RESEARCH
Master's Degree in Physiotherapy
ABOUT THE
Program
Physiotherapy is a health profession that has evolved in building a theoretical framework and validating methods and procedures aimed at improving and maintaining functional independence and physical performance, preventing and managing pain, physical alterations, disabilities and limitations in participation and promoting physical fitness, health, and well-being.
The Master’s Degree in Physiotherapy is proposed as a postgraduate research training program, whose purpose is the development of competencies that allow the student to participate in research processes, through theoretical and scientific deepening, the development and generation of new knowledge and technological processes, which contribute to the advancement of the profession of Physiotherapy. In addition, this program will strengthen the professional qualification for undergraduate teaching, which will have an impact on the quality of physiotherapy programs and their graduates, as well as on the validity and development of innovative processes that contribute to the advancement of the profession.
Qualified registration: Resolution of the Ministry of National Education (MEN) No. 008619 dated May 28, 2024.
- SNIES 91488: In-Person | Bucaramanga
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DEGREE:
Master in Physiotherapy
DURATION:
4 semesters
MODALITY:
In-person/In Spanish
LOCATION:
Bucaramanga Health Campus
APPLICANT
Profile
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Physiotherapy professional with a cumulative minimum undergraduate average of 3,5.
Have a certified professional and/or investigative experience.
Availability of time, economic resources and the means necessary to fulfill the activities scheduled by the Mastery.
GRADUATE
Profile
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The Master’s Degree in Physiotherapy is an autonomous professional with mastery of scientific methods and procedures that underpin research in Physiotherapy.
Based on the best available scientific evidence, the master in Physiotherapy applies the different procedures of intervention in individuals and/or communities and promotes the generation and implementation of policies in the fields of health and education, through the realization of advocacy and lobbying, which contribute to professional recognition in the context in which it is developed.
As a result of the experience of the Institutional and School missions, to which the Program is attached, he is a professional with great human capacity, autonomous, ethical and critical, open to change and the progress of science, committed to the political, social-cultural and economic development of the country.
CLASS
Time
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Full-time dedication.
Tuition subsidies and condonable loans
All about
our program
ACADEMIC
Curriculum
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Code: 26105 Credits: 4 – Research Methods I
Code: 41268 Credits: 6 – Physiotherapeutic Fundamentals I
Code: 26107 Credits: 3 – Research Seminar
Code: 00000 Credits: 3 – Elective I
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Code: 26108 Credits: 4 – Research Methods II
Code: 41269 Credits: 7 – Physiotherapeutic Fundamentals II
Code: 26110 Credits: 4 – Research Project I
Code: 00000 Credits: 2 – Elective II
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Code: 26112 Credits: 8 – Research Project II
Code: 26113 Credits: 4 – Pedagogical practice
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Code: 41270 Credits: 12 – Research Project II
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ELECTIVE I
Code: 41271 Credits: 3 – Muscle Plasticity
Code: 41389 Credits: 3 – Measurement in Physiotherapy
Code: 41391 Credits: 3 – Environmental Protection
Code: 41390 Credits: 3 – Public Policy and Human Rights
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ELECTIVE II
Code: 41392 Credits: 2 – Physiotherapy Intervention Modalities
Code: 41393 Credits: 2 – Epidemiology and Health Policy
Code: 41394 Credits: 2 – Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Code: 41272 Credits: 2 – Applied Biomechanics
PROGRAM
Fees
Registration
0,5 S.M.M.L.V.*
Tuition fee per semester
1 S.M.M.L.V.*
Academic fee per semester
1 S.M.M.L.V.*
* The SMMLV for 2024 is $1,300,000 Colombian pesos.
The university has a mechanism through which a student’s financial obligations can be partially or totally covered by a company or entity that wishes to support the student.
Also, various forms of payment have been arranged so that students can combine the available forms of payment according to their particular conditions. On the page “Start the registration process”, you will find the available options.
Additionally, to facilitate access to postgraduate programs, the UIS has signed various agreements with entities specialized in educational credit. These agreements seek facilities and better credit conditions for UIS students.
Students with a voting certificate from Colombia’s last popular election process may request a 10% discount on tuition fees.
KEY
Dates
Bucaramanga
Registration opening
Registration closing
Knowledge test
October 10, 2024
January 24, 2025
January 20 - February 5, 2025
Interview
Results Publication
February 6, 2025
February 10, 2025
REGISTRATION
Requirements
The documentation is received digitally by e-mail escftp@uis.edu.co in PDF format.
Note: By clicking on the “Inscripción” (Registration) button you will find the forms to fill out the documentation requested below.
UIS registration form duly completed and signed.
Resume, in the UIS format established institutionally for this purpose, with the attachment of certificates and copies of documents that corroborate what is described in it.
Copy of valid identity document valid in Colombia or valid passport for foreigners.
Recent document type photo, preferably in digital format, white background 3×4.
Copy of the diploma or copy of the undergraduate degree certificate required by the program, issued by an institution of higher education recognized in Colombia.
Note 1: If the applicant has a degree from a foreign university, it must be duly apostilled and translated into Spanish if it is in a foreign language. The degrees must be validated by the Ministry of National Education of the Republic.
Certificate of the grades obtained in the undergraduate program required by the program, including the weighted average.
Note 2: In the case of UIS undergraduate graduates, it is not necessary to provide this document.
Receipt of payment issued by the UIS treasury for the current value of the registration fee or receipt of consignment in the account authorized by the UIS.
If the advisory committee so determines, proof of reading comprehension and written production in Spanish language, presenting the certificate of approval issued by the UIS School of Languages.
Notice 1: The cost of the certification or test is not included in the registration fee for the graduate program.
For research master’s degrees, certification of foreign language level equivalent to or higher than level A1 according to the CEFR for languages, according to standardized test or issued by the UIS Institute of Languages.
Notice 2: This certification will not be required for those applicants who are native speakers of a foreign language or who have obtained a university degree in a foreign language, according to the description of such studies in the corresponding documents.
Receipt of payment, issued by the UIS treasury, for the current value of the psycho-technical test (if required) or receipt of consignment in the authorized accounts.
Two (2) confidential letters of academic reference, in sealed envelopes, sent directly to the graduate coordination, according to the form established by the UIS.
Research Master’s Degrees: endorsement letter from a research group or center of the UIS or from a scientific institution with which there is an agreement in force, signed by the director of the same, and in which the applicant is presented to the program.
Notice A: All the documents listed above must have a digital version in PDF in order to complete the online registration process.
Notice B: All documents must be submitted physically. To hand the documents in, please go to the postgraduate office of the program in the city where you wish to take the academic program or to the offices of the entity with which the UIS has an agreement with.
Notice C: When physical documents are submitted, additional documents that you consider relevant for the admission must be attached.
Notice D: On the page “Start the registration process” the formats to fill out the requested documentation can be downloaded.
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