Objectives and competences
We provide the knowledge, skills and tools that enable students to acquire the competences defined for advanced practice nursing. These competences provide the framework for national and international practice models that have had a positive impact on health outcomes and the healthcare system as a whole. They encompass the design, implementation and evaluation of research projects; evidence-based practice; care quality enhancement; critical thought and analysis; capacity to take and manage complex ethical decisions; education and health promotion; clinical leadership, and collaborative inter-professional practice. The master's degree is taught by a team with a high level of professional and research expertise. Successful students can continue to the associated doctoral programme.
The MUIPCA syllabus is divided into three main blocks: advanced practice, research, and a choice of specializations. For the third block, a total of six specializations are offered, four of which are biennial (admitting new students every two academic years). The specializations are:
- Chronicity (annual)
- Chronic and Complex Wounds (annual)
- Cancer (biennial, enrolment in odd-numbered years)
- Neurology (biennial, enrolment in odd-numbered years)
- Cardiology (biennial, enrolment in even-numbered years)
- Pain (biennial, enrolment in even-numbered years)
Basic information
| Type | Master's degree |
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| Faculty or school | Faculty of Nursing |
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| Mode of delivery |
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| Credits | 60 |
| Number of places available | 40 |
| Length of course | 1 academic year |
| Language(s) of instruction | 40 % Catalan - 40 % Spanish - 20 % English |
| Approximate price per credit | 19.37 euros per credit (82 euros for students who are not EU nationals and do not currently reside in Spain). Fees for the academic year 2025-2026 |
| Coordination | ANNA MARTA FALCO PEGUEROLES |
| albapolicarpo@ub.edu | |
| Course details | Indicators |
| Open pre-enrolment | No |
| Open enrolment | No |
| Lead to doctoral studies | Yes |
| Admission for applicants not holding a degree qualification | No |
| Bridging courses | No |
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Objectives and competences
Objectives
- To acquire a solid knowledge base and skills for making complex decisions in advanced nursing practice.
- To acquire solid theoretical and methodological training based on evidence, clinical leadership and research.
- To be able to use basic qualitative, quantitative and fieldwork tools and techniques to address issues in professional practice.
- To be able to apply theoretical, methodological and technical knowledge in order to acquire the competences associated with advanced nursing clinical practice.
- To acquire practical experience in analysing and preparing projects in order to work in networks and interdisciplinary teams in the field of advanced nursing practice.
Competences
- Sustainability. Capacity to foment critical analysis and reflection to provide answers for addressing global change, in a framework of sustainability and social justice.
- Capacity to demonstrate a commitment to ethical practice. Critical attitude and self-criticism towards professional ethics, moral values, and the social implications of the different activities carried out.
- Ability to work as part of a team. Ability to work as part of a team in the design, management and planning of projects and collective challenges within the framework of advanced nursing practice, maintaining close relationships with all stakeholders and providing solutions to any problems that may arise.
- Capacity for learning and responsibility. Ability to engage in independent learning, based on the capacity for analysis, synthesis, global perspectives, and application of knowledge to practice, as well as the ability to make decisions and adapt to new situations.
- Creative and entrepreneurial skills. Ability to formulate, design and manage projects by integrating knowledge, technologies and approaches that contribute to the transition towards more equitable realities.
- Gender perspective. Ability to integrate the gender perspective on the basis of cultural, social, economic, historical and political considerations, understanding the social inequalities that arise at different levels of analysis.
Professional competences
- Ability to apply leadership in coordinating between different healthcare providers and stakeholders for the organization and planning of nursing care.
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of the culture of safety and quality of patient care.
- Ability to carry out advanced nursing clinical practice in the different specializations
Access and admission
Applicant profile and access requirements
Recommended applicant profile
Bachelor's degrees and/or holders of pre-EHEA diplomas in nursing who meet the following requirements:- Knowledge and skills to care for people in different stages of the life cycle, and particularly in healthcare areas that are related to the specialisations in the master's degree.
- Interest in gaining research skills in advanced clinical practice in nursing in general, and in cancer and chronic disease in particular.
- Previous experience in the presentation of communications and scientific publications.
