European Union Studies and Human Rights

About the Department

This master’s degree offers candidates highly recommended training in the European constitution and legislation. The target group of this program is graduates in Tourism, Political Science, Business Administration, and Law, as well as Social Sciences and Communication Sciences. Furthermore, lawyers working on European legislation are welcome to join this program.

Aims and Career Opportunities

This is a professionalizing program. This is not a research path-oriented program.

General Aims of the Program:

To offer post-graduate multidisciplinary training about the European Union, its evolution, and its importance.

To form 25 specialists in the EU constitution, legislation, and human rights every year by means of a stringent theoretical-practical approach.

To further attract top-level professors and experts to UCAM.

To promote research and top-quality teaching in the European Union in order to shape a reference research center with a highly international scope.

To internationalize student training by increasing their mobility through visits to European institutions in Brussels.

Career Opportunities:

EU Institutions and European Bodies

International Organizations

Foreign Trade Offices 

International Media

Consulting

Specialized Law Firms

Public Administration

Research Centers Dedicated to European Affairs

International Relations Offices

Non-Governmental Organizations

Target Group / Key Facts

Fully developed in English, this master’s degree offers candidates highly recommended training in European constitution and legislation. Graduates in Tourism, Political Science, Business Administration, and Law, as well as Social and Communication Sciences, from the degree’s target audience. Furthermore, lawyers working on European legislation are welcome to join this program.

It has also a great interest for graduates in Business Administration who seek to ensure their share of the common market. The students' profile is completed by graduates in Tourism, Political Sciences, Business Administration, Law, Social Sciences, and Communication Sciences. Lawyers working on European legislation are specific target groups of the Master as well.

Internship

UCAM’s career services will be available to students, including the SOIL – i.e. the “Orientation and Work Placement Service” of UCAM, “Portal de Empleo” – the university’s employment portal – and the “Network of Recruiting Erasmus”, a service that promotes international students’ employment in top companies throughout Spain.

Why UCAM?

The faculty´s large team of researchers comes from various academic backgrounds, specializing in different aspects of the European Constitution & EU legislation. They include a large number of civil servants and consultancy experts involved in the daily practices of the European Union.

The Master's in European Union Studies and Human Rights represents an innovation in the educational field. Its support of a face-to-face formation, the active involvement of students of various nationalities, combined visits to European institutions, and the mixed approach of the provided training make UCAM’s Master's in EU Studies and Human Rights a rigorous, innovative, and top-quality program.