Master in Telecommunications, Data protection, Audiovisual and Information Society Law
Graduate School of Law
- Direction
- Prof. Agustín de Asís Roig, Prof. José Vida Fernández, Prof. Nieves de la Serna Bilbao
- Coordination
- Prof. Omar Ciceri Pizo
- Language
- Spanish
- Attendance
- On-campus
- Credits
- 60
- Campus
- Madrid - Puerta de Toledo
- Applications
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☛ Places available: 50
Double degree: CLOSED
- Departments
- Instituto Pascual Madoz del Territorio, Urbanismo y Medio Ambiente
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This Master’s program stands out because it offers a global education within the specialization of digital law, which regulates the Information Society.
It is a unique program that addresses some areas which are interrelated and essential to a comprehensive understanding of legal regulatory regimes in new technologies.
With this structure, the Master’s program guarantees the solid, specialized education necessary to carry out professional work of excellence in one of the sectors most sought after by the business world and by law firms.
The program is organized into four thematic segments: Telecommunications Law, Data Protection Regulation, Audiovisual Law and the Information Society (electronic commerce, electronic administration and justice).
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- ☛ Master with 19 years of experience
- ☛ 30 students per promotion
- ☛ 100% guaranteed access to professional practices
- ☛ High employability of our graduates
- ☛ 82% of students are very satisfied
- CURRICULUM
- CURRICULUM 25/26
The Master's is structured in a series of themes, with the various subjects or activities they contain subject to an overall evaluation:
- THE INFORMATION SOCIETY ICT IN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SPHERE
- REGULATION OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR
- DATA PROTECTION AND SECURITY OF INFORMATION LAW
- AUDIOVISUAL COMMUNICATIONS LEGAL SYSTEM
In addition, students must complete a Master’s thesis.
Year 1 - Semester 1
Year 1 - Semester 2
TFM Subjects ECTS TYPE Language Master's Thesis 6 C vacio O) Obligatoria: 48 créditos
Prácticas externas obligatorias: 6 créditos
Trabajo fin de máster obligatorio: 6 créditos
course Programs
- CURRENT CURRICULUM
The Master's is structured in a series of themes, with the various subjects or activities they contain subject to an overall evaluation:
- THE INFORMATION SOCIETY ICT IN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SPHERE
- REGULATION OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR
- DATA PROTECTION AND SECURITY OF INFORMATION LAW
- AUDIOVISUAL COMMUNICATIONS LEGAL SYSTEM
In addition, students must complete a Master’s thesis.
Year 1 - Semester 1
Year 1 - Semester 2
TFM Subjects ECTS TYPE Language Master's Thesis 6 C vacio C= Compulsory: 48 ECTS
Interships: 6 ECTS
Master's Thesis: 6 ECTS
course Programs
- QUALITY
GENERAL COURSE INFORMATION
☛ First year offered: 2014
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).
FACULTY AND COURSE PLAN
Graduate Profile and Competences
- CURRICULUM 25/26
- FACULTY
The teaching staff of the Master's degree in Telecommunications, Data Protection, Audiovisual and Information Society Law include prominent academics, senior public authority officials and acknowledged practitioners in the private sector who teach the subject in a balanced manner placing emphasis on those issues in which their skills and expertise are of the greatest value. The following are course teachers:
UC3M FACULTY
- ASÍS ROIG, AGUSTÍN
Department of Public State Law
Associate Professor
PhD in Law
Brief CV
- DE LA SERNA BILBAO, MARÍA NIEVES
Department of Public State Law
Associate Professor
PhD
Brief CV
- DESCALZO GONZÁLEZ, ANTONIO
Department of Public State Law
