Universidad Villanueva
University, Graduate school in Madrid, Spain
Universidad Villanueva is a university in Madrid with sites in Mirasierra and Pozuelo. Its Mirasierra campus is at Calle de la Costa Brava 2 and 6, close to the Cuatro Torres business district. According to the university, it has agreements with more than 1,200 companies and institutions for student internships.
It offers bachelor's degrees and double degrees in business, law, psychology, education, communication, health and computing, for example Business Administration (ADE), Law, Psychology, Pharmacy, Nursing and Computer Engineering. Many programmes are hybrid and use the university's ActiveLearningV+ method, which combines on-campus and online learning. Master's programmes include official master's degrees, such as General Health Psychology, Access to the Legal Profession and Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language, and the university's own master's programmes.
The university holds the Erasmus Charter for Higher Education. Exchange students choose from subjects taught in English, take Spanish for foreigners courses (A1 to B1) and can join international weeks of 4 to 15 days. For bachelor's admission there is no cut-off mark: applicants complete an eight-question online questionnaire, two questions in English, and a personal interview. A scholarship programme is available.
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Programmes
- Business: Business Administration (ADE), Marketing; double degrees ADE and Law, ADE and Business Analytics
- Law; double degrees with International Relations or Psychology
- Advertising and Public Relations
- Early Childhood and Primary Education
- Psychology
- Health: Pharmacy, Nursing, Physiotherapy, Physical Activity and Sport Sciences
- Computer Engineering
Several degrees are taught in a hybrid format (ActiveLearningV+); courses start in September.
Graduate programmes
Official master's degrees (máster universitario), among others:
- Business Administration, Human Resources Management, Digital Marketing
- Access to the Legal Profession (Abogacía y Procura), also as double master's degrees
- Teacher Training, Management of Educational Centres, Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language
- General Health Psychology, Clinical Neuropsychology, Forensic Psychology
The university's own master's programmes (formación permanente) include an LLM in Law and Management and Sports Journalism.
Admission
Bachelor's degrees: applicants send the application form with their Bachillerato grades, ID or passport and, once passed, their PAU results (or vocational training certificate). There is no cut-off mark; a pass in the university entrance exam is enough. Applicants also answer an eight-question online questionnaire (two questions in English) and have a personal interview, in person or online. Applicants from other education systems should contact [email protected].
Master's degrees: applicants submit transcripts, other certificates, a CV and ID, and have an interview; the decision is sent by email within two weeks.
Subjects taught
- Arts, Design and Crafts
- Fashion
- Business
- Business Studies
- Business Administration
- International MBA
- Advertising
- Public Relations
- Marketing
- Communications
- Communications
- Audiovisual Communication
- Journalism
- Education
- Early Childhood Education
- Teaching English as a Second Language
- Education
- Primary Education
- Psychopedagogy
- Finance
- Finance
- Health
- Neuropsychology
- Neuroscience
- Human Studies and Services
- Family Sciences
- Law
- Law
- Sciences
- Forensic Science
- Criminology