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The Master in Management programme is an 11-month, accredited master programme designed to provide a high-quality, rigorous graduate business education. We respond to the demands placed by the rapidly evolving and increasingly complex global business context on present and prospective business practitioners. The programme offers students the mastery of quantitative techniques, an understanding of a research approach to business decision making, and a commitment to update their management education in the true spirit of lifelong learning.

We provide a rigorous, multidisciplinary and multicultural learning experience focused on real, modern-day management issues and based on innovative, hands-on problem-solving tools. The programme is delivered entirely in English, but students are provided with plenty of opportunities to learn and master Spanish.

The multidisciplinary approach we offer allows our graduates to access a wide variety of professional positions, to continue their studies, or even to begin a research career in business. And the programme is tailored to meet individual students needs; through its wide-ranging offering of electives, students can personalize their academic curriculum to focus on their professional or academic interests. Students may deepen their education in the management of innovation and corporate social responsibility, two areas where our faculty shows internationally recognized expertise. The programme also offers internships in companies.

The Master in Management also provides students the opportunity of extending their curriculum by taking part in the International Complement programme. This extension is a 6-month programme placed at the end of the regular Masters programme that allows outstanding students to complete an extra 30 ECTS credits in any of the universities with which we have exchange agreements. Additionally, students can opt to enrol in the Extension Internship Programme, a post-Masters internship extension that allows post-grads students to work in the company in which they have interned or are still interning for an extended period after finishing their Masters.

Aims
* To provide students with valuable knowledge of the business world through the acquisition of a sound education in up-to-date management techniques covering the areas of strategy, marketing, finance and accounting, economics, statistics, innovation, social responsibility, and human resources management.
* To help students explore their professional opportunities in the areas of business and academics and advise them on building their professional careers. To this end, the programme adapts to the professional or academic needs and interests of its students by offering a wide range of subjects and allowing students to personalize their academic curricula. The Masters Academic Committee is on hand to provide students with continuous assistance and tutoring.

* To prepare students to assume technical and managerial perspectives and responsibilities as they participate in decision-making processes.
* To contribute to the development of students personal and professional abilities and skills creativity, leadership qualities, decision-making, teamwork, and oral and written expression in an environment that fosters self-initiative and positive ethical values.
* To prepare graduates to become innovative and socially committed analysts, researchers, and professionals in the field of management.
* To prepare students to work in international and multicultural organizations.

Who should apply
The Master in Management is directed at recent graduates and young professionals with limited work experience who want to increase their career opportunities. The stimulating teaching methods of the programme are designed to improve and develop students management and research skills, as well as their practical experience and personal skills, all of which will prepare them for a dynamic, multicultural environment. The Masters programme will enable its graduates to find a career position in the private business sector or an academic or research post in the public sector.

Young entrepreneurs and managers of family businesses aiming to acquire business management skills that will enable them to succeed in implementing their business plans will find our Masters programme appealing. Our Master in Management graduates will be able to interpret the complex management environment with scientific rigor and critical reasoning; to envisage ad-hoc strategies and assess their impact; and to apply the knowledge, skills, and values acquired during the programme. Students will be able to adapt this knowledge to global, changing, diverse, and complex environments, with the awareness that their decisions go beyond their organizations, to affect the entire society.

*First Term
COMPULSORY COURSES

* Strategy (6 ECTS)
* Marketing Management (6 ECTS)
* Accounting and Finance for Management (6 ECTS)
* Firms & Industries (6 ECTS)
* Quantitative Methods for Management Co(6 ECTS)

*Second Term
COMPULSORY COURSES

* Corporate Governance (6 ECTS)
* Final Masters project (6 ECTS)

ELECTIVES (three courses to be chosen from the following)

* Management of Innovation (6 ECTS)
* Innovation & Entrepreneurship (6 ECTS)
* Quantitative Methods for Innovation (6 ECTS)
* Corporate Social Responsibility (6 ECTS)
* Global Firms & International Management (6 ECTS)
* Personnel Economics (6 ECTS)
* Managing People (6 ECTS)
* Organizational Behaviour & Leadership (6 ECTS)
* Internships (6 ECTS)

Bachelors degree. Foreign applicants must possess an equivalent degree (three or more years of university studies) from an official university. Students in the last year of their Bachelors studies may also apply for admission; their application will be considered upon confirmation that they have successfully completed their Bachelors programme.Priority will be given to applicants whose Bachelors studies are related to the contents of the Masters programme: business administration and management, economics, marketing or finance.As English is the official language of the programme, a high level of written and oral English skills is required. Students must provide the results of English tests like TOEFL, the British Council International English Language Testing System (IELTS), Universidad Carlos III de Madrid English Certificate, or Cambridge ESOL. The applicant's level of English will also be tested in a personal interview. As a general guideline, the following minimum scores are required: * TOEFL (hard-copy exam): score of 550 * TOEFL (Internet exam): score of 79 * IELTS: average score of 7.0 * Cambridge ESOL: Certificate in Advanced English (CAE) * Common European Framework (Languages): C1 levelStudents whose native language is English and students who have completed their Bachelor's university studies in English will have the English test requirement waived, upon presentation of the corresponding documentation." Applicants with insufficient language skills but high academic potential or without an officially recognized certificate of the level of English may be pre-admitted, conditional upon passing an English Exam organized by the UC3M Language Centre."Admission CriteriaThe Masters Degree Academic Committee will assess the curriculum vitae and academic record of each applicant and make its admission decisions based upon these documents and an interview. Professional experience is not mandatory. Applicants who can demonstrate more than two years of professional experience should consider applying for our 11-month Master in Business Administration (MBA) programme. The Committee will also consider scores on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) as additional indicators to determine the intellectual ability and aptitudes of the candidate.International students:Non-EHEA foreign students who demonstrate an equivalent level of education that allows them to apply to a graduate programme must present their degrees legalized through diplomatic channels, or, if applicable, through the process of unique legalization or Apostille of the Hague Accords. English Language Requirements IELTS band: 7 TOEFL paper-based test score : 550 TOEFL iBT® test: 79

To further foster the quality of the Master in Management, the Universidad Carlos III awards tuition funding assistance to talented students in need of financial aid based on academic excellence. This financial aid may cover up to 50% of the tuition fee and is incompatible with any other grant that the student may receive for the same purpose.

Accreditation

The Masters Degree is an official degree and as such is thoroughly regulated. The Official Masters Degree is valid in every country belonging to the European Higher Education Area.