- Reading and comprehension skills in the English language.
Access requirements and conditions
General requirementsStudents wishing to be admitted to a university master's degree must hold one of the following qualifications:
- Official Spanish university degree.
- A degree issued by a higher education institution within the European Higher Education Area framework that authorizes the holder to access university master's degree courses in the country of issue.
- A qualification issued by an institution outside the framework of the European Higher Education Area. In this case, applicants must request homologation of the degree to its equivalent official Spanish university qualification or obtain express approval from the University of Barcelona, which will conduct a study of equivalence to ensure that the degree is of a comparable level to an official Spanish university qualification and that it grants access to university master's degree study in the country of issue. Admission shall not, in any case, imply that prior qualifications have been recognized as equivalent to a Spanish master's degree and does not confer recognition for any purposes other than that of admission to the master's degree course.
Specific requirements
Bachelor's degree or pre-EHEA diploma in nursing or an equivalent qualification.
Pre-enrolment
Calendar
17 March'5 June 2025Notification of resolutions: 10 June
Notes:
- Pre-enrolment fee: A pre-enrolment fee of 30,21 euros is charged. Students who apply to more than one master's degree must pay the fee for each pre-enrolment request. Pre-enrolment requests cannot be processed until this fee has been paid.Fees will only be refunded if the master's degree in question is suspended.
- Reserved places: A maximum of 5% of the new places of the master's degree are reserved for students who meet the general and specific access requirements and accredit the recognition of a degree of disability equal to or greater than 33%.
Required documentation
- Pre-enrolment application
- Photocopy of degree certificate or equivalent qualification. In case of admission, foreign degrees that require so should be translated and authenticated through diplomatic channels before completing the enrolment.
Selection criteria
- Previous skills and knowledge in the specific area of knowledge of the master's specialisations, assessed on the basis of the applicant's CV and corresponding certificates for courses, conferences, publications, etc.: 25%.
- Professional experience in the master's degree specialization areas of nursing care: 20%.
- Academic transcript, with the grade point average for basic and subsequent training: 40%.
- Reading and comprehension skills in the English language (certification at level B1 or higher): 15%.
- Personal interview, when necessary, to clarify aspects of the above points.
Notification
Admissions list 2025Enrolment
As a general rule, at the UB you will be required to enrol online. Remember that you can lose your place if you do not enrol on the day you have been assigned
- Documents required for enrolment
- Procedure to formalize enrolment
- Grants and financial aid (in Catalan)
- Economic information (in Catalan)
Course curriculum
Subjects and course plans
Distribution of credits
| Type | ECTS |
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| Compulsory | 27 |
| Optional | 15 |
| Compulsory placements | 0 |
| Compulsory final project | 18 |
| TOTAL | 60 |
List of subjects
Previous years
Placements
Placements in a company or another type of organization are an integral part of university studies, providing first-hand experience of working methodologies in students' chosen professional fields. They offer invaluable practical experience for the transition into work after graduation.Placements are supervised by tutors and subject to assessment. They are therefore included in the academic record. There is also an option to complete non-curricular placements of up to 750 hours, which can be extended to 900 hours. For both curricular and non-curricular placements, an educational cooperation agreement is signed between the UB and the company, institution or other organization at which the placement will be carried out.
- Institutional information
Career opportunities
What can you work on ?
- Case manager in a clinical setting.
- Advanced clinical practice nurse.
- Head or member of the nursing methodology and research unit in healthcare centres.
- Leader of healthcare teams providing care for individuals diagnosed with cancer, chronic and advanced chronic health conditions, as well as neurological or cardiac disorders.
- Genetic counselling and screening nurse.
- Clinical trials nurse.
- Nursing care consultant for individuals with cancer, neurological diseases and cardiac conditions.
- Nursing care consultant for chronic and advanced chronic conditions, complex wounds and pain.
- Specialized healthcare expert in innovation departments for the healthcare industry.
- Specialized clinical nurse.
Contact us
Faculty of Nursing
Campus Bellvitge, Feixa Llarga, s/n
08907 l'Hospitalet de Llobregat