Master in Libraries, Archives and Digital Continuity

In the first term the student must take the 27 credits of the compulsory subjects common to both itineraries. In the second term, the student must take a specialized itinerary in libraries (subjects marked as Itinerary 1) or in archives (subjects marked as Itinerary 2). In both itineraries, students must take the 21 credits of elective subjects of the itinerary of their choice.

In addition, a total of 6 credits must be taken from among all the elective subjects offered between the first and second term. To this must be added the 6 credits of the Master Thesis that must be taken in the second term and that will be defended once the rest of the credits of the compulsory subjects (27 ECTS) and elective subjects (27 ECTS) have been passed.

Formative Complements *

Subject	ECTS	TYPE	Language
Treatment and management of information in libraries and archives	3	FC

* Formative Complements: those students coming from degrees not related to information processing and management and who do not have sufficient professional experience and complementary training in this field must take 3 credits of formative complements (CF). For more information, please check the requirements for access to the master's degree.

Itinerary 1: "Digital Libraries and information Services"

Itinerary 2: "Archives, Records Management and Digital Continuity"

• (C) Compulsory: 27 ECTS
• (E) Elective courses: 27 ECTS
• (TFM) Master Thesis: 6 ECTS

✎ │ All subjects will have a final exam that must be taken at the University's facilities or online at the end of each term or academic year. Final exams will be concentrated in one or two days. The online exams will require the application of an automated system of verification of non-existence of academic fraud or impersonation. In order to take the exams online, students will have to obtain authorization from the Master's Management, with the prior written consent of the application of the anti-fraud system.

course Programs

◤ Access to previous course programs

GENERAL COURSE INFORMATION

☛ First year offered: 2017

• 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

Access to the Master will be subject to the requirements established by the Royal Decree 822/2021 of 28 September 2021.

To have an official Spanish university degree or another issued by a higher education institution belonging to another EHEA member state that entitles them to access Master's degree courses.

For the access of graduates coming from educational systems outside the EHEA, the provisions of article 18.2 of said RD shall be observed.
 

FORMATIVE COMPLEMENTS

Students coming from degrees unrelated to information processing and management must take the 3 ECTS training complements Treatment and management of information in libraries and archives. Specifically, it should be taken by all those candidates who, depending on their entrance qualification, are not familiar with the concepts and fundamentals of the following subjects:

• Information Search and Retrieval
• Documentary languages
• Databases in Documentary Environments
• Fundamentals of Archival and Library Science
• Markup languages
• Documentary analysis
• Metadata

The dates and schedules of the Formative Complements can be consulted here.
 

Admission criteria

Admission will be decided by the Master’s Academic Committee, taking into account the potential of each candidate attending to their motivation and especially to the merits provided in the documentation requested.

The weighting will be carried out as follows:

Within the Master's Steering Committee, a Committee will be appointed to decide on the selection of candidates, which will be formed by:

• Master's Director
• Master's Deputy Director
• At least one professor from the departments involved

LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS

Candidates whose native language is not Spanish must present an official certificate of Spanish level B2, according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Additionally, they will have to have an interview with the Master's Direction to verify their language skills in Spanish.

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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Links of interest

• Frequenly asked questions
• Full time/part time studies
• Recordings of guest lectures

During the e-learning training, the evaluation of the knowledge, skills and attitudes learned will be based on:

• Control of knowledge of each module by means of continuous evaluation tests (such as questionnaires, written assignments, practicals, debates in the student forum or by other telematic means, etc.) and a mandatory final exam.
• Access to the platform

Technical requirements for e-learning training:

• Operating system Windows, Linux or Mac OS
• Computer with internet connection
• Internet Browser (Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari, Explorer updated to latest version)
• Webcam and microphone
• E-mail
• The Virtual Master uses the Moodle learning platform developed mainly on GNU/Linux using Apache, MySQL and PHP (or LAMP platform).

To manage Aula Global, you only need:

• A computer and a browser. Please note that some features are not fully operational depending on which browser version. Moodle 2.4 recommends: Firefox 4, Safari 5, Chrome 11, Internet Explorer 8 (Internet Explorer 10 if you want the drag and drop option to work).
• Connecting to the University Network / connecting to the Internet
• Login to Campus Global with your passwords
• Click on Aula Global (the link is on the left)

Recommended computer equipment:

• Computer: Pentium IV or higher
• RAM 256 MB or more
• CD-ROM drive x48