to demonstrate sufficient knowledge of English to follow the Master's classes that are taught in this language. The Master is taught mostly in Spanish with some classes in English in some subjects. Therefore, they will have to prove sufficient knowledge of English. If it cannot be accredited, the Directorate of the Master reserves the right to carry out a test on the student that allows evaluating their level of English.

The Direction of the Master will be the body that will be in charge of the Admission process and will evaluate the required documents and will accept or not the candidate applying a scale of academic merits that will be nuanced with the explanatory letter.

Valuation criteria

The student selection criteria will be based on the academic and professional merits that appear in the candidate's CV and on the reasons that lead them to be admitted to this training program.

The scale established to select the candidates will give 90% of the value to the academic and professional merits of their CV: Scale

What is the minimum number of credits for which I can enroll?

You can see it in the rules of permanence in this link

Recommended income profile

The Master's Degree in Molecular Oncology, as it is a highly specialized training program, is aimed at students with a recommended entry profile.

The recommended entry profile is that of a graduate or doctor of Medicine doing or having done a specialty in one of these areas: Oncology, Anatomical Pathology, Hematology or Radiotherapy, or any other with a special link to Oncology. However, graduates, graduates or doctors of disciplines in the area of Health Sciences with a special interest or professional link in the field of Oncology may also take the Master.

Objectives

The general objectives of the Master are:

Offer the cutting-edge training in Molecular Oncology that the specialist in the oncology area requires in correspondence with the development of Health Sciences in the XNUMXst century.
Lay the foundations for a clinical practice of excellence based on the results of the latest research and through scientific mastery of the molecular bases of cancer.

Competences

BASIC SKILLS

CB6 - Possess and understand knowledge that provides a basis or opportunity to be original in the development and/or application of ideas, often in a research context
CB7 - That students know how to apply the knowledge acquired and their ability to solve problems in new or little-known environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to their area of study
CB8 - That students are able to integrate knowledge and face the complexity of formulating judgments based on information that, being incomplete or limited, includes reflections on the social and ethical responsibilities linked to the application of their knowledge and judgments
CB9 - That students know how to communicate their conclusions and the knowledge and ultimate reasons that support them to specialized and non-specialized audiences in a clear and unambiguous way
CB10 - That students have the learning skills that allow them to continue studying in a way that will be largely self-directed or autonomous.

GENERAL

CG01 - Have acquired the molecular knowledge that allows understanding the advances of science and, where appropriate, translate them into strategies for diagnosis and treatment.
CG02 - Having developed sufficient autonomy to participate in research projects and scientific or technological collaborations within their thematic field, in interdisciplinary contexts and, where appropriate, with a high component of knowledge transfer to clinical practice.

TRANSVERSAL COMPETENCES

CT01 - Respect the differences of opinion of their colleagues, teachers and students.
CT02 - Establish contacts with the network of students and teachers who are receiving the Master's training.
CT03 - Promote the development of social networks in favor of the development of scientific collaboration activities in clinical practice and research.

SPECIFIC COMPETENCES

CE01 - Know the oncogenes, tumor suppressor genes and the consequences of their alteration.
CE02 - Explain the cellular processes involved in the repair of genetic damage and the mutator pathway in carcinogenesis.
CE03 - Assess the appropriateness of applying new antitumor therapies in patients on a case-by-case basis.
CE04 - Interpret the evolutionary results of pathological and histological studies indicated for cancer patients
CE05 - Prepare an unpublished Research Report in the field of Oncology based on the use of methods and techniques typical of scientific research in molecular oncology, with an emphasis on translational oncology research.
CE06 - Develop the ability to work in a group of peers of professionals linked to oncology based on the programmatic development of the knowledge of neoplastic pathology acquired in the Master.
CE07 - Collaborate in the development and implementation of tools for diagnosis and treatment of cancer patients using the knowledge acquired on cell biology, gene regulation mechanisms and changes caused by neoplastic transformation.
CE08 - Master the methodological strategies of clinical trials and the application of molecular targets as a complement to the diagnosis and prognosis of suspected cancer patients.
CE09 - Actively use the vocabulary of Molecular Oncology during professional performance, as well as the concepts of diagnosis and prognosis based on molecular bases.
CE10 - Use the knowledge about the molecular bases of cancer and research skills in oncology acquired in the Master's Degree in favor of the development of science.

