The discontinuation process for the Master’s Degree in Occupational Health (Occupational Risk Prevention) begins in the 2024-25 academic year due to the introduction of the Master’s Degree in Occupational Risk Prevention, which was verified on 11th March 2024.

Discontinuation Calendar

• Initial academic year of discontinuation process: 2024-25
• Final academic year when the programme is fully discontinued: 2025-26.

Student Admission

The Master’s Degree in Occupational Health (Occupational Risk Prevention) will not admit any new students from the 2024-25 academic year.

Re-enrolment for Continuing Students

Students currently on the Master’s Degree in Occupational Health (Occupational Risk Prevention) will have one academic year (2024-25) to pass the subjects required to be awarded the degree.

In exceptional cases, students who have reached the enrolment limit for a subject may request a last enrolment (without taking classes) in the following year be authorised by the relevant Pro Vice-Chancellor for teaching who will make a decision after consulting with the programme coordinator.

The enrolment deadlines for each academic year will be published on the Centre for Postgraduate Studies website.

Teaching

The subjects on the Master’s Degree in Occupational Health (Occupational Risk Prevention) will be offered without teaching during the 2024-25 academic year.

Adaptation to the Master’s Degree in Occupational Risk Prevention

Students on the Master’s Degree in Occupational Health (Occupational Risk Prevention) who have not passed the requirements to be awarded their degree in the stated timeline, or those who simply wish to so, may request a curriculum adaptation before the old curriculum is discontinued, in accordance with the following equivalences.

Adaptation applications must be submitted to the Centre for Postgraduate Studies within the deadlines published for each academic year.

The fee for the curriculum adaptation process due to discontinuation will be set in accordance with the public fees published every year.

Subject equivalences:

• 10491 - Occupational Health and Safety Foundations and Legal Framework + 10494 - Occupational Medicine > 12025 - Occupational Risk Prevention Foundations and Techniques
• 10496 - Training and Communication > 12026 - Training, Communication, Information and Negotiation
• 10497 - Prevention, Quality and Environmental Management > 12027 - Risk Management and Similar Techniques
• 10492 - Occupational Safety > 12032 - Occupational Safety Principles and Techniques
• 10498 - Occupational Safety Speciality + 10492 - Occupational Safety > 12028 - Occupational Safety
• 10493 - Industrial Hygiene > 12034 - Industrial Hygiene Principles and Techniques
• 10500 - Industrial Hygiene Speciality + 10493 - Industrial Hygiene > 12031 - Industrial Hygiene
• 10495 - Ergonomics and Applied Psychosociology > 12033 - Ergonomics and Psychosociology Principles and Techniques
• 10502 - Ergonomics and Psychosociology Speciality + 10495 - Ergonomics and Applied Psychosociology > 12029 - Applied Ergonomics + 12030 - Applied Psychosociology
• 10129 - Professional Placements > 12035 - External Academic Placements

Adaptation Effects

Only subjects that have been passed or recognised on the curriculum being discontinued will be adapted to the new curriculum.

After recognition, the record from the Master’s Degree in Occupational Health (Occupational Risk Prevention) shall be fully closed. Therefore, students will not be able to re-enrol and must continue on the Master’s Degree in Occupational Risk Prevention to be awarded their degree.