Master's degree in Secondary and Upper Secondary Education, Vocational Training and Foreign Language Teaching

School of Mathematics and Statistics (FME)

The master’s degree in Secondary and Upper Secondary Education, Vocational Training and Foreign Language Teaching (master's degree website) provides teacher training for potential secondary school teachers and teachers of specific vocational training courses.

Specialisations

Mathematics

General details

Duration and start date

1 academic year, 60 ECTS credits. Starting October

Timetable and delivery

Face-to-face

Language of instruction

Check the language of instruction for each subject in the course guide in the curriculum.

Information on language use in the classroom and students’ language rights.

Location

School of Mathematics and Statistics (FME)

Official degree

Recorded in the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities

Admission

General requirements: Academic requirements for admission to master's degrees
Pre-enrolment: To enrol for an interuniversity master’s degree coordinated by a university other than the UPC, you must enrol through the coordinating university:
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

Professional opportunities

Professional opportunities

Secondary school teachers and teachers of specific vocational training courses.

Competencies

Generic competencies

Generic competencies are the skills that graduates acquire regardless of the specific course or field of study. The generic competencies established by the UPC are capacity for innovation and entrepreneurship, sustainability and social commitment, teamwork, proper use of information resources, knowledge of a foreign language (preferably English) and gender perspective.

Specific competencies

Learning the curricular content of the specialisation. Planning, implementing and assessing the teaching and learning process. Searching for information and using it. Setting the syllabus and developing teaching methods. Designing and developing learning environments. Acquiring strategies to stimulate student input. Learning about interaction and communication processes in the classroom. Designing and delivering formal and informal activities. Learning the regulations. Learning about the history of the profession. Informing and advising families.

Quality accreditation

Check the degree’s main quality indicators in the University Studies in Catalonia portal of the Catalan University Quality Assurance Agency. Find information on topics such as degree evaluation results, student satisfaction and graduate employment data.
Further information