Master in Sustainable Development and Global Governance

* Formative Complements: should be taken by those students who do not have enough knowledge and skills in quantitative analysis. Check the requirements for access to the master.

C) Compulsory: 63 ECTS

E) Elective Course: 18 ECTS

aster's Thesis: 9 ECTS

course Programs

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GENERAL COURSE INFORMATION

☛ First year offered: 2022

• Information about Master's Degree
• Verification Report
• Madri+d Verification Report

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

Application

The request is made electronically through our application. Before starting the admission process, please, read the following information:

• Documentation to be uploaded with the online application
• Calendar and general information about admission 
• Follow the step-by-step instructions in the application for admission

REQUIREMENTS

In accordance with Royal Decree 822/2021 in order to be admitted to the Masters in Sustainable Development and Global Governance, an undergraduate degree from a Spanish university or an equivalent institution within the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) that would allow access to graduate studies is required. For students whose degrees are acquired from institutions outside the EHEA, the homologation of the respective degrees will not be necessary. In such cases, it will suffice that the University will verify that the said degrees fulfill a level of training equivalent to that of an official Spanish university degree and that those degrees from respective countries leading to graduate programs.
 

FORMATIVE COMPLEMENTS

Those students coming from Law, Philosophy, Humanities and History degrees and, therefore, with few competences in quantitative analysis should complete 6 ECTS of Formative complements in Mathematics — Basic notions of Calculus — and Economics — Basic notions of Economics — to acquire tools for quantitative analysis of sustainable development problems.

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

ADMISSION CRITERIA

Candidate selection will be done on the basis of the following criteria:

* Reference letters (preferably academic) should be uploaded on the application platform. The applicants should put the email addresses of at least two referees on that platform. The referees, who will receive a link where they can upload their letters, should specify the name of the applicant and the master's program.

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, students with university degrees issued by a higher education institution belonging to an educational system outside the EHEA, must provide, for enrolment, the diploma, legalized by diplomatic procedures or by means of The Hague Apostille. They must also submit the transcript of records, with 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: €800

• 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

Complete program | 90 ECTS (two academic years):

• EU students: €11,700 (€130/ECTS credit)
• Non-EU students: €17,550 (€195/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  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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