Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Undergraduate Studies

Bachelor's degree in Labour Relations

Branch Social and Legal Sciences
Duration Four academic years
ECTS credits 240
Basic subjects: 60; compulsory subjects: 112; optional subjects: 48; internships: 14; end-of-degree project/dissertation: 6  
Languages   Catalan, Spanish and English (depending on the subject). There is an optional subject in English: Readings on Industrial Relations
Timetables   In the first year, there are three groups: two in the morning and one in the afternoon; and in the second, third and fourth years, one group in the morning and one in the afternoon
Places 180
Price of first year € 1,047
Organised by Faculty of Law

Presentation

Teaching goals

The Labour Relations degree course has been designed based on three different profiles, which are taught in the appropriate tracks: 1) legal, which provides training in social and occupational management, consultancy and representation as a labour relations specialist in the employment departments of the civil service and social courts; 2) business, which provides special training for advising, organising and managing people in the field of public and private organisations; and 3) social and occupational policies, which provides training to analyse and intercede in occupational policies, to implement welfare policies - especially aimed at groups with special needs - and to plan occupational health policies.

These three tracks also have common general objectives. First, to enable students to be able to apply the new information and communication technologies in the various areas in which they work; to enable them to undertake independent learning of new knowledge and new techniques; to enable them to work as part of a team; to provide them with the necessary skills to be able to solve the problems related with their field of study, and to ensure that their learning includes the values of social justice and equal opportunities for everyone.

Description of the course

The course retains the necessary multidisciplinary nature that has traditionally been a feature of the Labour Relations degree at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, consistent with an understanding that labour relations within a business depend not only on regulations, but also on other areas that must be ascertained, such as business organisation, human resources management, sociology and occupational psychology, and the financial aspects of the use of work as a factor in a business. Other features of the Labour Relations course are an assessment system that enables students to improve their organisation of their study habits; to use the strategies and teaching tools defined in the course syllabus - which provide information for students on the contents of the subject and the activities schedule from the first day of classes; to guarantee quality in their external internship; to have high standards of education and to be sure of the excellence of our teaching staff, as well as the professionalism of our administration and services staff; to be sure of quality in the mobility programmes; to have access to new technologies, and to make use of excellent facilities, in which students can study individually and work as part of a group, in a context of a high level of student satisfaction in terms of the training received and a high work placement rate for graduates in Labour Relations from Universitat Pompeu Fabra.

Skills acquired by graduates in Labour Relations

Graduates in Labour Relations can act as consultants and work in the employment field of Social Security and occupational risk prevention; act as expert representatives in the administrative and legal field; act as consultants and work in the occupational and employment field; advise trade union and business organisations; carry out representation and negotiation tasks in the labour relations field; apply new technologies to the various areas in which they work; have the ability to select and manage occupational information; apply personnel management techniques; advise businesses on equality and non-discrimination issues in the labour relations field; interpret socio-economic data and indicators, and produce and implement professional training plans. 

Career prospects

  • Legal-occupational advice in the social welfare field, especially as a qualified labour relations specialist, whether working as a freelance professional or within a company or business or trade union organisation. This work includes representation as an expert of individuals or group interests before Government bodies and the social courts.
  • Personnel organisation and management, in businesses or in other institutions or associations; this is normally as part of multi-professional management and administration teams.
  • Involvement in the labour market and the development of social and occupational policies, normally at the request of a government body or a social agent in a specific geographical area.
  • Experts in occupational health and occupational hazards prevention, although a specialised postgraduate course should be taken to achieve a high level in this area.
  • Social and occupational consultancy and auditing (a profession that is regulated in Europe, but not in Spain), corporate social responsibility programmes, and equality and social and occupational balance plans.
  • Teaching at various educational levels, in the social or social and occupational field of curriculum design.
  • Government bodies with a multidisciplinary selection process which requires both legal knowledge and financial management.

Teaching load

240 ECTS credits

  • Basic subjects:                   60 credits
  • Compulsory subjects:         112 credits
  • Optional subjects:               48 credits
  • External internship:              14 credits
  • End-of-degree dissertation:    6 credits

Tracks

  • Business
  • Legal
  • Social and Occupational Policies

Languages

Catalan, Spanish and English  

Ordinary first year registration fee

Approximately € 900

Centre responsible for the degree

Faculty of Law
Ramon Trias Fargas, 25-27. 08005 Barcelona
Telephone: 93 542 24 73
Fax: 93 542 26 44
E-mail: secretaria.rrll@upf.edu

Last updated 29-03-2012
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