Associate Professor
PhD in Law
Brief CV
- FONSECA FERRANDIS, FERNANDO
Department of Public State Law
Associate Professor
PhD in Law
Brief CV
- GARCÍA MANDALÓNIZ, MARTA
Department of Private Law
Associate Professor
PhD
Brief CV
- LLAMAZARES CALZADILLA, MARIA CRUZ
International Law, Ecclesiastical Law and Philosophy of Law
Associate Professor
PhD in Law
Brief CV
- MARTÍN CONTRERAS, LUIS
Department of Criminal Law, Procedural Law and History Law
Assistant Professor
PhD in Law
Brief CV
- MARTÍN SALAMANCA, SARA
Department of Private Law
Associate Professor
PhD in Law
Brief CV
- MERCADER UGUINA, JESÚS
Department of Private Social and International Law
Full Professor
PhD in Law
Brief CV
- ORTÍZ CALLE, ENRIQUE
Department of Public State Law
Full Professor
PhD in Law
Brief CV
- OTERO GONZÁLEZ , MARÍA PILAR
Department of Criminal Law, Procedural Law and History Law
Full Professor
PhD in Law
Brief CV
- PALOMAR OLMEDA, ALBERTO
Department of Public State Law
Assistant Professor
Contentious-administrative judge
Brief CV
- PEDRAZA CÓRDOBA, JUANITA DEL PILAR
Department of Public State Law
Visiting Professor
PhD
Brief CV
- QUADRA-SALCEDO, TOMÁS DE LA
Department of Public State Law
Honorary Emeritus Professor
Full Professor
PhD in Law
Brief CV
- RIBAGORDA, ARTURO
Computer Science and Engineering Department
Honorary Emeritus Professor
Full Professor
PhD
Brief CV
- RODRÍGUEZ RODRIGO, JULIANA
Department of Private Social and International Law
Associate Professor
PhD in Law
Brief CV
- SÁNCHEZ FERNÁNDEZ, MATILDE
Signal Theory and Communications Department
Full Professor
PhD
Brief CV
- VIDA FERNÁNDEZ, JOSÉ
Department of Public State Law
Associate Professor
PhD
Brief CV
EXTERNAL FACULTY
I. ACADEMIC FACULTY
- ADSUARA VARELA, BORJA
Digital Strategy, Public Affairs and Regulatory Consultant
- BARRIO ANDRÉS, MOISÉS
Counsel of the Council of State
- CALAZA LÓPEZ, SONIA
Full Professor of Procedural Law
UNED
- CARLÓN RUIZ, MATILDE
Full Professor
UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE MADRID
- DELGADO, JUAN
Assistant Professor
UC3M
- DOMENECH PASCUAL, GABRIEL
Full Professor of Administrative Law
UNIVERSIDAD DE VALENCIA
- FERNANDO PABLO, MARCOS MATÍAS
Department of Administrative Law, Financial Law and and Procedural Law
Full Professor of Administrative Law
UNIVERSIDAD DE SALAMANCA
- GARCÍA VIDAL, ÁNGEL
Accredited as Full Professor of Commercial Law
UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA
- GONZÁLEZ GARCÍA, JULIO
Full Professor
UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE MADRID
- GUTIÉRREZ DAVID, ESTRELLA
PhD Hired Professor
UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE MADRID
- LAGUNA DE PAZ, JOSE CARLOS
Full Professor
UNIVERSIDAD DE VALLADOLID
- MIR PUIGPELAT, ORIOL
Accredited Full Professor of Administrative Law
UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA
- MONTERO PASCUAL, JUAN JOSÉ
Full Professor of Administrative Law
UNED
- NICOLÁS JIMÉNEZ, PILAR
Cátedra de Derecho y Genoma Humano
Profesora de Derecho Penal
UNIVERSIDAD DE DEUSTO
- PÉREZ CAMPILLO, LORENA
Hired Researcher
UPV/EHU, Chair of Law and the Human Genom
- PÉREZ GIL, JULIO AGUSTÍN
Department of Public Law
Associate Professor
Acreditado para el cuerpo de Catedráticos
UNIVERSIDAD DE BURGOS
- PÉREZ MARTÍNEZ, JORGE
Full Professor
UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID
- SÁNCHEZ GÓMEZ, RAÚL
Associate Professor of Procedural Law
UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE
- TRONCOSO REIGADA, ANTONIO
Catedrático de Derecho Constitucional
UNIVERSIDAD DE CÁDIZ
- VALERO TORRIJOS, JULIÁN
Full Professor
UNIVERSIDAD DE MURCIA
II. PROFESSIONALS OF LAW FIRMS, SPECIALIZED IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS, DATA PROTECTION, AUDIOVISUAL AND INFORMATION SOCIETY LAW
- ARTEAGA JUÁREZ, SOR YANARI
Partner in charge of the Legal Department
EASY TELECOM LAW FIRM S.L.
