Manual Physical Therapy

Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy

University of Alcalá
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Nursing and Physiotherapy Building
Science and Technology Campus
Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
Faculty of Medicine

2007-2008 (RD 56/2005)
2009-2010 (RD 1393/2007)

Two complete academic years.

Face-to-face classes along with on-line learning

Spanish and English

This is not a degree title qualifying with ministerial approval for the exercise of regulated professional activities.

Professional/research

Dr. Tomás Gallego Izquierdo
tomas.gallego@uah.es

Quality coordination
- Dr. Tomás Gallego Izquierdo
tomas.gallego@uah.es

Academic coordination
- Dra. Susana Núñez Nagy
susana.nunez@uah.es
- Dr. Daniel Pecos Martín
daniel.pecos@uah.es

Tomás Gallego Izquierdo
Daniel Pecos Martin (Secretary)
Susana Nuñez Nagy
Santiago García de Miguel
Ana Naya Díez (PAS)
Mihai Daniel Somkereki (Student)

Secretary of the Department of Physiotherapy
ana.naya@uah.es

Administrative issues:
info.postgrado@uah.es

The goals of this Master's degree are in line with the stipulates of the Spanish Framework for Higher Education Qualifications (MECES) and ensure the achievement of the basic competences required to obtain a master's degree, in accordance with article 3.3, Appendix I of R.D. 1393/2007.

Fulfilment of the goals means students have achieved competences which must be consistent with the fundamental rights of equality between men and women, with the principles of equal opportunities and of universal accessibility for the disabled, and with the values proper to a democratic and peace-loving culture.

This Master's offers to any student the possibility to study a selection of subjects compounding a Postgraduate Short Course, which will enable the student, if requested at the end of the course, to obtain an Own Studies Degree title from the university of Alcalá.

After finishing the subjects the student could apply, paying the correponding fees, for a Certificate of the Postgraduate Short Course. Besides, if the student wants to complete the Master's in the future, the subjects finished in the Postgraduate Short Course will automatically be incorporated in the student's academic record at no cost.

Pre-registration and matriculation of these Postgraduate Short Courses will follow the usual procedure of pre-registration and matriculation.

The Short Courses included in the Master's are:

Access to Registration

Total places available: 60

A minimum of 20 students are required to teach the Master programme.

Reserved places: 5% for students with a certified disability of 33% or more.

• Entrance requirements
• Required documentation

Entry profile

Students with a degree in Physiotherapy

Selection criteria

Given the case that the number of applications is higher than the places available, candidates will be selected taken into consideration the following criteria:

• Students with a degree title in Physiotherapy.
• Proffessional experience.To be assessed, the student must attach an Employment History or employment contract/s through the pre-registration application.
• Training in Manual Therapy. Attach a document stating training hours and/or credits of the course.
• Academic record.
• External organisms grants (Cervantes, bancos, fundaciones).
• Iberoamerican students.
• A personal interview might be taken to those pre-selected students, basing it on the established criteria.

For Master's Dissertations to be defended from academic year 2019-20 onwards, it has been established that, along with the Master's Dissertation, the student must submit to the director the summarized report (% of coincidence) given through Turnitin application, once the director has opened the application to obtain the aforementioned report (Approved by the Official Postgraduate and Doctoral Studies Committee, on its regular session dated 24th September 2019)

September 2020 to June 2021

Classes will take place mornings and evenings of saturdays and sundays, from 9:00 to 14:00 and from 15:00 to 20:00h.

Face-to-face classes, in small groups, of spoken and written technical English will be offered outside the previous schedule (optional).

• University of Alcalá
  Nursing and Physiotherapy Building
  Science and Technology Campus
  Ctra. Madrid-Barcelona, km. 33,600 28805. Alcalá de Henares


• Benemerita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
  Faculty of Medicine
  Calle 13 Sur 2701, Los Volcanes
  72420 Puebla, Pue.
  México

Installations, services and plans
(Computer rooms, bibliographic resources, libraries, study rooms...):

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. Physiotherapy

Faculty of Medicine. BUAP

• Assissting and research Teaching Unit BUAP
• Workshops (Physiotherapy)
• Demo rooms
• Research laboratories 
• Computer rooms 

Tomás Gallego Izquierdo (Director del Máster)
Daniel Pecos Martin (Coordinador del Máster)
Susana Nuñez Nagi (Coordinadora del Máster)
Belén Diaz Pulido (PDI)
Mª del Rosario Gaitán Sánchez (PAS)
Coraima A. Casañas Martín (alumna)