Program Overview

Specialist in Administrative and Institutional Management

Presentation

This Specialization Diploma is valid for visas and stays for studies with automatic work authorization, in accordance with the new Immigration Regulations that came into force on May 20, 2025, approved by Royal Decree 1155/2024. It is aimed at professionals seeking to work as employees or self-employed workers in centers, offices, businesses, and administrative or commercial departments of any type of company or entity, whether private or public, across all productive sectors. It focuses on business creation and is specifically aimed at the Ibero-American population seeking to invest in Spain and seeking to understand the productive, cultural, and social environment in which they wish to integrate.

Programme

The programme consists of three modules:

• Module I: Institutions, administrative services, accounting, customer relations, and public and private management (20 ECTS/200 Hrs)
  • Legal and social institutions of Spain and the European Union (1 ECTS/10 Hrs, 10 hours of classes, 20 hours of personal work, 10 hours of evaluation and 160 hours of external practices and study, with a final exam and continuous evaluation throughout the course, with a weight of 20% for the final exam and 80% for continuous evaluation, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the course, and with the possibility of recovering the course in the event of not passing it, with a maximum of two recovery attempts, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the recovery, and with the possibility of requesting an extraordinary call in the event of not passing the two recovery attempts, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the extraordinary call, and with the possibility of requesting a review of the final grade, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the review)
  • Basic Accounting for the Spanish company (2 ECTS/20 Hrs, 20 hours of classes, 40 hours of personal work, 10 hours of evaluation and 130 hours of external practices and study, with a final exam and continuous evaluation throughout the course, with a weight of 20% for the final exam and 80% for continuous evaluation, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the course, and with the possibility of recovering the course in the event of not passing it, with a maximum of two recovery attempts, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the recovery, and with the possibility of requesting an extraordinary call in the event of not passing the two recovery attempts, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the extraordinary call, and with the possibility of requesting a review of the final grade, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the review)
  • History and contemporary society (1 ECTS/10 Hrs, 10 hours of classes, 20 hours of personal work, 10 hours of evaluation and 160 hours of external practices and study, with a final exam and continuous evaluation throughout the course, with a weight of 20% for the final exam and 80% for continuous evaluation, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the course, and with the possibility of recovering the course in the event of not passing it, with a maximum of two recovery attempts, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the recovery, and with the possibility of requesting an extraordinary call in the event of not passing the two recovery attempts, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the extraordinary call, and with the possibility of requesting a review of the final grade, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the review)
  • Computer Data Processing and Office Automation (2 ECTS/20 Hrs, 20 hours of classes, 40 hours of personal work, 10 hours of evaluation and 130 hours of external practices and study, with a final exam and continuous evaluation throughout the course, with a weight of 20% for the final exam and 80% for continuous evaluation, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the course, and with the possibility of recovering the course in the event of not passing it, with a maximum of two recovery attempts, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the recovery, and with the possibility of requesting an extraordinary call in the event of not passing the two recovery attempts, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the extraordinary call, and with the possibility of requesting a review of the final grade, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the review)
  • Administrative Techniques and Management (2 ECTS/20 Hrs, 20 hours of classes, 40 hours of personal work, 10 hours of evaluation and 130 hours of external practices and study, with a final exam and continuous evaluation throughout the course, with a weight of 20% for the final exam and 80% for continuous evaluation, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the course, and with the possibility of recovering the course in the event of not passing it, with a maximum of two recovery attempts, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the recovery, and with the possibility of requesting an extraordinary call in the event of not passing the two recovery attempts, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the extraordinary call, and with the possibility of requesting a review of the final grade, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the review)
  • Basic Occupational Risk Prevention Course (1 ECTS/10 Hrs, 10 hours of classes, 20 hours of personal work, 10 hours of evaluation and 160 hours of external practices and study, with a final exam and continuous evaluation throughout the course, with a weight of 20% for the final exam and 80% for continuous evaluation, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the course, and with the possibility of recovering the course in the event of not passing it, with a maximum of two recovery attempts, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the recovery, and with the possibility of requesting an extraordinary call in the event of not passing the two recovery attempts, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the extraordinary call, and with the possibility of requesting a review of the final grade, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the review)
  • Mediation and client relations (1 ECTS/10 Hrs, 10 hours of classes, 20 hours of personal work, 10 hours of evaluation and 160 hours of external practices and study, with a final exam and continuous evaluation throughout the course, with a weight of 20% for the final exam and 80% for continuous evaluation, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the course, and with the possibility of recovering the course in the event of not passing it, with a maximum of two recovery attempts, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the recovery, and with the possibility of requesting an extraordinary call in the event of not passing the two recovery attempts, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the extraordinary call, and with the possibility of requesting a review of the final grade, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the review)