LAWYERS AND ACCOUNTANTS S.L.
- BROKELMANN, HELMUT
Lawyer Managing Partner
MLAB ABOGADOS, SLP
- CASTELO PICHEL, ANDRÉ
Partner Director
APDTIC
- CIVES LEIS, JOAQUÍN
Information Technology Lawyer
ECIJA
- DE HIPÓLITO LORENZO, IMANOL
Senior associate
ECIJA
- DE JORGE PÉREZ, CARLOS
Lawyer IP/IT - Data Protection
DELOITTE LEGAL
- DE LA VEGA, DIEGO
Senior Lawyer
ECIJA
- DELGADO CARAVILLA, ENRIQUE
Partner Director
LEGALTECH CONSULTING AND LITIGATION
- DÍEZ LÓPEZ, IBAN
Partner
MENTA ABOGADOS, S.L.P.
- GARCÍA DEL POYO, RAFAEL EMILIANO
Partner
OSBORNE CLARKE
- HERMOSA ESPESO, MIGUEL
Lawyer
LEGALCONTAX
- HURTADO BUENO, FRANCISCO ALONSO
Specialist Lawyer TICs
Partner
ÉCIJA
- JUDEL MELÉNDREZ, MARCOS MARÍA
Lawyer
DESPACHO AUDENS
- KLIMT, MABEL
Partner
ANDERSEN TAX & LEGAL
- LAVILLA RUBIRA, JUAN JOSÉ
Director
LAVILLA ABOGADOS
- LÓPEZ PRADO, ESPERANZA
Associate Senior Information Technology, Privacy and Data Protection Associate
ECIJA
- MARTÍNEZ CAÑAVATE, ENRIQUE
Cybersecurity and Business Continuity Manager
KYNDRYL
- MARTÍNEZ FERRÉ, CARLOS
Cyber Security Manager
KPMG ESPAÑA
- MARTÍNEZ ZARAGOZA, JULIA
Lawyer
BARDAJI HONRADO
- MEILÁN, GUILLERMO
Lawyer
PÉREZ-LLORCA
- MELIS FONT, IVÁN
IP & IT Lawyer
Senior at KPMG
Office of General Counsel
- MENA JIMÉNEZ, ROCÍO
Lawyer
GABEIRAS & ASOCIADOS
- MUÑOZ CAÑAS, JULIA
Lawyer
SANTIAGO MUÑOZ ABOGADOS
- NUÑEZ GARCIA, LEANDRO
Lawyer
DESPACHO AUDENS
- ORGAZ ESPUELA, JUAN ANTONIO
Deputy Director of Regulatory Affairs and Institutional Relations
ATRESMEDIA
- PEDRAZA BERNAL, PABLO
Lawyer
CECA MAGÁN
- PÉREZ MARTÍN, DIEGO
Lawyer specializing in digital, data & IP, TMT, Cybersecurity and new technologies
EY LAW FIRM
- PRIETO, ALEJANDRO
Data Protection Manager
GRUPO ADAPTALIA
- PUENTE ESCOBAR, AGUSTÍN
Partner, Privacy, IT and Digital Environments Area
BROSETA
- PULPILLO FERNÁNDEZ, JUAN MIGUEL
Partner
CREMADES & CALVO-SOTELO ABOGADOS - SEVILLA
- PUYOL MONTERO, JAVIER
Partner Director
PUYOL ABOGADOS
- RAMOS, DIEGO
Lawyer / Partner
DLA PIPER SPAIN SLU
- RAMOS GIL DE LA HAZA, ANDY
Lawyer
PÉREZ-LLORCA
- RETANA PASCUAL, MIGUEL
IP & IT lawyer
DELOITTE LEGAL
- ROBERTSON, GARY
Lawyer
ECIX GROUP
- ROBLES, JUAN RAMÓN
Associate Lawyer
HOGAN LOVELLS INTERNATIONAL LLP
