Business Administration and Management

What will I learn by studying this degree?

The theory – both basic and in-depth for understanding how the different areas of a company work and are managed and supervised

Business Organization

Marketing

Accounting
Finance
Human Resources

The socio-economic features of the environment in which a company operates. These include:-

Economic
Legal
Sociology
Historical

Additional knowledge which is needed to learn about the aforementioned and apply it in practice

Mathematics
Statistics
information technologies
Languages

Where will I be qualified to work upon graduation?

The job market for Business Studies graduates tends to center upon set-ups, internationalisation, technological innovation and change, and new models of work organisation. As such, graduates will tend to move into:-

Organization or company departments:- finance, sales, management control, marketing, market research, IT, international trade, purchasing, quality, R+D+I, Human Resource Management.
Financial Services:- auditing, consulting and advice, money markets/securities, financial institutions, recruitment agencies, insurance, marketing, publicity, research institutions, distribution, tourism, health.
Industry:- food, drinks, chemicals, iron and steel, pharmaceuticals, motoring, stationery, building, publishing, cosmetics, textiles.
Infrastructure:- technology, transport, telephony, energy, logistics, building
Public Administration:- international, European, National, Regional
Teaching (at secondary, undergraduate or postgraduate levels) and research
self-employment

Is this degree official in accordance with the regulations of the European Higher Education Area?

Yes (the final verification report is attached). The implementation of the degree will be carried out progressively, beginning in the first year of the degree in the academic year 2009-10.

Final verification report

Favorable first modification report

Favorable report second modification

Favorable third modification report

Favorable fourth modification report

Favorable fifth modification report

Favorable sixth modification report

Favorable seventh modification report

Favorable report eight modification

Favorable report ninth modification

Favorable tenth modification report

What topics will be covered in this Degree?

Topics-related to:

Companies
Economics
Accounting
Law
Statistics
Finance
History
Market Research and Marketing of Products
Mathematics

Recommended profile

Given the fact that the Business Studies Degree covers a wide range of abilities, it is difficult to specify what profile of student it appeals, or is most suited, to. Undergraduate students seeking entry should be aware of the nature of the course aims and objectives, ie, to train the student as well as possible to compete in the field of Business Management. Consequently, students wishing to study this course should have the following traits:-

Responsibility. Students must realize that they need to work at their degree on a daily basis if they want to reach their objectives, and the results they obtain will be directly proportional to the amount of effort they put in.
receptiveness. Students must be open to all the new ideas which they will encounter as they study the course. This includes being willing and able to plan and organize activities as well as an ability to work with others and in teams.
Be dynamic and eager to learn. Students should be entrepreneurial, willing to discover new things on their own, and also creative and innovative.

Objectives

The main objective of the Business Studies Degree is to enable students to manage, advise and assess product and service organisations. Those tasks may be carried out in the organization as a whole or in one specific department: production, human resources, finance, marketing, investment, administration or accounting.

The graduate should know how to identify and anticipate opportunities, allocate resources, organize information, select and motivate personnel, make decisions, reach specific objectives, and assess results.

To define the aims of the Business Studies Degree, the features and evolution of economic and business activity in an increasingly globalized and ever-changing world, in which the demands for competitiveness and sustainability are the norm, have been taken into account. The general training objectives are:

To know the nature of companies and how they relate to their local, national and international environments
To know the methods and techniques for managing and organizing companies
To obtain skills in the use of mathematics and statistics

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GENERAL or COMMON SKILLS

Instrumental

Ability to analyze and summarize ability to organize and plan
Good at communicating, both in writing and orally, in their mother tongue
Good at communicating, both in writing and orally, in a foreign language
Study-related IT skills
A capacity to analyze, review and classify information from different sources
The ability to structure and project information
Problem-solving abilities
The ability to apply professional criteria to problem analysis, based on technical instruments

Our Team

Motivation towards quality and responsibility in the workplace
Creativity, initiative and an entrepreneurial spirit
The ability to work in a team with an ease of communication
The ability to work in a team which covers a range of activities
The ability to work in an international environment
Skills in interpersonal relationships
The capacity to work in diverse and multi-cultural environments: recognizing and respecting diversity
The ability to think through ideas
An ethical commitment to work
Good at working under pressure

systematic

autonomous learning
Adapting to new situations
Creativity
Leadership
Initiative and an entrepreneurial spirit
Quality-driven
Being sensitive to environmental and social issues

