Graduate School of Business
- Direction
- Prof. D. Jaime Bonache
- Head of Studies
- Prof. D. Luigi Stirpe
- Coordination
- Prof. D. Fernando Muñoz
- Language
- English
- Attendance
- On-campus
- Credits
- 60 ECTS
- Campus
- Madrid - Puerta de Toledo
- Applications
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☛ Places available: 40
- Departments
- Business Administration
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The Master’s in Human Resources Management aims to provide university graduates with the knowledge and skills required for a successful career in HR management.
The Master’s programme is taught by a highly proficient faculty of both academics and practitioners. The values of rigour, applicability and personal respect underpin the programme’s content and structure.
The programme provides a gateway to a variety of career opportunities in consulting firms and corporate HR departments in public, private, national, international, and non-profit organizations. Graduates are regularly employed by top-tier companies such as Airbus, Amadeus, Banco Santander, BBVA, Baker & McKenzie, Boston Consulting Group, Coca Cola, Deloitte, EY, Indra, INECO, Management Solutions, Manpower Group, Repsol, and Vodafone.
Besides studying the Master entirely at the UC3M in Madrid, students may also study the second semester either at the Institut de Gestion Sociale (IGS) in Paris (Madrid-Paris track) or at the London South Bank University (LSBU) (Madrid-London track), receiving two Master’s diplomas, one from each institution.
☛ Eduniversal has selected the Master in Human Resources Management offered by the UC3M as one of the top 50 masters in the field in Europe.☛ El Mundo has selected the Master in Human Resources Management offered by the UC3M as the second best programme in the field in Spain. Best Masters in HRM, El Mundo 2019.
🎥 │Master in Human Resources Management
│MASTER IN NUMBERS
- ☛ Very high level of satisfaction: the average satisfaction with their professional careers among graduates from the Master's was 4.7 (out of 5)
- ☛ Students on the 2 international pathways (Madrid-London and Madrid-Paris) receive 2 Master’s diplomas, one from each institution
- ☛ Around 15 nationalities from all over the world each year
- ☛ Jobs in Human Resources: around 90% of graduates work in Human Resources, with 10% in management positions
- ☛ Working at home or abroad: 54.8% of graduates work abroad
- ☛ Early offers: on average, graduates receive their first job offer 1.56 months after graduating
- CURRICULUM
- CURRICULUM
The Master’s curriculum is taught over two terms.
- In the first term (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 term (February-June), the program focuses fully on HRM, offering a number of highly specialized courses, which are similar in content across the Madrid, Madrid-London, and Madrid-Paris tracks.
- Students on the two international tracks (Madrid-London and Madrid-Paris) receive two Master’s diplomas, one from the UC3M and the other from either London South Bank University or Institut de Gestion Sociale.
- Students are required to attend all lectures and seminars on any track.
Course 1 - Semester 1
First Semester - Madrid Subjects ECTS TYPE Language Managing and Leading People 6 C 
Strategic Management 3 C Organizational Behaviour 3 C Financial Management 3 C Marketing and Operations Management 3 C International Management 3 C Selection and Development 3 C Managing employee attitudes and behaviors 3 C Course 1 - Semester 2
Second Semester - Madrid Subjects ECTS TYPE Language Comparative Human Resources 3 C HR Audit and Administration 3 C Research methods and Topics in human resources 6 C Professional Seminars 3 C Elective courses (6 ECTS)* Labour Law 3 E Advanced Labour Law 3 E Global People Management 3 E Managing Skills 3 E Information Technology for HR Managers 3 E Second Semester - Madrid - TFM Subjects ECTS TYPE Language TFM Final Master's Dissertation 12 C * 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
Second Semester - IGS Paris (*) Courses Staffing and Recruitment Talent Management and Career Planning Corporate Social Responsibility Employee and Labour Relations Performance Management HR Strategy Compensation and Benefits Best Practices in HRM Internship Final Master´s Dissertation Second Semester - London South Bank University (*) Courses Research Methods International Employment Relations People Resourcing Strategic International Human Resources Management Final Master´s Dissertation (*) The courses held at the London South Bank University or 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 choosing either the Madrid-Paris track or the Madrid-London track will be required to enrol for 48 ECTS in the first term and for the 12 ECTS of the master’s thesis at the end of the second term.
course Programs
- QUALITY
General Course Information
☛ First year offered: 2013
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).
Graduate Profile and Competences
- CURRICULUM
- FACULTY
The Master’s program is taught by extremely competent and acknowledged staff with recognized experience in the three groups that make up the area of study: academics, managers and consultants. This association guarantees and combines the necessary rigor of higher education with the professional application closely connected to the labour market for consultants and personnel management. The Master in Human Resources Management strives to recruit the best faculty from around the world.
