Master in Human Resources Management
DURATION
1 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
31 Jan 2025*
EARLIEST START DATE
09 Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 13,500 **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* until | ordinary phase from 2 December 2024
** current fees for the 23/24 academic year
Introduction
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. One subject, Global People Management, is taught in partnership with the Spanish Association of Global Mobility (FEEX), a leading Association of Multinational Companies in Spain.
Besides studying the Master entirely at the UC3M in Madrid, students may also study the second semester at the Institut de Gestion Sociale (IGS) in Paris (Madrid-Paris track), receiving two Master’s diplomas, one from each institution.
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 international pathway (Madrid-Paris) receive 2 Master’s diplomas, one from each institution (UC3M and IGS)
- 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
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
For the academic year 2024-2025 a call has been published for a maximum of 8 scholarships for payment of the net enrolment fees for students accepted into the Master’s, with the following provision:
- 8 scholarships for the sum of €4,500, €3,000, or €1,500
To apply, you must have completed the application for admission to the Master’s.
Curriculum
The Master’s curriculum is taught over two terms.
- In the first semester (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 semester (February-June), the program focuses fully on HRM, offering a number of highly specialized courses, which are similar in content across the Madrid and Madrid-Paris tracks.
- Students on the international track (Madrid-Paris) receive two Master’s diplomas, one from the UC3M and the other from the Institut de Gestion Sociale.
- Students are required to attend all lectures and seminars on any track.
Year 1 - Semester 1
First Semester - Madrid
- Managing and Leading People
- Strategic Management
- Financial Management
- Marketing and Operations Management
- Selection and Development
- Managing employee attitudes and behaviors
- Research methods and Topics in human resources
Year 1 - Semester 2
Second Semester - Madrid
- Organizational Behaviour
- International Management
- Comparative Human Resources
- HR Audit and Administration
- Professional Seminars
Second Semester - Madrid
Elective Courses (Choose 6 Ects)*
- Labour Law
- Global People Management
- Managing Skills
- Information Technology for HR Managers
Second Semester - Madrid
Master's Thesis
International Track
Second Semester - IGS Paris
- Risk Management
- Digital & Change Management
- Data-driven HR & People Global Strategy
- Industrial Relations - Employee and Labor Relations
- Corporate Social Responsability
- Compensation and Benefits
- Talent Management
- Performance Management and HR Analytics
- International Career Development at a Global Scale
- Research Methods
- HR Strategy
- Academic Dissertation
- Professional Internship
Program Tuition Fee
Program Admission Requirements
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