Practical

Applying knowledge to real situations
The ability to research
Designing and managing projects
An ability to develop economic and business-related issues

Specific Professional Skills

The ability to analyze and apply accounting techniques and rules
The ability to draw up and interpret the data contained in yearly accounts
The ability to solve legal, political and conceptual problems which may be encountered during the running of a business
The ability to analyze and apply the principles of constitutional, civil, business and labor law
A sound working knowledge of the different tax structures
The ability to analyze the instruments of economic policy
Knowledge and analysis of how economic factors work
Knowing and analyzing how markets work
Knowing how to analyze the challenge of business through the management functions (planning, organisation, human resource management and control)
Knowing how to identify and analyze the functional areas of a company
Knowing how to design and carry out business strategies (corporate and competitive)
Knowing how to design and develop a financial plan
Knowing how to formulate an investment-funding strategy in the company
Knowing how to analyze and interpret the data which the company has at its disposal
Knowing how to analyze the sales strategy, targets and sales policy
Knowing how to use Information and Communication Technologies in different areas
Knowing how to lead groups of people
Knowing how to carry out analysis and diagnosis, provide back-up and make decisions in the area of organizational structure
Knowing how to apply techniques and make decisions in the field of human resource management

Minimum requirements for stay

For full-time students doing an undergraduate degree, the maximum period of time allowed to complete the degree is eight years. Part-time students can request an extension of up to two years from the Rector.
In the degrees that have more than 240 credits (4 years), the maximum stated in the previous section will be increased by one year for each 60 ECTS that are added to the 240 ECTS.
Students have to pass a minimum of two subjects in the first year. Students who are studying part-time have to pass at least one subject in the first academic year.
Students who are studying an official degree at Rey Juan Carlos University have a maximum of four enrollments in each one of the subjects in the study program, without counting previous cancellations of said subjects.

For further information see: Permanence regulations

Minimum number of ECTS credits per type of registration and academic year

Full-time students:

COURSE	MINIMUM	MAXIMUM
1st year	48 ECTS	60 ECTS
other courses	48 ECTS	78 ECTS

Part-time students:

COURSE	MINIMUM	MAXIMUM
1st year	24 ECTS	47 ECTS
other courses	24 ECTS	47 ECTS

Access and Enrollment

Access

Access to official degrees requires holding a high school diploma or equivalent and passing the exam referred to in Article 42 of the Organic Law 6/2001 of Universities, modified in the Law 4/2007 (12 April), taking into account other mechanisms of access Foreseen in existing regulations.
The maximum number of 1st year students accepted in the academic is:

Madrid Campus (Vicalvaro):

65 places (including transfer admission places)

Enrollment

Enrollment in the Rey Juan Carlos University is online, using the computers on campus or any computer with web access. Dates and deadlines can be consulted in enrollment, as well as the requirements and necessary documents. If any questions arise, ask at the Student Telephone Assistance Center (TASTING)

Teaching Itinerary

VIEW CURRENT TEACHING GUIDES

BE: Basic Education
COM: Compulsory
HE: Elective

RACE 1
Vacation	Subject	Character	Credits
1	economic history	BER	6
1	Corporate Mathematics	COM	6
1	Introduction to Corporations I	BER	6
1	Professional Ethics, Basic Principles of Law and Equality	BEC	6
1	History of Spanish Institutions	BEC	6
2	Introduction to Economics	BER	6
2	Finance Mathematics	COM	6
2	Introduction to Corporations II	COM	6
2	Commercial Law	BER	6
2	Computer Science Applied to Corporations	BEC	6
Total Credits: 60

RACE 2
Vacation	Subject	Character	Credits
Annual	ModernLanguage	BEC	6
1	Introduction to marketing and communications in the firm	BER	6
1	Financial Accounting I	COM	6
1	Microeconomics	COM	4,5
1	Corporate Statistics I	COM	6
1	Corporate Sociology	BER	6
2	Accounting II	COM	4,5
2	Production Management	COM	6
2	Macroeconomics	COM	4,5
2	Corporate Statistics II	COM	6
2	Marketing Management	COM	4,5
Total credits: 60