UC3M FACULTY
- BONACHE, JAIME
Department of Business Administration
Full Professor of Business Organization
PhD in Economics and Business
Brief CV
- DEUSCHEL, NICOLAS
Department of Business Administration
Assistant Professor
PhD
- GÓMEZ ABELLEIRA, FRANCISCO JAVIER
Department of Social Law and Private International
Associate Professor
PhD in Law
Brief CV
- MUÑOZ, ANA BELÉN
Department of Social Law and Private International
Assistant Professor
PhD
Brief CV
- MUÑOZ, FERNANDO
Department of Business Administration
Associate Professor
PhD in Economics and Business
Brief CV
- PÉREZ, DANIEL
Department of Social Law and Private International
PhD Assistant Professor
PhD in Law
Brief CV
- STIRPE, LUIGI
Department of Business Administration
Associate Professor
PhD
Brief CV
- ZÁRRAGA, CELIA
Department of Business Administration
Associate Professor
PhD
Brief CV
EXTERNAL FACULTY
- ARRAIZ, IGNACIO
Consultant
MBA
- ANDERSEN, SØREN
Senior Consultant in Recruitment and Coaching
MSc
- BREWSTER, CHRIS
Henley Business School (UK)
Full Professor of Human Resources
PhD
- CANDEL, TERESA
Partner
Baker & McKenzie
PhD
- DE LA CALZADA, ROSA
Consultant
MBA
- DE BRUINE, CHERYL
Consultant
BA
- DÍAZ, DAVID
Partner
Baker & McKenzie
BA
- DOMENECH, EMILIA
Executive Coach
BA
- ERREJÓN, JAVIER
General Manager
Group Von der Heyden
PhD
- FERNÁNDEZ CASLA, SUSANA
Senior Professional Coach
BA
- FROESE, FABIAN JINTAE
Professor of HRM
Universidad de Göttingen (Germany)
PhD
- GÓMEZ, BLANCA
HR Manager in Chief
Microsoft Spain
MBA
- HERRERO-BEAUMONT, ELENA
Partner
Vinces
MA
- HURTADO, CARLOS
Associate
Baker & McKenzie
Graduate
- JOOSS, STEFAN
Lecturer in Management
University College Cork (UK)
PhD
- MACKAY, MARGARET
Senior consultant
BA
- O'MEARA, MARY ELLEN
Global Director of Human Resources
Miller Heiman Group
BA
- RIGBY, MIKE
London South Bank University
Director of the Centre for International Business
PhD
- SANCHEZ, JUAN I.
Florida International University (USA)
Full Professor
PhD
- VELA, BEATRIZ
Director of Human Resources
Baker & Mckenzie
MBA
- ZIKIC, JELENA
Universidad de York
Professor of Organizational Behavior
PhD
- BONACHE, JAIME
- ADMISSION
- ADMISSION
Application
The request is made electronically through our application. Before starting the admission process, please, read the following information:
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:
ADMISSION CRITERIA % Official academic records 25% Curriculum vitae 25% Letters of motivation and recommendation 25% Personal interview 25% 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, 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.
- ENROLLMENT
fees *
2021-2022 Academic year
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/LONDON or 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
Note1: Both diplomas (one from the University Carlos III and the other one from the host Institution) will be awarded upon completion of all credits in both Institutions.Note2: For the international options, the teaching period finishes the first year. In the second year students are to defend their thesis at the partner institution (either LSBU or IGS).
NOTE: The enrollment fees do not include the cost of issuing the master's degree certificate.
* Pending approval by the Community of Madrid for the academic year 21/22Additional 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.
Best Practices and Regulations
- ADMISSION
- SCHOLARSHIPS
UC3M GRANTS FOR ACADEMIC YEAR 2021/2022
CALL AM01-21/22 *
A call has been announced for academic year 2021-2022 involving a maximum of eight grants for the payment of the net enrolment fees for students accepted on the Master at the "Madrid" track, with the following allocation:
- Eight grants for the sum of €4,500, €3,000, or €1,500
These grants are open solely to those students that have submitted their application for admission to the Master.
Application deadline: 31 May 2021
Resolutions: February, April and June 2021
* The number of grants and the sums specified in the annex to the call may vary depending on the status of the candidates applying for the same, and even no grants may be awarded if so decided by the Selection Committee for each programme.
General information on grants and scholarships
For more information on specific grants of interest awarded by UC3M and by other agencies or organisations.
- PRACTICAL INFORMATION
MASTER’S COURSE SCHEDULE
Check the Master’s schedule (Academic Year 2020/2021)
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT ACADEMIC YEAR 2020/21
The Master in Human Resources Management will be taught next academic year 2020/21 partly Synchronous Online Teaching combining with on Campus* small classes to ensure the prevention and social distancing measures in classrooms.
All students must have the necessary equipment to follow classes remotely (device with internet connection and webcam. See Student’s Guide). Due to the restrictions in the use of computer rooms on Campus it may be necessary to take your own computer equipment for its use in the classroom.
UC3M has a laptop loan program for students who need it.
*Students who cannot attend to on Campus classes, due to difficulties or delays obtaining their visas, border closures, or similar issues, will be able to follow classes in a Synchronous Online Teaching system until they are able to arrive to on Campus classes.