- UAB Master's Degree (Continuing Education)
- Code: 3865/8
- 8th edition
- Modality: Face to face
- Credits: 60 ECTS
- Start date: 20/02/2026
- Finish date: 27/11/2026
- Places: 35
- Orientation: Professional
- Price: 4800 €
- Teaching language: Spanish (80%), English (20%)
- Location: Facultat de Veterinària. Campus UAB, Bellaterra (Barcelona)
The master's degree in Animal Welfare enables the knowledge and skills required to be able to manage and advise on any aspect relating to the welfare of farm, domestic and wild animals.
The master's degree is focused on the scientific foundations of animal welfare, but it also explores ethical and social aspects. The programme will allow the student to be able to evaluate animal welfare, propose preventive measures and find out and resolve the major animal welfare problems of the various centers that have animals that are stabulous or free (farms, protectors, zoos, etc.).
The master's degree has a total duration of 10 months and includes a first face-to-face stage with classes, visits and practices (3 months) and a second distance stage for the completion of assignments, cases, and the Final Master's Project (6 months). Both stages are mandatory and not interchangeable or modifiable in terms of dates or format.
The master's degree is carried out in one of the best veterinary faculties in the world and is taught by internationally recognized experts in the field of animal welfare.
Download the informative document of the master's degree in Animal Welfare (in Spanish) for complete information.
Career opportunities
- Veterinary animal welfare specialist.- Animal welfare researcher.
- Animal welfare consultant for farms, breeding establishments, sanctuaries, zoos, etc.
- Animal welfare expert in local, national or international agencies, in private companies or in education.
Internships
- The internships will correspond to 9 ECTS.
- The student must attend a minimum of 85% of the practical sessions.
- The internships will include the resolution of practical cases, the development of animal welfare protocols and, especially, visits to different entities that work with animals.
- It is planned that the internships will be carried out in the following centers: pet shelter, Amphibian and Reptile Recovery Center of Catalonia, Marine Animal Recovery Center, kennels of the UAB Farm and Experimental Field Service, UAB Veterinary Clinic Hospital, Barcelona Zoo, slaughterhouse, and a group of cattle, pig and poultry farms, among others.
- The period for carrying out the internships (visits, resolution of practical cases and development of protocols) will be mainly on Friday mornings and some Wednesdays.
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
Departamento de Ciencia Animal y de los Alimentos
Collaborating centres
Fundació Hospital Clínic Veterinari de la UAB
Instituto de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentarias (IRTA)
International Zoo Veterinary Group
Matadero ESFOSA
Oceanogràfic de València y Fundación Oceanogràfic
Parc Zoològic de Barcelona
Universidad de Cádiz
Universidad de Murcia
University of Copenhagen
Utah State University
Servei de Granges i Camps Experimentals de la UAB
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
Zoo Antwerp - Centre for research and Conservation
Organización Mundial de Sanidad Animal (OMSA)
Centre de Recuperació d'Amfibis i Rèptils de Catalunya (CRARC)
Universidad Austral de Chile
R-Wild Consultoria
CAAD (Centre Acollida d'Animals Domèstics) de Terrassa
Etocare for Pets
Explotación ganadera SAT Solius/Can Pijoan
Explotación ganadera La Manresana
Fundació Mona
Explotación ganadera Mas Castanyer
Centre de Recuperació d'Animals Marins de Catalunya (CRAM)
CosmoCaixa Barcelona - Museo de la Ciencia de Barcelona
Contact
Oriol Tallo Parra
Phone: 935811352