Master in Human Resources Management

The Master’s curriculum is taught over two terms.

• In the first semester (September-January), students take eight compulsory courses exploring the role of Human Resources Management (HRM), as well as the part played within organizations by other critical management activities. This term is organized as a “mini-MBA”.
• In the second semester (February-June), the program focuses fully on HRM, offering a number of highly specialized courses, which are similar in content across the Madrid and Madrid-Paris tracks.
• Students on the international track (Madrid-Paris) receive two Master’s diplomas, one from the UC3M and the other from the Institut de Gestion Sociale.
• Students are required to attend all lectures and seminars on any track.

* Elective courses are organised according to students' preferences, whereby only those courses enrolling a sufficient number of students will be held.
 

C) Compulsory courses: 42 ECTS

E) Elective courses: 6 ECTS

TFM) Master's thesis: 12 ECTS

international track

 IMPORTANT 

• The courses held at the Institut de Gestion Sociale are officially recognised as the equivalent of those courses of a similar content at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.
• Students must enroll at UC3M in all the program's compulsory subjects (42 ECTS), the Master's Thesis (12 ECTS) and the following elective subjects (6 ECTS): Labour Law and Information Technology for HR Managers.
• In the Madrid-Paris track, internships are curricular and begin between June and September, with a minimum duration of 6 months.

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

Applicants are to hold a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent (from any country). Students in the last year of their degree studies may also apply for admission; their application will be considered upon confirmation of the successful completion of their degree course.

Admission criteria

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

language requirements

Since English is the official language of the programme, a high level of written and spoken English is required. This knowledge can be accredited with the results of an official C1 English diploma (CEFR) including evaluation of the 4 areas: listening, reading, speaking and writing. As a general rule, the following minimum scores for other certificates are required:

• TOEFL (iBT): 95-120
• IELTS: 7.0 - 8.0
• Cambridge ESOL: Certificate in Advanced English (CAE)
• TOIEC (Four skills): 1096 - 1345
• Linguaskill: 180+

The language requirements will not be required to those students whose mother tongue is English or students who have completed their undergraduate studies in English, upon presentation of the relevant documentation.

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*

Enrolment fee: €1,500

• 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

◉ TRACK MADRID

• EU students:
  €9,000 (€150/ECTS credit)
• Non EU students:
  €13,500 (€225/ECTS credit)

Note: The degree will be awarded upon completion of all credits.
 

◉ TRACK MADRID/PARIS

• EU students:
  €12,000 (€200/ECTS credit)
  - First payment: €10,200
  - Second payment: €1,800
• Non EU students​:
  €13,500 (€225/ECTS credit)
  - First payment: €10,800
  - Second payment: €2,700
   

 IMPORTANT 

• Both diplomas (one from the University Carlos III and the other one from the Institut de Gestion Sociale) will be awarded upon completion of all credits in both Institutions.​

✎│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  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 enroll on the master’s degree after completing the admission process and receiving formal confirmation of your acceptance.
• Information about Full-time enrollment.
• The email address provided upon enrollment 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 erollment proecess will be terminated. In cases of cancellation of enrollment due to non-payment, the University may demand the payment of the pending amounts for enrollment in previous academic courses as a prior condition of enrollment.
• The enrollment fee will be not refunded in the event of voluntary withdrawal from the programme.
• 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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