Master in Entrepreneurship and Business Venturing

The programme and methodology of the Master’s are designed from the perspective of creating a balance between academic rigour and practical application. The different subjects combine theoretical and practical classes, in which students will apply and integrate the knowledge acquired in different phases of business projects.

The programme is also characterized for offering a wide range of optional subjects, as a result of which each student is able to adapt their education to their own interests, needs and projects. In addition, a series of professional seminars will be given so that students will be able to learn directly from real entrepreneurial experiences. Students will actively participate in various activities developed over the course, all addressing the entrepreneurial phenomenon (workshops, round tables, conferences, entrepreneurs’ club etc.).

Finally, the programme is completed with a final dissertation in which students will be required to propose and develop a viable business project which could successfully be put into practice.

All students will carry out Internships through which they will discover, first hand, the problems and challenges of setting up a new business, developing new projects for a company etc.

Formative Complements *

Subjects	ECTS	TYPE	Language
Introduction to Business Activity	6	CF

* Formative Complements: should be taken by those students who do not have enough knowledge and skills related to subjects such as Introduction to Business and/or Fundamentals of Business Management. Check the requirements for access to the master.

CF) Complement Formative: 6 ECTS

C) Compulsory: 36 ECTS

E) Elective Course: 12 ECTS

Master Thesis: 6 ECTS

Interships: 6 ECTS

Elective courses will only be offered if there is a minimum of 10 enrolled students.

MANUAL DE CREACIÓN DE EMPRESAS

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course Programs

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General Course Information

☛ First year offered: 2012

• 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).

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FACULTY AND COURSE PLAN

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Graduate Profile and Competences

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Application

The request is made electronically through our application. Before starting 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

In order to register for the course, a university degree qualifying students for access to a master's degree or equivalent in the country of issue is required. Students with qualifications issued by countries which are not members of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) will not be required to validate their degrees, although the University will check that they have an equivalent level to official Spanish university qualifications.

Graduates of any academic qualification are eligible to register on the master's degree course, irrespective of their area of specialisation. Given that business activity and the entrepreneurial phenomenon cover any area of society, qualifications from any branch of knowledge are considered appropriate: engineers, humanists, jurists, economists, journalists, architects, scientific experts etc. Students coming from degrees far from Economics and Business and who have not had additional training related to subjects such as Introduction to Business and/or Fundamentals of Business Management  must take Formative Complements.

FORMATIVE COMPLEMENTS

Students coming from degrees far from Economics and Business and who have not had additional training related to subjects such as Introduction to Business and/or Fundamentals of Business Management must take 6 ECTS credits in the Formative Complements called Introduction to Business Activity.

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

Admission criteria

Admission to the programme will be based on the decision of the academic committee which will assess each candidate’s potential, taking into account their motivation and the merits of the documentation accompanying their application:

* Where appropriate, postgraduate qualifications and academic record.

** In the case of candidates from degrees not similar to the program content.

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.

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

60 ECTS in the first academic year:

• EU students: €7,800 (€130/ECTS credit)
• Non EU students: €11,700 (€195/ECTS credit)

✎│Programme’s fees

NOTE: The enrolment fees do not include the cost of issuing the master’s degree certificate.

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* Current fees for the 22/23 academic year, pending approval by the Community of Madrid for the 23/24 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.

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Best Practices and Regulations

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• Enrollment and permanence rules
• Master's degree access rules
• Master's Thesis rules
• Rules for credits recognition

Additional Information

• Living in Madrid
• Study in Madrid
• Virtual Visit
• Accomodation

CF) Complement Formative: 6 ECTS

C) Compulsory: 36 ECTS

E) Elective Course: 12 ECTS

Master Thesis: 6 ECTS

Interships: 6 ECTS

Elective courses will only be offered if there is a minimum of 10 enrolled students.

Universidad Carlos III de Madrid uses the BlackBoard Collaborate system so that students can follow the online sessions synchronously, at the same time that some of their classmates do so in the classroom.

TECHNOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS

In order to use this tool, the student must have:

• A device with internet connection
• A device with a microphone and, optionally, a camera to actively participate in the session.

BlackBoard Collaborate is a tool that works on a large number of web browsers that only supports the two most recent versions of the stable channel of the following browsers: Chrome (recommended on Windows, Linux and Mac, and for Android mobile devices), Firefox, Safari (recommended for iOS and iPadOS mobile devices). 

In order to use this system, the student needs to have the following technical equipment:

• Web browser, both from your computer and from your cell phone. It is not necessary to install any additional application. Compatible browsers are (remember that they have to be updated): *Chrome or *Safari 11
• Internet connection: preferably by network cable, if not wifi; as a last option use mobile data, since it is a videoconferencing system that consumes a lot of data. Traffic increases the more videos and applications are shared during the session. 
• Minimum connection: (48 kbps audio + 360 kps x each video + 500 kbps content) A 3G connection might be sufficient, but as it depends on the number of people connected, it is better, as mentioned above, to connect from a network that guarantees at least 8Mbps. 
• You can check your connection quality for example through this speed test page.

ACCESS TO BLACKBOARD SESSIONS

The student will be able to access sessions created in BlackBoard Collaborate through two options:

• The Aula Global platform with the student's credentials and once inside go to the course whose activities they wish to view.
• On this page the student will be able to access the list of course activities and will be able to see the active sessions, future sessions and recorded sessions to be able to view them in case they are not synchronous.
• Through direct access via URL that the manager or the teacher will send to the students. In this case they will access directly to the link provided.

The applications integrated in Aula Global are:

BlackBoard Collaborate

This system allows the student to follow the synchronous sessions at the same time as the rest of his classmates do in the classroom, and to actively participate in them, or to access them later when the student has different schedules. These classes will be recorded with the authorization of the students present in the classroom.

In order to encourage the active participation of students and faculty, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid has implemented the following tools for the dynamization of classes:

Wooclap

This tool allows students to participate in classes through quick surveys that can be answered from their mobile device.

For the professor, this is a way to check if the content is really being understood, since the results of the surveys are obtained in real time. There are a multitude of possibilities: polls, questionnaires, brainstorms or image searches are some of the options.

Kaltura

This is a dynamization system that allows both professors and students to incorporate multimedia content into their courses. In this way, professors are able to create all kinds of audio and video content to add to their classes. Students also have their own space where they can upload multimedia content to incorporate into their deliveries.

At the beginning of the academic year, the University offers incoming students training sessions on the use of distance learning applications, coordinated by the UC3M Vice-Rector's Office for Strategy and Digital Education. You will receive specific instructions and the schedule of these training sessions from your Master's manager.

During these days the student receives training sessions on Aula Global (Moodle):

• How to have access to the contents and tasks that each teacher uploads to the application
• Use of forums for active participation
• Access to questionnaires and grades