Police Sciences

Master´s Webpage

University Institute of Police Science Research  (IUICP)

Law Faculty  

- Law Faculty
- Sciences Faculty 
- General Police Station of Scientific Police
- Civil Guard Criminalistics Service
- National Institute of Toxicology and Forensic Sciences

2009-2010 (RD 1393/2007)

One academic year, full-time

Face-to-face classes

Spanish

Level 3 leading to the title of Master's Degree. Level 3 (Master's) of the Spanish Qualifications Framework for Higher Education (MECES) corresponds to level 7 of the European Qualifications Framework (EQF), in accordance with the provisions of the Royal Decree 22/2015, of 23rd January (BOE 07/02/2015).

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

Professional and research

Director
Dr. M. Concepción Alonso Rodríguez
mconcepcion.alonso@uah.es

Academic Coordinator
Dr. Carmen Figueroa Navarro
carmen.figueroa@uah.es

• Dr. Concepción Alonso Rodríguez
• Dr. Carmen Figueroa Navarro 
• Dr. María Pía Aracama Alzaga
  (State Secretariat for Security of the Ministry of the Interior)
• Police Chief Mr. Luis Enrique Hernández-Hurtado García
  Head of the Central Scientific Investigation Unit of the General Police Headquarters
• Colonel Mr. José Luis Herráez Martín
  Head of the Criminalistics Service of the Guardia Civil
• Mr. Antonio Gómez García
  Director of the National Institute of Toxicology and Forensic Sciences

iuicp@uah.es
Tlf. +34 91.885.43.86 / +34 91.885.68.90

Administrative issues:
info.posgrado@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 competencies required to obtain a master's degree, following article 3.3, Appendix I of R.D. 1393/2007.

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

• Access to Registration

• Entrance requirements
• Required documentation

Specific requirements:

The Master's Academic Committee will decide on applications for admission in accordance with the pre-registration procedure established by the UAH.

entry profile: Criminalistics professionals, as well as other graduates interested in Forensic Sciences.

Selection criteria: Students will be chosen, at each time, by the Master's Direction, taking into consideration the CVs of the students and scoring each application, taking into account, in descending order: professional experience in the field of Criminalistics and Police and Forensic Sciences or in areas related to the Master's degree, Doctoral studies, Master's Degree studies, Specialist Degrees and university experts, Bachelor's Degrees, Engineering Degrees, affinity with the Master's studies, accredited courses and seminars related to the subject of the Master's, accredited languages, motivation letter (stating the reasons why you want to study the Master's and the optional subject you would like to register in) and interview (optional).

Besides, admission is conditioned by the number of places that can be filled in each of the specialities offered, according to the availability of the laboratories where they are carried out, so that, in addition to the above-mentioned criteria, affinity is assessed according to the following lines of study of the Master's degree (Forensic Acoustics, Forensic Anthropology, Ballistics and instrumental traces, Documentography and Graphistics, Forensic Electronics and Computer Science, Forensic Genetics, Forensic Image and Infography, Lofoscopy, Forensic Chemistry) and the training needs of the Spanish State Security Forces and Corps. For this reason, 10% of the places are reserved for foreign members of the Security Forces and Corps, who will be admitted as long as they meet the requirements for enrolment in the University Master's Degrees of Spanish universities.

Fees: 1st matriculation: nationals and residents: 6.035 € ; non-EU non-residents: 9.035 €  (approximate information).

From September to June  

Academic course 2024-25: Beginning of classes 23th September 2024.

Monday to Friday, from 16:00 to 19:00 for the general module subjects, and according to the optional subject chosen in the specialisation module.

Subjects from the General Module are taught in:

• Legal Basis:
  Faculty of Law
  Historic Campus
  C/ Libreros 27
  28801. Alcalá de Henares (Madrid).
• Fundamentals of Criminal Investigation:
  Faculty of Biology, Environmental Sciences and Chemistry
  Science and Technology Campus
  Ctra. Madrid-Barcelona, Km. 33,600
  28805. Alcalá de Henares (Madrid)

Subjects from the Specialisation Module are taught in the laboratories of the General Headquarters of the Scientific Police, the Criminalistics Service of the Guardia Civil or the National Institute of Toxicology and Forensic Sciences, depending on the chosen speciality.

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

• Law Faculty
• Sciences Faculty
• UAH Forensic Chemestry Research  (CINQUIFOR)
•  General Police Station of Scientífic Police 
• Civil Guard.Scientific Investigation 
• National Institute of Toxicology and Forensics Sciences 

President

• Prof. Drª. María Concepción Alonso Rodríguez (Directora del Máster Universitario en Ciencias Policiales)

Vocals:

• Profª. Drª. Gemma Montalvo García (Coordinadora del Programa de Doctorado)
• Comisario Principal D. Francisco Javier Gómez Laina (representante de la Comisaría General de Policía Científica)
• Coronel D. José Luis Herráez Martín (representante del Servicio de Criminalística de la Guardia Civil)
• Dra. Noemí Rivaldería Moreno (representante de los Profesores del Máster Universitario en Ciencias Policiales)
• D. Adrián Rubio Sánchez (representante de los alumnos de Posgrado del IUICP)
• Dña. Paula López Calderón (representante del PAS)