Admission and enrollment

General access regulations and procedures

Information on access and admission of students to master's studies is available at: https://www.urjc.es/estudiar-en-la-urjc/admision/274-master

The regulations are also published in: https://www.urjc.es/estudiar-en-la-urjc/admision/274-master#normativa-de-masteres-universitarios

Criteria and procedure for admission to the degree

The general requirements for access to University Master's Degrees are, according to article 18 of Royal Decree 822/2021, of September 28, which establishes the organization of university education and the procedure for ensuring its quality, the following:

Possession of an official Spanish Graduate or Graduate university degree or equivalent is a condition for accessing a Master's Degree, or, where appropriate, having another University Master's degree, or titles of the same level as the Spanish Bachelor's or Master's degree issued by universities and higher education institutions in an EHEA country that in that country allow access to Master's degrees.
In the same way, people in possession of titles from educational systems that are not part of the EHEA, which are equivalent to a Bachelor's degree, will be able to access a Master's Degree in the Spanish university system, without the need for homologation of the title, but verification by of the university of the level of training that they imply, as long as in the country where said title was issued it allows access to university postgraduate level studies. In no case will access through this route imply the homologation of the previous degree held by the person concerned or its recognition for other purposes than that of carrying out the Master's degree.
Universities will guarantee transparent and accessible information on admission procedures, and must have student orientation systems. Likewise, they will ensure that said information and admission procedures take into account students with disabilities or with specific needs, and will have appropriate support and advice services.
Universities may exceptionally establish, based on specific regulations approved by their governing bodies, conditional enrolment procedures for access to a Master's Degree. This will consist of allowing a Bachelor's student who has not yet completed the TFG and a maximum of 9 ECTS credits to access and enrol in a Master's Degree, although in no case will they be able to obtain the Master's degree if they have not previously obtained the Bachelor's degree. Universities will guarantee priority in enrolment for students who have an official university degree of Graduate. In this procedure, credits pending recognition or transfer in the Bachelor's degree, or the requirement to pass a certain level of knowledge of a foreign language to obtain the degree, may be taken into account.
Universities or centres will regulate admission to Master's degree courses, establishing specific requirements and, if necessary, training supplements, the credit load of which may not exceed the equivalent of 20 percent of the degree's credit load. The credits for training supplements will be considered in the same way as the rest of the credits in the Master's degree curriculum.
Universities will reserve at least 5% of the places offered in official Master's degrees for students who have been recognised as having a disability of 33% or more, as well as for students with permanent educational support needs associated with personal circumstances of disability, who in their previous studies have required resources and support for their full educational inclusion.

GENERAL ACCESS CRITERIA:

The specific qualifications that will facilitate access to the Master are the following:

Degree in Medicine. In general terms, candidates for the Master's degree must be graduates, graduates or doctors in Medicine who are in residency or are already specialists, preferably in:
Clinical Oncology
Radiation Oncology
Hematology and Hemotherapy
Pathology
Other Medicine residents or specialists who demonstrate a link with the oncological disease may also access the Master's Degree.

Graduates, graduates or doctors from other disciplines in the field of Health Sciences who carry out their professional activity in the field of Oncology may also take the Master:

Degree in Biological Sciences
Bachelor's Degree in Biotechnology
Degree in Pharmacy
Degree in Biomedicine
Degree in Biochemistry

CONDITIONS OR SPECIAL ACCESS TESTS:

The admission conditions are established according to the general regulations of the URJC and the specific regulations of the Master and are:

The candidate must submit their application for admission correctly completed within the period established for this purpose.
The application must be accompanied by a letter stating the reasons why you wish to be admitted to this Master's degree. The writing will have a maximum length of 600 words.
Curriculum vitae of the candidate whose veracity is responsible.
Title in accordance with the provisions of section 4.2.1 (article 16 of Royal Decree 861/2010).
Candidates must be able to demonstrate sufficient knowledge of English to follow the Master's classes that are taught in this language. The Master is taught mostly in Spanish with some classes in English in some subjects. Therefore, they will have to prove sufficient knowledge of English. If it cannot be accredited, the Directorate of the Master reserves the right to carry out a test on the student that allows evaluating their level of English.