• Module II: New business projects and contemporary administrative institutions in Spain (19 ECTS/190 Hrs)
  • Administrative and political institutions of Spain and the European Union (2 ECTS/20 Hrs, 20 hours of classes, 40 hours of personal work, 10 hours of evaluation and 130 hours of external practices and study, with a final exam and continuous evaluation throughout the course, with a weight of 20% for the final exam and 80% for continuous evaluation, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the course, and with the possibility of recovering the course in the event of not passing it, with a maximum of two recovery attempts, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the recovery, and with the possibility of requesting an extraordinary call in the event of not passing the two recovery attempts, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the extraordinary call, and with the possibility of requesting a review of the final grade, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the review)
  • Accounting and finance for new business projects (2 ECTS/20 Hrs, 20 hours of classes, 40 hours of personal work, 10 hours of evaluation and 130 hours of external practices and study, with a final exam and continuous evaluation throughout the course, with a weight of 20% for the final exam and 80% for continuous evaluation, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the course, and with the possibility of recovering the course in the event of not passing it, with a maximum of two recovery attempts, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the recovery, and with the possibility of requesting an extraordinary call in the event of not passing the two recovery attempts, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the extraordinary call, and with the possibility of requesting a review of the final grade, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the review)
  • Cultural integration, heritage and citizenship in Spain (1 ECTS/10 Hrs, 10 hours of classes, 20 hours of personal work, 10 hours of evaluation and 160 hours of external practices and study, with a final exam and continuous evaluation throughout the course, with a weight of 20% for the final exam and 80% for continuous evaluation, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the course, and with the possibility of recovering the course in the event of not passing it, with a maximum of two recovery attempts, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the recovery, and with the possibility of requesting an extraordinary call in the event of not passing the two recovery attempts, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the extraordinary call, and with the possibility of requesting a review of the final grade, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the review)
  • Innovation Management and Business Plan (2 ECTS/20 Hrs, 20 hours of classes, 40 hours of personal work, 10 hours of evaluation and 130 hours of external practices and study, with a final exam and continuous evaluation throughout the course, with a weight of 20% for the final exam and 80% for continuous evaluation, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the course, and with the possibility of recovering the course in the event of not passing it, with a maximum of two recovery attempts, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the recovery, and with the possibility of requesting an extraordinary call in the event of not passing the two recovery attempts, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the extraordinary call, and with the possibility of requesting a review of the final grade, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the review)
  • Entrepreneurship and Purpose-Driven Business Creation (2 ECTS/20 Hrs, 20 hours of classes, 40 hours of personal work, 10 hours of evaluation and 130 hours of external practices and study, with a final exam and continuous evaluation throughout the course, with a weight of 20% for the final exam and 80% for continuous evaluation, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the course, and with the possibility of recovering the course in the event of not passing it, with a maximum of two recovery attempts, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the recovery, and with the possibility of requesting an extraordinary call in the event of not passing the two recovery attempts, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the extraordinary call, and with the possibility of requesting a review of the final grade, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the review)
  • Fundamentals of Labor Relations in SMEs (1 ECTS/10 Hrs, 10 hours of classes, 20 hours of personal work, 10 hours of evaluation and 160 hours of external practices and study, with a final exam and continuous evaluation throughout the course, with a weight of 20% for the final exam and 80% for continuous evaluation, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the course, and with the possibility{of recovering the course in the event of not passing it, with a maximum of two recovery attempts, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the recovery, and with the possibility of requesting an extraordinary call in the event of not passing the two recovery attempts, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the extraordinary call, and with the possibility of requesting a review of the final grade, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the review)
  • Advanced Management Leadership Techniques (2 ECTS/20 Hrs, 20 hours of classes, 40 hours of personal work, 10 hours of evaluation and 130 hours of external practices and study, with a final exam and continuous evaluation throughout the course, with a weight of 20% for the final exam and 80% for continuous evaluation, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the course, and with the possibility of recovering the course in the event of not passing it, with a maximum of two recovery attempts, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the recovery, and with the possibility of requesting an extraordinary call in the event of not passing the two recovery attempts, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the extraordinary call, and with the possibility of requesting a review of the final grade, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the review)
  • External Internships I (2 ECTS/20 Hrs, 20 hours of classes, 40 hours of personal work, 10 hours of evaluation and 130 hours of external practices and study, with a final exam and continuous evaluation throughout the course, with a weight of 20% for the final exam and 80% for continuous evaluation, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the course, and with the possibility of recovering the course in the event of not passing it, with a maximum of two recovery attempts, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the recovery, and with the possibility of requesting an extraordinary call in the event of not passing the two recovery attempts, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the extraordinary call, and with the possibility of requesting a review of the final grade, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the review)