RACE 3
Vacation	Subject	Character	Credits
1	corporate taxation	COM	4,5
1	Strategic Management and Corporate Politics I	COM	6
1	cost accounting	COM	4,5
1	Business Management	COM	4,5
1	Financial Management II	COM	6
1	Corporate Decision Methods	COM	4,5
2	Management Information Systems	COM	4,5
2	Strategic Management and Corporate Politics II	COM	6
2	Human Resources	COM	4,5
2	Financial ManagementII	COM	6
2	Balance Analysis	COM	4,5
2	National and International Economic environment of the firm	COM	4,5
Total credits: 60

RACE 4
Vacation	Subject	Character	Credits
1	Labor Law	COM	6
1	Option 1	EL	4,5
1	Option 2	EL	4,5
1	Option 3	EL	4,5
1	Option 4	EL	4,5
1	Academic Recognition of Credits	COM	6
Annual	Internship Placement	COM	24
Annual	End of degree project	COM	6
Total credits: 60

OPTIONAL
Sem.	Subject	Character	Credits
1	Organizational Behavior and Design (blended)	EL	4.5
1	Corporate Accounting	EL	4.5
1	Corporate Assessment and Acquisition	EL	4.5
1	Operations Management in Service Corporations	EL	4.5
1	Corporate Games	EL	4.5

materials resources

material resources

Internship Placement

The subject Internships is a curricular subject whose fundamental objective is to encourage the comprehensive training of the student through the practical application of the knowledge acquired in the degree, which facilitates direct contact with the professional activity and offers the opportunity for students to incorporate themselves in the professional world with a minimum level of experience. All the internships are designed so that students who participate in them acquire professional experience in real situations and conditions, applying the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that are acquired in the educational process during the degree. These internships are an important opportunity for the personal and professional development of the students.

The internships are activities that the students undertake in companies, institutions, and organizations; that is, in centers external to the university, and that have as their objective to enrich and complement their university studies, while also offering deeper knowledge related to the skills that will be needed once they graduate.

The Internship subject has two phases:

First, doing the internship, which offers professional experience related to the profile of the graduate and that are shown in the Verification Report of the degree.
Second, preparation of the report.

Documentation:

Formative project Qualification

For more information: Unit internships

Social Security Contributions for student interns as of January 1, 2024

Academic Recognition of Credits

Rules of academic recognition of credits in the Degree

Mobility Programs

ERASMUS

The Erasmus Program offers URJC undergraduate and graduate students the possibility of taking courses for one or more semesters at one of the European universities where URJC has agreements.

These exchanges traditionally involve financial assistance thanks to the Erasmus grants that the EU and the Spanish Education Ministry provide.

ERASMUS (intranet)

WORLD

The Munde Program manages mobility with universities that are not included in the Erasmus Program.

The possibility of obtaining a grant or financial assistance and the amount depend, in each case, on the agreements with the universities, the countries, or the entities that subscribe to said agreements.

WORLD (intranet)

For more information:

URJC Mobility

SICK

SICUE is a national mobility program for GRADOS university students that allows them to carry out part of their studies at another Spanish university with guarantees of academic recognition, use and adaptation to their curricular profile.

SICUE Mobility

Student Support Programs

Future student orientation. The university has various orientation programs for future students: visits to high schools, guided tours of the campuses, visits to classrooms, and, at the beginning of each academic year, the university organizes a Welcoming Day in order to orient new students.

Academic tutorials. Each teacher offers, within his/her teaching plan, tutorial sessions related to his/her subject.

Comprehensive tutorial programs. These programs are aimed at improving the learning process of the students, helping them to plan and organize their efforts in order to obtain the best academic results.

Degree coordinator. The degree coordinator works to favor the coherence and balance of the different subjects and the workload of the students.

Mentor Program. URJC has a Mentoring Program, where students from previous academic years act as tutors.

Disabled students. The Assistance for Disabled Persons Office offers guidance and help to students with special needs.

