Objectives & career opportunities

The double master's degree curriculum has been designed in such a way that the two master's degrees are achieved in parallel, taking into account that the basic courses are taken, in general, before the more specilized ones, and that the existing electives in one master's degree serve to achieve specific competences of the other. Thus, in the overall curriculum, all the competences of both master's degrees are achieved. In case of having similar courses in both master's degrees (validatable between them according to the recognition tables), students are offered the possibility of choosing which one to take.

The curriculum contemplates that the study load in all the courses is 60 ECTS credits, except in the last year, which due to the simultaneous preparation of the two Master's theses, the load is 80 ECTS. In this sense, and according to the Academic Regulations for Bachelor's and Master's degrees at UPC, students will have the option of completing a single assignment summing up the teaching load (credits) of all the assignments for both degrees or two different reports, each one having the corresponding teaching load (credits). In any case, students must register and pay for both theses. This approach reduces the time students need to obtain the double master's degree, and clearly demonstrates that obtaining a double degree requires additional effort.

This double degree proposal, aims to respond to the labor market's demand for competent professionals, in the field of transport and mobility, in the broadest sense, both from its infrastructural point of view to that of management and services. Furthermore, it opens new professional perspectives to graduates in the field of innovation and entrepreneurship. We understand that this proposal is an ideal combination professionally. Furthermore, it is attractive for students, as evidenced by the fact that, on a recurring basis, each year, some students who complete the Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering show their concern about the dilemma of choosing between the MsDUM, which attracts them for the novelty and projection of the studies, or the MsDCE, which they value for its prestige and professional training. In this sense, it is considered that the double degree will serve as a stimulus for new students, both from the UPC and from other universities, since the double degree will be unique in the catalog of master's degrees nation-wide.

Students will be able to:

• Choose from a new offer with broader future professional possibilities.
• Obtain the professional attributes offered by the MsDCE, while acquiring specific knowledge in the management, operations and financing of transport and logistics systems.
• Achieve skills in the fields of innovation and entrepreneurship.
• Become professionals with a broader vision of the current labor market.
• Obtain a better position when accessing the labor market.
• Get more valued and well-paid work placements.