- RUBIO DE CASAS, MARÍA GRACIA
Lawyer - Partner
RUBIO DE CASAS ABOGADOS
- SAIZ PEÑA, CARLOS ALBERTO
Partner Privacy, Risk & Compliance
ECIX GROUP
- SÁNCHEZ-CARNERERO POLO, DANIEL
Manager Technology Risk & Privacy
KPMG ESPAÑA
- SANJUAN, NEREA
Coordinating Partner
URÍA MENÉNDEZ
- SANTOS PASCUAL, EFRÉN
Partner
ICEF CONSULTORES
- SEISDEDOS POTES, VÍCTOR
Data Protection Department
GRUPO ADAPTALIA
- SUÁREZ JAQUETI, HELENA ISABEL
Partner
DA LAWYERS MEDIA & ENTERTAIMENT
III. PROFESSIONALS OF COMPANIES, SPECIALIZED IN THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS, DATA PROTECTION, AUDIOVISUAL AND INFORMATION SOCIETY LAW
- COBO MUÑOZ, JORGE
Director de la Asesoría Jurídica de las Telecomunicaciones
TELEFÓNICA ESPAÑA
- DÍEZ DE REVENGA RUIZ, ALFONSO
Legal Counsel
N26 BANK GMBH
- DÍEZ FERNÁNDEZ, ALFREDO
Directivo en Ciberseguridad y Ciberdefensa
CIPHERBIT-GRUPO OESIA
- FERNÁNDEZ, LIONEL
Director
ASESORES EN REGULACIÓN
- FUENTES SÁNCHEZ, DAMIAN
Managing Director
WEST HESTIA CONSULTING
- GALÁN PASCUAL, CARLOS MANUEL
President
AGENCIA DE TECNOLOGÍA LEGAL
- GONZÁLEZ MARTÍN, MATÍAS
Legal Advice
VODAFONE ESPAÑA
- GREEN MENDOZA, LANY
Customer Success Manager and Legaltech Specialist
SMART PROTECTION
- HUERTA DE LA MORENA, MANUEL
CEO
LAZARUS TECHNOLOGY
- JUANAS FABEIRO, ALEXANDRA
Senior lawyer specialist
MÁSMÓVIL
- LAGARÓN MARTÍN, EDUARDO JOSÉ
Senior Legal Counsel
PUBLICIS IBERIA
- MÁRQUEZ, JUAN MIGUEL
Responsible for External Relations
Ex Director General de Modernización Administrativa
ONTSI, RED.ES
- MARTÍN PORRAS, JESÚS
Manager Regulatory Affairs
VODAFONE
- MARTINEZ SÁNCHEZ, JAIME
Head of Business Development solutions GRC & IT Legal
GRUPO SIA
- MENÉNDEZ, JESÚS
Manager
ACCENTURE ESPAÑA
- ORTIZ, PAULA
Co-Founder & CEO
THE LEGAL SCHOOL
- PANO, JOAQUÍN
Responsable de Gobierno y Cumplimiento IT y Delegado de Protección de Datos
LEROY MERLIN ESPAÑA
- PEREA, JAIME
Legal Department Director
GRUPO ADAPTALIA
- PÉREZ SAN JOSÉ, PABLO
Manager of Cybersecurity and Technological Risks
DELOITTE
- PRIETO NAVARRO, RICARDO
Regulation and Competition Director
BT ESPAÑA, S.A.U.
- RAMOS SUAREZ, FERNANDO MARÍA
Associated Partner Director
DATA BITLAW & COMPLIANCE, S.L.
