Academic Secretary’s Office

The Access Document Record comprises all the documentation related to the student’s previous university studies that give them access to the program that they have enrolled on.

The Access Document Record is created in two parts. Firstly, before the start of the program, the student must email the documentation related to all the university studies they have completely previously (each qualification in a PDF file) to [email protected]. We can then verify that the documents are correct and complete. Secondly, during the first 30 calendar days of the start of classes, the student has to submit the originals of the documents sent by email to be verified by the Academic Secretary’s Office of EAE Business School Madrid.

• PASSPORT/NATIONAL IDENTITY CARD: If you have Spanish nationality, only your National Identity Card will be accepted. You must submit your valid National Identity Card. Your Spanish passport will not be accepted. If you do not have Spanish nationality, you must submit your passport. If you have dual nationality and do not have a Spanish National Identity Card, you must submit your passport for the other nationality.
• ORIGINAL UNIVERSITY QUALIFICATION CERTIFICATE or, if unavailable, a certificate verifying you have completed the program, if you have not yet received the official qualification certificate. In either case, the certificate must be duly LEGALIZED and stamped with the HAGUE APOSTILLE. If applicable, a sworn translation must be included if the document is issued in a language other than Spanish or English.
• ORIGINAL GRADE TRANSCRIPT duly LEGALIZED and stamped with the HAGUE APOSTILLE. It must be sent in a PDF file with all the sides of the document scanned in colour. It must show all the courses completed and grades/scores obtained on the degree program, verified with the legalization stamp and the Hague Apostille. If applicable, a sworn translation must be included if the document is issued in a language other than Spanish or English.
• UNIVERSITY CERTIFICATION: This is a document ISSUED BY THE UNIVERSITY specifying that the qualification started by the student entitles them to access official Master studies (This is not necessary in the case of qualifications from a university in Spain or the European Higher Education Area). If applicable, a sworn translation must be included if the document is issued in a language other than Spanish or English.

You should send a PDF for each file to [email protected] or [email protected]. Specifically:

• PDF1: Spanish National Identity Card or Passport
• PDF2: University qualification certificate + Hague Apostille, both documents in a single PDF file. The file should contain all the sides of the documents scanned in colour, with the legalization stamps and Apostille visible. If applicable, a sworn translation must be included if the document is issued in a language other than Spanish or English.
• PDF3: Grade transcript + Hague Apostille, both documents in a single PDF file. The file should contain all the sides of the documents scanned in colour, with the legalization stamps and Apostille visible. If applicable, a sworn translation must be included if the document is issued in a language other than Spanish or English.
• PDF4: University Certification. This must be sent in a PDF file with all the pages it comprises. If applicable, a sworn translation must be included if the document is issued in a language other than Spanish or English. This is not necessary in the case of universities in Spain or the European Higher Education Area.

This is a document issued by the university where the student completed their undergraduate studies, indicating the Bachelor Degree/University Diploma obtained that entitles them to access postgraduate programs. In this case, the Hague Apostille is not required, but the sworn translation is needed if the document is issued in a language other than Spanish or English.

If you need some samples of the document of university certification, ask us for some by email to [email protected], specifying the country where you completed your studies. We will send you some examples of letters issued by universities in the country in question.

Yes, because it is your previous university studies that entitle you to access the Master you are embarking on, not the previous Master.

The scanned documents must be emailed to EAE Madrid in the requested format by the start of the classes. The original documents must be submitted to the Academic Secretary’s Department within the first 30 calendar days after the start of classes.

No, certified copies are only valid if they have been issued by the university where the student completed their students or by the Spanish Consulate in their country. The original documents of these copies must be submitted to EAE Business School Madrid for verification.

Yes, if you did your previous university studies in a country outside the EHEA. If the country where you studied if not a signatory of the Hague convention, you must legalize your qualification through the Ministry of Education and Foreign Affairs in your country to then be able to complete the legalization in the Spanish Consulate there.

The Apostille must be issued in the same country where you completed your studies.

No, they will only be used to verify that the scanned documents sent by email match the original submitted to the Academic Secretary’s Office.

Institutional Masters are defined as the advanced postgraduate tuition programs of academic programs within this type of tuition. Their goal is to enable students to acquire advanced training that may be specialized or multidisciplinary and, if applicable, professional. Under no circumstances will they entitle the student to access official PhD studies.

If a student has not submitted the required documentation to the Academic Secretary’s Office by the deadline for the validation and presentation of the original documents, it will be deemed that the student does not opt for the double qualification and so, when they complete and pass the Master, they will only receive the diploma EAE Business School’s institutional qualification.

Documents issued in any language other than Spanish or English must be officially translated into Spanish by a sworn translator. Here is a list:

UPDATED LIST OF SWORN TRANSLATORS - INTERPRETERS

Official Masters in Spain are regulated by the Ministry of Education, which stipulates that the student must have completed a Bachelor Degree or Official University Diploma, which must be duly legalized if the university where the student completed the qualification does not belong to a country that is a member of the European Union.

In this case, the student’s admission will be conditional. An undergraduate student may access and enrol on a Master program if the only outstanding part of their undergraduate program is to pass their Thesis, which must be worth no more than 9 ECTS credits. Under no circumstances will a student be able to obtain the Master qualification if they have not previously obtained their Bachelor Degree qualification.