Requirements

The University of Salamanca has set the entry requirements to the Master programs with a view to selecting highly qualified candidates. The requirements are as follow:

An undergraduate degree in areas that match and/or provide an adequate background for the selected concentration.
A statement of purpose.Give a brief statement outlining your reasons for undertaking a graduate program, your interest in a particular area of specialization, your past academic work, and your plans for future occupation or profession. No more than two pages.
A satisfactory level of mastering of the English language is required. If the candidate’s undergraduate training has not been in English or if his/her mother tongue is not English, the University of Salamanca may require an English as a Foreign Language Test. If the applicant belongs to a partner institution of our Global and International Studies Program, that institution is responsible fortesting the candidate’s English proficiency.
At least two letters of recommendation. These letters should contain the following kinds of information:
- circumstances under which the referee has known the student.
- the referee’s evaluation of the student’s overall intellectual ability (e.g., analytical power, critical facility, theoretical skills); independence of thought (e.g., insight, imagination, creativity); effectiveness of communication, oral and written; motivation, persistence, self-discipline, thoroughness, etc., and
- the referee’s assessment of the student’s long run, overall probable contribution.
- the referee should send the letters directly to our Graduate Advisor at mjohnson@usal.es or at johnsonglobalstudies@gmail.com.
Resume or Curriculum Vitae.
Student Visas: To be processed by the Spanish Consulate after receiving a letter of acceptance from the University of Salamanca.