Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - UC3M

Admission requirements are common for all students. The basic requirement for admission is to have obtained (or to be in the situation of obtaining before the start of the Master Programme) a recognized Bachelor's Degree (BS, BSc, SB, etc.) or a degree at the level of a Bachelor's Degree, e.g. its equivalent from a college, university, or technical school of high standing, or 180 ECTS credits in the European system, in Economics. A good background of Mathematics, Statistics and Econometrics is required. In particular cases, the Selection Committee can admit students with a Bachelor Degree in other disciplines which include a comprehensive and advanced training in economics, mathematics and quantitative methods.

Applicants who expect to obtain their BA or equivalent degree at the end of the academic year 2011-12 and before the start of the MEDEG courses (September 2012), should enclose an official certificate issued by their University where the expected date of graduation is explicitly stated. In case of successful application, they will be pre-admitted and will be required to send an official certificate of graduation NO LATER THAN July 31, 2012.

As far as language requirements are concerned, applicants whose native language is not English but hold a first degree from Universities based in an English-speaking country do not need to provide any certificate of language proficiency. The same applies to applicants who obtained their degree from Universities in non-English speaking countries but in which courses are taught in English; in this case they must enclose an official document issued by their University that certifies that English is the medium of instruction.

ALL other applicants are required to certify a satisfactory command of both spoken and written English at Level B2 or higher of the CEFR-Common European Framework of Reference for Language.
The following Certificates and minimum scores are admitted: 

• TOEFL:
  Paper Based Test: 550 or higher
  Computer Based Test: 213 or higher
  Internet Based Test: 86 or higher.

• Cambridge ESOL IELTS: 5.0 points or higher

• Cambridge ESOL General: FCE (First Certificate in English) equivalent to level B2; CAE (Certificate in Advanced English) equivalent to level C1; CPE (Certificate of Proficiency in English) equivalent to level C2

• Cambridge ESOL BULATS (Business Language Testing Service): 60 or higher

• Cambridge ESOL BEC (Business English Certificate): Vantage or higher;

• ALTE: Level 3 or higher

• NQF: Level 1 or higher (Entry levels are not admitted)

• London Test of English: Level 3 or higher

• Trinity College London ESOL GESE: Grade 7 or higher

• Trinity College London ESOL ISE: Level II or higher

• UBELT Exam: 2.5 or higher

In addition to the English Language Certificate, ONLY applicants from Universities in non-Spanish speaking countries and wishing to spend their first year at Carlos III Madrid, are required to certify a satisfactory command of both spoken and written Spanish, equivalent to the Level B2 of the DELE-Diploma de Español como Lengua Extranjera issued by Institutos Cervantes, or similar.

Students unable to provide a language certificate by the relevant application deadline but who have taken or plan to take a language test (TOEFL, Cambridge ESOL or equivalent, DELE etc.) should specify in the Application Form the precise date of their test/exam and include in the application a scanned copy of the official registration to the test/exam. The results of the test/exam, in the form of an official Certificate (even temporary) issued by the examining institution, must be timely communicated by email to the MEDEG administrative office, and in any case BEFORE January 31st, 2011 for Third-country students, and February 28 th, 2011 for European students.

If an applicant has insufficient language skills but high academic and professional potential, he/she may be pre-admitted conditioned to the successful completion of an upgrading language course at a Language Centre of the first-year universities before the start of the Master course.