Objectives and competences

Basic information

TypeMaster's degree
Faculty or schoolFaculty of Nursing
Branch of knowledge
  • Nursing
Mode of delivery
  • Blended learning
Credits60
Number of places available30
Length of course1 academic year
Approximate price per credit19.37 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
CoordinationLAURA DE LA CUEVA ARIZA
Course detailsIndicators
Open pre-enrolmentYes
Open enrolmentNo
Lead to doctoral studiesYes
Admission for applicants not holding a degree qualificationNo
Bridging coursesNo
Specializations
  • Leadership and Management
  • Nursing Research

Objectives and competences

Objectives


  • Adquirir una base de coneixements avançats així com habilitats especialitzades per a la pràctica professional en l’àmbit de la gestió sanitària. 

  • Aplicar el coneixement teòric, metodològic i tècnic avançats per adquirir les competències especialitzades associades a la recerca a fi de fer front als reptes actuals en salut. 

  • Assolir els coneixements conceptuals avançats necessaris per avaluar críticament la recerca i la gestió per projectes actuals a l’àmbit de la gestió sanitària. 

  • Adquirir experiència pràctica per desenvolupar i gestionar projectes de recerca, fet que permet treballar en xarxa i en equips interdisciplinaris en l’àmbit sanitari. 

Competences

  • Competències de l'entorn d'aprenentatge
    • Capacitat per valorar l’impacte social i mediambiental d’actuacions en l’àmbit disciplinari propi amb la finalitat de contribuir als ODS. 
    • Raonament crític i compromís amb la pluralitat i la diversitat de realitats de la societat actual, des del respecte als drets fonamentals, a la igualtat de dones i homes i a la no-discriminació. 
    • Capacitat per mostrar actituds coherents amb les concepcions ètiques, els codis deontològics i la integritat intel·lectual amb consciència de les implicacions socials de les diferents activitats realitzades. 
    • Capacitat per treballar en equip de forma eficient i coordinada, en equips disciplinaris o interdisciplinaris, en el disseny, gestió, planificació i execució de projectes i reptes col·lectius en el marc disciplinari respectiu. 
    • Capacitat per aplicar coneixements i habilitats a situacions pràctiques. 
    • Capacitat de diagnosi i creativitat per resoldre problemes en l’àmbit d’estudi. 
    • Capacitat per desenvolupar habilitats d’aprenentatge autònom a partir de la capacitat d’anàlisi, reflexió, síntesi, visions globals i raonament expert. 
  • Competències de l'entorn professional
    • Habilitats per exercir eficientment el lideratge infermer en la coordinació entre els diferents agents i proveïdors de salut per a l’organització. 
    • Capacitat per aplicar coneixements i habilitats adquirits per gestionar unitats, serveis i centres de salut donant una resposta eficient, segura i de qualitat relacionada amb un entorn professional complex, l’equip de salut propi i els diferents agents implicats. 
    • Capacitat per aplicar coneixements i habilitats adquirits per generar i aplicar l’evidència científica a la pràctica així com per al desenvolupament professional de les persones o grups a càrrec.  

Access and admission

Applicant profile and access requirements

Recommended applicant profile

Graduats o diplomats en Infermeria o titulació equivalent que compleixin els requisits següents:
  • Interès a adquirir coneixements, habilitats i competències en recerca, gestió i lideratge.
  • Experiència prèvia en la presentació de comunicacions i publicacions científiques.
  • Coneixements d’anglès per llegir i entendre textos.

Access requirements and conditions

General requirements
Students 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.

Pre-enrolment

Calendar

16 February–26 May 2026
Notification of resolution: 1 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

Selection criteria

  • Valoració del currículum professional: 3 punts (15 %). 
  • Dos articles publicats en revistes d'àmbit estatal o internacional: 5 punts (25 %). 
  • Mínim de dos anys d’experiència professional: 5 punts (25 %). 
  • Nota mitjana de la formació bàsica i postbàsica: 5 punts (25 %). 
  • Coneixements d'una llengua estrangera: 2 punts (10 %). 

Notification

La Comissió de Màster valora el compliment del perfil d’accés, els requisits específics i els criteris de selecció.

Enrolment

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

Course curriculum

Subjects and course plans

Distribution of credits

Type ECTS
Compulsory 30
Optional 21
Compulsory placements 0
Compulsory final project 9
TOTAL 60

List of subjects

Subject Type Language Credits
Specialization: Leadership and Management
Communication and Dispute Management Compulsory 2nd semester 3
Final Project Compulsory 2nd semester 9
Functional Plans Optional 2nd semester 3
Health and Economic Policies Compulsory 2nd semester 6
Knowledge Management and Information Sources Optional 1st semester 3
Leadership and Management Optional 1st semester 3
Methodology for Care Management Optional 1st semester 3
Methods and Instruments in Quantitative Research Compulsory 1st semester 6
Methods and Techniques in Qualitative Research Compulsory 1st semester 6
People Management Optional 1st semester 3
Project Direction and Management Optional 1st semester 3
Quality of Care Compulsory 2nd semester 6
Resources for Management Optional 1st semester 3
Scientific Reviews Optional 1st semester 3
Sociology and Health Compulsory 1st semester 3
Strategic Planning Optional 2nd semester 3
Specialization: Nursing Research
Biostatistics I Optional 1st semester 3
Biostatistics II Optional 2nd semester 3
Communication and Dispute Management Compulsory 2nd semester 3
Final Project Compulsory 2nd semester 9
Health and Economic Policies Compulsory 2nd semester 6
Knowledge Management and Information Sources Optional 1st semester 3
Methodology for Care Management Optional 1st semester 3
Methods and Instruments in Quantitative Research Compulsory 1st semester 6
Methods and Techniques in Qualitative Research Compulsory 1st semester 6
Oral and Written Communication in Research Optional 1st semester 3
Qualitative Data Analysis Optional 2nd semester 3
Quality of Care Compulsory 2nd semester 6
Resources for Management Optional 1st semester 3
Scientific Evidence Optional 1st semester 3
Scientific Reviews Optional 1st semester 3
Sociology and Health Compulsory 1st semester 3

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. In this degree there is an option to complete non-curricular placements of up to 500 hours, which can be extended to 900 hours. 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 ?

  • Director of Nursing
  • Assistant Director
  • Primary care team management
  • Supervision or coordination of a unit or service
  • Research management
  • Quality Scope
  • Research area
  • Area of formation

Contact us

Faculty of Nursing

Bellvitge Campus, Feixa Llarga, s/n
08907 l'Hospitalet de Llobregat

albapolicarpo@ub.edu 

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