The specialization in administrative management responds to the growing social need for qualified professionals to ensure the correct management and execution of the complex administrative procedures that companies and citizens must currently undertake with Public Administrations.

The University Master’s Degree in Administrative Management (UJA-UMA) provides training in the knowledge and competencies suitable for the professional practice of an Administrative Manager (Gestor Administrativo), thereby enhancing the employability of graduates in jobs related to the subjects covered by the degree. It is also aimed at professionals currently working in the field of consultancy or advisory services for companies and citizens who, by taking this Master's degree, could enrich their qualifications and provide services specific to administrative management.

A fundamental fact to note is that those who pass this University Master's degree will obtain the professional habilitation—upon request of the title before the General Council of Administrative Managers—to join an Official College of Administrative Managers, thus being able to practice the profession of Administrative Manager from that moment on.

We are, therefore, dealing with a Master's degree whose completion qualifies for the practice of the profession of Administrative Manager without the need to take the aptitude test legally provided for.

Finally, it should be noted that the mode of delivery will be in a HYBRID/BLENDED format, which facilitates the monitoring of teaching by students.

Students enrolled at the University of Jaén must attend in person the subjects taught by the University of Jaén and online those taught by the University of Málaga. The location of each subject can be consulted in the "Academic Information" tab, under the "Subjects and Faculty" section.

The training objectives of the Master's degree are specified in the following aspects:

• To know the basic constitutional principles, fundamental rights and freedoms, and the configuration of State powers.

• To acquire fundamental notions about the legal-political configuration of the European Union, the main elements of its Constitutive Treaties (Primary Law) and the legal acts adopted by community institutions (Secondary Law), as well as the competencies of the European Union.

• To know the regulatory framework and administrative management processes linked to the rights of non-nationals, in particular, regarding the regime of entry, stay, permanence, exit, and expulsion from the territory.

• To know the organization of Public Administrations, the administrative legal system, and the procedures and means of action of citizens in administrative relations susceptible to representation.

• To know the rights and duties of a fiscal nature, tax procedures, and taxes.

• To know about crimes related to legal, economic, and professional activity, as well as crimes against workers' rights.

• To know the basic elements related to Civil Law, as well as any files susceptible to representation in which administrative managers may intervene.

• To know the foundations of commercial, corporate, and bankruptcy legal relations.

• To know the fundamental elements of labor relations, Social Security, and labor procedural law, as well as third-party files and procedures related to such legal fields.

• To master the statutory regime of the profession of Administrative Manager, as well as the fundamental legal aspects necessary for the organization and provision of such professional services.

• To acquire fundamental knowledge of accounting.

• To know the main information and communication technologies (ICT) specific to the collegiate professional practice of administrative management for the execution of the management tasks entrusted to them.

The training provided by the Interuniversity Master's in Administrative Management constitutes a specialization for graduates of degrees related to Public Management and Administration, Law, Business Administration and Management, Economics, Finance and Accounting, Labor Relations and Human Resources, and other degrees in the field of social and legal sciences.

It should not be forgotten that the access profile must be subject to the disciplinary scope of one of the Master's, Bachelor's (Grado/Licenciatura), or Diploma studies required by the Organic Statute of the profession of Administrative Manager (approved by Decree 424/1963, of March 1st), limiting it to university training that falls within the branch of knowledge of Social and Legal Sciences.

The training provided by the Interuniversity Master's in Administrative Management constitutes a specialization for graduates of degrees related to Public Management and Administration, Law, Business Administration and Management, Economics, Finance and Accounting, Labor Relations and Human Resources, and other degrees in the field of social and legal sciences.

It should not be forgotten that the access profile must be subject to the disciplinary scope of one of the Master's, Bachelor's (Grado/Licenciatura), or Diploma studies required by the Organic Statute of the profession of Administrative Manager (approved by Decree 424/1963, of March 1st), limiting it to university training that falls within the branch of knowledge of Social and Legal Sciences.

Access and Admission Criteria

The general access requirements for University Master's Degrees are set out in Article 18 of Royal Decree 822/2021, of September 28, which establishes the organization of university education and the procedure for ensuring its quality. According to this, those wishing to be admitted must be in one of the following situations:

1. Possession of an official Spanish university degree of Bachelor (Graduado/a) or equivalent is a condition for accessing a University Master's Degree, or where appropriate, holding another University Master's degree, or degrees of the same level as the Spanish Bachelor's or Master's degree issued by universities and higher education institutions of a country in the EHEA (European Higher Education Area) that allows access to Master's studies in said country.

