Master's degree in Modern Economic Analysis

Basic Information

What knowledge will I acquire with this Master?

Well-trained economic analysis professionals who have knowledge of Economic Theory and Econometrics. The priority objective of this Master is to train professionals and researchers with high-level economic training that contributes to promoting the progress of Spanish society.

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 2011-12.

Final verification report turned out FAVORABLE

Favorable report first modification

Favorable report second modification

verified memory

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

Degree in economics
Degree in Business Administration and Management
Degree in Mathematics
Degree in Statistics
Degree in Engineering
Other degrees or official titles that include Economics, Mathematics and Statistics subjects in their curriculum

Objectives

The Faculty of Social and Legal Sciences of the Rey Juan Carlos University and the Department of Fundamentals of Economic Analysis of said university, have as their maximum ambition in the field of official Master's degrees to provide postgraduate students with specialized training of unquestionable quality. .

The theoretical branch of economic science, known as economic analysis, has traditionally been considered a discipline aimed at defining and studying economic problems from a particularly formal point of view. The reason for this formalization lay, on many occasions, in the self-imposed need to be considered a scientific discipline. In this sense, it can be said that Economic Analysis has been able to establish a language and a conception of its own reasoning as well as common to the profession, as well as generalizing a desire to offer a verifiable quantification of the problems that constitute its object of study. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is necessary to point out that the rigorous study of economic problems should not and cannot afford to ignore direct contact with economic reality. In this sense, it is worth noting that an effort must be made from the training programs for future professionals to the practical orientation that must guide the order of priorities when establishing both the approach to the problems to be analyzed and the complexity of the analysis.

In this context, the main objective of the proposed Research Master is to train quality specialists in Economic Analysis for the academic and research fields, but without forgetting the business field. Much emphasis can always be placed on the applied dimension of the various economic concepts acquired.

There are several specific objectives to be achieved:

Acquisition of knowledge and skills that allow the realization of rigorous studies of economic phenomena in the scientific or business field.
Acquisition of the skills and abilities that allow the performance of a novel and quality research work in the field of Economics.
Acquisition of the skills and abilities to develop tasks as a professional researcher of economic phenomena.

To achieve this objective, the Department of Fundamentals of Economic Analysis has defined an "ideal" teaching profile that serves as a guide for the professors responsible for the subjects to be taught in the scope of this Master's degree. The profile is as follows:

Modern and up-to-date vision of the subjects.
Intensive use of ICT.
Use of participatory teaching methods.
Willingness to connect theoretical tools with economic reality.
Willingness to carry out research of recognized quality.
Willingness for the postgraduate course to be a reference in the national and international sphere, both in terms of research and teaching.

This teaching profile guarantees that the established training and quality objectives are achieved.

It should be noted that the Master is aimed at any Diploma, Graduate, Engineer or Graduate who wishes to acquire detailed and rigorous knowledge about the analysis of an economy. It is not essential to have completed previous studies in Economics to be able to carry out these studies.

Competences

The skills that are going to be developed in this Master, and which are presented below, are fully in line with the general and specific skills related to Master programs included in RD 1393/2007, of October 29. Likewise, they are fully in line with the skills developed in other Master's degrees with quality benchmarks, already indicated in section 2.2., such as the Official Master's Degree in Economic Analysis of the Autonomous University of Barcelona and the Master's Degree in Economic Analysis of the Carlos III University. of Madrid, the joint Master of the University of Alcalá de Henares and the Complutense University of Madrid in Applied Economic Analysis and the Master in Economics: Instruments of Economic Analysis, joint of the University of Oviedo, the University of Cantabria and the University of the Basque Country.

