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Master's degree in Protocol, Communication and Integral Organization of Events

Responsible Center: Universidad Rey Juan Carlos   Location: Madrid-Quintana
Modality: Onsite  Title code: 6153 Orientation: Approval
Number of ECTS Credits: 60 ECTS  Duration of the Master: an academic year
Price: See table
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Director of the Master: Prof. Dr. Ms. Palma Peña Jiménez.
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Basic Information

What knowledge will I acquire with this Master?

The Degree will offer our students a comprehensive and multidisciplinary technical training, specialized in the field of protocol, ceremonial culture, communication and the organization of events that will provide them with the necessary knowledge to carry out the tasks of management, organization and planning of events. all kinds of ceremonies or events. A training that provides them with the acquisition of the necessary skills for professional practice in this field.

Is this degree official according to the regulations required by the European Higher Education Area?

Yes (final verification report is attached), starting the first course in the academic year 2012-13.

ANECA final verification report

Favorable report first modification

Is it necessary to pass an access test?

It is not necessary.

What is the minimum number of credits for which I can enroll?

You can see it in the rules of permanence in this link

Recommended income profile

Students who have possession of an official Spanish university degree or another issued by a higher education institution of the European Higher Education Area that authorizes access to Master's degrees in the country that issued the degree.

Recommended requirements:

The preferential entry profiles for the University Master's Degree in Protocol, Communication and Comprehensive Organization of Events, as it is a clearly multidisciplinary and transversal training, correspond to the itineraries of different Degrees and Degrees such as Law, Political Science, Communication, Advertising and Public Relations, Economics and Business, Tourism and Humanities, as well as those degrees or double degrees among which are those indicated.

Objectives

  • Cover an area of ​​knowledge and provide technical and specialized training in the field of Protocol and event organization.
  • Train professionals in Protocol, Public Relations and Institutional Communication, with a comprehensive knowledge and preparation that facilitates their access to the world of work, without forgetting their training in the field of research that allows the interested student to develop a teaching and research career in this field. countryside.
  • Provide graduates from different areas with the precise and necessary knowledge for the planning, organization and comprehensive management of all types of events.
  • Enable the student interested in the academic career to continue, where appropriate, and obtain a doctor's degree.

Competences

General Instrumental Competences:

  • CGI01 Offer specific knowledge about the functioning of institutions, administrations and public bodies.
  • CGI02 Distinguish the protocol of International Organizations and the Admon. General of the State and the company protocol, to plan according to the type of act or event.
  • CGI03 Know and know how to accurately apply the rules and protocol uses in terms of treatments, labels, decorations, correspondence, presentations, placement techniques, etc.
  • CGI04 Know the area of ​​corporate communication, as well as the operation of the media in its relationship with institutions.
  • CGI05 Distinguish official decorations, titles, flags. To acquire, in short, the knowledge of the field of vexillology.

Personal Generic Competencies:

  • CGP01 Being capable of social relations and integration in different groups, as well as being able to work in both specific and multidisciplinary teams.

Specific skills:

Specific Disciplinary Competences:

  • CED01 Know how to apply the protocol techniques in all kinds of acts, as well as the staging of both institutional ceremonies and those of the business sphere, national or international.
  • CED02 Know and distinguish the protocol in the different administrations and official bodies.
  • CED03 Know the rules and protocol uses in the business and private sphere.
  • CED04Distinguish decorations, treatments, etc.
  • CED05 Know the structure of a protocol department and its operation.
  • CED06 Acquire precise knowledge in the area of ​​communication and the operation of the media in their relationship with institutions.
  • CED07 Know, learn and distinguish an internal and external communication plan, its management and adaptation. Manage, design and manage a web page.
  • CED08 Distinguish the different political organizations, as well as the uses and customs of different cultures for their subsequent application in the protocol and organization of events

Specific Professional Competences

  • CEP01 Determine the logistics structure and organizational structure of all types of events.
  • CEP02 Plan, organize, structure and manage a protocol department. Organize and manage teams.
  • CEP03 Know how to apply the knowledge, norms and protocol uses to the practice of the organization.
  • CEP04 Know how to carry out a communication plan, both internal and external, applied to the specific type of event.

Transversal Competences:

  • CT01 Know the basic methodological tools and the context of the field of Social Sciences, useful for the performance of professional practice related to the master's degree.
  • CT02 Promote in students the precise knowledge for the development of the profession related to the organization.
  • CT03 Train students to know how to organize and present a structured work. Learn to structure a research work and the handling of bibliographic materials, texts and necessary and appropriate materials, according to the object of study, as well as the development of analysis and synthesis skills and the development of a critical spirit. Mastery of expression and written and oral argumentation.

