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Dual Bachelor in Law and Business Administration

Derecho Ade
Duration
5 and a half years (375 ECTS credits)
Centre

School of Law and Social Sciences

Campus de Getafe, Campus de Colmenarejo

Language
Bilingual, Spanish
Comments

Vice Dean (Getafe): Rocío Zafra Espinosa de los Monteros

Vice Dean (Colmenarejo): Gema Rosado Iglesias

- Bilingual option only in Getafe campus.

- The bachelor's degree in Business Administration is accredited by AACSB.

AACSB
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Presentation

The Dual Bachelor’s Degree in Law and Business Administration is geared towards students who wish to receive a competitive education within different areas of business, public organizations and legal entities at the national and international level. Through a rigorous quality education, students acquire solid knowledge, as well as develop abilities essential for coping in the worlds of law and business.

This degree, highly competitive at the international level, can be studied in a bilingual mode and has agreements with outstanding European and North American universities to foster the international mobility of students.

Students can also participate in the Legal Clinic, where they work in legal assessment free of charge for individuals in situations of special social vulnerability, and in international competitions between law students (MOOT).

These studies include all the content that is taught in both degree programs separately. At the end of the program, students will receive two degrees, one in Law and another in Business Administration, with the professional advantages that this entails.

Employability and profesional internships

UC3M has agreements with more than 5,000 companies and institutions for internships and access to employment opportunities

94.8% of graduates have access to a job related to their studies in the first year of graduation, according to the Study of Professional Insertion of Graduates of the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.

International Excellence

QS Europe Ranking
QS Graduate Employability Ranking
The Global University Employability Ranking and Survey
Erasmus Plus
AACSB

Program

Mobility

  • Exchange programs

    Exchange programs

    The Erasmus programme permits UC3M first degree and post graduate students to spend one or several terms at one of the European universities with which UC3M has special agreements or take up an Erasmus Placement, that is a work placement or internship at an EU company. These exchanges are funded with Erasmus Grants which are provided by the EU and the Spanish Ministry of Education.

    The non-european mobility program enables UC3M degree students to study one or several terms in one of the international universities with which the university has special agreements. It also has funding from the Banco Santander and the UC3M.

    These places are offered in a public competition and are awarded to students with the best academic record and who have passed the language threshold  (English, French, German etc..) requested by the university of destination.

  • Euopean Mobility

    European Mobility

  • Non European Mobility

    Non European Mobility

Profile and career opportunities

  • Entry profile

    Entry profile

    The Dual Degrees or Double Degrees in Law-Economics and Law-Business Administration aim to offer students an education that is comprehensive but mixed or heterogeneous. Thus, due to this mixed or heterogeneous component, in the educational stage just prior to this, students need to have had a mixed focus: both humanities oriented (especially useful for the subjects corresponding to the Law degree, although not absolutely essential), and a good education in mathematics (for later development and extension in the various subjects corresponding to the degrees in Economics and Business Administration). In any case, students must have a good disposition for logical and abstract reasoning and a clear capability for critical reasoning.

    It is no less important that they enter University with an entrepreneurial spirit and clear enthusiasm for learning and applying knowledge. Therefore, it is absolutely necessary that the students are aware that daily work (and not just class attendance) is what will enable them to reach the objectives sought with the Dual Degrees. Also a good capacity for oral and written expression and analysis and synthesis are required.

    Application for a place in the degree

  • Graduate Profile

    Graduated profile

    Due to the mixed component of the Dual Degrees or Double Degrees in Law-Economics and Law-Business Administration, this comprehensive education the graduate profile is tremendously versatile.

    Dual Degree graduates can work professionally both in the public and private sectors. In this respect, they have the advantages inherent in holding two official degrees, and, depending on their preference, they can orient their professional career towards the fields of law or economics-business or both, as they have knowledge that those who only hold one degree do not have.

    Thus, the profile of graduates, on the one hand, is identical to that of Law Degree graduates and, with the exception of lawyers or prosecutors (given that as of 2011 Law graduates will no longer be able to enter these professions directly from an undergraduate degree, but will have to do a postgraduate degree), they can carry out all those professional activities related to the legal world. The enormous number of competitive examinations open to graduates is especially noteworthy. These are examinations in areas such as judicature, notaries, prosecution, state legal service, etc…. for which, in some cases, knowledge in Economics and/or Business Administration can prove very useful and place them in a privileged position in comparison with their competitors.

