STUDENT ADMISSION AND ACCESS
ESCRBCC OPEN DAYS AND TELEMATICS PHOTO MASTER:
- Thursday, March 26, 2026, FACE-TO-FACE ESCRBCC in the afternoon session, at 4 pm.
- Wednesday, April 8, 2026, FACE-TO-FACE ESCRBCC in morning session at 11 am.
- Wednesday, April 8, 2026, FACE-TO-FACE ESCRBCC in the afternoon session at 4 pm.
- Thursday, April 30, 2026, TELEMATICS PHOTO MASTER in Spanish, afternoon session at 5 p.m.
You can register by sending your details and preferred day in the following form:
For the online session you will receive a link to access the meeting on April 28.
INSCRIPTION TO THE MASTER
Once the application has been completed, together with the documentation provided, deliver it in person to the ESCRBCC Secretary’s Office on working days from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., or by email to escrbcc@xtec.cat
You can consult all the information in the Memòria per a la Verificació del Títol Oficial (Official Degree Verification Report):
- Submission of the registration application and documentation: From March 16 until June 16 2026 at 23:59 h.
- Provisional publication of applicants admitted to the Master’s degree: 23 June 2026 at 15:00 h.
- The deadline for submitting written claims: June 26 2026, at 23:59 h.
- Definitive publication of Master’s degree applicants: 1 July 2026, at 15:00.
- Enrolment in the Master’s degree: from 2 to 14 July 2026.
- Master’s degree places: 15. The center reserves the right to cancel the master’s degree in the event that there are not a minimum of 6 students enrolled. Notification will always be made as soon as possible after the enrollment period has ended.
Profile of admission, capabilities, knowledge and interests:
To be eligible for entry to the Masters course, candidates must have had sufficient previous training in the field of conservation and restoration of cultural assets equivalent to level 2 of the Spanish Qualifications Framework for Higher Education (MECES).
This training guarantees compliance with the guidelines set by the Royal Decree and which establish the Spanish Framework for higher education qualifications and defines Masters courses as being those which “allow the student to undergo advanced training, of a specialised or multidisciplinary nature, for the purposes of academic or professional specialisation”, MECES (RD2014.pdf).
Likewise, to acknowledge that the candidates’ personal interests demonstrate their dedication to or research into this field, previous experience of photography, and especially a knowledge of conservation and restoration, will be taken into consideration.
Therefore, the entrance requirements are that the candidate demonstrates previous and specific training in the field of conservation and restoration of historical artefacts and especially in photography.
Entrance requirements, criteria for admission and/or special entrance exams:
To have one of the following qualifications:
Specific admission requirements
Qualifications allowing access to the Masters are:
– A degree or a higher degree in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage awarded by a Spanish Higher Education Institution.
– A Degree in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage awarded by a Spanish University.
– A Degree in Fine Arts, specialising or with a course in Conservation and Restoration.
– A qualification in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage equivalent to a University Diploma, awarded by a School of Higher Education in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage (3 academic years).
– Degrees or specific European higher degrees in conservation and restoration of cultural heritage, or from other non-European countries.
Admission criteria
Only merits for which supporting documentation has been provided will be valued.
In the event that the number of registrants exceeds the number of places offered, the allocation of places will be made according to the following criteria:
- Special adaptation of the study program of the access degree to the entry profile: maximum 4 points.
This section will be weighted as follows based on the degrees in the field of Conservation-Restoration that the applicant has:
| Degree | Score |
| Bachelor’s + Master’s (300 ECTS) + Doctorate | 4 points |
| Bachelor’s + Master’s (300 ECTS) | 3 points |
| Bachelor’s (240 ECTS) | 2 points |
| Bachelor’s or other Degree (180 ECTS) | 1 point |
- Academic record of the studies that give access to the program: maximum 2 points.
This section will be weighted as follows based on the average grade of the academic record:
| Qualification | Score |
| Excellent (9.0-10) | 2 points |
| Notable (7,0-8,9) | 1.5 points |
| Good (6.0-6.9) | 1 point |
| Approved (5.0- 5.9) | 0.5 points |
- Academic merits: other degrees in fields other than Conservation-Restoration not required for access to the master’s degree and/or training related to the conservation and restoration of cultural assets: maximum 1 point.
OFFICIAL ACADEMIC DEGREES
| Degree | Score |
| Doctorate | 0.5 points |
| Master’s degree or equivalent | 0.4 points |
| Bachelor’s degree | 0.2 points |
| Other Degrees from higher education | 0.1 points |
OTHER UNOFFICIAL STUDIES
Courses carried out, totally related to those of the program, that do not lead to obtaining a degree with academic value.
Quantitative variable: for every 60 hours of training 0.1 points.
- Professional and/or research experience related to the contents of the program: maximum 1 point.
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Score | |
| Partially related – 300 hours | 0.1 points |
| Totally related – 100 hours | 0.1 points |
RESEARCH PROJECTS
| Score | |
| Of European level | 0.3 points |
| Of National level | 0.2 points |
PUBLICATIONS: BOOKS
| Score | |
| Authorship | 0.4 points |
| Co-authorship | 0.2 points |
PUBLICATIONS: SPECIALIZED MAGAZINES
| Score | |
| Authorship – Indexed | 0.2 points |
| Authorship – Not indexed | 0.1 points |
| Co-authorship – Indexed | 0.1 points |
| Co-authorship – Not indexed | 0.05 points |
- Language knowledge: maximum 1 point
Accreditation of knowledge of the English language within the Common European Framework of Reference (Resolution ENS/1477/2015 of June 25 – DOGC no. 6905, 03/07/2015).
| Score | |
| For each C2 level certificate | 1 point |
| For each C1 level certificate | 0.8 points |
| For each B2 level certificate | 0.4 points |
| For each B1 level certificate | 0.2 points |
Accreditation of knowledge of a foreign language within the Common European Framework of Reference (Resolution ENS/1477/2015 of June 25 – DOGC no. 6905, 03/07/2015):
| Score | |
| For each C2 level certificate | 0.6 points |
| For each C1 level certificate | 0.4 points |
| For each B2 level certificate | 0.2 points |
| For each B1 level certificate | 0.1 points |
Foreign students must prove knowledge of Catalan or Spanish, equivalent to level B2 of the Common Framework of Reference (CEFR). The master’s committee may call these students to check their ability to understand and express themselves in Catalan or Spanish. If the committee considers it necessary, it may advise students with comprehension difficulties to take additional training to improve their skills in this language.
- Curriculum vitae accompanied by a motivation letter: maximum 1 point.
Admissions Committee:
The ESCRBCC Masters Committee will be responsible for allocating places, in accordance with the selection criteria detailed above and within the time scale published in the ESCRBCC website.
Special entrance exams
There are no special entrance exams but, should it be considered necessary, personal interviews may be held as a complement to the selection process.
Master’s price
Each ECTS credit has a cost of 35 euros.
Consequently, the total price of the ordinary registration of the master’s degree is 2100 euros.