Master in Social Sciences

* Formative Complements: must be taken by all students, unless they can prove to the Master's director an intermediate level in these subjects, depending on their entrance qualification or demonstrable complementary training. Check the requirements for access to the master.

** Course 2 itineraries: the elective subjects are distributed as follows:

• In the first semester, the student has to choose two optional subjects within the three itineraries offered, ie 12 ECTS.
• In the second semester, the student must choose three elective subjects, ie 18 ECTS.

course Programs

◤ Access to previous course programs

GENERAL COURSE INFORMATION

☛ First year offered: 2016

• 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 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 the Royal Decree 822/2021 of 28 September 2021, to be admitted to the Master of Social Sciences will be necessary to hold a Spanish university degree or another issued by an institution of higher education of the European Higher Education Area superior (EEES) empower access to postgraduate studies.

Priority will be given to graduate students in social studies and legal (political science, sociology, economics, history, law), but the door is left open access to any graduate long as you have the motivation and adequate capacity.

FORMATIVE COMPLEMENTS

All students must enroll in the formative complements in Mathematics for the Social Sciences and Basic Statistics (3 ECTS) that are indicated in the Program since they are part of the study plan of the degree. Subsequently, students may request, where appropriate, the recognition of said credits.

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

Admission criteria

Admission to the program will be based on the decision of the academic staff, who will assess the potential of each candidate based on their:

• Motivation and merits provided in the required documentation,
• Academic record
   

If the Committee considers it appropriate, a personal or electronic interview may be carried out.

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: €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

62 ECTS in the first academic year:

• EU students: €2,791.24 (€45.02/ECTS credit)
• Non EU students: €5,212.34 (€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  the cost of issuing the master’s degree certificate.

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* Current fees for the 23/24 academic year, pending approval by the Community of Madrid for the 24/25 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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