- RODRÍGUEZ GAMONAL, CARLOS
Departamento de Regulación
VODAFONE ESPAÑA
- RODRÍGUEZ VALIENTE, FRANCISCO
Cyber Legal, Policy and Privacy Compliance Officer
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES
- SANTAMARIA GARCÍA, JUANA
Economist
FRONTIER ECONOMICS
- SIMÓN, ISMAEL
Legal Counsel, Product Privacy & Legal Ops Manager
TELEFÓNICA
IV. REPRESENTATIVES OF PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS
- CHARRO NICOLÁS, PABLO
Head of Area
Direction of Telecommunications and Audiovisual Sector
CNMC
- CUBO CONTRERAS, AITOR
Director General of Digital Transformation of the Administration of Justice
MINISTERIO DE JUSTICIA
- ELENA DOMINGUEZ, FRANCISCO JAVIER
Head of Area
General Subdirectorate of Telecommunications Operators and Digital Infrastructure
General Secretary of Telecommunications and Organization of Audiovisual Communication Services
MINISTERIO DE ASUNTOS ECONÓMICOS Y TRANSFORMACIÓN DIGITAL
- FERNÁNDEZ-PANIAGUA DÍAZ-FLORES, ANTONIOSubdirector General Directorate of Planning and Management of the Radio Spectrum
General Directorate of Telecommunications and Management of Audiovisual Communication Services
State Secretariat for Telecommunications and Digital Infrastructures
MINISTERIO DE ASUNTOS ECONÓMICOS Y TRANSFORMACIÓN DIGITAL
- FRÍAS LÓPEZ, ALEJANDRA
Secretary General of the Governing Council
COMUNIDAD DE MADRID
- FURONES BAYÓN, JOSÉ
Data Protection Officer
UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID
- GALINDO AYUSO, ELENA
Area Coordinator
Subdirectorate General of Telecommunications Operators and Digital Infrastructures
MINISTERIO DE ASUNTOS ECONÓMICOS Y TRANSFORMACIÓN DIGITAL
- GARCÍA CASTILLEJO, ÁNGEL
Vice President
COMISIÓN NACIONAL DE LOS MERCADOS Y LA COMPETENCIA (CNMC)
- GIL-RUIZ, JAVIER
Head of Cybersecurity Area
General Subdirectorate for the Digital Society
Secretary of State for Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence
MINISTERIO DE ASUNTOS ECONÓMICOS Y TRANSFORMACIÓN DIGITAL
- GONZÁLEZ, IGNACIO
Project Management Office Chief – PPMO
INCIBE
- LOMBARDERO, ISABEL
General Secretary
CONSEJO DE TRANSPARENCIA
- MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ, RICARD
Director of the Chair of Privacy and Digital Transformation
UNIVERSITAT DE VALÈNCIA
- PÉREZ BES, FRANCISCO
Adjunct
AGENCIA ESPAÑOLA DE PROTECCIÓN DE DATOS
- PUERTO MENDOZA, ALEJANDRO
Territorial Registrar of Intellectual Property of the Community of Madrid
CONSEJERÍA DE EMPLEO, TURISMO Y CULTURA
- RODRÍGUEZ SERRANO, VIRGINIA
Deputy Director of Electronic Communications Regulatio
COMISIÓN NACIONAL DE LOS MERCADOS Y LA COMPETENCIA
- SEMPERE SAMANIEGO, FRANCISCO JAVIER
Head of Citizen Service Area
AGENCIA ESPAÑOLA DE PROTECCIÓN DE DATOS
- SOLINO DÍAZ, FABIOLA
General Directorate of Digital Transformation of the Administration of Justice (DGTDAJ)
MINISTERIO DE LA PRESIDENCIA, JUSTICIA Y RELACIONES CON LAS CORTES
- ASÍS ROIG, AGUSTÍN
- ADMISSION
- ADMSSION
Application
The request must be submitted electronically through our application system. Before beginning the admission process, please read the following information:
Requirements
In order to access the course you need 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 sufficient to qualify for a master's degree in Law in the issuing state.
Candidates with qualifications from countries which are not members of the European Higher Education area may be admitted if they can attest that their degree corresponds to an educational level equivalent to official Spanish university qualifications, again provided that they are of a sufficient level for entry to post graduate courses in their own country.
Candidates with qualifications from countries outside the European Higher Education Area may attest to basic knowledge of Union Law and its institutions as well as the Spanish constitutional system. In any case those who are unable to attest to this fact should undertake a basic initiation course in European Union law and Spanish constitutional law.
