I. GENERAL REGULATIONS

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REGISTRATION CALL ACADEMIC YEAR 2021/22

In use of the powers conferred by the University Statutes, this Governing Body (Reitoría) resolves to publish the registration call for official university studies of degree, master´s degree, PhD programmes and USC-specific studies taught at the University for the academic year 2021/22, according to the following:

I. GENERAL REGULATIONS

Regulations included in this section, as the ones included in the section VI about fees, in the section VII about other common regulations and in Appendixes I, II and III are applicable to the studies taught at the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC) that appear in Appendix VII, without prejudice to the primacy of the specific regulations applicable to each type of studies included in their corresponding sections.

According to the single academic management model that the USC is seeking, the regulations stipulated in this call are subsidiary for other academic services and other studies leading to degrees and diplomas taught at the USC.

1 TYPES OF REGISTRATION

In case of sanitary measures being applied during the academic year 2021/22 which prevent completely or partially the development of in-person activities, the modes of teaching and assessment to which the registration based on this call entitles, will be decided by the governing bodies of the USC, which will adjust the university activities according to the particular conditions encountered during the academic year.

Moreover, students will be responsible, on an individual and collective level, for observing any measures of prevention and self protection which might be established.

Registration in any of the studies regulated in this call, official or USC-specific, implies the acceptance of any teaching, academic or administrative measures established according to the sanitary situation.

Regulation and effects of the pursued studies as well as the fees to be paid are determined by the type of registration chosen by the student.

1.1 ORDINARY REGISTRATION

It is considered ordinary registration the one submitted by a student who wants to start or continue their studies to obtain an official or USC-specific degree taught at the USC.

1.2 EXTRAORDINARY REGISTRATION

Extraordinary registration does not give the right to any official or USC-specific degree, and it can be carried out by any person regardless of their previous studies.

This registration will be subject to previous authorisation. Requests will be processed through the

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Academic Management Service.

In their request, applicants must indicate the exact subjects they want to study, the reason for their request, and a brief academic and professional curriculum.

The request must be submitted before the start of the academic activities.

1.3 VISITING STUDENT REGISTRATION

National or foreign students coming from other universities, not received under any exchange programme may register as visiting students.

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In their request, applicants must indicate the exact subjects they want to study, the reasons for their request, their home university and the classes taken. The request will be processed through the Academic Management Service.

The request must be submitted before the start of the academic activities.

Through the Programme International Courses– USC, registered students can be admitted as visiting students at any time.

Without prejudice to their specific rules, visiting students have the same rights as students registered under regular registration.

1.4 EXCHANGE PROGRAMMES REGISTRATION

Both USC and other university students, who are studying under a mobility programme must register before the start of the academic activities in the exchange programme, following the stipulations of this call and other regulations at the USC.

For the purpose of this call, exchange students will be only the ones under a reciprocity agreement and coming from an external institution of higher education, taking lessons at the USC for a certain period of time and having a recognising contract of the studies signed by the home institution and the USC. Students studying at the USC through agreements without a contract or formalised commitment of recognition of the studies (learning agreement) will be considered visiting students.

Students linked to an inter-university programme will have the examination calls established in this call.

1.5 ONLINE TEACHING OR BLENDED LEARNING REGISTRATION

For the registration in online classes the stipulations of the corresponding curriculum or agreement or the specific regulations of the programme will be applied and, alternatively, the rules of this call.

1.6 UNDERGRADUATE AND MASTER'S STAYS

Students may be admitted to study for a degree or master's degree course, subject to a favourable report from the corresponding Centre, for a maximum period of one academic year.

The stay will accrue the prices fixed annually by the Social Council, with the payment of the appropriate insurance(s).

The students enrolled in the stays established in this section will be entitled to a certificate stating the following information:

- Name of the stay - Place of the stay - Dates of the stay - Responsible professor

- Favourable or unfavourable report by the person responsible for the stay

Internships will be considered as stays if they are covered by the International Agreements listed in section 8.3 of this call.

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1.7 RECOGNITION OF PREVIOUS STUDIES FOR EXCHANGE STUDENTS AND VISITING STUDENTS

Classes taken at this University under university exchange and student´s mobility programmes appearing in the studies commitment, as well as the ones pursued by visiting students will be fully recognised if the student afterwards accesses the referred studies, after overcoming the admission processes established by the current legislation. The applicant has to meet the requirements for gaining access to the studies which are object of recognition at the moment of studying them.

Subsequent recognition of the studies pursued at this University under university exchange and student´s mobility programmes, as well as the ones taken as a visiting student, will consist only in the inscription of the studies in the academic record corresponding to the studies they accessed as a regular student. This procedure will be carried out by requested of the student and it has no cost. The academic record will show as the effective date for the purpose of recognition of these studies the academic year in which they were registered.

If the student also requests the recognition of the studies pursued at their home university, this request will be processed following the general recognition procedure and will imply the obligation to pay the established fees.

Students to whom the dispositions of section 7 are applied will be considered continuing students and will be able to study the subjects without teaching offered to students already registered in the previous year.

2 FORMS OF REGISTRATION

2.1 FULL-TIME REGISTRATION

Students who start their degree and master´s degree as full-time studies must enrol in 60 ECTS or the number of ECTS equivalent to an academic year.

The registration under academic tutelage for PhD programmes will be considered full-time registration and it is equivalent to 60 ECTS.

2.2 PART-TIME REGISTRATION FOR DEGREE AND MASTER’S DEGREE STUDIES

Students with justified circumstances who wish to study part-time may register in 50% of the ECTS established, choosing among those offered in the first year, or the closest number to 50%

depending on the credits of the subjects in which they register.

As a general rule, the chosen form of registration will be maintained during the whole academic year.

Students registered in blended studies, and in case that the part-time modality is authorised, must register in at least 15 credits.

Students registered in a double degree programme may not register part time.

Initially, the maximum number of students allowed for part-time registration will be 15% of the vacancies offered for the first year. If the number of registered students is lower than the number of vacancies offered, 15% of the registered will be authorised.

Part-time registration can only be requested due to personal or working circumstances. In the case

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of disabled students, and for those who, regarding their personal situation, can only assume a lower number of credits to be able to achieve reasonable success, part-time registration may also be authorised.

