Admission process - MSc in Physics / Materials Science

Generalities

Starting date: January - August.
Symbolic fee: 100 mexican pesos per semester.
Admitted students (Mexicans and foreigners) receive a CONACyT scholarship.

Requirements

Bachelor degree in physics, material sciences or related areas.
Minimum grade in the bachelor studies: 8/10 (2.7 european).
Formal request to the coordinator of the program to:
- present an admission test¹ or
- attend the propaedeutics (minimum grade for acceptance of 8/10).
Documentation required by the general regulation of the University.
Intermediate English level (B1).
Basic communication skills in spanish.

¹ It is possible to take the admission test in a Mexican embassy or consulate upon request to the coordinator of the program.

Documents

Script of notes
Certificate of the bachelor title.
Passport.
Birth certificate.

Dates preparatory courses

IMPORTANT DATES - PREPARATORY COURSES
	SPRING	AUTUMN
Application deadline	January 12	August 10
Courses duration	January 16 - May 12	August 14 - December 13

Document reception

Applications have to be sent at least three months in advance to starting date (once per year in August).
Documents can be sent electronically or by post.
Contact:

Dr. Enrique Quiroga González
Coordinator of graduate studies (Materials Science).
posgrado_mat@ifuap.buap.mx

Dr. Juan Mauricio Torres González
Coordinator of graduate studies (Physics).
posgrado_fisica@ifuap.buap.mx

Institute of Physics, BUAP
Av. San Claudio y Blvd. 18 Sur, Col. San Manuel
Edificios 1IF1, Ciudad Universitaria,
C.P. 72570, Puebla, Pue.

Additional information for foreign students:
In case of being accepted, the Institute of Physics will send the applicant an acceptance letter to be presented at the Mexican embassy to transact a visa.
All the documents have to be translated into Spanish or English by a certified translator and require an apostille.

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