Bachelor's degree in Political and Administration Sciences Academic year 2024-2025The main goal of the Bachelor's degree in Political Sciences and Administration is to provide students with a sound education that prepares them for public management and political analysis.
If you decide to study the Bachelor's degree in Political Sciences and Administration note that you will be receiving an interdisciplinary education, given that you will not only be studying a specific field of knowledge but also analysing the public world from a broad perspective, with basic notions of law, public management, sociology, economics and social research methods. It is essential for society to have professionals with the necessary knowledge and skills for understanding the public world managing it in the best possible way. The Bachelor’s degree will help you to understand our social and political organisation as well as its conflicts and ways to resolve them. Skills acquired It will enable you to acquire knowledge, skills and competencies that are crucial in the world of employment, such as planning, implementing, evaluating and analysing public policies; understanding administrative planning and management; communicating orally and in writing; designing and following up diagnoses, studies of needs, strategic plans and action programmes for implementing public policies; understanding the legal framework of the activity being carried out by the public authorities etc.
Access requirements Upper secondary school education Access: university entrance examinations (PAU), general stage. Admission: weighting of subjects examined in the university entrance examinations (PAU) linked to the branch of knowledge of Social and Legal Sciences. Higher level training cycles (CFGS). Access: all CFGS. Admission: weighting of subjects examined in the university entrance examinations (PAU) linked to the branch of knowledge of Social and Legal Sciences. Over 25 years old Preferential option in successful entrance exam: social and legal sciences. Over 40 years old Assessment of professional experience relating to the bachelor's degree that the applicant wishes to be admitted to and sufficient interview outcome. Over 45 years old Entrance exam passed and favourable interview outcome. Others Special types of access recognised under current regulations . Another information on access Pre-enrolment code: 81010 Weightings Weighting parameters of the subjects in the specific phase of the PAU
The Bachelor’s degree in Political Sciences and Administrative combines the political-science and legal dimensions necessary for training specialists in analysis, management and, innovation in both public and private spheres. Thanks to the education offered, you will acquire multidisciplinary knowledge that will enable you to adapt to a multitude of work typologies, including new professional demands. Professional opportunities include: Consultancy companies, consulting, research, management and conducting public-opinion surveys. Expert and advisor in political behaviour and international transformations in companies, political parties, unions, business associations, guilds, professional associations, etc. Non-governmental organisations. Expert responsible for international relations in private bodies or enterprises. Media: expert in political analysis, public management and international relations. International and external-action bodies. Research and education: universities and research centres; secondary education; continuous-education spaces. Professional opportunities in the area of the public administration, among other things: Top body of civil administrators of the state. Officer of general city council administration, regional governments, local councils and justice administration. European Union administration officer. State inspectors and auditors. Optional top bodies of the autonomous communities. Officer in institutional bodies: Accounts official, ombud, consultation councils, Parliamentary Secretary's Office, etc. Diplomatic career.
University master’s degrees The UdG offers an extensive master’s-degree programme. Master's degree courses offer advanced, specialised or multidisciplinary training, aimed at providing students with an academic or professional specialism or an introduction to research. These are official courses that enable students to move on to study for a doctoral degree. Doctorate degree programmes The doctoral studies are aimed at providing students with advanced training in research techniques and include the preparation and presentation of a doctoral thesis, consisting of original research work. To join a doctoral programme you need to have a minimum of between 60 and 120 ECTS credits at official university master's degree level or equivalent. Postgraduate courses and specialisation The University of Girona Foundation: Innovation and Training is the centre that plays host to and organises ongoing educational activities to meet the needs ongoing higher-level education. If offers own masters, postgraduate courses, specialization courses and other postgraduate activities covering all areas of knowledge.
Through the following links you can access the calendars and timetables that correspond to this bachelor's degree. The academic calendar marks the beginning and end of classes, non-teaching days, holidays, exam periods, and so on. The administrative calendar marks the periods to make the different formalities administrative. Calendars Timetables
Students have to gain a series of credits, as part of their studies, which correspond to internships in companies or institutions relating to the bachelor’s degree they are studying. The teaching load is determined in accordance with the curriculum. Regulations for external academic practicals
To obtain the degree, students have to complete a bachelor's thesis (TFG) which serves to assess the general skills they have acquired over the course of the degree programme and offers a summary of the skills and knowledge they have acquired. The teaching load of the thesis depends on the curriculum of the degree. Bachelor's-thesis governing framework regulations
Students can complete part of their degree programme abroad through the Erasmus programme, which enables them to carry on their studies whilst undertaking an international exchange with academic value in a European university. They also have access to grants for placements at universities in Spain and on other continents, thanks to bilateral agreements, the SICUE programme and the expansion of the Erasmus+ Programme. Full information on mobility
Online enrolment is the University of Girona's electronic enrolment system. It is done through the Internet and is available for the most of the studies. Access to the online enrolment Online-enrolment guide