In order to justify this request, the student can submit their working contract attaching their last payslip and the registration in the Spanish social security system, a disability certificate attested by the competent body, or a certificate attesting exceptional personal circumstances.

This request will be submitted to the corresponding centre or Academic Commission during the ordinary registration period, having to attest the reasons why this modality is requested and indicating the subjects to register. The selection will be carried out by the centre or the Academic Commission of the studies. The decision about the request must be published and takes into account the attested reasons that prevent full-time registration and the average mark of the academic record. Selection results will be published, notified to the applicants and transferred to the corresponding Academic Management Unit (UXA) with the subjects the student wants to enrol to adjust their registration before the end of the general period for registration modification. The UXA will notify the student of the registration and of the fees to pay.

In case of a temporary reorganisation of studies, the registration must include the modules, subjects or credits specified in the offer of studies.

2.3 REGISTRATION FOR THE INITIATION OF STUDIES

Full-time students must register for the whole first year´s ECTS credits.

The list of degrees and the vacancies for initiating studies can be found in Appendix VI.

2.4 REGISTRATION FOR THE CONTINUATION OF STUDIES

Students who were registered at this University in the previous year or years and meet the requirements established in the Continuity Rules for Degrees and Master´s Degrees and in the Agreement of the Governing Council of 10 March 2016 may register to continue their studies.

Students coming from other universities must meet the requirements established in the Agreement of the Governing Council of 27 May 2010 and submit an application to be admitted to continue their studies at this University, both for the studies with or without vacancy limit, within the periods established in Appendix I.

Students who want to continue studying may register in any subject included in the curriculum in accordance with the established time planning, provided they do not incur in any of the restrictive circumstances for registration established in this call and in the curriculum.

Degree and master´s degree students who continue their studies with failed subjects from previous years must register first in all these subjects. They are not allowed to register in new subjects if the outstanding subjects add up more than 75 ECTS credits. Degree´s and master´s degree final dissertation credits will not be taken into account.

The list including the studies and the vacancies for continuation of studies can be found in Appendix VI.

2.4.1 Double degree programmes

USC students who have passed 30 credits of basic training in one of the studies that are part of a double degree may request to continue their studies in the corresponding double degree,

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according to section 19 of this call.

3 RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS

Without prejudice to other rights and obligations legally established, registration according to these regulations implies:

- The right of assistance and participation in all learning activities and to be assessed according to the established criteria. It also implies the obligation to attend and complete the learning activities established as compulsory in the teaching programme according to article 130 of the USC Statutes and the secondary regulations.

- In accordance with the USC Statutes and with Instruction No. 1/2017 of the General Secretariat, on the waiver of class attendance in certain circumstances, students may request, at the beginning of the academic year on the dates established by each Centre or, subsequently, in the event of unforeseeable and unforeseen circumstances, the waiver of class attendance, by means of a reasoned and accredited request made to the Dean or Head of School in accordance with the provisions of the aforementioned Instruction.

If the waiver is not accepted, the student may choose to make a request for change to part- time in their studies at the Academic Management Service.

The student who is in one of the circumstances established in the Instruction for the request for a waiver may simultaneously request a change of group. Only in the case of not obtaining the waiver, the request for change of group will be considered.

Students with special educational needs may choose to request a planning and monitoring of their academic activity that is adapted to their needs or to request a dispensation from class and establish the adaptation for the evaluation system.

- The right to attend to the assessmet processes during the academic year in accordance with to the calendars set by the centres and observing the Regulation for attending class in the studies adapted to the EHEA.

- The right to obtain the University Identification Card (TUI) that gives access to USC services and premises according to its regulations.

- The right to take part in the academic life according to the USC Statutes.

- The obligation to pay the fees for academic services and other fees, except in the case of a right to exemption, and the mandatory student insurance, if required.

- Students with more than one nationality must declare all of them. If one is Spanish, they will have to use this one in their administrative and academic relations with the University.

4 PERIODS, CONDITION AND OUTCOME OF THE REGISTRATION

Registration and its modifications will adjust to the periods established in Appendix I.

Registration is conditioned to the verification of the data, the admission requirements established at the USC and the payment of the fees. Non-payment of the fees will imply the suspension of the registration and incurring debt.

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Registration will be considered:

Active. When the requirements to access the studies are confirmed and the fees are paid. At this stage the registration will give full rights to the student.

Suspended. The registration will be suspended if a non-essential documentation is not submitted when formally required or if there are some outstanding payments without prejudice to the terms established in the debt collection process.

Notifications about the lack of documentation during the process of recognition of study equivalence will also suspend the applicant's registration. If the request is not submitted during the academic year the equivalence request will be filed and the registration will be cancelled without refund of the fees paid.

This condition implies the limitation of rights like access to the academic record, the modification of the registration, the call withdrawal, issuance of certificates, transfers to other universities, issuance of diplomas, the possibility to register in other USC studies, etc.

Cancelled: Cancelled registrations will be filed, lose all its effects and all acts derived from it will be canceled, except for the debt incurred.

Economic effects of cancelling the registration. – Generally, the cancellation implies the payment of fees of the secretary’s office, moreover:

- If the cancellation takes place within the withdrawal period established in Appendix II, amounts paid under academic services will be returned.

- If the cancellation takes place with a just cause and is confirmed by means of a document before Novermber 1 or the date determined by the Order of Public Prices for the academic year 2021/22, in case it sets a different date, then amounts paid under academic services will be returned.

- If the cancellation takes place after the aforementioned date, the provided academic services will have to be paid. The decision regarding the cancellation will determine the amounts to be paid or returned according to each case.

Registrations can be cancelled ex officio or by request of the applicant:

Cancellation ex officio

- For not submitting essential documentation for the registration, the details about the studies granting access or other basic requirements that cannot be confirmed by any other means.

- In the selective admission procedure, when the information declared by the applicant is incorrect or essential documents for its verification are not provided after the corresponding request and if it can’t be verified by any other means.

- When studies are being combined without meeting the requirements.

Essential documents are the ones that allow the applicant to gain access to the requested studies specified in Appendix III of this call, in the curriculums or when a language certificate is required for access.

Cancellation requested by the applicant

- Cancellation requested within the established period. It will be automatically cancelled

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without having to justify any cause.

