Obtain the most up-to-date knowledge and practices to manage any area of public administration, design public policies, and innovate in government and public management with the only official master's degree in Spain specialised and designed for the Latin American region. Acquire extensive knowledge and a prestigious official European degree, designed for an international audience, through an online, dynamic and flexible methodology that includes a classroom phase.
This official master's degree is endorsed by the Spanish Ministry of Education and the Pompeu Fabra University, the first Spanish university and the 15th best university in the world (of those with less than 50 years of history), according to the Times Higher Education ranking. In turn, the UPF Barcelona School of Management has the EQUIS accreditation, the most prestigious institutional recognition for business schools worldwide. All this guarantees an internationally prestigious education and rigorous learning about the current reality of the public sector in Latin America.
In the Online Master in Public Administration and Government in Latin America you will learn the practical tools for the design of government structures and public policy instruments, and you will learn to improve governance and innovation in public management in all its aspects: information and communication systems, planning, control, evaluation and accountability of public institutions.
You will understand how government systems and public management have evolved in recent years, in order to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of policies and their management, as well as to promote sustainable and territorially integrated social development.
The program will focus on the study of the specific needs of each country or region’s social and institutional reality in order to subsequently define public intervention strategies based on the introduction of political and institutional innovation systems adapted to the socio-political context.
The objective of the master's degree is to offer you practical training to contrast theoretical, conceptual and modeling knowledge with the possibility of its real application in the social environment.
You will delve into topics such as:
The master's program proposes a 5-day stay in Barcelona, scheduled for January 2024. The objective is to provide you with experiences that will inspire you and allow you to reflect on how to improve and innovate in the Latin American context.
Study at a school accredited by EQUIS, an international distinction that guarantees the quality of our institution and makes us the 1st school of management linked to a public university with this accreditation in our country.
This is the official program with the most specialized content focused on the Latin American region offered in Spain. All content is currently applicable, as we review it periodically so that you get the latest knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to take your career to the next level.
We offer you online training, through a very simple platform, fully compatible with your work or family responsibilities. In this way, you can organize your schedules, learning at your own pace and from anywhere in the world. In addition, you will develop all the necessary skills for the current work context: technological management, work with a diversity of nationalities, time zones, experiences and sectors.
You can count on teachers of the highest academic level and recognized international trajectory, such as the directors of the program, Carles Ramió, David Sancho and Miquel Salvador, who will accompany and inspire you to achieve your professional goals.
In January, we propose you to participate in an international week in Barcelona, in which you will have face-to-face classes with experts in Public Administration and Government and in which you will be able to expand your international contacts by meeting with professors and colleagues of more than 10 nationalities.
The Online Master in Public Administration and Government in Latin America is aimed at university graduates who wish to specialize in the improvement and innovation of governance dynamics, as well as professionals in government public administration, cooperation and development in Latin America.
The master brings together political leaders and public managers from different areas of government in Latin America, as well as specialists in public management, cooperation and development who seek to delve into the political-institutional reality in Latin America.
The UPF Barcelona School of Management is the management school of Pompeu Fabra University, the 1st Ibero-American university and the 16th placed university in the world, among those under 50 years of age, according to the Times Higher Education ranking.
UPF Barcelona School of Management has EQUIS accreditation, the most prestigious institutional recognition for business schools globally, and places itself among the top business schools in the world.
The Master in Public Administration and Government in Latin America is an official master's degree and has the academic recognition of the Ministry of Education of the Government of Spain. The Quality Agency of the University System of Catalonia (AQU) has also institutionally accredited UPF-BSM. This accreditation certifies all the official master's degrees that we teach and recognizes the quality of our educational model in accordance with the criteria of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA).
The Online Master in Public Administration and Government in Latin America structures its contents into 11 subjects that will be taught online over 14 months.
During this period, a practical course is proposed, which corresponds to the week in Barcelona. It is planned for January 2024, so that once the program has started, participants can advance in the contents and dynamics of the master's program, as well as meet and start a more intense interaction with their classmates and professors. During these 5 days of face-to-face classes, master sessions, conferences and workshops will be held, and participants will present their proposals for the development of the Master's Final Project or Thesis, in order to receive personalised feedback from the management.
This module corresponds to the International Week in Barcelona, which consists of 5 days in Barcelona. During this period, intensive sessions combining academic content with visits to Spanish public institutions are planned.
The contents of these sessions include: critical review of the governance models analysed and generation of debate on their applicability in the Latin American environment, visits to political-administrative institutions at different levels of government and public-private partnerships, and personalised tutoring of participants.
The topics to be developed will be related to the contents worked on in the different subjects and will be developed in morning and afternoon sessions at the University's facilities, as well as at the headquarters of the different institutions to be visited during the stay in Barcelona.