Admission and enrollment

Admission:

The requirements for access to the proposed title are according to article 18, of Royal Decree 822/2021, of September 28:

  1. Possession of an official Spanish Graduate or Graduate university degree or equivalent is a condition for accessing a Master's Degree, or, where appropriate, having another University Master's degree, or titles of the same level as the Spanish Bachelor's or Master's degree issued by universities and higher education institutions in an EHEA country that in that country allow access to Master's degrees.
  2. In the same way, people in possession of titles from educational systems that are not part of the EHEA, which are equivalent to a Bachelor's degree, will be able to access a Master's Degree in the Spanish university system, without the need for homologation of the title, but verification by of the university of the level of training that they imply, as long as in the country where said title was issued it allows access to university postgraduate level studies. In no case will access through this route imply the homologation of the previous degree held by the person concerned or its recognition for other purposes than that of carrying out the Master's degree.

Candidate selection:

General access criteria:

The specific qualifications that will facilitate access to the Master are the following:

As it is a clearly multidisciplinary and transversal training, students of different grades may have access, such as:

  • Degree in law,
  • Degree in Political Science,
  • Degree in Communication,
  • Degree in Advertising and PR,
  • Degree in Economics and Business,
  • Degree in Humanities Degree in Tourism
  • Other degrees or official titles that include in their study plan subjects related to organization, communication or directly related to protocol. In any case, other requests will be evaluated.

The admission process for students interested in the University Master's Degree in Protocol, Communication and Integral Organization of Events will correspond to an academic commission constituted for this purpose and made up of the director of the degree together with the commission of which they will be a part. the person in charge of each module, who will be in charge of evaluating the profiles of the candidates.

Along with the aforementioned requirement of the Degree or Bachelor's Degree, the following criteria will be assessed, in this order: weighted average of the academic record (75%), complementary training (10%); professional experience (5%) and accredited knowledge of languages ​​(preferably English) (10%).

If necessary, assessment of the student's curriculum, based on their professional experience, their projection in relation to the objectives of the master's degree, as well as their academic record.

Although no additional entrance tests are planned, applicants from languages ​​other than Spanish will need to accredit knowledge of the Spanish language corresponding to level B! From the European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Offer of places: 50 plazas. If the minimum number of students envisaged is not reached in a course, the University may choose not to open the teaching group.

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Training itinerary

Master's Teaching Guides

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Training Itinerary

Custom code

Subject

Semester

Type

Number of ECTS

615301

Institutional and business protocol

1 º

required

6

615312

Nobiliary, emblematic and Honorifice and award right

1 º

required

6

615304

Political organization and interculturality

1 º

required

6

615305

Institutional comunication

2 º

required

3

615306

Internal and external communication plan.

2 º

required

3

615309 Team synergies, catering and social behavior 1 º required 6

615307

Organization of acts, events and ceremonies

2 º

required

6

615308

Effective communication and new channels. Web and social networks

2 º

required

6

615310

External Internships

2 º

External Internships

12

615311

Master's thesis

2 º

TFM

6

External Internships

The External Practices subject is a curricular subject whose main objective is to promote a comprehensive training of the student through the practical application of the knowledge acquired during the master's degree, which facilitates direct contact with the professional activity and the opportunity to join the professional world with a minimum of experience. All practices are designed so that the students who participate in them acquire professional experience in real situations and conditions, applying the knowledge, skills and attitudes that are acquired in the training processes throughout the degree. The internships represent a decisive opportunity for the personal development and professional future of the students.

Internships are activities carried out by the student in companies, institutions and organizations; that is, in centers outside the university premises, which aim to enrich and complement your university education, while providing you with a deeper knowledge about the skills you will need once you have graduated.

The External Practices subject will consist of two phases:

  • Completion of the internship period that offers professional experience related to any of the graduate profiles that are expressed in the Verification Report of the degree.
  • Elaboration of the memory

Documentation:

Degree Training Project

For more information:  External Internship Unit

Social Security contributions for interns starting January 1, 2024

Mobility programs

University Master's degrees, due to their duration and characteristics, in general do not specifically contemplate the mobility of their students. However, the Rey Juan Carlos University has different mobility programs for both students and University workers (PDI and PAS) and has procedures for collecting and analyzing information on these mobility programs.

URJC Mobility

Quality guarantee

RUCT link

BOCM Link

Results report

Once the monitoring of the Master's Degree has been carried out, the most relevant quantitative information on the results obtained in the monitoring of said Degree is displayed, differentiated by academic year.

General information collection plan

Within the quality assurance system of the Rey Juan Carlos University, the following surveys are planned:

- Student profile

- Teacher evaluation

- Degree of satisfaction:

  • Of the students
  • of the graduates
  • From the Faculty
  • Administration and Services Staff

- Labor insertion

- External internships:

  • Satisfaction of interns
  • External tutor satisfaction
  • Employer satisfaction

Survey results:

Improvement actions

The Quality Assurance System of the Rey Juan Carlos University establishes that the degree's Quality Assurance Commission will annually analyze the information derived from the degree's indicators and prepare a report that will include improvement plans if the results so indicate.

Renewal of accreditation

The renewal of the accreditation represents the culmination of the implementation process of the official Bachelor's and Master's degrees registered in the Register of Universities, Centers and Degrees (RUCT). The renewal of the accreditation of official bachelor's 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 status of the degree with respect to the established criteria and guidelines. The result is the Self-Assessment Report (IA) that is presented. The second and third phases are carried out by a group of evaluators external to the evaluated title.”