- Because of admission to other university studies. The cancellation will be granted if it is requested and the admission is certified before the beginning of the first assessment period.

- For exceptional reasons confirmed by documents. To be granted the cancellation of the registration, the reasons preventing the applicant from pursuing their studies must be confirmed by documents. After examining the allegations, the cancellation of the registration will be granted or rejected by resolution of the Rector.

5 PLACES AND REGISTRATION PROCEDURES

Students of degrees and master´s degrees, PhD programmes and USC-specific post-graduate studies will register and perform other procedures or requests regarding academic management according to the following sections.

Other studies taught at the USC will be regulated by their specific calls.

In general, the registration must be filled in online in the Virtual Secretariat.

In-person registration

With respect to all the official or USC-awarded degrees regulated in this call, if for any reason online-registration should be impossible, it may be carried out at the corresponding Academic Management Unit.

6 PETITIONS AND PROCEDURES REGARDING ACADEMIC MANAGEMENT

The request signed by the student implies the acceptance of the rules of this call, that all provided information is true, and the authorisation of the USC to request additional documentation from other Administrations or its verification for processing, except cases of express disagreement.

Student requests will be preferrably submitted online following the USC procedures using the USC Student’s Virtual Secretariat or the forms available telematically in the electronic office (https://sede.usc.es/sede/publica/index.htm) in the section corresponding to the Academic Management Procedures.

Once the request is filled in, it must be signed by the applicant by means of any of the electronic signature systems authorised in the USC regulation.

Procedures and submission of documentation that can not be conducted at that moment through the USC online Register´s Office, or in the Student’s Virtual Secretariat, must be carried out at the corresponding Academic Management Unit.

6.1 DOCUMENTATION AND NOTIFICATIONS

If the documents necessary to confirm the requirements are in the hands of the University Administration or if they can be obtained by the University by means of intermediation platforms or electronic services set up for this purpose, and as long as the student doesn’t object to the processing, it won’t be necessary for the student to present these documents.

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In all other cases, the lack of documentation or the non-verification of the information on whose grounds the registration was authorized will initiate the cancelling procedure described in section 4. The documentation necessary to register is listed in Appendixes II and III.

It is the responsibility of the student to keep their email address and mobile phone number uptaded in the online office, according to the Regulations of the University of Santiago de Compostela on compulsory electronic notifications.

The notification of all the acts, including procedural and definitive measures, compulsory processes for the applicants and the publishing of the vacancy assignment lists will be accessible using the online Register´s Office’s official message board and following this link:

https://sede.usc.es/sede/publica/index.htm.

6.1.1 Submission of documents for the confirmation of requirements

If a student opposes the treatment of their personal information or if this information cannot be obtained through intermediation platforms or due to technical problems, the necessary documents for the registration must be submitted or attached digitally at the virtual secretariat within 10 days from the date of registration or within the period determined by a corresponding request.

Documents must meet the requirements described in the Instruction 2/2008 of the General Secretariat of the USC, of 19 February 2008, that also establishes the registers to submit them, as well as the ones detailed in the Law 39/2015, of 1 October, on Common Administrative Procedure of the Public Administrations.

Any omission of data or the submission of false data with regard to either the degree granting access or the academic record can lead to the cancelation of the registration or, where applicable, the exclusion from the process of admission.

6.1.2 Documentation for selective processes

For the purpose of the regulations in this section it will be considered that selective processes are all such procedures of admission for the initiation or continuation of studies, limited or not, and regardless of whether there are vacancies by the end of the deadline.

In all the selective processes the procedure will be based on a written statement of data made by the applicant. Admission and registration will be subject to the verification that requirements are met.

If the necessary documentation cannot be obtained through platforms of intermediation or in case the student oposes its electronic processing, it must be submitted for each selective process or attached in digital form within ten days of presenting the application for admission or the registration. The corresponding information available at the Virtual Secretariat regarding the documents to be presented is considered sufficient notification. Failing to present or attach the required documents will lead to the student’s exclusion from the process of admission.

Complementary Courses (Bridge Courses).- The applicants who studied at another university must submit with their application an academic certificate indicating their average mark based on 10, in which must appear: all the subjects taken, the credits of each subject (or in case of non-credit structured plans wheter the teaching period covers a year or a term), the marks and a copy of the diploma or supplementary certification confirming the deposit of the diploma.

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Continuation in studies with vacancy limit.- To continue the studies already started at another university, the applicant must submit the academic data granting access and the university studies taken, and submit with their application a full academic certification of the studies pursued, including all the passed subjects and their marks. In this transcript the marks obtained in the first ordinary call in the year 2020/21 must appear, except if they prove that they were not registered during that academic year.

If the academic transcript or a copy of it can not be submitted due to reasons related to the home university, the applicant's statement of their academic transcript will be exceptionally accepted, after due justification of the impossibility. The misrepresentation or hiding of data will cancel the admission or registration, independently of other measures that could proceed.

Master´s Degree General and Specific Criteria.- For all those USC students registered in the academic year 2020/21 who are able to complete the degree that gives them access to the master's degree in the July call for registrations, the assessment of the academic record to be taken into account is the one established in section 34.

In the case of master's degrees with specific criteria, to request the admission the student must fill in the details in the Virtual Secretariat within the established period in Appendix I and submit the supporting documents of their merits for their evaluation. If the student does not submit any documents it will be understood that they only want to be assessed using the academic record available at the USC, or the one stated in the request.

Master´s Degree in General Health Psychology.- The applicants for the Master´s Degree in General Health Psychology coming from other universities must submit or attach digitally a certification from their home university confirming that the applicant meets the academic requirements to gain access to this Master´s Degree, according to the the common official model.

Master in Teaching of Compulsory Secondary Education and High School Teaching, Professional Training and Language Teaching.- Students must submit a foreign language certificate of level B1 or superior. This certificate must be submitted during the student’s registration period.

6.1.3 Resolution of equivalence of studies for access to a master’s degree, PhD programme or USC-specific post-graduate studies

The student whose inscription is conditioned to the recognition of equivalence of their studies must request this recognition at the moment of registering if they haven’t done so earlier.