• Module III: Management of small and medium-sized Spanish companies in a globalized environment (19 ECTS/190 Hrs)
  • Fundamentals of International, Regional and Subregional Economic Institutions (2 ECTS/20 Hrs, 20 hours of classes, 40 hours of personal work, 10 hours of evaluation and 130 hours of external practices and study, with a final exam and continuous evaluation throughout the course, with a weight of 20% for the final exam and 80% for continuous evaluation, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the course, and with the possibility of recovering the course in the event of not passing it, with a maximum of two recovery attempts, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the recovery, and with the possibility of requesting an extraordinary call in the event of not passing the two recovery attempts, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the extraordinary call, and with the possibility of requesting a review of the final grade, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the review)
  • Spanish tax regime (1 ECTS/10 Hrs, 10 hours of classes, 20 hours of personal work, 10 hours of evaluation and 160 hours of external practices and study, with a final exam and continuous evaluation throughout the course, with a weight of 20% for the final exam and 80% for continuous evaluation, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the course, and with the possibility of recovering the course in the event of not passing it, with a maximum of two recovery attempts, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the recovery, and with the possibility of requesting an extraordinary call in the event of not passing the two recovery attempts, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the extraordinary call, and with the possibility of requesting a review of the final grade, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the review)
  • Heritage management and cultural industries in Spain with an emphasis on the city of Madrid (1 ECTS/10 Hrs, 10 hours of classes, 20 hours of personal work, 10 hours of evaluation and 160 hours of external practices and study, with a final exam and continuous evaluation throughout the course, with a weight of 20% for the final exam and 80% for continuous evaluation, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the course, and with the possibility of recovering the course in the event of not passing it, with a maximum of two recovery attempts, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the recovery, and with the possibility of requesting an extraordinary call in the event of not passing the two recovery attempts, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the extraordinary call, and with the possibility of requesting a review of the final grade, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the review)
  • Artificial Intelligence and Data Analysis for Decision Making (2 ECTS/20 Hrs, 20 hours of classes, 40 hours of personal work, 10 hours of evaluation and 130 hours of external practices and study, with a final exam and continuous evaluation throughout the course, with a weight of 20% for the final exam and 80% for continuous evaluation, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the course, and with the possibility of recovering the course in the event of not passing it, with a maximum of two recovery attempts, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the recovery, and with the possibility of requesting an extraordinary call in the event of not passing the two recovery attempts, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the extraordinary call, and with the possibility of requesting a review of the final grade, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the review)
  • Leadership and Management of Multicultural Teams (2 ECTS/20 Hrs, 20 hours of classes, 40 hours of personal work, 10 hours of evaluation and 130 hours of external practices and study, with a final exam and continuous evaluation throughout the course, with a weight of 20% for the final exam and 80% for continuous evaluation, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the course, and with the possibility of recovering the course in the event of not passing it, with a maximum of two recovery attempts, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the recovery, and with the possibility of requesting an extraordinary call in the event of not passing the two recovery attempts, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the extraordinary call, and with the possibility of requesting a review of the final grade, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the review)
  • Application of Occupational Risk Prevention in SMEs (1 ECTS/10 Hrs, 10 hours of classes, 20 hours of personal work, 10 hours of evaluation and 160 hours of external practices and study, with a final exam and continuous evaluation throughout the course, with a weight of 20% for the final exam and 80% for continuous evaluation, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the course, and with the possibility of recovering the course in the event of not passing it, with a maximum of two recovery attempts, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the recovery, and with the possibility of requesting an extraordinary call in the event of not passing the two recovery attempts, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the extraordinary call, and with the possibility of requesting a review of the final grade, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the review)
  • Psychology of Entrepreneurship (1 ECTS/10 Hrs, 10 hours of classes, 20 hours of personal work, 10 hours of evaluation and 160 hours of external practices and study, with a final exam and continuous evaluation throughout the course, with a weight of 20% for the final exam and 80% for continuous evaluation, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the course, and with the possibility of recovering the course in the event of not passing it, with a maximum of two recovery attempts, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the recovery, and with the possibility of requesting an extraordinary call in the event of not passing the two recovery attempts, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the extraordinary call, and with the possibility of requesting a review of the final grade, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the review)
  • External Internships II (2 ECTS/20 Hrs, 20 hours of classes, 40 hours of personal work, 10 hours of evaluation and 130 hours of external practices and study, with a final exam and continuous evaluation throughout the course, with a weight of 20% for the final exam and 80% for continuous evaluation, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the course, and with the possibility of recovering the course in the event of not passing it, with a maximum of two recovery attempts, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the recovery, and with the possibility of requesting an extraordinary call in the event of not passing the two recovery attempts, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the extraordinary call, and with the possibility of requesting a review of the final grade, with a minimum grade of 5 to pass the review)