Admission criteria
The selection of candidates will be made by the Steering Committee of the Master considering the following criteria:
ADMISSION CRITERIA % The academic records 50% English language proficiency at level B1 or equivalent according to the European reference framework 10% Previous studies 15% Previous professional experience in the master's subjects 15% The student has demonstrated interest in the master's degree 10% RECOMMENDED PROFILE
1. Degree and Bachelor's Degree in Law in Spain
2. College graduates and alumni in law from other countries with degrees that give access to master's studies in accordance with Spanish or EU legislation, must take a basic course of introduction to the Spanish system that is offered as a training complement.
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.
- ENROLLMENT
TUITION FEES*
Reservation fee: €600
- 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
EU STUDENTS (€110/ECTS) First academic year - 60 ECTS €6,600 NON EU STUDENTS (€165/ECTS) First academic year - 60 ECTS €9,900 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.
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- SCHOLARSHIPS
The Master in Telecommunications Law, Data Protection, Audiovisual and Information Society offers its own aid program that rewards academic achievements along their period. There are three prizes* to be awarded at the end of each academic year to those students who have obtained the highest overall ratings, by returning a percentage of the amount of tuition fees.
The prizes have the following content:
- Top student: 50% of the total registration fee
- The student with the second best grade: 30% of the total registration fee
- The student with the third best grade: 20% of the total registration fee
*The awards will be applied to the academic net rates which have not been previously exempted.
General information on scholarships
For more information on specific scholarships of interest, awarded by the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid as well as other agencies or organizations, please refer here:
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Course 0
Course 0 Introduction to Spanish and European Union Law aims to provide foreign students of the different Official Masters of the Graduate School of Law with the necessary basis to face in the best conditions their specialized postgraduate studies at UC3M so that they can achieve an optimal use of them.
The target audience of this Course will be those students who have obtained their academic degree in Law outside Spain, either in other European Union States or in third countries or in a discipline other than Law, either in Spain or abroad. These students must attend Course 0, unless they can prove that they have at least 3 years of prolonged professional legal experience in Spain. In any case, they must demonstrate sufficient knowledge of the basic institutions of Spanish and European Law through the evaluation test scheduled in Course 0. Once the exam has been passed, a certificate of attendance and completion of the course will be issued.
- From September 8 to 16, 2025
- From 10:00 to 13:30 | Madrid - Puerta de Toledo Campus
- Ordinary evaluation. September 22, 2025 from 10:30 to 12:00
- Extraordinary evaluation. October 6, 2025 from 10:30 to 12:00
The dates/times established are provisional. They will be subject to appropriate changes indicated by the Course 0 Coordination.
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- AEPD-DPD SCHEME
The Master's program in Telecommunications, Data protection, Audiovisual and Information Society Law has been recognized on 23/09/2021 (Recognition 1/2021) by the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) as a training entity for the purposes of the Certification Scheme for Data Protection Officers (AEPD-DPO).
This is the first university master's degree program to obtain this recognition after passing a certification process by the AEPD. The contents of the program have obtained the declaration of conformity as a training program adapted to the DATA PROTECTION DELEGATE (DPD) Certification Scheme.
The recognized contents in the program total 180 hours distributed in Domain 1 (90 hours), Domain 2 (54 hours) and Domain 3 (36 hours) in classroom mode and with criteria for passing based on case studies, exams, group work and Master's Thesis.
The recognition granted by the AEDP as a Training Entity will remain in force as long as the requirements verified to obtain it in accordance with the AEPD-DPD Scheme in its current version (program, distribution by domain, teaching methodology and validation method), or the scheme itself as far as it may affect it, are not modified.
More information about the Data Protection Delegate (DPD) certificate according to the AEPD Scheme.
📥 │ Certificado AEPD Reconocimiento Máster Esquema DPD/AEPD
- DOUBLE DEGREE
- CURRICULUM
STRUCTURE
The syllabus for this Double Master's degree is structured around three teaching terms and a compulsory work placement for which students will obtain 54 ECTS of the University Master's degree in Telecommunications, Data Protection, Audiovisual and Information Society Law and 75 ECTS corresponding to the University master's degree in Legal Practice and Representation.