The Direction of the Master will be the body that will be in charge of the Admission process and will evaluate the required documents and will accept or not the candidate applying a scale of academic merits that will be nuanced with the explanatory letter.

Valuation criteria

The selection criteria for students will be based on the academic and professional merits stated in the candidate's CV and the reasons that lead them to be admitted to this training program.

The criteria established for selecting candidates will give 90% of the value to the academic and professional merits of the CV, according to the following table:


CRITERION		SCALE
Academic training	Academic record	1-3 points
	PhD	2 points
	Master	1 point
	Courses	0,5 points
Teaching experience	Depending on the number of hours taught and the subjects	0-2 points
Work experience	Stays abroad of more than 12 months	1 point
	Stays abroad of less than 12 months	0,5 points
	Experience in various areas	0-2 points
Research	Participation in research projects	2 points per project as IP 1 point per project if it is not IP
	Oral presentations at international conferences	2 points
	Communications to international conferences as lead author	1 point
	Oral presentations at national conferences as lead author	1 point
	Communications to national conferences as lead author	0,5 points
	Publications in indexed journals such as IP	0-4 points depending on the journal and number of authors
	Publications in indexed journals as non-IP	0-2 points depending on the journal and number of authors
	Books as sole author	up to 2 points
	Books with more authors	Up to 1 point
	International congress organizations	0,5 points per congress
	National congress organizations	0,5 points per congress

The remaining 10% will be assessed through an analysis of the applicant's statement of motivation for pursuing this Master's program. If the Committee deems it necessary, this 10% may be supplemented with a personal interview with the candidate. If an interview is required, it will be conducted via videoconference using the WebEx system.

These admission criteria are available to the candidate, who will be able to learn about them before applying for admission to the Master's program.

Offer of places: 80 seats. If the minimum number of students expected (60) is not reached in a course, the University may choose not to open the teaching group.

See admission and enrollment

Training itinerary

Master's Teaching Guides

ACCESS TO ALL UNIVERSITY TEACHING GUIDES

Training Itinerary

Code	Materia	NUMBER OF ECTS	Semester	Type
627201	Molecular bases of cancer	3	1 º	required
627202	Proto-oncogenes and oncogenes	3	1 º	required
627203	tumor suppressor genes	3	1 º	required
627204	Cellular processes involved in carcinogenesis	3	1 º	required
627205	Molecular pathology techniques	3	1 º	required
627206	Molecular pathology in the clinic of solid tumors	6	1 º	required
627207	Molecular pathology in the clinic of hematological tumors	3	1 º	required
627208	Clinical Research Methodology in Oncology	3	1 º	required
627209	Risk factors in neoplasms	3	1 º	required
627210	Pharmacology and antitumor agents	3	2 º	required
627211	New molecular therapies	3	2 º	required
627212	Master's thesis	24	2 º	required

Material resources

External Internships

This master's degree does not plan to carry out External Internships

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. The management of all the mobility programs of the University is centralized in the Office of the Vice President for International Relations and any student of the University can participate in them.

URJC Mobility

Regulation

STUDENTS

TEACHING COORDINATION

Regulations for Teaching Coordination Positions

COEXISTENCE REGIME

Coexistence Regulations of the Rey Juan Carlos University for the Development of Law 3/2022, of February 24, on University Coexistence, approved by Agreement of March 30, 2023, of the Governing Council of the University

SCHOOL INSURANCE

School Insurance

ASSOCIATIONS

Regulation student associations

EVALUATION

Internal quality assurance system

Manual of the Internal Quality Assurance System

Composition of the commission

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.

Report 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
Technical, Management, 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.”

Professors and Researchers

2030 Agenda

Strategic plan

Admission

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