Global Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations Valencia

Throughout your studies, you will participate in simulations such as international crisis management and negotiations in forums like the UN and the World Health Organization. You will also closely follow current politics, analysing in real time global events such as elections, international summits and major political changes, activities that will help you develop a deeper understanding of global dynamics.

In the final academic year, you will put into practice everything you have learnt, with professional experience in consulates, embassies, foundations and key organisations both in Spain and abroad. The many options available include the Finnova Foundation, Ivace and Ministry of Foreign Affairs network.

In addition, in your fourth year, you will spend a period at a prestigious international university such as the London School of Economics or the University of California.

From the third year, optional visits to other leading universities in Europe, the US or elsewhere are also available. These experiences will enrich your profile and train you to lead in a global environment.

At the end of the degree, you will be prepared to face the challenges of the international world with a comprehensive perspective, practical skills and a global network of contacts.

If you study a double degree you can obtain two degrees in only 5 years. The Degree in International Relations can be taken together with Law, enhancing your profile and professional opportunities.

• Bachelor's Degree in International Relations and Law

• CT1 - Autonomous learning: Ability to choose the strategies, tools and moments considered most effective for learning and independently put into practice what has been learnt.
• CT2 - Self-confidence: Ability to assess our own results, performance and abilities with the internal conviction that we are capable of doing things and of meeting the challenges we face.
• CT3 - Ability to adapt to new situations: being able to assess and understand different positions, adapting one's own approach as the situation requires.
• CT4 - Capacity for analysis and synthesis: being able to break down complex situations into their constituent parts; also to evaluate other alternatives and perspectives in order to find optimal solutions. Synthesis seeks to reduce complexity in order to better understand it and/or solve problems.
• CT5 - Ability to apply knowledge to practice, to use the knowledge acquired in the academic environment in situations as close as possible to the reality of the profession for which they are training.
• CT6 - Oral communication/written communication: ability to transmit and receive data, ideas, opinions and attitudes in order to achieve understanding and action, oral communication being by means of words and gestures and written communication by means of writing and/or graphic supports.
• CT7 - Awareness of ethical values: Ability to think and act according to universal principles based on the value of the person that are aimed at their full development and which entails a commitment to certain social values.
• CT8 - Information management: Ability to search for, select, analyse and integrate information from different sources.
• CT9 - Skills in interpersonal relations: Ability to relate positively with other people by verbal and non-verbal means, through assertive communication, this being understood as the ability to express or transmit what one wants, what one thinks or feels without bothering, attacking or hurting the feelings of the other person.
• CT10 - Initiative and entrepreneurial spirit: Ability to undertake difficult or hazardous actions with resolution. Ability to anticipate problems, propose improvements and persevere in their achievement. Preference for taking on and carrying out activities.
• CT11 - Planning and time management: Ability to set objectives and choose the means to achieve these objectives using time and resources effectively.
• CT12 - Critical reasoning: Ability to analyze an idea, phenomenon or situation from different perspectives and to assume one's own personal approach to it, based on rigor and argued objectivity, and not on intuition.
• CT13 - Problem solving: Ability to find a solution to a confusing question or a complicated situation without a predefined solution, which hinders the achievement of an end.
• CT14 - Innovation-Creativity: Ability to propose and develop new and original solutions that add value to the problems posed, even in areas other than the problem itself.
• CT15 - Responsibility: Ability to fulfil the commitments that the person reaches with him/herself and with others when carrying out a task and trying to achieve a set of objectives within the learning process. The capacity existing in all subjects to recognize and accept the consequences of a freely carried out action.
• CT16 - Decision-making: Ability to make a choice between existing alternatives or ways to effectively resolve different situations or problems.
• CT17 - Teamwork: Ability to integrate and collaborate actively with other people, areas and/or organisations to achieve common objectives.
• CT18 - Use of information and communication technologies (ICT): Ability to effectively use information and communication technologies as a tool for searching, processing and storing information, as well as for the development of communication skills.

• SC01 - Knowing and understanding the historical evolution of international society.
• SC02 - Knowing the international legal framework and its regulation through treaties, conventions, agreements and resolutions.
• SC03 - Making use of research techniques to identify problems in the field of International Relations.
• SC04 - Knowing and understanding the role of international organisations today. Their functions, objectives and internal organisation.
• SC05 - Knowing and understanding the economic aspects of globalisation linked to: internationalisation of companies, foreign trade and global economy.
• SC06 - Being able to communicate effectively in two languages, at a general level and in the professional field of International Relations.
• SC07 - Reporting and discussing the problems that give rise to international instability: conflicts, inequalities, exclusion, environment, pressure groups and public opinion, among others.
• SC08 - Recognising and explaining the general theories of international relations.
• SC09 - Recognise the global, universal, cosmopolitan perspectives in the study of the actors, institutions, structures and transactions that constitute International Relations.
• SC10 - Knowing and understanding the basic concepts of International Law.
• SC11 - Understanding the functioning of mainly international legal institutions.
• SC12 - Understanding the dimension of Human Rights as values that inspire international society and the legal framework on which it is based.
• SC13 - Defining and implementing development objectives in international cooperation agencies and organisations.
• SC14 - Carrying out research and studies on the international sphere and the areas that comprise it: economic, social, political and cultural.
• SC15 - Knowing how to make use of the different sources and channels of information in the field of International Relations.
• SC16 - Identifying and analysing the different geopolitical, geoeconomic and socio-cultural areas, as well as their particularities.
• SC17 - Being able to establish analogies and differences between the different actors present in the international sphere.
• SC18 - Generating, developing and consolidating basic level projects.
• SC19 - Interpreting and analysing legal texts.
• SC20 - Analysing, interpreting and developing programmes and projects aimed at improving aspects related to international security.
• SC21 - Contributing to the design of sustainable growth policies that favour equality, reduce poverty, foster citizen participation and promote democratisation processes.
• SC22 - Playing an active role in proposing solutions to specific problems and conflicts regardless of the geopolitical area.
• SC23 - Contributing to the promotion of peace policies and proposals for peaceful solutions to conflicts.
• SC24 - Being able to contribute to mediation for the resolution of conflicts in hostile environments.
• SC25 - Identify and relate to the different international actors.
• SC26 - Reporting, evaluating and assessing current international events and situations.

Members of the degree quality committee (CCT)

• Faculty Director
• Department Director
• Degree Coordinator
• TFG Coordinator
• Internship Coordinator
• Academic Director
• Academic Advisor of Student Services
• Student Services
• Quality Technician

Key degree improvements

Our experience has enabled us to identify certain areas of improvement for the new edition of the degree in this academic year. To this end, we consider the following actions necessary for improving the degree’s educational value:

• Consolidate the United Nations Simulation Model at the Universidad Europea and increase the participation of students in other international models and contests.
• Create a mentorship role for enhanced monitoring of bachelor’s students.
• Reinforce the programmes international nature by increasing the agreements with universities abroad for more exchange opportunities.
• Encourage students to participate in scientific activities such as research, conferences and seminars.

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Evaluation Process Results

• Verification report
• Follow-up report
• Modification reports:
  • 1st Modification Report 2018
  • 2nd Modification Report 2020
  • 3rd Modification Report 2022
  • 4th Modification Report 2024
• Final accreditation renewal assessment report
• Valid Verification or Modification Memoir
• Positive verification from the Council of Universities
• AVAP authorization report

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