2. Similarly, persons in possession of degrees from educational systems that are not part of the EHEA, which are equivalent to the Bachelor's degree, may access a University Master's Degree in the Spanish university system without the need for homologation of the degree, but with verification by the university of the level of training they imply, provided that in the country where said degree was issued, it allows access to university postgraduate studies. In no case will access via this route imply the homologation of the previous degree held by the interested party nor its recognition for purposes other than carrying out the Master's studies.

3. The language level required for students whose mother tongue is not the language of instruction of the Master's will be a B2 level in Spanish.

In addition to the general access requirements, applicants must meet, where appropriate, the specific admission requirements for the Interuniversity Master's Degree in Administrative Management.

The admission criteria will be evaluated by the Master's Academic Committee based on the following scoring:

• Average of the academic transcript: 40%

• Adequacy/affinity of the access degree: 60%

Specifically, the criterion of adequacy/affinity of the access degree, with a weighting of 60%, will be valued according to the following table:

Table of adequacy/affinity of the access degree

Pre-enrolment and allocation of places will be carried out in a centralised manner by the Andalusian Single District Commission. Up-to-date deadlines and procedures can be found on their website.

This link contains specific information from UJA about pre-enrolment and enrolment procedures, deadlines, fees, etc.

The first days of each academic year, the University of Jaén organizes Welcome Days for incoming students. These general sessions are complemented by a specific session of each master's program, in which the master's coordinator, before the start of classes, holds a reception and orientation session aimed at new students in order to show the resources, tools and materials that both the University of Jaén and the master's degree put at their disposal. Detailed information is also provided on specific aspects of the degree (professors, tutors, coordinators, course contents, schedules, methodologies, work pace, materials, use of the virtual platform, teaching spaces, etc.).

The traditional tutoring system is to be expanded by incorporating different figures and activities to guarantee and channel a complete follow-up of the student body.

Tutors will be appointed among the most experienced teachers of the course. They will be in charge of a group of students, providing personal and continuous monitoring, observing their performance, progress and solving their doubts or practical problems. For this purpose, periodical meetings will be scheduled, and group tutoring sessions will be held. Tutors will also be responsible for passing on to other teachers or specialists any questions of a more technical nature raised by their students. In short, tutors are the means by which students can be integrated into the course as a whole.

Subject coordinators will also be appointed to unify the theoretical-practical contents across subjects taught by multiple professors. They will also collaborate in the specialized tutoring functions of the module coordination.

The direction of the Master's thesis is responsible for solving the practical problems posed to the students when carrying out this work. Supervisors will be chosen according to the topics of the research and the interests of the students. All interactions between students and professors that arise as a result of the above functions will be channeled through tutoring sessions. These will have a predefined time and place in the program.

As for the figure of the Master's Coordination, it will have the function of supporting and ensuring the student integration and academic success, without prejudice to the possibility of establishing, according to the decision that the University may take in each case, individualized or personalized tutoring programs. In order to promote the professional orientation of the students, the coordination will keep itself informed and will inform, through the studies of graduates elaborated by the University, about the possible professional projections of the students. In this case, its role will be primarily that of dynamization and orientation.

The University of Jaén’s policy is to centralise the use of the spaces on the campus in order to optimise their occupation while meeting the specific needs of the courses delivered. These shared facilities will be used in part during this degree programme. Although they are not exclusively for use by the students on the programme, it is important to acknowledge their presence as the University allocates certain time slots and facilities to each degree programme from among the available classrooms, laboratories and IT rooms depending on the specific needs of the programmes and in coordination with the other courses taught at the University.

Additional information about University of Jaén facilities:

• Facility management
• ICT resources at UJA
• Available IT rooms

As well as the resources listed, the University of Jaén offers additional material resources and services, which may be grouped into three main blocks: Library, ICT and Accessibility & Disability Services.

• Doctoral studies in Law

• Several of the lectures given by the center as part of its annual series are available on the YouTube channel of the Center for Postgraduate Studies (CEP-UJA). You can access them by clicking on this link.

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