Objectives and competences

This master's degree in Cultural Heritage Management and Museology offers professional training to work in museums, heritage institutions, public bodies and cultural companies, as well as providing new professions and profiles related to heritage management.

The master's degree has a fundamentally professional character. The main objective is to offer students theoretical and practical training that allows them to master the necessary tools to practice in the professional field of heritage.

Likewise, it is noteworthy that the master's degree in Cultural Heritage Management and Museology is eminently interdisciplinary both in the organization and in the contents, since university teachers from fourteen different departments participate and is interfacultative, with teachers from seven faculties. In addition, it has the participation of a good number of teachers from mobility programs, both in Spain and abroad, as well as guest external teachers.
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Organization and methodology

The Master in Cultural Heritage Management and Museolgia is an official master's degree of 90 credits and with the possibility of doing it with a full-time dedication that would be two years or part-time in three courses. In any case, it is a face-to-face master's degree with theoretical and practical sessions.

The teaching language of the master's degree is Catalan, although there are also classes in Spanish and English. Classes are taught in the classrooms of the Faculty of Geography and History and seminars, talks and visits to institutions are also held.

 

It is a master's degree that has classes scheduled for the afternoons from 4pm to 8pm from Monday to Friday and some Friday morning optional. The full dedication would imply that the first course was about 16 hours of face-to-face class, more orientation tutorials, practices and autonomous work.

The second year is when internships are carried out in a museum, heritage institution or a company in the sector in Catalonia, Spain or other countries. It is also when the final master's degree project is carried out that it can be either a professional project or a research project focused on subsequent research in a doctorate.

Each course is accepted a maximum of 40 students from different geographical and academic backgrounds in order to guarantee the interdisciplinarity of the master's degree.

For more information we recommend you consult the teaching plans relevant to each subject.

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Evaluation

Each teacher sets out the various possible assessment modalities. The evaluation is based on the European system, with continuous evaluation, with the presentation of various works and tests throughout the course (exams, individual and group work, exercises, etc.). Attendance to classes is generally mandatory. Although each teacher may indicate specific formulas, at least 75% of the classes (including tutorials and practical activities) must be attended in each subject.

For more information we recommend you consult the teaching plans relevant to each subject.

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Calendar

First semester MASTERS

DOctober and continuous evaluation: from 12 September 2025 to 26 from January 2026

Single assessment: from 15 to 26 from January 2026

TFM evaluation: from 1 to 23 from February 2026

Reassessment: 4 and 7 of March 2026


Second semester MASTERS

Teaching and continuous assessment: from 5 February to 18 from June 2026

Single assessment: from 3 to 18 June from 2026

TFM evaluation: of the 17th of June on the 5th of July and of the 2 on the 27th of September 2026

Reassessment: 15 and 17 July 2026

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Schedule

Seconds & nbsp; schedule for the academic year 2025-2026 theoretical and practical teaching is planned from Monday to Thursday in person and on Fridays for seminars and field trips.

For the second year there are no class hours (only internships and Master's Thesis).

However, the Master's degree can be taken in two or three years.

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Final work

Professional Project
The aim of the work is to develop a project for a museum, a heritage institution or a heritage complex. The work must be prepared throughout the course under the direction of a tutor teacher. It will have to try to put into practice the main theoretical or practical elements that will occur in the subjects of the course.  It is, therefore, a work of general nature, although depending on each work it can influence more or less on some more specific topics. It is not a theoretical work or documentation: it will be necessary to take into account the bibliography that is given, but the project will have to be of an applied nature.

 

The work will be presented and defended at the end of the course before a court, where the practice report will also be presented. The evaluation of the same will determine the evaluation not only of the subject, but will also allow the global evaluation of the Master. You will not be able to enrol and do the work without having enrolled or passed all the subjects.

Research work

The research work consists of the presentation of an initiation to research on a subject related to cultural heritage. The works consist of a theoretical introduction and an empirical part through field research applying qualitative and quantitative techniques.

The work will be presented and defended at the end of the course before a court. The evaluation of the same will determine the evaluation not only of the subject, but will also allow the global evaluation of the Master. You will not be able to enrol and do the work without having enrolled or passed all the subjects.

Regulations for Master's Degree Final Projects of the Faculty

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Mobility

The master's degree has agreements with universities in France, Italy and Great Britain. For more information on Erasmus programmes, see the following link.

1. Mobility of master's degree students who wish to stay abroad. It is possible to stay abroad during the master's degree, although the duration of the program does not make it advisable.

2. Internships
It is possible to do an internship abroad, either through internship agreements or through specific internship programs:

 

  • Europe: the programme Erasmus Placement, an exchange programme whereby master's students can do an internship at a heritage institution.
  • Other countries: you can opt for the Vulcanos (Japan) program or the Canada International Experience program.
3. Teacher mobility

Teachers participate in mobility programmes such as Erasmus teaching staff, or mobility programmes of the Ministry of Education.

4.Mobility of foreign students
It is possible to make a temporary stay participating in some subjects of the master's degree. For more information, see the following link.

It is also possible to do a research stay, participating in some subjects of the master's degree. For more information, see the following link.

Office of Mobility and International Relations website.

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Tutorial action plan

The master's degree coordination welcomes students in personalized tutorials in order to guide students and answer the doubts that arise prior to enrollment and during the course. The coordinator of the Master's Degree Cultural Heritage Management and Museology is Esther Alsina Galofré.

The doubts of an administrative nature, can be attended by both the coordinator of the master's degree and the Secretary of Master's and PhD of the center. 

The master's degree has support and guidance actions to accompany, guide and advise the student in their learning process at the UB. 

Language services and resources for students to learn about languages at the UB and train, to write academic papers and to welcome international students and promote Catalan.

UBterm. Portal for the consultation and resolution of terminological doubts. Dictionaries, databases, writing tools...

Exchange of Language Exchange. Contact students who want to practice languages. These students, in groups or in pairs, meet periodically to talk and do other activities related to the languages and cultures of the people who participate.

INTERCAT. Platform that offers tools for international students to learn Catalan.

FAQs regarding university master's degrees.

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Scholarships and grants

It is advisable to consult the scholarships and grants for university master's degree students to find out about the requirements, procedures and deadlines for applying for a scholarship or grant.

There are scholarships and grants at any university stage and of all kinds: to carry out research, to participate in exchange programmes, to access summer courses, to extend studies or research abroad, to work as a reader, to do work placements in other countries, etc.

All this information is accessible from MónUB scholarship portal.

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