Master’s Degree in Human Resources

Content

The content of each program is designed with practicing professionals in mind and with a view to supplementing the training of recent graduates in order to tailor their skills to the profiles sought by national and international companies, law firms and financial institutions.

Practical Application

The different programs are designed to strike the right balance between theory and practice. In other words, they combine a solid, well-structured theoretical base with its indispensable practical application in the business world.

An all-embracing approach

We offer an all-embracing approach to the materials studied, using case studies based on real national and international business scenarios and combining a range of disciplines. This allows students to gain an overall perspective of problems and encourages them to be creative in their search for innovative solutions.

New Technologies

All programs promote the learning and use of new technologies. In addition to offering IT seminars, we have a WiFi network that facilitates internet access and access to specialist databases. Furthermore, our Intranet enables students to communicate among themselves and with Center staff, as well as access a range of information sources: grades, academic calendars, alumni lists, library catalog, invitations and calls to various events, job advertisements, online courses, and so on.

Participation

In order to facilitate student participation in the sound running of each program, a student committee is set up for each master’s degree course to ensure a permanent communication channel with Center Management.

Skills and Attitudes

In addition to the acquisition of knowledge, the Center seeks to encourage the full development of professional skills and attitudes, such as a sense of responsibility, the ability to communicate, negotiation skills, and a willingness to cooperate and work in a team.

General qualifications of the teaching staff:

• 12 doctorate holders
• 37 are executives with direct responsibilities in the area of human resources, who also have teaching experience on prestigious master’s degree courses designed prior to the current regulation governing these qualifications (RD 1393/2007). They all have at least 10 years’ experience and the 22 of them have more than 15 years’ experience.

Three months after the end of the program, the graduate placement rate exceeds 90%

•   39% The HR Departments of national and international companies.
•   36% Consulting firms, either as in-house counsel or as external HR project consultants.
•   21% The Compensation and Benefits Departments of leading companies.
•   4% Human Capital Services Departments at law firms.

There follows a list of some of the companies at which students on the Master’s Degree in Human Resources have held internships or subsequently pursued their professional career:

The teaching program of the master’s degree ends with a paid internship at a national or international company, law firm or financial institution.

The aim of these internships is to supplement students’ training by enabling them to apply the skills and knowledge acquired on the master’s degree course in a real working environment.

Internships last a minimum of 3 months, and may be extended depending on the student’s availability and the needs of the host company or firm.

Before starting an internship, a document is formalized with the company specifying the functions the student is to perform and the duration of the internship. The head of the Career Guidance Department receives this document from the company and validates its content as educational and associated with the master’s program.

 See the general and specific skills of the Master’s Degree in Human Resources.

For the purposes provided in the applicable legislation in force, in order to ensure student mobility, recognition means the acceptance by Universidad Antonio de Nebrija of credits which, having been obtained on officially recognized courses, at this or any other university, are taken into account on other courses for the purpose of obtaining an officially recognized qualification.

The following credits obtained by students will be recognized in new courses:

• a) credits corresponding to core subjects of qualifications belonging to the same branch of knowledge.


• b) credits corresponding to core subjects on the intended degree that come from qualifications in other branches of knowledge.


• c) other credits may be recognized by the University by taking into account skills and knowledge associated with the subjects studied by the student and those provided in the syllabus, or multidisciplinary skills and knowledge.

Credit transfer involves the inclusion in the official academic transcript of the courses taken by each student of credits obtained on previous officially recognized courses, at this or any other university, that did not lead to the obtainment of an official qualification.

Credit recognition and/or transfer must be requested by the student on enrollment. Exceptionally, a different time period may be established with express authorization. Students must also pay the fees stipulated for such purpose.

Students must present the following documentation to the Course Secretary’s Office:

• Academic transcript (original or officially certified photocopy) indicating the name of the subjects, type, number of ECTS credits and the grade obtained by the student.
• In the case of credits referred to under letters b) and c) above, a detailed syllabus must be submitted (stamped original or officially certified photocopy).

The Course Secretary’s Office will send the submitted documentation to the Academic Committee of each department, which will decide whether to accept or reject the credit recognition and/or transfer request.

All credits obtained by the student on officially recognized courses studied at any university and any transferred, recognized and passed for the obtainment of the relevant qualification will be included in their academic transcript and reflected in the Diploma Supplement, if so requested.

Student mobility for business internships.

Another of our aims within the mobility area is for our students to complete their practical and international training by gaining professional experience in Europe. We advise and provide information for all students across the different degree programs on the Erasmus Mobility Project for Student Trainees, as well as on the different companies/economic areas where internships can be completed in Europe.

In line with previous years, the average duration of student internships abroad is 3 to 6 months. Personalized advice and knowledge of each and every one of our students enables us to align the needs of each company with the training needs of each student.

Each of our students/scholarship holders follows a work program defined by the company and supervised by the Center.

Students are required to present an End of Internship Report after completion of their international internship and hand in the company assessment report.