6.1.4 Registration in the practicum and company internships involving contact with minors The Organic Law 1/1996 on the Legal Protection of Minors, modified by the Law 26/2015 and the Law 45/2015 on volunteer work establishes the obligation of submitting negative certificates of the General Register of Sexual Offenders for all the professionals and volunteers who usually work with minors. To fulfil this regulation, and if the applicants don’t oppose the electronic processing of their data, the University may obtain these data by means of intermediation platforms. If the applicants oppose the treatment of their data they must provide said certificate. They may attach a digitised version through their Virtual Secretariat during registration or later, but in any case before the beginning of the practicum or internship. Information about the certificate may be obtained at:

http://www.mjusticia.gob.es/cs/Satellite/Portal/es/ciudadanos/tramites-gestiones-personales/certificado-delitos

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If the applicant is of foreign nationality, apart from the certificate from the General Register of Sexual Offenders they must also provide a certificate of their criminal record issued by their country of origin or nationality.

Information on this certificate and the list of subjects for which it is required can be found on the website of the Academic Management Service.

If the student does not meet this requirement, they cannot carry out their practicum.

This document will expire at the end of each academic year, so if in subsequent academic years students re-enroll in practical content subjects or internships (Practicum) or in companies and institutions in contact with minors they must submit a new updated certificate.

6.1.5 Confidentiality agreement of the students with studies related to health sciences.

All students who are referred in the Protocol determining the basic guidelines for ensuring and protecting the right to patient privacy for students and residents in the health sciences of the Commission on Human Resources of the National Health System, must subscribe a confidentiality agreement established in Appendix I of the cited Protocol. This document can be attached to the Virtual Secretariat of the student before the beginning of the activity.

Information about this agreement and the document that must be signed can be found here:

http://acis.sergas.es/Paxinas/web.aspx?tipo=paxtxt&idLista=3&idContido=460&migtab=460&idTax=15538&idioma=es&print=1

7 REGISTRATION OBSTACLES

7.1 CURRICULUM OR DEGREE DESCRIPTION

In addition to the requirements and limitations established in this call, registration must adjust to the particular conditions determined by each curriculum and the description (memoria) of the studies.

7.2 ACADEMIC AND TIME INCOMPATIBILITIES

The registration made by the student will be considered completed without prejudice to the lecture and examination schedules determined by the centres for each study according to the needs of their curriculum. Incompatibilities will not lead to the modification of curriculums under any circumstance.

7.3 MAXIMUM REGISTRATION LIMIT

Students who continue their studies can register in the credits they want according to the programming and the temporary planning of the degree and master´s degree, with a maximum limit of 75 ECTS (without taking into account the credits of the extracurricular internships and the Degree or Master´s Degree Final Dissertation).

Students under a programme or inter-university exchange convention must adjust to the Regulamento de Intercambios Interuniversitarios de Estudantes, and will be able to register in a maximum of 60 ECTS, although for academically justified reasons the registration may be authorised for up to a maximum of 75 ECTS, expandable to 90 ECTS for students of simultaneous programs or double degrees, provided that it is permitted by the call or exchange agreement.

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The only exceptions to the stipulations of this article are the ones described in section 10 for simultaneous studies, section 11 about curriculum adaptation and section 19 for the students following a double degree.

7.4 RULES FOR THE CONTINUATION OF STUDIES

To be able to continue their studies, students must certify the required academic performance depending on the type of studies, as described in this call.

7.5 LIMIT OF THE NUMBER OF CALLS

Students who do not pass a subject within the number of calls to which they are entitled cannot register in said subject.

7.6 SUBJECTS WITHOUT TEACHING AND WITH TEACHING IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR Only students who were registered in the period when teaching was available, as well as the students under the application of section 1.7. are allowed to register in the subjects without teaching. These subjects appear in the offer of studies under the heading 'not for registering, only for repeating students'.

7.7 DEGREE AND MASTER´S DEGREE FINAL DISSERTATION REGISTRATION

Registration in the Degree and Master´s Degree Final Dissertation will follow the schedules in Appendix I for the first or second registration period according to the offer of each centre.

Registration in the Degree and Master´s Degree Final Dissertation will be carried out together with the ordinary registration.

To register for these dissertations the student can have a maximum of 75 ECTS outstanding to finish their studies, excluding the ones corresponding to the Dissertation. Registration must be formalised in all of them.

The Degree or Master´s Degree Final Dissertation can only be defended and assessed once it is confirmed that the student passed the other required credits to obtain their degree.

8 COMPANY INTERNSHIPS AND PUBLIC OR PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS

According to the Regulations on External Academic Internships and independently of the type of internship chosen, in order to produce effects on the academic record of the student and in the European Diploma Supplement, the internship call will have to detail, at least, the following:

- Number of ECTS that will be obtained.

- Compulsory registration before starting the internship period.

- The academic entity of the USC in charge of the assessment of the activity.

- Description of the content of the activity.

Internships which do not meet the arrangements of this section will be authorised and recognized only due to exceptional reasons.

Credits for passing the internships can only be applied to the studies for which they were carried out. They cannot be applied to different studies by means of a recognition procedure.

In accordance with the curriculum of the degree or master’s degree, in order to carry out any type of external internship, the students must have passed the academic content to which it is related.

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Moreover, in case of degree studies, students may not carry out any internship during the first and second academic year. In case of extracurricular internships they must have passed at leat 90 ECTS, except for duly justified academic situations in which an inferior number of credits will be sufficient.

It will not be possible to start curricular and extracurricular internships attributable to the academic record once the End of Degree or Master's Degree Dissertation has been passed, except if the student was selected for the internship before the Dissertation was passed, as established by the applicable rules.

8.1 INTERNSHIPS INCLUDED IN THE CURRICULUM

Centres and bodies that coordinate company internships will select the students according to the public calls following the Regulations on External Academic Internships. Calls must be sent to the Academic Management Service.

The list of admitted students will be sent to the Academic Management Unit, indicating the duration of the internship, number of hours, number and type of credits, company or institution where the internship will be carried out, and the supervisor or responsible bodies.

Students must register for the internships through their Virtual Secretariat or the website (sede electrónica) within five days of the publishing of the list of accepted students, which must be reported to the Academic Management Unit on the same day.

Student´s admission for company internships will give them rights to modify their registration within the same period as the internship registration, according to section 9.5 of this call.