    Furthermore, focusing on the economics-business branch, graduates leave the University with the possibility of carrying out any job within the area of business management or management of public institutions, not to mention that they also have sufficient capability to create and manage their own companies. And, in the same way, the rigorous legal knowledge they have will make it possible for them to professionally advise companies on legal matters from a more privileged position than their competitors.

    Learning outcomes of the Bachelor’s Degree in Law

    1. Knowledge of Titles

    K1 - Understand basic humanistic content, oral and written expression, following ethical principles and completing a multidisciplinary educational profile.

    K2 - Understand democratic principles and values and sustainable development, in particular respect for human rights and fundamental rights, gender equality and non-discrimination, the principles of universal accessibility and climate change.

    K3 - Master the fundamental concepts and principles of the different sectors of the legal system.

    K4 - Understand the importance of fundamental rights and public freedoms, as well as their scope and content.

    K5 - Understand and integrate the principles and values of the culture of peace.

    K6 - Understand the legal tools and instruments applicable to the interpretation and integration of the legal system, as well as to conflict resolution, in the field of public law.

    K7 - Understand the legal tools and instruments applicable to the interpretation and integration of the legal system, as well as to conflict resolution, in the field of private law.

    K8 - Understand the specific phases, procedures and procedural principles of the different jurisdictional orders.

    K9 - Understand the functioning of institutions such as mediation, auditing and consulting.

    K10 - Understand the institutional organisation of the State and the international and community bodies of which it is a member.

    K11 - Understand the Spanish legal system in relation to European and international law.

    K12 - Understand the ethical dimension of law and the need to act responsibly in the defence of fundamental rights and social justice.

    2. Skills of Titles

    S1 - Plan and organise teamwork by making the right decisions based on available information and gathering data in digital environments.

    S2 - Use information by interpreting relevant data, avoiding plagiarism, and in accordance with academic and professional conventions in the field of study, being able to assess the reliability and quality of such information.

    S3 - Apply the necessary skills to search for information in different legal sources (legal, jurisprudential and doctrinal).

    S4 - Apply organisational and critical management skills to legal knowledge.

    S5 - Correctly diagnose legal problems and apply the appropriate tools to solve them.

    S6 - Identify and appropriately use tools for resolving conflicts between individuals.

    S7 - Apply knowledge to identify social processes and possible solutions with rigour, precision and scientific objectivity.

    S8 - Apply social, economic and environmental sensitivity to conflict resolution.

    S9 - Use public speaking and legal argumentation correctly and effectively.

    S10 - Correctly draft and structure legal documents.

    S11 - Work autonomously and respect ethical principles in your work and professional performance.

    3. Competences of Titles

    C1 - Know how to analyse, develop and defend individually a problem within the disciplinary field of the degree programme, applying the knowledge, skills, tools and strategies acquired or developed there in.

    C2 - Know and be able to manage interpersonal skills relating to initiative, responsibility, conflict resolution, negotiation, etc., which are required in the professional field.

    C3- Select and interpret legal and conventional regulations, case law and judicial doctrine applicable to different legal systems.

    C4 - Be able to solve complex legal problems by applying creativity and innovative ideas.

    C5 - Convey legal information clearly, accurately and comprehensibly, both orally and in writing, adapting to different professional contexts.

    C6 - Draft contracts, reports, lawsuits and other legal documents with technical precision.

    Learning outcomes of the Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration

    1. Knowledge of Titles

    K1 - To know the principles and values of democracy and sustainable development, in particular, respect for human rights and fundamental rights, gender equality and non-discrimination, the principles of universal accessibility and climate change..

    K2 - To know basic humanistic contents, oral and written expression, following ethical principles and completing a multidisciplinary training profile.

    K3 - Address the effects of the presence of uncertainty in the problems faced by consumers and firms, the implications of risk aversion (or risk neutrality), the role of information and its value, as well as the strategic interaction between economic agents.

    K4 - To understand the fundamental elements of the national and international economic environment in which the company operates

    K5 - To understand and synthesize the functioning of the various public and private instruments available to the entrepreneur to finance his activity.

    K6 - Analyze the main tools for the analysis of the company's competitive situation (including digital transformation processes).

