Degree in Public Management and Administration (Online)
Pontevedra, Spain
Bachelor's degree
DURATION
4 years
LANGUAGES
Spanish
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2026
TUITION FEES
EUR 591 / per credit *
STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
* Amount of first-year ECTS credits; fees not included
Key Summary
The main strength of this degree is its multidisciplinary nature, combining the following areas of knowledge: political science and administration, accounting, law, economics, business, statistics, computer science, marketing, and sociology. Thanks to this diverse range of knowledge, the degree comprehensively orients students toward the leadership and management of public and private organizations with a close relationship with the government (administrative agencies, consulting firms, etc.).
People who work in various public administrations, as well as in private and social organizations that develop public projects and services. People who wish to prepare for work in public institutions or who want to improve their skills for promotion within their respective public institutions.
1 Course
- Political Science: Political Science
- Political Science: Science of public administration and management
- Economy: Public Economy
- Political Science: Spanish Political System
- Political Science: Governance, Globalization and Human Rights
- Law: Administrative Law I
- Political Science: Institutions and Policies of the European Union
- Sociology: General Sociology
- Political Science: Public Policies
- Political Science: Autonomous Governments
2 Course
- Administrative law II
- Administrative statistics
- Public services management
- Financial and Tax Law I: Institutions and Sources
- People Management: Organization and Functions
- Human Resources Management: Job descriptions and multi-level public employment offers
- Management of public documentation
- Labor and social security law
- Financial and Tax Law II: Tax Management and Tax System
- public sector economy
3 Course
- Qualitative methods of social research
- Budget law
- Financial Accounting
- Institutional project management
- Evaluation of public policies and services
- Professional public management
- Skills in public administration
- Public management in local governments
- Quantitative methods of social research
- Public accounting
4 Course
- Legal regime of public sector contracting
- Creativity and problem-solving in public organizations
- ICTs in public administrations
- Public ethics and transparency
- Open government, politics and institutions
- Electronic tax administration
- Public marketing and institutional social responsibility
- Management of institutional social networks
- Strategies for cooperation in sustainable development
- Sociology of gender in organizations
- Data management in public administrations
- Employment-oriented skills in public organizations
- External practices
- Final degree project
- Technician for state, regional, local, and community public organizations, which includes two profiles: public administration manager (e.g., education, healthcare); and b) public policy and public service project manager (any level of government).
- Technician for private and social organizations working for public administrations, with three profiles: a) technician in administrative management and consulting organizations (subsidies, rents, processing of electronic offices); b) technician for non-governmental organizations and the nonprofit sector (contracting, projects, partnerships); and c) administrative manager in social and political institutions.