Once the internship has begun, the number of registered credits cannot be modified, except if for reasons not attributable to the student, the company or institution changes its duration. This circumstance must be communicated by the academically responsible person to the Academic Management Service.

Partial completion of the internship will not give any credit recognition, appearing in the records as "failed".

Students of degree and master’s degree with compulsory internships will register within the ordinary registration period and will be evaluated as for any other subject.

Generally, the registration in the optional internships will be done once the student is admitted for them, except if otherwise indicated by the centre, and always before their start. The admission for the internship will give the right to modify the registration within the same established period as the internship registration, according to the provisions of this call.

Students registered within the general period in the beginning of the academic year will be able to modify their registration in the second term, in case of not being admitted for an internship.

Withdrawel from the call ist not possible in the subjects of practicum or internship.

8.2 EXTRACURRICULAR INTERNSHIPS

According to the Regulations on External Academic Internships, extracurricular internships will be those that the student carries out while studying but which will not be taken into account for their degree.

The extracurricular internships will be reflected in the student´s academic record marked as

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‘passed’ or ‘failed’.

8.3 INTERNSHIPS THROUGH INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS

Students admitted through international agreements to carry out internships in any service or centre of the USC and its degrees must register in any of the forms of registration established in this call or as stays.

In case of registering only for stays, the máximum period is 3 months and will not have any cost, except if compulsory insurance is required.

9 REGISTRATION MODIFICATIONS

During the ordinary registration period the student will be able to extend or modify their registration in any of the subjects registered, taking into account the regulations of the following sections.

If the modification of the registration resulted in a refund, the fees will be refunded. If the student is fractioning the payment, the modifications will be taken into account to calculate the outstanding payments.

9.1 FULL CANCELLATION

The student can ask for the full cancellation of their registration within the periods established in Appendix I of this call. Full cancellation within this period will give right to the refund of the fees paid except for the secretariat fees.

Withdrawal after the time limits laid down in Appendix I may exceptionally be requested where the reason for withdrawal originated after the time limits had expired. The request must be duly motivated or justified and shall be resolved by the Academic Management Service. The decision of annulment shall determine the economic and administrative effects, taking into account the reasons given and the academic services actually provided, and shall determine proportionally the amounts to be paid or refunded in each case.

Withdrawal or total cancellation of the registration will not be possible in case the student has already taken an exam, ordinary or extraordinary, even if they were admitted to study at another university.

9.2 EXTENSION, PARTIAL WITHDRAWAL, AND MODIFICATION OF THE REGISTRATION Modification refers to the exchange of some subjects for others.

Extension and modification of the registration can only be requested once for each registration period. Partial withdrawal can only be requested within the first registration period. Periods for extension, modification and partial withdrawal are described in Appendix I.

Extension and modifications of the registration will be subject to the limitations and impediments established in the registration call and in the study programmes or curriculums.

Extension and modification of the registration in any of the periods must be carried out through the Virtual Secretariat, except when previous authorisation is required.

Extension or modification of the registration entails the student’s incorporation into the

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programmed activities after that date and it does not give the student the right to repeat the activities carried out or to exclude them from the assessment. It also does not imply the right to different assessment dates from the scheduled ones if the student is registered in subjects with coinciding assessment dates.

9.3 EXCHANGE REGISTRATION MODIFICATIONS

USC students studying through exchange programmes can modify their registration according to the regulations of the exchange programme. Modifications will be requested after modifying the studies commitment authorised by the parties.

All the modifications authorised in the studies commitment or academic agreement according to the established in the student inter-university Exchange Regulation will also modify the registration. The corresponding Academic Management Unit will carry out this modification.

The modification of registrations will not be permitted in those subjects whose assessment period has already started according to the academic calendar approved by the Governing Council.

9.4 MODIFICATIONS DUE TO RECOGNITIONS, ADAPTATIONS AND VALIDATIONS

If students are registered in adapted, validated or recognised subjects, the efficency and inclusion in the academic record will occur from the issuing of a resolution, except if it has been already qualified as ‘fail’. If subjects cannot be recognised because they have already been assessed, recognition may proceed in the following years.

Cancellations of the adaptations, validations and the recognition of studies wil not be permitted if they already had an effect on the academic record.

Under no circumstances will there be any recognition of simultaneous-study subjects taken at different universities if the degrees are alike or equivalent.

Adaptation, validation and recognition requests submitted within the ordinary registration period of the first semester

Students will have the right to modify their registration within the next ten days of receiving the positive decision and the refund of the fees that may correspond regarding the adaptation requests, validation and recognition submitted within the ordinary registration period of the first semester.

Adaptation, validation and recognition requests submitted within the ordinary registration period of the second semester

Requests of adaptation from expired curricula will be admitted within the period of the second semester as established by Appendix I, provided that the student may register in the semester in cuestion according to the regulations of the continuation of studies.

Students will have the right to modify their registrations of subjects of the second semester within the periods established by each decision concerning the requests of recognition and validation presented within the period established by Appendix I for the second semester.

Requests submitted out of the ordinary registration period

Applications for recognition submitted after the deadlines laid down in Appendix I shall be admissible only if they correspond to the application of the automatic recognition tables.

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Requests submitted out of the ordinary registration period

Students with an excess of credits for registered elective subjects to complete their degree or to defend their dissertation during the current academic year, as a result of the recognition of credits for courses, activities or transversal skills, may cancel no more than one elective subject, provided that they request this modification prior to the beginning of the assessments of the semester in which the elective subject is taken and provided that the subject gives an equal or inferior amount of credits as the excess of credits for elective subjects.

9.5 MODIFICATION FOR INTERNSHIPS IN COMPANIES OR OTHER INSTITUTIONS

Students who were admitted to carry out internships in companies or other institutions called by the university will be able to modify their registration within five days from the moment the student was selected. They can only cancel an equal or inferior number of credits of the same type, and only if the exams of the subject or subjects to be canceled have not already taken place.

Students registered at the beginning of the academic year for elective internships but who were not selected, may modify their registration in the second semester in a number of credits equivalent to the subject of the internship.

Except for the case established in the preceeding paragraph, the registration for the Practicum or the internships may only be cancelled during the period of registration modification of the first semester, provided that they have not been assigned already.