    K7 - Understand the different nature of the various variables of an economic problem and solve it using concepts of linear algebra, matrix algebra, and differential calculus.

    K8 - Know the legal regime of the different instruments of industrial property law at the service of companies (patents, trademarks, trade names or industrial designs, among others), as well as the legal foundations of the Spanish economic system and the basic rules that regulate the exchange of goods and services.

    K9 - To learn the concepts related to market behavior that are useful in the commercial management of the company.

    2. Skills of Titles

    S1 - Apply statistical methods to perform linear regression analysis and test hypotheses, and understand the nature of the different variables of an economic problem.

    S2 - Solve the conditioning factors that develop in any business organization (need to innovate, to permanently update knowledge, relationship with external and internal customers and suppliers, decision making in contexts of uncertainty, efficient time management), applying knowledge of a theoretical-practical nature.

    S3 - To plan and organize team work making the right decisions based on available information and gathering data in digital environments.

    S4 - To use information interpreting relevant data avoiding plagiarism, and in accordance with the academic and professional conventions of the area of study, being able to assess the reliability and quality of such information.

    S5 - Apply knowledge to identify with rigor, precision and scientific objectivity the social processes and possible solutions.

    S6 - To be able to formulate, debate and defend critical reasoning, using precise terminology and specialized resources on business phenomena, using the concepts and methodologies of analysis of the different disciplines of Business Administration.

    S7 - Be able to manage, identify, gather and interpret relevant information on business-related issues.

    S8 - Know how to make judgments that include an ethical reflection on fundamental business and economic issues.

    S9 - Demonstrate the ability to organize and plan work, to make decisions based on the information obtained and to make judgments based on critical thinking within their area of knowledge.

    S10 - Demonstrate good interpersonal communication and ability to work in multidisciplinary and international teams.

    S11 - Apply interpersonal skills to negotiate efficiently in labour conflicts, as well as to select, motivate and retain employees.

    3. Competences of Titles

    C1 - Be able to autonomously analyse, develop and defend an interdisciplinary problem related to the contents taught in the Degree, applying the knowledge, skills, tools and strategies acquired or developed during the course.

    C2 - To Know and be able to handle interpersonal skills on initiative, responsibility, conflict resolution, negotiation, etc., required in the professional environment.

    C3 - Ability to create and manage companies and organizations in response to changes in the environment in which they operate.

    C4 - Manage and prepare budgets and apply accounting tools to record and analyse a company's financial transactions.

    C5 - Be able to apply the scientific method to relevant business and economic questions, to pose a problem in this field, identifying a method to carefully interpret the available data.

    C6 - Assessing the adequacy of the strategies of business organisations and proposing improvements in these strategies based on information available both in the company itself and in its environment.

    C7 -Applying statistical and econometric tools to solve organisational problems.

    C8 - Apply knowledge of market research to collect and analyse data to guide marketing decisions, as well as to manage communication and advertising campaigns based on the analysis of consumer behaviour.

  • External internships

    External Internships

    External Internships for the Degree in Law

    Public Organizations:

    • Secretaría General Técnica del Ministerio de Justicia
    • Gabinete Técnico del Tribunal Supremo
    • Audiencia Nacional 
    • Juzgados de primera instancia
    • Consejería de Economía, Empleo y Competitividad de la CAM
    • Abogacía General de la CAM
    • Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Madrid. Servicios de Orientación Jurídica. Extranjería

    Law firms and private entities:

    • Cuatrecasas
    • Sánchez Blanco y Ruiz-Giménez
    • International Lawyers and Legal Advisors
    • Schiller Abogados y Rechtsanwaelte
    • Boston Consulting Group
    • Garrido Asesores Fiscales
    • Ramón y Cajal Abogados

    Legal departments of NGOs:

    • CEAR
    • CERMI
    • Fundación Secretariado Gitano

    External Internships for the Degree in Business Administration:

    • 3M España S.L.
    • Abengoa S.A.
    • AC Hoteles S.A.
    • Adidas España
    • Air Europa Lineas Aereas S.A.
    • Airbus Group
    • Apple INC
    • Banca March
    • Banco Santander
    • Banco de España
    • Banco Popular Español
    • Bankia S.A.
    • Caixabank Assest Management Sgiic S.A.
    • Danone S.A.
    • Deloitte
    • Dupont
    • Ey
    • Ford Motor Company
    • HP Hewllet Packard
    • Microsoft Iberica S.R.L.
    • Nestle España S.A.
    • Toshiba 
    • Toyota
    • Warner Bros Entertaiment
    • Yesos Ibericos S.A. (Grupo Uralita)
  • Career opportunities