Scholarships and financial aid. Rey Juan Carlos University processes the principle grants and annual financial aid programs, both their own and those from other official agencies such as ministries, the regional government of Madrid, international organizations, and other entities. The university also publishes and disseminates information about grants and financial aid of interest to students and graduates. During the year, students receive information about these through the established communication channels.

Labor insertion program. URJC, through the Internship Unit and the Graduate Office, organizes events, workshops, and diverse services directed at helping and supporting students seeking employment. This is designed to improve students' employability and to favor their incorporation into the labor market. The university has job listings, a platform at the disposal of companies and graduates where the organisms can carry out their selection process.

Regulations

ACADEMIC CALENDAR

Academic Calendar

REGISTRATION

*The rates corresponding to double degrees with different degrees of experimentality will be applied as established in the new Decree 43/2022, of June 29, of the Government Council, which establishes the public prices for university studies leading to official degrees and services of an academic nature in the public universities of the Community of Madrid*

TRAINING PROCESS

REVIEWS AND REVIEWS

Validation, adaptation of studies, recognition of credits and homologation of foreign qualifications

UNIVERSITY DEGREES

Extinction of university degrees

VISITING STUDENTS AND FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY

COEXISTENCE REGIME

Coexistence Regulations of the Rey Juan Carlos University for the Development of Law 3/2022, of February 24, on University Coexistence, approved by Agreement of March 30, 2023, of the Governing Council of the University

SCHOOL INSURANCE

School insurance

ASSOCIATIONS

Regulation of student associations

Quality Guarantee

External monitoring report

Link RUCT

Link BOC

Internal System of Quality Guarantee

Composition of the committee

Report on Results

Once the follow-up on the Degree is carried out, the quantitative information concerning the results of the follow-up for each academic year is shown.

Report on Results:

General Information Collection Plan

Within the Quality Guarantee System at Rey Juan Carlos University, the following surveys are planned:

-New students

-Teacher assessment

-Student satisfaction

-Satisfaction of graduates

- labor insertion

- Causes of abandonment

-Career path:

Second year after graduation
Third year after graduation
Fourth year after graduation

- Degree of satisfaction:

Faculty with campus and university
Teaching staff with degree
Of the evaluators
Incoming student mobility program
Outbound student mobility program
Administration and services staff with university

-External practices:

student satisfaction
External tutor satisfaction
Satisfaction of evaluators

Survey results:

Steps towards Improvement

The Quality Guarantee System at URJC establishes that the Quality Guarantee Commission of the degree analyzes the information derived from the different indicators of the degree and draws up a report which includes plans for improvement, if that is what the results so indicate.

Accreditation renewal

Accreditation renewal supposes the culmination of the implementation of the official undergraduate and Master's degrees registered in the University, Center, and Degree Register. The accreditation renewal of official undergraduate and Master's degrees is organized in three phases: self-assessment report, external visit, and final assessment.

In the first phase, the university describes and assesses the situation of the degree with respect to the established criteria and guidelines. The result is the Self-Assessment report that is presented. The second and third phases are carried out by a group of assessors who are external to the degree in question.

Self-assessment report 2024

Open Hearing Form

Historical

Renewal Final Report of accreditation 2017
Improvement Plan 2017

Recognition of quality

The Virtual Campus at URJC has the international certification “UNIQUE” for quality in e-learning. UNIQUE is the most demanding seal of quality for the use of ICT in higher education.

In the framework of the celebration of the INNOVATION FORUM 2011 in the Portuguese town of Oeiras, the Foundation for the Quality of e-Learning gave three UNIQUe quality certifications to universities in Saudi Arabia, Russia, and Spain, and Rey Juan Carlos University was one of those chosen.

UNIQUe is the first certification of quality in all of Europe, created to offer support to universities in order to achieve excellence in the use of ICT for innovation in learning. The provides certification points of reference for the field of higher education in order to increase the speed of implementation of the Bologna reforms in the field of technology. It is centered on innovation with the aim of improving learning. At the same time, the UNIQUe seal facilitates the incorporation of the existing good practices and the valid strategies for quality, presenting a wide institutional focus that goes beyond e-learning in order to validate the efforts of the universities with regard to innovation.

This process of quality certification is based on the broad participation of the interested parties with the aim of involving the entire community of higher education, including the government, students and professors, as well as the administration and management of universities.

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