Master in Business and Finance (MRes)

The Master’s program is divided into two academic years (60 ECTS each) that cover core, specialized and elective courses.

• Core subjects provide students with the key analytical skills, concepts and tools (1st year)
• Specialized courses build the foundations of the students’ research area of interest (1st and 2nd years)
• Elective courses allow students to develop a multidisciplinary perspective, and can be chosen from other specializations in the master or from other masters at UC3M (2nd year)

Areas of specialization

There are two main areas of specialization in the program, Accounting & Finance and Management & Marketing. In each of these areas, the students can develop deeper specializations.

— YEAR 1 —

— YEAR 2 —

The curriculum of the 2nd year can be designed to adapt to the areas of interest of the student, combining subjects from her/his specialization, from other specializations and from related masters at the university (up to 15 ECTS). The curriculum of each student will be built jointly with the program direction.

Total credits to be completed in the 2nd year are 60 ECTS. Coursework accounts for 45 ECTS and the final Master thesis accounts for 15 ECTS. The Master thesis is a research-oriented project on a topic chosen by the student and developed under the guidance of an expert professor in the student’s field of specialization. It also serves as a research proposal for the PhD for those students entering into the PhD.

course Programs

◤ Access to previous course programs

General Course Information

☛ First year offered: 2013

• Information about Master´s Degree
• Verification Report
• External evaluation and Monitoring Reports

QUALITY INDICATORS

☛ Master's Degree indicators

☛ Labour insertion indicators

PROGRAMME’S QUALITY ASSURANCE

The Academic Committee of the Master’s programme complies with the SGIC-UC3M and it is responsible for the follow-up, analysis, review, assessment and quality of the program, it contributes with proposals to improve the program and produces the “Memoria Académica de Titulación” (Programme Report).

• Academic Committee

FACULTY AND COURSE PLAN

☛ Curriculum subjects and their faculty

Graduate Profile and Competences

• Graduate profile and competences

Application

The request must be submitted electronically through our application system. Before beginning the admission process, please read the following information:

• Documentation that must be uploaded to the on line application
• Calendar and general information about admission 
• Follow the step-by-step instructions in the application for admission

Requirements

Admission requirements to the program entail the possession of a bachelor’s degree, or equivalent, with quantitative training in the fields of Business Administration or Economics or related areas (Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, etc.).

Graduates from programs with a weak quantitative content need to provide strong evidence that they have sufficient quantitative skills or ability to acquire them (high quantitative GRE scores, high scores in quantitative subjects, extra-courses or specialization/minors in quantitative subjects, etc.).

Language requirements

Students must demonstrate a working knowledge of the English language, with a minimum required level of B2.

English skills must be accredited with the results of an official English diploma (CAE, IELTS, TOEFL).

Check here the accepted diplomas and minimum scores required.

Admission criteria

Admission will be decided by the Master’s Academic Committee. Candidate selection will be done on the basis of the following criteria:

• Academic record
• Quantitative background of students in Business Administration or related areas
• The prestige of the university of origin
• Letters of recommendation and motivation.

The candidate’s academic records and background will have a minimum weight of 50% and the university of origin at least 25%.

Documents

students with foreign university degrees

Once admitted to the Master’s program, students holding a university degree from a higher education institution outside the EHEA must provide the diploma, legalized through diplomatic procedures or by The Hague Apostille, for enrollment. They must also submit their transcript of records, including the grade point average, duly legalized.

More information about Legalization of Foreign Documents.

If needed, documents must be accompanied by an official sworn translation into Spanish.

TUITION FEES*

Reservation fee: €450 

• it will be paid once the student receives notification of admission to the master’s, and deducted from the first tuition payment
• the reservation fee will only be refunded if the master program is cancelled

60 ECTS in the first academic year:

• EU students: €2,701.2 (€45.02/ECTS credit)
• Non EU students: €5,044.2 (€84.07/ECTS credit)

✎│Tuition fees
 

NOTE: the indicated public prices do not include in any case, neither the ECTS corresponding to the Formative Complements that the student must take (only master's degrees with previous Formative Complements), nor the cost of issuing the master’s degree certificate.

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* Current fees for the 24/25 academic year, pending approval by the Community of Madrid for the 25/26 academic year.

Additional information

• You may enrol on the master’s degree after completing the admission process and receiving formal confirmation of your acceptance.
• When performing the enrolment you can choose between Full-time enrolment or Part-time enrolment.
• The email address provided upon enrolment will be used for formal communications; students are therefore kindly requested to check their mail regularly.
• Pursuant to the regulations of the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, a student failing to pay any part of the fees will not be admitted and the enrolment process will be terminated. In cases of cancellation of enrolment due to non-payment, the University may demand the payment of the pending amounts for enrolment in previous academic courses as a prior condition of enrolment.
  No diploma or certificate will be issued if a student has any outstanding payments.

✎│Enrolment master’s programmes

✎│ECTS credits recognition

Best Practices and Regulations

• Student cohabitation system
• Ethical code
• Enrollment and permanence rules
• Master's degree access rules
• Master's Thesis rules
• Rules for credits recognition

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