9.6 REGISTRATION AND REGISTRATION MODIFICATIONS IN THE SECOND SEMESTER 9.6.1 Start of master´s degree studies

Exceptionally, if asked by the Master´s Degree coordinator within the period established in Appendix I, registration of a new student can be authorised if in the first registration period all vacancies were not covered. Vacancies within this period will be assigned by request order.

Registration will only comprise subjects of the second semester.

Students who start their studies within this period must register for all the subjects of the second semester, except if the student has previously requested a reduction on their registration that will not be under any circumstances less than 50% of the subjects of the second semester.

To this end, coordinators must communicate their intention to call vacancies to the General Secretariat through the Academic Management Service before the date in Appendix I.

9.6.2 Continuation of studies

Provided that the requirements established in the continuity regulation are met, students of this university who did not register within the ordinary registration period may register to continue their studies already started in second semester subjects.

9.6.3 Extension and modification of the registration in the second semester for degrees and master´s degrees

During this period modifications of registrations will only be permitted if the resulting number of credits is not inferior to the number initially registered.

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Registration can be modified by adding or substituting subjects according to the following:

- Extension of subjects.- Registration can only be extended for second semester subjects, independently of its type.

- Substitution of subjects.- Only subjects of the second semester in which the student is registered may be substituted for other subjects of any type from the second semester.

Registration modifications in master´s degree studies within the second period must be previously authorised by the programme coordinator, applying the limitations, restrictions and requirements established in the regulation for postgraduate studies, in the master´s degree offer and in this call. There are two ways for this modification:

- After a previous request by the interested party, the coordinator may inform directly the UXA (Academic Management Unit) of the subjects of the second semester to be modified in their registration.

- The student may also request it directly at the UXA (Academic Management Unit), presenting the coordinator’s favourable report.

9.7 PARTIAL WITHDRAWAL OR REGISTRATION MODIFICATION FOR EXCEPTIONAL REASONS

Modification or partial withdrawal of the registration can be requested due to personal (e.g.

serious illness) or academic reasons, that must be documentally proven. The modification will be approved or rejected by rectoral resolution after having studied the allegations.

10 SIMULTANEOUS STUDIES

Regulations of this call about simultaneous studies will be understood without prejudice to the stipulations of the Agreement of the Governing Council of 27 March 2015 regarding double degrees, and the programmes for high-capacity persons that will operate under their specific regulations.

Similarly, the regulations in this call referring to simultaneous studies will not be applicable to USC- specific degrees, continuous training studies, specialisation studies, language courses and other training activities nor for simultaneous non-universitary level studies.

10.1 IMPEDIMENTS:

Simultaneous studies will not be authorised:

- Simultaneous studies of more than two degrees from the University of Santiago or other universities.

- Simultaneous studies of a PhD programme and any other studies will be regulated by the Regulations for Doctoral Studies.

- Studying at another university to obtain the same diploma or studies that require the same professional or academic skills. In case of simultaneously studying the same studies at two universities they will not be recognised at the USC.

- Beginning two degrees or master´s degree studies simultaneously.

- When part-time registration is requested for simultaneous studies.

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10.2 REQUIREMENTS

Following the regulations of the Rector’s Decision of 3 September 2013 on simultaneous studies, degree and master´s degree students will be able to combine studies of two degrees taught at this University if they meet the following requirements:

- Pass the full first year of one of the degrees in order to simultaneously study a degree.

- That there are vacencies at the end of the admission process. As a consequence, the student can not request a vacancy in the second degree or master´s degree studies until the admission process has finished. If the vacancy is requested during the admission process of the second degree and the student is admitted they should choose between registering in this degree or continuing with the studies already started.

When the admission process finishes, there will be a period for the students who meet the requirements, so they can register in the second degree with vacancies within the registration limits established in this call.

As an exception, students who still need to obtain a maximum of 15 ECTS credits and complete the End of Degree or End of Master´s Degree Final Dissertation to finish their studies can combine these studies with others if they are admitted to begin them.

Students who have already started their studies in previous years can combine both studies if they passed the first year of one of the degrees and the registration in the maximum of credits established. This regulation will also be applicable to the students who studied under an extinguished plan and, without having finished, now have to change to a degree. In this case, they can combine their studies with others already started and not finished in previous years.

Full time registration under combined studies can not exceed a total of 75 ECTS credits during the first year and 90 ECTS in the following years, without taking into account the credits for extracurricular internships and the End of Degree or End of Master´s Degree Final Dissertation.

10.3 RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS

Students who receive permission for simultaneous studies:

- Will have the same obligations concerning attendance to class, internships and other academic activities as stipulated by the teaching guide.

- They have no right to change of assessment dates for this reason.

- They do not have any special consideration in the procedures for changing a teaching group, where the regulations of each centre will be applied.

10.4 SIMULTANEOUS STUDIES WITH OTHER UNIVERSITIES

Simultaneous studies between the USC and other universities will not be authorized in case of in- person teaching, except where provided for students who only need to complete no more than 15 ECTS and the End of Degree or End of Master´s Degree Final Dissertation in order to finish their studies.

Simultaneous studies between degrees and other distance studies (online or blended) fall under the same requirements and apply the same registration limits as for the simultaneous studies at the USC.

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If another university grants the student simultaneous studies without meeting the requirements established in this call, the student will have to choose between one of the two studies. If they fail to do so, the registration at the USC will be cancelled.

11 CURRICULAR ROUTE ADAPTATIONS

Students starting any of the studies regulated in this call can request, during the ordinary registration period, the curricular itinerary adaptation that must be followed to obtain the degree through a decision of recognition of high skills or special educational needs.

The resolution of the curricular adaptation petition, once recognised by the corresponding unit or service, may include the modification or exemption of the registration limits and the count of calls, determine the curricular route to follow in each year and determine other registration requirements different from the general ones.

In accordance with the provisions of General Secretariat Instruction No. 1/2017 on exemption from class attendance under certain circumstances, students with special educational needs may choose to request planning and monitoring of their academic activity that is adapted to their needs or apply for exemption from class and determine the adaptation of the assessment system.

The Centre Board or its delegating body shall approve the planning it deems appropriate and shall communicate it to all the Departments concerned.

