Master´s Degree in Data Protection and Security

Competences

General Competences

The general competences of the University Master's Degree in Data Protection and Security are as follows:

• The student must be able to systematically understand the relevant information of the company, its context and how to apply it to complex situations, taking into account how it affects other departments.
• The student must master enough techniques that allow him to obtain and analyze information, evaluate its relevance and validity, synthesize it and adapt it to the context.
• The student must be able to deal with complex and unpredictable situations in a systematic and creative way, with critical judgment, with incomplete information, taking risks, making decisions and communicating them to any type of audience.
• The student must be able to communicate correctly both orally and in writing, using the most current technology.
• The student must be able to act autonomously in the planning and implementation of projects and decisions.
• The student must be able to play different roles within a team, particularly the leader.
• The student must be able to recognize the need for change and must have the necessary ability to manage it.
• The student must be able to act autonomously.
• The student must be able to add value to the company through his creativity and participation.
• Ability to integrate the values and policies of effective equality, especially between women and men and with attention to disability, into the organization and governance of the company.

Specific competences

Students become familiar with the terms related to the main sectors (legal, information security, health, banking, business, telecommunications, innovation, new technologies, communication, marketing and digital rights, among others), training professionally in the new demands of the (EU) Regulation 2016/679 of the European Parliament, and of the Council of April 27, 2016, concerning the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and the free movement of these data, which repeals Directive 95/46/EC, the Spanish regulations on the subject, as well as the certification structure for data protection delegates of the Spanish Agency for Data Protection.

• Right to information and to obtain consent for data processing.
• Rights of the interested parties to their data.
• Choice of service providers, data processors and transfers.
• Impact evaluations of the processing of personal data.
• Communication of breaches to the data protection authority and the interested parties.
• Data processing record.
• International data transfers.
• Application of security measures and cybersecurity concepts and ISO 27001, among others.
• Data protection delegate.
• Privacy since its design and by default, codes of conduct and certification structures.
• Proactive responsibility and risk-based approach.
• Sanctions, procedures and responsibilities in the processing of personal data.
• Exploitation and management of marketing campaigns, advertising, in environments such as Internet or social networks.
• Practical application in different sectors, such as telecommunications, media, banking and insurance, health and education, among others.
• Technological and legal innovation.

Likewise, throughout the Master's degree, issues related to the adoption of security measures, risk mitigation or the implementation of audit structures will be analyzed, making it possible to verify these points. Issues to be completed with the analysis of the implications in different sectors, as well as innovation and technological advancement.

Admission criteria

As established in Article 16 of RD 1393/2007, modified by RD 861/2010, students who meet any of the following conditions may access these studies:

• Have an official Spanish university degree or other degree issued by an institution of higher education of the European Higher Education Area that grants access to Master's studies in the country issuing said degree.
• Graduates of educational systems outside the European Higher Education Area may access without the need for validation of their degrees, after verification by the University that they can accredit a level of studies equivalent to the corresponding official Spanish university degrees and that these grant access to postgraduate education in the country issuing said degree. Access through this route will not imply, in any case, the homologation of the previous degree of the interested party, nor its recognition for other purposes than that of taking the Master's degree. In the cases in which the validation of any degree, diploma or study obtained abroad is necessary to access the University, the Antonio de Nebrija University may conditionally admit students who accredit having submitted the corresponding application for validation while the approval procedure is resolved.
• Those students whose mother tongue is not Spanish must have a B2 level of Spanish in the Common European Framework.
• In the case of students with special educational needs derived from disability, the need for possible curricular adaptations, itineraries or alternative studies will be assessed.

Admission criteria

How to submit documentation necessary for admission.

In general, the admission documentation will be submitted to the Admissions Department.

The student must provide the originals or certified copies of the submitted documentation, within a period established by the University, in order to formalize his/her enrollment. Any inaccuracy, falsity or omission of information, statement or document provided by the student in the admission period will entail the impossibility of continuing to exercise the right from the moment the University has proof of these events, and proceed to cancel the application for admission submitted and the place awarded, notwithstanding any criminal, civil or administrative responsibilities that may arise.

In order to access the official master's degrees, it is necessary to submit the following documentation:

• Completed admission application.
• Identification document (D.N.I) or valid passport.
• 1 passport-size photograph.
• Academic Record with the grades of the studies that grant access to the Master's degree.
• Photocopy of Spanish university diploma or receipt of having requested it.

Foreign students:

• Certified photocopy of official diploma issued by a foreign higher education institution belonging to the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) that grants access, in the issuing country, to official master's degree studies.
• Certified photocopy of official diploma issued in a foreign educational system not belonging to the EHEA. In this case, access will be conditioned by the verification that the studies completed correspond to a level of studies equivalent to that of the official Spanish university degrees and that they grant access to the official master's degrees in the country in which the diploma was issued. This procedure does not imply, in any case, the homologation of the previous degree, nor its recognition for any purpose other than to access the master's studies.
• Only if necessary, the foreign student will be asked for a letter issued by the University in which he/she has completed the degree that grants access to Master's studies in the country issuing the diploma.

In the event that the studies granting access to the pre-registration of the Master's degree are completed in a Foreign Higher Education institution, both the diploma and the academic record (grades) must be official and issued by the competent authorities, in accordance with the legal system of the country of origin.

If the number of applicants exceeds the number of places offered, the student's academic record (average grade) will be taken as an admission criterion.

Therefore, anyone interested in accessing the Master's degree in Data Protection and Security must submit, without exception, their academic record, since it will be the average grade therein that decides their admission to the Master's degree, in the event that the number of applications exceed the number of places offered.

Once the places are full, if there are more students interested in accessing the program, they will be put on the waiting list for any possible vacancies that may arise before the start of the academic year, applying the admission and selection criteria detailed in point 4 for the rest of applicants.

Admission process

In addition to evaluating the academic merits provided by the candidate, students must hold a personal interview with the Director of the Program and/or by University advisers. This interview is aimed at checking the suitability of the candidate and his/her profile related to the degree. This is done to determine if the candidate has sufficient motivation, training and knowledge, abilities, aptitudes, communication skills, extracurricular activities and future interests necessary to be admitted as a student in the Nebrija University postgraduate programs.