Master in Advanced Human Rights Studies

C= Compulsory: 55 ECTS

Research Project: 5 ECTS

Research Paper: 10 ECTS

Master's Thesis: 20 ECTS

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

Course access is aligned with the terms of the Royal Decree 822/2021 of 28 September 2021.

Course entry requirements are an official Spanish university degree or another qualification from a higher educational institute in another member state of the European Higher Education Area, provided that it is of sufficient level to study for a master's degree in the country of issue.

Graduates of educational systems outside the European Area of Higher Education may also access the course without any need to validate their qualifications, provided that the University is able to attest that their level of education is equivalent to the official Spanish university qualifications and that they are qualified to access postgraduate studies in their own country.

Admission criteria

Admission will depend on a selection process for all the candidates who comply with the legally established entry requirements. The selection process will take into account the fact that students are able to demonstrate sufficient guarantees of being able to successfully complete the course based on their curriculum, research interests and personal ability. For this purpose, in addition to evaluation of the documentation submitted, an essential prerequisite of the admissions procedure will be a personal interview either in person or through video conference.

The master's admission procedure will use the following scale  to assess the merits of candidates:

In the case of disabled students with specific educational needs, the appropriate support and advisory services will assess the need for possible curricular adaptations, itineraries or alternative studies.

Language requirements

Check the general language requirements required to study a Master’s at UC3M, depending on whether it is in Spanish, English or bilingual.

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
• Own Master's Thesis rules
• Rules for credits recognition

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