The general or transversal competences that will be developed intensively are the following:

CT1: Ability to carry out a critical analysis and evaluation and synthesis of new and complex ideas.
CT2: Ability to be able to learn in a self-directed and autonomous way.
CT3: Ability to promote, in academic and professional contexts, scientific, technological and social progress within the knowledge-based society.
CT4: Ability to function by analogy in contexts in which there is little specific information.
CT5: Ability to find the key questions that must be answered to solve a complex problem.
CT6: Ability to design, create, develop and undertake new and innovative projects.
CT7: Ability to work both in a team and autonomously in an international and/or multidisciplinary context.
CT8: Ability to integrate knowledge, face complexity and make judgments with limited information, including reflections on the social and ethical responsibilities linked to the application of their knowledge and judgments.
CT9: Ability to critique and intellectually defend solutions both verbally and through written reports.
CT10: Ability to conceive, design or create, put into practice and adopt a substantial research process with academic seriousness.
CT11: Ability to contribute through original research that expands the frontiers of knowledge by developing a substantial corpus, worthy of referenced publication at a national and international level.
CT12: Ability to apply the knowledge acquired and solve problems in new or little-known environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to Economics in general and Economic Analysis in particular.
CT13: Ability to apply to new or little-known environments, within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts, the tools of Economic Analysis for problem solving.

The specific competences to be intensively developed in the Master's are the following:

CE1: Capacity for systematic and advanced understanding of the tools of Economic Analysis and mastery of its skills and research methods.
CE2: Ability to communicate with the academic, scientific, professional community and with society in general about Economic Analysis and the Economy in Spanish and English.
CE3: Ability to design, create, develop and undertake new and innovative projects in the field of Economy in general and Economic Analysis in particular.
CE4: Ability to develop innovative theories and ideas in the field of Economic Analysis.
CE5: Ability to search for and use technical and scientifically relevant bibliography for the understanding, analysis, development, discussion and proposal of solutions to an issue or problem of Economics in general and Economic Analysis in particular.
CE6: Ability to evaluate and articulate recommendations on economic policies in both Macroeconomic and Microeconomic environments.
CE7: Ability to scientifically search, collect, select and analyze economic data, using the appropriate econometric techniques.
CE8: Ability to make scientifically based forecasts on the future evolution of different economic variables both at a Macroeconomic and Microeconomic level.
CE9: Ability to handle the most advanced econometric packages for the analysis of economic issues.
CE10: Ability to carry out applied research applied work of high quality from real data.
CE11: Ability to develop innovative theoretical models that allow a better understanding of economic phenomena.
CE12: Ability to prepare professional reports and scientific articles related to different economic issues in accordance with the high quality standards prevailing in the professional and academic world at a national and international level.

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:

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.
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:

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.

Academic record (55%)
Knowledge of Spanish (25%)
Knowledge of other languages (10%)
Professional experience (5%)
Others (5%)

The body responsible for admission to the Master in Modern Economic Analysis is the Master's Quality Assurance Commission (CGCM).

The language levels required within the admission criteria in relation to the European Framework of Languages B1.

Offer of places: 60 places. If the minimum number of students provided is not reached in a course, the University may choose not to open the teaching group.

See admission and enrollment

Training itinerary

Master's Teaching Guides

ACCESS THE COURSE GUIDES OF THE DEGREE

Training Itinerary

Custom code	Subject	Semester	Type	Number of ECTS
612901	Microeconomic Analysis	1 º	required	6
612902	Macroeconomic Analysis	1 º	required	6
612903	Econometrics	1 º	required	6
612904	Economic Analysis Topics	1 º	required	6
612905	Advanced Econometrics	2 º	required	6
612906	Time Series Analysis *	2 º	Optional	3
612907	Industrial economy	2 º	Optional	3
612908	Public Economy	2 º	Optional	3
612909	Economics of money and financial markets	2 º	Optional	3
612910	Master's thesis	2 º	required	24

* Not offered

Material resources

External Internships

This master's degree does not plan to carry out External Internships.

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

Regulation

STUDENTS

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 student associations

Quality guarantee

External monitoring report

RUCT link

BOCM Link

Internal quality assurance system

Manual of the Internal Quality Assurance System

Composition of the commission

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.

Report by course:

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.”