These face-to-face classes have the participation of collaborating teachers with diverse profiles (academics, managers and professionals who have led relevant experiences in different fields of management and public policies) and combine different teaching methodologies such as: lectures, group debates and reflection sessions, workshops, case studies, visits and discussions on real experiences with the protagonists who have developed them.
This week also aims to promote a face-to-face meeting that favours both the generation of new dynamics and connections between students and teachers, as well as the possibility of learning directly about relevant experiences from other countries and regions.
A video must be sent with the presentation of the Project once it is finished, which will be evaluated by the academic directors.
The NAME also includes the possibility of participating in practical activities and activities for personal and professional growth such as:
Once students have completed the course they will obtain the Màster Universitari en Govern i Gestió Pública a l'Amèrica Llatina - Máster Universitario en Gobierno y Gestión Pública en América Latina official Master's Degree, issued by the Pompeu Fabra University.
Issuance of official Master's Degrees: The amount stipulated in the DOGC (Official Gazette of the Government of Catalonia) must be paid for the rights to issue the degree. This rate varies annually and the rate in force at the time of application for the degree will be applied.
The master is designed and taught by Carles Ramió, David Sancho and Miquel Salvador, academics with extensive experience and national and international recognition in the field of government and public management (especially in Latin America), and professors from the Department of Political and Social Sciences of the University Pompeu Fabra.
In addition, you will be able to get in touch with other experts and international references in the field during the on-campus week in Barcelona.
At the UPF Barcelona School of Management we are committed to a flexible and dynamic online model, which aims to place the participant at the centre of the process so that they are the owner of their learning process.
To facilitate your day-to-day management and the achievement of your academic objectives, you will have 24/7 access to the virtual environment so that you can organize your studies without schedules and at your own pace.
In this way, you will acquire instrumental and aptitudinal knowledge and skills, combining your training with your work and personal life, making the most of the time you have available.
Various materials and formats will make your experience more motivating: videos, case studies, content maps and downloadable resources. Designed and updated periodically by professionals and experts in the field, they put at your disposal the latest knowledge, skills, and tools to take your career to the next level.
Participation and discussion with your classmates and teachers are essential to the collaborative learning process. We will provide you with various tools such as the Discussion Forum, where you can propose new topics for debate, comment on and answer questions presented by the teacher or respond to interesting comments.
Through videoconference sessions with the expert teacher or special guests, you will be able to ask questions, discuss your learning and connect in real time as if you were all in the same place. To ensure the flexibility of the training, we record the sessions so that you can refer to them if you have not been able to connect.
You will have the support of the expert tutor, who will guide you through each didactic unit; the help of the coordinator and the program manager in the delivery of activities, qualifications, management of procedures or access to services, and the guidance of the career advisor in the improvement of your personal brand and the search for professional opportunities.
Throughout the program, you will develop your Final Project and, for this, you will be assigned an expert mentor on the subject, who will be in charge of advising you and supervising its development until the final presentation and defence.
The activities and evaluation dates of each of the subjects in the program will be detailed at its start.
The program's evaluation tests will be established and corrected under the quality criteria required in all UPF Barcelona School of Management programs, which guarantee their academic value and recognition.
The evaluation of the program will be carried out online on the basis of:
The learning process is characterized by its flexibility, since, in the virtual learning environment, the structure of the school calendar and the diversity of multimedia resources which are made available to the student allows them to acquire knowledge in a self-regulated manner.
The support of the teaching staff and interaction with classmates is carried out by making use of a wide variety of communication channels that facilitate proximity and didactic dialogue.
The program brings together professionals with a minimum of 10 years of accredited work experience in the public sector and/or companies providing public services both nationally and internationally. The program is designed to train you in all areas of public management and in trends and good practices in order to implement improvements, changes, or introduce innovation to them.
In addition, we are increasingly receiving candidates from the private sector and academia who are interested in making their foray into public administration or increasing their knowledge in this area in order to improve the connections between their institutions and the regional or national public administration.
The master's degree brings together students of more than 10 nationalities and of various academic and professional profiles, mostly from the Latin American public sphere, such as political leaders, public managers from different governmental fields and specialists in public management, co-operation and international development.
Due to the high international participation, the program offers great networking opportunities with other professionals in the sector, in order to create links and synergies with experts and peers.
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Students from Latin America
Students with previous studies in Law or Advocacy
Students with work positions in management of areas, departments, or general management
You can count on our Talent UP professional development program from Professional Careers, a training complement designed to increase the value and positioning of our students in the professional market. This program provides you with tools and resources, through individual career counseling, training activities, company events, and career opportunities.
The UPF Barcelona School of Management offers you different means of financing so that you can take any of our programs without worry. We offer you the opportunity to finance part of your program, either by rewarding your talent through scholarships, through grants from entities dedicated to promoting education or through collaboration agreements with financial entities.