The 129 total credits on the dual syllabus are broken down as follows:
- In the first term, compulsory subjects on the Telecommunications, Data Protection, Audiovisual and Information Society Law course corresponding to the main part of this degree (24 ECTS in total, in afternoon classes).
- In the second term some compulsory subjects will be studied, completing the technical training in Legal Practices and Professional Activity of the Master's degree in Legal Practice and Representation (30 ECTS in total in morning classes) and a second phase of the Telecommunications, Data protection, Audiovisual and Information Society Law specialization (24 ECTS in total taught in the afternoons).
- In the third and final term, one compulsory subject on the Legal Practice and Representation course corresponding to the main part of this degree (9 ECTS in morning classes), the guided external work placement designed for students to acquire the skills and abilities needed to exercise the profession of law, and the final dissertation for both master's degrees.
21 of your ECTS credits will be recognized and at the end of the course you will have obtained two official Master's qualifications.
Classes for the specialization Master's program begin in September and classes for the Master's program in Legal Practice and Representation begin in March.
Year 1 - Semester 1
Year 1 - Semester 2
LEGAL PRACTICE AND REPRESENTATION Subjects ECTS TYPE Language Civil Practice I 5 C Civil Practice II 4 C Commercial Practice 4 C Criminal Practice 5 C Administrative and legal and administrative practice 5 C Tax Procedures 2 C Legal and labor practice 5 C Year 2 - Semester 3
LEGAL PRACTICE AND REPRESENTATION Subjects ECTS TYPE Language Professional: organization, legal status and ethical 9 C Internship 30 C vacio Master's Thesis 6 C vacio TELECOMMUNICATIONS LAW Subjects ECTS TYPE Language Master's Thesis 6 C vacio C | Compulsory: 87 ECTS
Interships: 30 ECTS
Master's Thesis Legal Practice: 6 ECTS
Master's Thesis Telecommunications Law: 6 ECTS
course Programs
- ADMISSION
Application
The request must be submitted electronically through our application system. Before beginning the admission process, please read the following information:
Requirements
Check the requirements of the Master in Legal Practice and Representation.
Check the requirements of the Master in Telecommunications, Data Protection, Audiovisual and Information Society Law.
Admission criteria
Check the admission criteria of the Master in Legal Practice and Representation.
Check the admission criteria of the Master in Telecommunications, Data Protection, Audiovisual and Information Society Law.
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
Check the requirements of the Master in Legal Practice and Representation for students with foreign university degrees.
Check the requirements of the Master in Telecommunications, Data Protection, Audiovisual and Information Society Law for students with foreign university degrees.
Important
To be admitted to the Doble Master Degree you have to be admitted by the Academic Committee of the Master in Legal Practice and Representation. If your application for admission to the Double Master Degree is Not Accepted, you can still apply for admission to the Master in Telecommunications, Data protection, Audiovisual and Information Society Law if you want.
On the other hand, the admission to the Master in Telecommunications, Data protection, Audiovisual and Information Society Law doesn’t imply the admission to the Master in Legal Practice and Representation.
In any case, the resolution will be communicated to the applicant.
- ENROLLMENT
TUITION FEES*
DOUBLE MASTER'S DEGREE IN LEGAL PRACTICE and Representation AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS LAW Reservation fee1 €1,200 Price EU students €63,46 / ECTS Price Non EU students €248,10 / ECTS Credits enrolling2 129 ECTS 1 Reservation fee 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.
2 Admission and registration on the double master's degree course will provide exemption from ECTS credits which will be validated according to the curriculum (see Program). Having obtained credits from both syllabuses, together with validation of 21 ECTS you will be able to obtain two official master's qualifications in little more than a year and a half. This exemption from payment of fees for validating ECTS credits shall only be applicable to students registered on the Dual Master's degree from the start.
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.
Important
☛ Once you submit the application for admission, you will have to wait for the official acceptance in the Master program, before starting the enrollment process.
☛ Registration implies effective entry to the master's course as a student.
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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.
- PRACTICAL INFORMATION
MASTER’S COURSE SCHEDULE
Legal Practice timetable (March Edition)
Telecommunications, Data Protection, Audiovisual and Information Society Law timetable
- CURRICULUM