    Career opportunities

    Career Opportunities for the Degree in Law:

    • Lawer
    • Industrial property agent
    • Legal advisor
    • Labor advisor
    • Labor auditor
    • Family mediator
    • Solicitor
    • Human resources technician
    • Compliance manager
    • Senior technician in occupational risk prevention
    • Property, mercantile and movable property register
    • Aministrative manager
    • State Lawyer
    • Public prosecutor
    • Jodge or magistrate
    • Notary public
    • Court clerk
    • Civil administrator of the State
    • Diplomat 
    • Inspector of the National Police Corps
    • Military legal corps 
    • Labor inspector
    • Treasury inspector of technician

    This degree allows access to the Master's Degree, wich qualifies for the practice od law in Spain

    Career Opportinities for the Degree in Business Administration:

    Graduates of the degree ca carry out their profesional activity in the following areas:

    • Head of personnel administration
    • Marketing manager
    • Export manager
    • Head of training and development
    • Product manager
    • Marketing director
    • Director of communication
    • Quality manager
    • CEO
    • Human resources manager
    • Logistic director
    • Purchasing manager
    • Financial or securities analyst
    • Risk analyst
    • Real state agent
    • Actuary
    • Auditor of accounts
    • Internal auditor
    • Export sales representative
    • Strategic consultant
    • Insurance broker
    • Bank clerk
    • Market research technician
    • Corporate social responsibility technician
    • Local development agent
    • State commercial diplomates
    • State Insurance inspector
    • Treasury inspector or technician
    • Specialist in baking transparency and market conduct

Study in english

Studies with bilingual option

In this degree, the university offers the opportunity to study in English more than half of the subjects of the studies program. Once you have been admitted, you will choose, at the time of enrollment, the language in which you will study in accordance with the following conditions:

  • In groups in English, all works (classes, drills, exercises, tests, etc.) will be conducted in English.
  • Along the first year, it must be established an English B2 level, performing a test, providing one of the supported official certificates or any way determined by the university. In the first weeks of the course will inform students how they can prove their level.
  • The courses offered in English are in the studies program.
  • In case there are more applications than places available in English, interested persons will be ranked according to their admission grade.
  • If you are enrolled in English and exceed at least 50% of the credits offered at the UC3M, in the DS appear a mention of bilingual studies.

More information about Languages in Degrees

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Faculty

Scientific activity is a fundamental element of Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, which is the top university in Spain in terms of six-year research periods obtained by its faculty. This is composed of internationally renowned scientists integrating leading research groups in project management and resource attraction at national and European level. The commitment to research translates into a significant scientific production and a strong international orientation, with professors who carry out top-level research and contribute to high-impact publications.

This first-rate scientific activity is complemented by experienced professionals who work part-time at the university, facilitating a direct connection between the university and the economic environment.

https://www.uc3m.es/research

⚙  104,34 M€ Secured funding

👥 140 Research groups

📖 79 Registered patents and software

☂  12 Spin-offs

📖 2.452 Articles published

Source: 2023-2024 Annual Research and Transfer Report

List of teaching staff for the Bachelor's Degree (in alphabetical order)

Schedules

Quality

Facts about this dual bachelor

Year of implementation: 2008

Places offered:

  • Getafe Campus: 135
  • Colmenarejo Campus: 85

Official Code: 7000000

Bachelor's Degree Quality indicators (Getafe)

Bachelor's Degree Quality indicators (Colmenarejo)

Labor insertion of the Degree

Link to publication in Official universities, centres and degrees registry

Evaluation and monitoring

Verification Report of Bachelor's Degree in Law  

Verification Report of Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration 

Report of modifications and accreditations of the Bachelor in Law

Report of modifications and accreditations of the Bachelor in Business Administration

 

 

 

System of Internal Quality Assurance

Departments involved in teaching

In the dual Bachelor in Law and Business Administration teach courses the following University departments:

Teaching staff and teaching plan

Courses of the studies plan and teaching staff

Facilities

Information about facilities for studies