12 CHANGE OF THE CENTRE OF STUDIES

Students beginning their degree studies at the Santiago de Compostela and Lugo University Campuses can request the continuation of the same studies at another university campus from the beginning of the academic year following the one in which they began their studies. This request can be submitted within the ordinary registration period of the first semester and also within the period established in Appendix I for the second semester, in this latter case only if a favourable report by the corresponding centre is submitted.

Students registered in master´s degrees taught at both Campuses who want to change can request it within the same period of time, starting from the academic year following the one in which they began their studies. In this case, the positive report of the master´s degree coordinator will be required.

13 ASSESSMENT CALL. RESIGNATION

Students have one call for each academic year, with two assessment opportunities, one at the end of each semester and the other in the month of July, according to the adopted academic calendar.

This right to assessment will be limited by the academic incompatibilities specified by the curriculum or the academic plannings in accordance with the applicable regulations.

Students cannot be assessed if they are not effectively registered in the corresponding subject or activity (internships, stays, etc.)

13.1 DEGREE AND MASTER´S DEGREE CALLS

Independently of the opportunities planned for each call, students can attend to a máximum of 4 calls for each subject for degree and master´s degree conducive to the exercising of regulated careers and 2 for the other master´s degrees, according to the continuity regulation.

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Registration in company or institution internships, stays or comparable activities only gives right to be assessed once per academic year. The assessment opportunity will be the first or the second one, depending on the date of the end of the activity.

Registration in the Degree and Master´s Degree Final Dissertation gives right to the calls determined by the Agreement of the Governing Council of 10-03-2016 approving the Regulations for the registration, preparation and defence of the End of Degree and Master's Dissertations at the University of Santiago de Compostela.

Calls are used even if the student does not attend to any of the established assessment procedures, so 'not taken' in the first opportunity allows the student to attend to the second examination opportunity if allowed by the teaching guide. If they do not attend to the second call, the calls will be consumed.

The mark of a call if the student does not attend to the examination sitting or does not pass is 'failed', except if the student is not carrying out any academic activity, in this case they will appear as 'not taken’.

In case the student requests the adaptation because of a change of curriculum or a new edition of the degree or master’s degree, the calls consumed in previous curricula or editions will not be counted in the new academic record with regards to the regulation of continuity.

13.1.1 Degree and master´s degree students in exchange programmes

Students linked to an inter-university programme will have the assessment opportunities established at the host university. Independently, they can attend to the July call at the USC provided that:

- The subject or subjects are contained in the study commitment or the academic agreement and belong to the first semester at the USC and/or the host university.

- The subject or subjects have not already been passed at the host university. This condition must be confirmed at the moment of registration.

- The subjects that haven’t been passed yet have en equivalent in their degree.

- The teaching guide allows it.

The request may be presented before the coordinator by any means suitable to confirm its reception, at least 30 days before the beginning of the examination phase of July.

The coordinator must inform the professors responsible for the subjects and transmit to the corresponding UXA (Academic Management Unit) the list of students who elect this option, so the UXA removes the condition of exchange student in their record and they can receive their marks.

13.1.2 Rules for the Continuation of Studies

According to the Social Council Agreement of 3 November 2014 if students consume all their calls they may request exemption of that limit once per subject due to extraordinary academic or personal reasons.

According to the Governing Council Agreement of 10 March 2016 in case of having consumed all the calls, and if the maximum outstanding credits are 18, without taking into account the Degree or Master´s Degree Final Dissertation, students can only request one extraordinary call.

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13.2 RENUNCIATION OF CALLS

The renunciation implies the impossibility of all further activities for the subject. The academic record will reflect the “renouncement”.

The renunciation entails the student’s elimination from the register of the subject as well as the renunciation of all assessment opportunities for the academic year.

Once the renunciation is accepted it is not possible to withdraw the request.

Renouncing the second opportunity of examination will not be possible under any circumstances.

Renouncing the subjects of practicum or internships will not be possible.

Renouncing a call will not have any effects once the subject has been completely assessed. In case of detecting this circumstance, the resignation will be removed from the record and the corresponding mark will be given to the student.

The renunciation will not give right to a refund of fees. Moreover, the amount paid for registering the renounced subject will be taken into account when applying possible surcharges for the second or subsequent registrations in the following academic years.

13.2.1 Voluntary Renunciation

The voluntary renouncement of a call will be permitted only once per subject.

Students may renounce an assessment call without any justification by following the telematic process in the Virtual Secretariat. Once the request is made, this circumstance will be noted in the student´s academic record.

Voluntary renuncement is not authorised for subjects:

- Of exchange programmes reflected in the contracts or study commitments.

- Under the extraordinary tuition support.

Renouncement must be requested within the period indicated in Appendix I according to the dates established in the academic programme for the teaching of subjects, without the possibility of renouncing only the second opportunity.

13.2.2 Renunciation due to force majeure

Requests due to cases of force majeure must be justified. Otherwise, the request will be rejected.

During the procedure any report considered useful may be requested.

The resolution which ends the procedure will admit or reject the request in a reasoned manner.

If the renouncement is admitted for this reason, the academic record will be modified and it will be reflected in the assessment as ‘renouncement’ with the authorisation date.

In case that the student was asessed previously to the renunciation, the assessments will be kept in the assessment record, but they will not have effects or appear in the academic record.

13.2.3 Renunciation for not meeting the requirements for the defence of the Degree or Master’s Degree Final Dissertation.

Once the registration is formalised, it is not possible to refund the fees if the student does not attend. If the student does not meet the requirements to present the dissertation for having outstanding subjects, it will be considered an automatic renunciation and thus will not be taken into account for the purpose of using a call.

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account for the number of available calls.

14 END-OF-STUDIES CALL FOR DEGREE AND MASTER´S DEGREE

With the aim of finishing their studies earlier, degree and master´s degree students can request online through the Virtual Secretariat the inscription for the end-of-studies call within the period set in Appendix I for the registration modifications of the first period. The request can be done independently of the number of subjects that the student has registered in the first semester, in case that they just need to pass one yearly subject or of the second semester, in addition to the Degree or Master´s Degree Final Dissertation and/or compulsory curriculum external internships.

Practical subjects, practicum of the studies, Degree/Master´s Degree Final Dissertations and the subjects equivalent to them will be excluded from this call.

