- UAB Master's Degree (Continuing Education)
- Code: 2598/23
- 23th edition
- Modality: Face to face
- Credits: 60 ECTS
- Start date: 09/09/2027
- Finish date: 30/09/2028
- Places: 30
- Orientation: Professional
- Price: 5940 €
- Teaching language: Spanish
- Location: UAB Casa Convalescència - Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau: Sant Antoni Maria Claret, 171 - 08041 Barcelona
Book and periodical publishing is one of the original and key pillars of the cultural industries. It is a complex professional field that brings together techniques and expertise from many disciplines related to the world of communication.
The UAB Master's Degree in Publishing aims to provide theoretical and practical training for future professionals who wish to work in the publishing industry. The book industry is undergoing constant evolution and therefore requires academic preparation, talent, knowledge, and new technological skills, while at the same time preserving the traditional and aesthetic techniques that have been an integral part of the sector for centuries.
With a realistic approach, the programme stands out from other similar master's degrees due to the importance it places on the essential aspects of the publishing profession and the priority it gives to enabling each student to undertake professional internships within the sector. The programme brings together academia and industry in a highly effective learning environment, combining university teaching with hands-on training in publishing companies.
This approach is supported by the extensive academic experience of the programme's university coordinators and lecturers, all of whom are recognised professionals in the publishing world. Together with the programme's carefully designed curriculum, they provide students with a solid foundation, technical expertise, and a broad cultural and editorial perspective.
As a result, students gain a comprehensive understanding of the publishing process, from the initial concept and manuscript through to publication and sales. They are also introduced to specialised publishing roles and professions, whose theoretical and practical knowledge opens the door to employment opportunities in established publishing houses or to the creation of new publishing projects and independent imprints.
Many graduates, as demonstratedby the history of the programme's eighteen editions, now work in a wide variety of publishing companies in Spain and abroad, including throughout Europe and the Americas, as well as in cultural departments, news agencies, and press offices.
Highly regarded in both academia and the publishing industry, the UAB Master's Degree in Publishing has become a benchmark in the current academic and professional landscape of the Spanish-speaking cultural sector. It is not only well known and highly valued in Barcelona, Catalonia, and the rest of Spain, with an average of 28 students per academic year, but it is also recognised across Latin America, including Brazil and the United States, as well as in European Union countries such as France, Italy, Greece, Germany, and Slovenia. Indeed, given the number of international students enrolled, it could increasingly be considered an International Master's Degree in Publishing.
All students enrolled in the programme complete internships in publishing companies through agreements established between the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and publishing-sector organisations located in the Barcelona Metropolitan Area. Many students also undertake additional extracurricular internships with the same publishers or companies where they completed their curricular placements.
It is also worth noting that approximately 15% of students have been hired by the companies where they completed their internships, even during periods of economic downturn. This demonstrates the programme's strong record in facilitating the professional integration of graduates into the cultural and publishing sectors.
Finally, since its launch in 2004, the UAB Master's Degree in Publishing has been primarily aimed at university graduates holding degrees in the humanities, social sciences, or related disciplines who wish to develop a professional career in the publishing and cultural sectors, whether in book publishing orperiodical publishing, across any media format.
Career opportunities
- Book and periodical editor.
- Editorial design and typographic composition specialist.
- Digital book production technician.
- Managing editor in publishing, journalism, and digital media.
- Freelance publishing professionals, including manuscript reader, proofreader, copy editor, developmental editor, and digital editor.
- Bookseller with specialised training in the publishing sector.
- Literary agent.
- Web, blog, and RSS content manager and developer.
- Editorial consultant for digital publishing platforms.
The UAB Master's Degree in Publishing aims to provide theoretical and practical training for future professionals who wish to work in the publishing industry. The book industry is undergoing constant evolution and therefore requires academic preparation, talent, knowledge, and new technological skills, while at the same time preserving the traditional and aesthetic techniques that have been an integral part of the sector for centuries.
With a realistic approach, the programme stands out from other similar master's degrees due to the importance it places on the essential aspects of the publishing profession and the priority it gives to enabling each student to undertake professional internships within the sector. The programme brings together academia and industry in a highly effective learning environment, combining university teaching with hands-on training in publishing companies.
This approach is supported by the extensive academic experience of the programme's university coordinators and lecturers, all of whom are recognised professionals in the publishing world. Together with the programme's carefully designed curriculum, they provide students with a solid foundation, technical expertise, and a broad cultural and editorial perspective.
As a result, students gain a comprehensive understanding of the publishing process, from the initial concept and manuscript through to publication and sales. They are also introduced to specialised publishing roles and professions, whose theoretical and practical knowledge opens the door to employment opportunities in established publishing houses or to the creation of new publishing projects and independent imprints.
Many graduates, as demonstratedby the history of the programme's eighteen editions, now work in a wide variety of publishing companies in Spain and abroad, including throughout Europe and the Americas, as well as in cultural departments, news agencies, and press offices.
Highly regarded in both academia and the publishing industry, the UAB Master's Degree in Publishing has become a benchmark in the current academic and professional landscape of the Spanish-speaking cultural sector. It is not only well known and highly valued in Barcelona, Catalonia, and the rest of Spain, with an average of 28 students per academic year, but it is also recognised across Latin America, including Brazil and the United States, as well as in European Union countries such as France, Italy, Greece, Germany, and Slovenia. Indeed, given the number of international students enrolled, it could increasingly be considered an International Master's Degree in Publishing.
All students enrolled in the programme complete internships in publishing companies through agreements established between the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and publishing-sector organisations located in the Barcelona Metropolitan Area. Many students also undertake additional extracurricular internships with the same publishers or companies where they completed their curricular placements.
It is also worth noting that approximately 15% of students have been hired by the companies where they completed their internships, even during periods of economic downturn. This demonstrates the programme's strong record in facilitating the professional integration of graduates into the cultural and publishing sectors.
Finally, since its launch in 2004, the UAB Master's Degree in Publishing has been primarily aimed at university graduates holding degrees in the humanities, social sciences, or related disciplines who wish to develop a professional career in the publishing and cultural sectors, whether in book publishing orperiodical publishing, across any media format.
- Editorial design and typographic composition specialist.
- Digital book production technician.
- Managing editor in publishing, journalism, and digital media.
- Freelance publishing professionals, including manuscript reader, proofreader, copy editor, developmental editor, and digital editor.
- Bookseller with specialised training in the publishing sector.
- Literary agent.
- Web, blog, and RSS content manager and developer.
- Editorial consultant for digital publishing platforms.
Internships
- The student in this program will interact with editors, colleagues who perform different tasks, and will learn, live, the different trades and know how to face small or large editorial problems.
- They will practice the different jobs in the editorial sector, according to the training plan defined by the collaborating company.
- They will carry out activities directly related to editing in companies in the sector, under the tutorship or supervision of a member of the collaborating editorial.
Scholarships and financial aid
Chek all the information on the possibilities for grants and scholarships in the page for UAB financial aids, grants and calls.
Coordinating centres
Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
Departamento de Filología Española
Contact
Catalina Bohórquez Mendoza
Phone: 653197731