Program Overview

Máster en Patrimonio Territorial y Cambio Global

The Máster en Patrimonio Territorial y Cambio Global is a university degree that offers a comprehensive and innovative vision to train students in research and professional fields related to territorial heritage management, cultural and sustainable tourism, territorial planning, and consulting.

Duration and Category

• Duration: 1 year (60 ECTS)
• Category: Professionalizing/Investigator

Teaching Modality and Language

• Teaching modality type: In-person teaching
• Language of instruction: Spanish

Number of Places and Tuition Fees

• Number of places: 25
• Tuition fees (first enrollment): 2,736 for EU residents, 5,079 for non-EU residents

Center and Department

• Center: Faculty of Philosophy and Letters
• Department: Department of Geography

Máster's Degree Description

The Máster Universitario en Patrimonio Territorial y Cambio Global aims to provide students with a solid conceptual, theoretical-methodological, and technical foundation to analyze, interpret, and manage territorial heritage sustainably in a context of global change. The program includes field trips that provide a real and direct environment for training, addressing the problems and goals posed by the master's program.

Other General Information

• Center, department, or institute responsible: Department of Geography
• Character: Interdisciplinary
• Minimum ECTS according to enrollment and course: 24 ECTS (part-time enrollment), 37 ECTS (full-time enrollment)

Admission and Enrolment

The application for admission to the Master's program is done electronically through the university's online admissions application. Before starting the admission process, it is recommended to consult the following information and follow the instructions described in the step-by-step admission page.

Specific Access and Admission Requirements

Once the general admission requirements are met, if the demand exceeds the number of places offered, the selection of candidates for the Master's program will be based on the admission criteria that can be consulted later in the text.

Documentation to Upload in the Application

• Mandatory documents:
  • DNI / Passport
  • Academic certificate of grades from previous degree studies
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Declaration of average grade
  • Accreditation of Spanish language level B2 (for non-Spanish speaking students)
  • Access title: In case of having finished studies at the time of applying for access to the master's program, the title/diploma of degree, license, or equivalent must be attached to the application.
• Optional documents:
  • Stays abroad
  • Knowledge of other languages different from Spanish
  • Professional experience in any of the labor fields oriented to the theoretical and practical teachings of the master's program
  • Obtaining research grants or scholarships

Admission Criteria

The evaluation of merits will be the responsibility of the master's coordinator. The language used in the training process will be Spanish. For the accreditation of the B2 level of Spanish, it is necessary to be in possession of the certificate issued by authorized institutions.

Ponderación de los Criterios de Admisión al Máster

The following table shows the data on the weighting of the admission criteria to the master's program. The evaluation of these criteria will be the responsibility of the master's coordinator.

Perfil de Ingreso

The interdisciplinary character of the master's program and the transversality of its contents make it a suitable and competitive training for a wide variety of graduates in disciplines with knowledge and skills suitable for intervening in territorial heritage from planning and development.

Salidas Profesionales

The Master in Patrimonio Territorial y Cambio Global qualifies professionals to address current challenges and challenges related to the management and conservation of heritage in a context of vulnerability due to environmental change, instability due to social, political, and economic processes, and opportunity due to technological transformation. Graduates of this program will be qualified to develop tasks and access jobs related to:

• Gestión y planificación territorial
• Conservación del patrimonio
• Turismo sostenible y gestión del patrimonio territorial turístico
• Consultoría y evaluación ambiental
• Catalogación, conservación y puesta en valor de bienes patrimoniales
• Administración pública
• Investigación y docencia

Quality Assurance System

The quality assurance system includes:

• External monitoring: verification, modification, monitoring, and renewal of accreditation
• Indicators of monitoring of the degree (UAM DATA portal)
• Labor insertion (employability observatory link)
• Internal Quality Assurance System
• Quality UAM
• Complaints and suggestions mailbox

Información Práctica para Estudiantes

• Horarios, aulas y exámenes
• Calendarios académicos
• Guías Docentes
• TFM
• Prácticas
• Profesorado
• Coordinación del máster

Por Qué Estudiar en la UAM

1. Por nuestra posición destacada en los rankings internacionales
2. Por nuestro alto nivel de inserción laboral
3. Porque disfrutarás de la universidad, en nuestros campus y conociendo mundo

Itinerario

Conoce desde que grados puedes acceder a este máster:

• Grado en Geografía, Geotecnologías y Sostenibilidad Territorial

Después de cursar este máster podrás matricularte en este doctorado:

• Doctorado en Ciencias Humanas: Geografía, Antropología y Estudios de África y Asia