APPLICATIONS FOR THE FIFTH EDITION (2025-2026)
The online program will start in September 2025. Applications will open in late spring, exact dates will be announced here.
To apply for the master either full (1 year) or part time (2 years) you need the following:
– Official Bachelor Degree (if still pending, please click here. Please notice that according to UAB policies, you must have your bachelor’s degree before the starting date of the master’s). Please read carefully the information regarding the formalities of the Bachelor’s Degree here.
– DNI, NIE, TIE, or valid passport
– CV with 2 contacts for references
– Motivation Letter (max 2 pages)
If you cannot find the answer to your questions on these pages or the FAQ section, you can reach us at degrowtheep@gmail.com.
The application and selection process serves to ensure that all students meet the program’s requirements and thus guarantee an optimal work environment during the course. Applications must be submitted online and all required documents must be provided (see below).
The Official Starting date is the second week of September, 2025.
FIRST PERIOD
Application for admission deadline: June 31st
Notice of admission: start of August.
SECOND PERIOD
Application for admission: from June 31st to July 31st.
Notice of admission: first week of September
Online application
Before beginning the application, please read the information on this page, confirm that you meet the admission requirements, ensure that the registration process is open, and have the required documentation ready. (More details on this process pending, if you are interested in applying for the 2025-2026 academic year please make sure you have the documentation and meet the criteria)
Admission requirements
– Undergraduate degree
– Professional working proficiency of written and spoken English– free self evaluation can be done here https://www.efset.org/?. Please upload/include in application. If your official studies have been in an English speaking country, or are a native speaker, that also counts as proficiency.
Selection criteria
The selection of students will be carried out taking into account:
– Motivation (40%)
– Relevant experience (30%)
– Relevant studies (30%)
Required documentation (PDFs only)
– Official Bachelor Degree (if still pending, please click here. Please notice that according to UAB policies, you must have your bachelor’s degree before the starting date of the master’s). Please read carefully the information regarding the formalities of the Bachelor’s Degree here.
– DNI, NIE, TIE, or valid passport
– CV with 2 contacts for references
– Motivation Letter (max 2 pages)
Online application:
Very important: before registering in the application, you must carefully read the information you will find on this page to have the required documentation ready and confirm that you meet the access requirements and that the registration process is open.
The application interface will ask you to specify the codes of study and edition of the program to which you want to enroll.
To start the application you need a NIU (UAB’s University Identification Number). Choose the appropriate option for your case:
- Application with NIU: if you are a UAB student and remember your NIU and password (if you have any doubts, please check the Application handbook or the video tutorial below in this page):
Online application with NIU - Application without NIU: if you’re not a UAB student or can not remember your NIU and password (if you have any doubts, please check the NIU obtention handbook, the Application handbook or the video tutorials below):
Online application without NIU
On the online inscription platform here (which is only available in Catalan and Castilian) you will be asked to sign up in the UAB system by entering your personal data in “Datos identificativos”, “Datos personales” and “Datos de contacto del solicitante”. You’ll obtain the NIU (i.e. University identification number) and be able to log in the system here.
This is the code of the full masters: 4561/5, if you are applying for the whole program. If it is not available in the drop down menu, the application period has not opened yet.
If you are enrolling part time, you will have to enrol for the modules separately, so the admin is more complicated, as you have to enrol in 3 modules for the 1st year and 2 modules for the second year. In this case you will have to enrol for Fundamentals, Living without Growth, and the Seminars during your first year /part time load. Here are the codes for each module: Fundamentals of Degrowth: 4591/4 Living Without Growth: 4593/4; Seminars: 4596/4
In the second year you will be taking Economics of Degrowth: 4592/4, Policies and Politics for Degrowth: 4594/4, and Degrowth and the Pluriverse 4598/4 , On the UAB platform you will enroll in these individually, following the same procedure as you would for the full masters, and then clicking on “cursos de especialización – modulo” instead of “master”.
Tuition fee
4000 €
Credits
60 ECTS
For questions please contact the coordination team at: degrowtheep@gmail.com.