Recipients

This MECES level 3 training program is aimed at students with a previous university degree. Those enrolled in a Bachelor's or Double Degree program who have yet to complete a maximum of 30 ECTS credits from an official Spanish university degree and whose profile matches the legally established functions in the corresponding field will be eligible for conditional admission.

In this case, no type of certification will be obtained until it is proven that one is in possession of the official university degree required for access to postgraduate education.

Exceptionally, applicants without a prior official university degree that demonstrates work experience in this field may also be eligible for these professional studies. In this case, applicants may only opt for a diploma or university extension certificate with the same name and number of credits as this degree, in accordance with the equivalence table included in Annex I of the Regulations for Specialized Studies at Rey Juan Carlos University.

Selection Criteria

• No. of Places: 30 minimum (20)

Academic Management and Faculty

• Enrique San Miguel Pérez (Director)
• Luis Gil Herrera
• Cristina del Prado Higuera
• Guillermo Andrés Duque Silva
• Diana Marcela Pérez Bolaños
• Cristina Garcia del Prado
• Patricia Henao Mirama

Duration and Development

• Modality: In-person
• Number of credits: 58
• Contact hours: 580
• Place of delivery: Madrid Campus, Manuel Becerra
• Opening hours: 18 am to 00 am
• Second income:
  • Home: January 19, 2026
  • Completion: November 30th 2026
• Third entry:
  • Home: May 10, 2026
  • Ending: April 28, 2027

Reservation of Place and Enrollment

• Pre-registration period: from October 17, 2025 to January 10, 2026
• Enrollment deadline: from October 17, 2025 to January 10, 2026
• Second admission start date: January 19, 2026
• Second income completion date: November 30th 2026
• Title price: € 1580
• Term 1: € 395
• Term 2: € 395
• Term 3: € 395
• Term 4: € 395
• Possibility of scholarship: No

The start of the course is subject to the minimum number (20) of enrolled students.

Documentation to Attach, Forms, and Place of Delivery

The applicant will present all the scanned documentation, in the formats allowed through the link urjc/admision/276-formacion-continua#preinscripcion

The documentation that you will have to submit is the following:

• Students with a degree obtained from a Spanish university or a Higher Education Institution belonging to another Member State of the European Higher Education Area that provides access to continuing education courses must submit the following documentation:
  • National Identity Document or equivalent
  • University Degree of the studies that give you access to the requested postgraduate degree.
  • Curriculum vitae
  • Responsible declaration of veracity of the data provided in digital format
  • Any other document required by the Academic Department of Continuing Education for acceptance.
• Students with foreign qualifications must submit the following documentation:
  • Passport or Residence Card
  • Foreign Higher Education Degree (Graduate, Bachelor's Degree, Architect, Engineer, Doctor...) that gives access to continuing education studies.
  • Curriculum vitae
  • Responsible declaration of veracity of the data provided in digital format
  • Any other document required by the Academic Department of Continuing Education for acceptance

• A university degree (bachelor's or bachelor's degree) is required to access both Master's and Expert and Specialist courses. However, on some occasions the possibility is considered for people without a previous university degree but who can demonstrate professional experience related to the subject of the course to access it.

This possibility must be included in the corresponding academic report and will be subject in all cases to the decision of the Course Director. People who access through this route will only receive a Diploma or a Certificate of University Extension depending on the case.