University master's degrees
University Master's Degree in Social and Labour Rights

Do you want to dedicate yourself to labor and Social Security advice or to the management of human resources or in the Public Administration? Interested in a career in research? This is your Master

Official Master's Degree in Social and Labour Rights

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Master description

The UAB Master’s Degree in Social and Labour Rights is structured into two semesters, with a total of 60 ECTS credits. During the first semester, students take 30 compulsory ECTS credits across three key subjects: New Forms of Work Organisation: Employment, Contracting and Production Decentralisation (10 ECTS credits), Dialogue and Participation of Workers and their Representatives in the Modern Enterprise (10 ECTS credits), and Professional Management of Social Security and Company Pension Plans (10 ECTS credits).

In the second semester, students also complete 30 ECTS credits, combining compulsory and elective subjects: Tools for Legal Management of Corporate Liability and Procedural Management (15 ECTS credits, compulsory), Research Methodology (9 ECTS credits, elective), External Internships (9 ECTS credits, elective), and the Master’s Dissertation (6 ECTS credits, compulsory).

This structure ensures comprehensive and applied training in the field of labour law.

Teaching timetable

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From the 2025/2026 academic year onwards, course 42477 Research Methodology will no longer be offered.

Study plan structure

  Compulsory Optional Final Project
First Year 45 9 6
Totals 45 9 6

Basic training

First semester
  • 45798 - Dialogue and Participation of Workers and their Representatives in the Framework of a Modern Company
  • 42136 - Professional Management of Social Security and Company Pension Plans
  • 42137 - New Methods of Work Organisation: Employment, Recruitment, Productive Decentralisation
Second Semester
  • 44067 - Instruments for the Legal Management of Corporate Responsibility and Procedural Management
  • 42479 - Master's Degree Dissertation
  

Optional subjects

  • 42477 - Research Methodology ( 9 credits )
  • 45799 - Work Placement ( 9 credits )

(1) It is expected that most students will come from Bachelor’s Degrees in Labor Relations and Law, as well as from the Diploma in Labor Relations and the Bachelor’s Degree in Labor Sciences. For students who hold these qualifications obtained within the Spanish university system, no additional training is required. For students coming from other degrees or who have obtained their qualifications outside the Spanish university system, the possibility of taking supplementary courses is foreseen. The Master’s selection committee will review the prior studies granting access to the program and determine the need to take specific

All subjects are worth 6 credits unless otherwise stated.
All optional subjects are not scheduled each year.