Records will be signed by the professor in charge of the subject.

Subjects passed in this call will be allocated to the academic year 2021/22 with the reference ‘End of Studies’ and the mark obtained.

Students who do not pass the End-of-Studies call can not take the first opportunity of the ordinary call. They can only take the re-examination in the same course, except if they did not attend. In this case they will be able to take the two opportunities of the ordinary call.

Registration in the End-of-Studies call will not imply new fees or charges for registration.

15 MENTIONS AND SPECIALITIES IN DEGREE AND MASTER´S DEGREE

To obtain a mention or speciality, students must pass all compulsory and elective subjects linked to the mention/speciality. If the curriculum stipulates a practicum or external internship as well as Degree or Master’s Degree Final Dissertations linked to the mentions/specialties, then these subjects must also be taken.

The Rector's resolution of 11 July 2016 on the awarding of several mentions and specialities in degrees and master's degrees establishes the following:

− Students registered in studies that offer mentions/specialities can only register in one of them in the same academic year, except if degree’s description (memoria) establishes this possiblity or the responsible centre accepts it.

− Students who have finished their studies and can obtain their diploma can request their registration in additional mentions/specialities from the same studies. Centres can establish quotas to pursue certain mentions.

− When the same degree or master´s degree curriculum is taught in several campuses, and different mentions/specialities are offered depending on the campus, students can also request undertaking the new mentions/specialities in a different campus.

− Students registered in complementary courses can not pursue mentions. Once they finish their studies they can pursue a mention if they did not take it in the previous studies that gave them access.

− Students from other universities wil not be admitted only to pursue a mention or speciality, except inter-university or shared studies.

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Students can submit a registration request in a new mention/speciality within the ordinary registration period. These requests will be solved after the report of the centre or the corresponding academic comission.

16 LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS OF GALICIAN OR SPANISH FOR REGISTRATION IN OFFICIAL STUDIES

The Agreement of the Governing Council of 28 February 2019 on the requirement of a level of knowledge of Galician or Spanish for the registration in the oficial studies of degree, master’s degree and doctorate establishes that in order to register in official degrees at the USC, students must prove their knowledge of the Spanish language by means of B1 certificate issued by the Instituto Cervantes, except for the Degree in Spanish Language and Literature where confirmation of B2 or superior is required.

Knowledge of the Galician language will be confirmed by means of a Celga II certificate, in accordance with the Order of the Department of Presidency, Public Administrations and Justice of the Galician Regional Government of 16 July 2007, modified by the Order of 10 February 2014.

If the student is not in possession of any such certificate, the USC will offer a test of language skills in Spanish or Galician before the studies begin and will notify the student of its place and date.

If the student doesn’t pass the test they must modify their registration. They may not register for more than 25% of the credits of the first semester and will have to take a mandatory intensive course of Spanish or Galician until they pass the required level, which will also be required for registration in the second semester.

Failure to pass the course will result in the complete cancellation of the registration. In this case the university may offer the student the possibility to register as a visiting student in a number of subjects of the second semester.

This requirement will not be applied to students from countries with Spanish or Portuguese as official languages as well as students registered in studies which are mainly taught in other languages.

16.1 MASTER’S DEGREE

The Commission of each master’s degree must indicate whether or not a B1 level in Spanish or a Celga II in Galician will be required. In case of the master’s degrees corresponding to the Faculty of Philology a level of B2 may be required. In the absence of indications no specific language level will be required.

In case a level of B1 or B2 is required, the regulations of the previous section are to be followed.

16.2 DOCTORATE

There will be no minimum language requirements for Galician or Spanish. It will be the student’s responsibility to know the language(s) needed to follow the curriculum.

17 PUBLICATION OF MINIMUM MARKS

Once the process of admission and registration is completed, the Academic Management Service

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will publish, for information purposes, the minimum marks for the admission for master’s degrees, complementary courses and quotas of transfer where there were no remaining vacancies.

II. DEGREE STUDIES

18 BEGINNING OF DEGREE STUDIES

In order to begin degree studies, students must pre-register according to the periods and procedures established by the Galician Inter-University Commission (CIUG).

Once authorized, students who passed the suitability tests for access to the university or are in possession of one of the certificates mentioned in Appendix III may register.

Where validation of any degree, diploma or studies from educational systems of foreign countries is required for access to the university, those students who certify having presented the corresponding application for the validation will be accepted conditionally as soon as the validation procedure is resolved, with the exception of those students who wish to gain access based on a foreign academic degree; in this case a validation or declaration of equality of the degree or academic level will be required. Otherwise, they must apply for admission according to article 30 of RD 412/2014.

Students with an academic degree of ‘diplomado’, teacher, technical engineer, technical architect or in possession of equivalent academic titles of extinct curricula may register in the studies of degree. However, regarding degrees for which a complementary course (bridge course) is offered in order for the graduates of extinct studies to obtain the abilities provided by the official degree, they will only be able to request their admission in this way and not through the common system for the beginning of studies in degrees with limited admission (pre-registration) which replace the degree already studied. The same limitations apply to students who fulfill the requirements to request the issuing of their diploma but have not yet done so. In case of a breach of this limitation the registration for the first academic year will be canceled and, if possible, the next student on the waiting list will be called.

19 DOUBLE DEGREE PROGRAMMES

In general, and for the purpose of the application of the stipulations in this call, and except for specific provisions, it will be understood that the double-degree studies are single studies.

The processing and management of the admission requests for the start of studies in a double degree programme (integral programmes of double studies) will be managed by the CIUG applying the same criteria and procedures as for the admission in other studies.

USC students who have passed 30 credits of basic training in one of the studies that are part of a double degree programme can request to continue their studies in the corresponding double degree programme. In addition, to be admitted in the double degree it is a necessary requirement to have a higher mark for access to university than the last student to enter the doble degree in the previous academic year.

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The number of vacancies offered in this form of continuation in double degrees may be 2 (1 for each of the degrees it is comprised of) or 4 (2 for each of the degrees it is comprised of). Vacancies will be assigned according to section 24.2.1 of this call. If selection should become necessary, the criterion will be the mark obtained in the university access test.

The initial registration for the academic year 2021/2022 will be offered for this kind of studies with a maximum of 75 ECTS for the first year and 90 ECTS in the following years.