University Master's Degree in Social Policy, Employment and Welfare

Are you concerned about today's social problems? Would you like to discover the challenges employment and welfare pose today? Do you want your work to be related to welfare policies? Are you worried about gender inequalities and interested in the challenges posed by migration and cultural, ethnic and religious diversity? Would you like to know what role labour and education policies play within the European context? Then this master's degree is for you!

• A benchmark programme in the analysis of social and wellbeing policies, offered by both local and international expert lecturers and renowned researchers.  
• A programme aimed at students of the social sciences, but also open to people from other disciplines.
• A programme combining quality theoretical training with the possibility of enrolling in professional work placements and research stays.  
• An international environment thanks to two European university networks participating in the programme, which allows students to acquire a high degree of specialisation in industrial relations and gender equality.
• A solid methodological training which will allow you to continue onto a professional career or a PhD programme.

 

Career options

Upon completing this master's degree, you will have acquired the preparation needed to work as a researcher or consultant to European institutions, as well as to regional and national institutions. The specialisation in research and consultancy in social, immigration and education policies is highly demanded in the field of social intervention as a means to respond to the challenges of integration and social cohesion arising from recent social transformations.

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Specific grants for this master's degree

Erasmus + mobility grants

During the second semester of the course, the master's degree allows you to develop a academic mobility at a European university belonging to two different networks: ELMS/MEST and ÉGALES. To develop this stay, there is the possibility to apply to the financing by the Erasmus+ programme. The selection criteria take into account the academic record, the knowledge of languages and the curriculum vitae of the candidates.

Within the framework of the EMLS/MEST network (European Master in Labour Studies / Master européen en sciences du travail) mobility is planned with the universities of Toulouse I - Capitole (France), Catholique de Louvain (Belgium), Bremen (Germany), Trier (Germany), University College Dublin (Ireland), Firenze (Italy), Milano (Italy), Amsterdam (Netherlands), Instituto Universitario de Lisboa (Portugal), National University of Political Studies and Public Administration (Romania) and Ljubljana (Slovenia). Further information.

Within the framework of the ÉGALES network (Études Genre et Actions Liées à l'Egalité dans la Société), mobility is planned with the Universities of Lyon 2 (France), Toulouse II - Le Mirail (France), Lausanne (Switzerland), Padova (Italy) and Bucharest (Romania). Further information

Coordinator university:

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

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