Curriculum
Blocks and subjects
The curriculum is organized in blocks:
General training block: Theoretical analyses and substantive knowledge that contribute to a holistic and cross-functional training on multifaceted relations among educational institutions, the State, and society.
1 – Higher education and public policies (a)
2 – Comparative policies in higher education
3 – Higher education governance (a)
4 – Higher education and science and technology policies (a)
5 – Non-university higher education
6 - Cooperation among the State, higher education, companies, and society and contributions to territorial development.
Specific methodological training block:
7 – Higher education management information systems
Specific management training block: Specific knowledge about higher education evaluation and management and different theories and models.
8 – Academic management (b)
9 – Strategic planning in higher education (b)
10 – Knowledge and services transfer and extension management (b)
11 – Scientific activity management and evaluation (b)
12 – Higher management innovation and institutional management models
13 – Higher education economics and financing
Specific evaluation training block:
14 – Comparative studies of evaluation and accreditation systems (c)
15 – Institutional evaluation (c)
16 – Evaluation of higher education curricula and courses of study (c)
17 – Evaluation of higher education in virtual environments (c)
18 – Evaluation and accreditation in Mercosur and Latin America
Master’s thesis block: Focused on providing tools, methodologies, and techniques for professional practice and research activities.
19 – Quantitative and qualitative analysis methods and techniques
20 – Design, management, and evaluation of education programs and projects
Subjects required for university diplomas
The following subjects must be passed to obtain these university diplomas:
- University Management diploma:
- Subjects marked with an (a) and subjects marked with a (b)
- University Evaluation diploma:
- Subjects marked with an (a) and subjects marked with a (c)
These diplomas are available to students who:
1) Have enrolled specifically to obtain them without doing the master’s degree course of study.
2) Have enrolled in the master’s degree course of study and seek a partial degree certifying the subjects passed so far.
Course structure
1st term
1. Higher education and public policies (a)
2. Comparative higher education policies
3. Academic management (b)
4. Comparative studies of evaluation and accreditation systems (c)
5. Quantitative and qualitative analysis methods and techniques
2nd term
6. Higher education governance (a)
7. Higher education and science and technology policies (a)
8. Strategic planning in higher education (b)
9. Institutional evaluation (c)
10. Higher education management information systems
3rd term
11. Non-university higher education
12. Cooperation among the State, higher education, companies, and society and contributions to territorial development
13. Knowledge and services transfer and extension management (b)
14. Evaluation of higher education curricula and courses of study (c)
15. Design, management, and evaluation of education programs and projects
4th term
16. Scientific activity management and evaluation (b)
17. Higher management innovation and institutional management models
18. Higher education economics and financing
19. Evaluation of higher education in virtual environments (c)
20. Evaluation and accreditation in Mercosur and Latin America
In its 2022 edition, the Master’s Degree course was designed with an Ibero-American focus, which entails including comparative analyses of higher education systems and incorporating specific contents about:
1) Approach to interculturality.
2) University internationalization models.
3) University student cooperation and initiatives.
4) Dual degree and curriculum internationalization policies.
5) Academic recognition strategies.
International contents will be provided under three modalities:
1) Subjects: Further development of internationalization contents in subjects of the curriculum.
2) Specific seminars: Taught by specialists and representatives of international bodies.
3) Systems in several countries: Taught by representatives of countries where we have member institutions; they target students from those countries and address the particularities of the respective national evaluation and accreditation systems. They will be open to participants from other countries under a hybrid modality.
Master’s Thesis:
To earn this master’s degree, the student must prepare a written individual master’s thesis that may consist in a project, case study, and field work report that incorporates the contents learned during the course, a further development of professional education knowledge and application of skills, and innovative perspectives in the professional field of higher education management and evaluation.