The Degree in Primary School Education, with international teaching internships, will enable you to exercise professionally as a Primary School teacher.
Please check here for all of the information concerning teaching activities and how they will be carried out in the 2020-2021 academic year.
Admission request
1/10/2020 to 30/06/2021
110 places available
Open days/
Information Sessions
Open Day:
February 10, 2021
April 15, 2021
June 18, 2021
Duration/
Curriculum
4 years / 240 ECTS
Face to face
Spanish/English
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Official status of the Degree
The Bachelor's Degree in Primary School Education, with EFL (English as a Foreign Language) Concentration will train you to work with children between 6 and 12 years old. Studying this degree will allow you to help and accompany children in this important stage of learning.
The Bachelor's Degree in Primary School Education, with EFL (English as a Foreign Language) Concentration is set up as a four-year degree, which enables you to exercise professionally as a teacher during the period of Primary School Education, both in Public Schools as well as in in State-Sponsored Subsidized and Private schools. The purpose is to provide students with a common education and training that makes the development of the individual skills and abilities of each child possible.
Train to develop the skills and abilities of each child.
Also, if you wish to do so, you may obtain the “DECA” (“Declaración Eclesiástica de Competencia Académica”, in Spanish), or Ecclesiastical Declaration of Academic Competence, which allows you to become a Religion teacher. At the end of their studies, students obtain a Diploma in Communication Skills and Foreign Language Studies (Institute of Modern Languages).
Many people just like you are already making the most of their undergraduate degree. Learn more about their experiences.
Bernardo Sopeña
“The connection between professors and students is excellent, in an atmosphere of closeness and respect.”
Elena Rodríguez
“I would highlight the relationship with professors at the University: very close, and additionally, the opportunity to do internships in different Schools during the 4 years of studies.”
Victoria Troyano
“This degree has taught me to overcome daily challenges and to value the importance of small achievements.”
With this Bachelor´s Degree, you will contribute to the transformation of society
Elsa Santaolalla Professor at Comillas CIHS
Teacher/Tutor in Primary Schools
Teacher in Bilingual Institutions
English Teacher in Primary Schools
Teacher in Special Classrooms, Seminars and Programs
Director of Primary Education Schools
Creators of Educational Materials for Publishers
Catholic Religion Teacher in Primary Schools
Teacher in Senior Citizens Facilities and Universities
Álvaro Gamarra Fomento School Aldovea
Carolina Borrallo Santa María del Pilar School
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Admissions Process
You may participate in Q&A Sessions and Information Days. This step is not required, but potential candidates are encouraged to delve into the Programs, learn about Study Plans and Curricula, ask questions, and gather additional information.
Applying for admission. The process begins via the web page, once the decision has been made concerning the Degree in which applicants wish to enroll. If deemed necessary, you may apply for scholarships, grants and financial aid from the University at the same time as you apply for admission.
Taking the entrance exams for the School or Faculty which offers the Degree. On the respective web pages of the Schools and Faculties at the University, you will find information on the type of exams that are administered, and even models of the exams carried out in previous years.
Communication and legal requirements for access to the University. Having been admitted does not exempt you from proving that you meet the legal requirements for access to the University. Meeting these requirements is an essential prerequisite in order to begin your studies at the University.
Completing the registration process. Once admitted, students must complete the registration process, which is initiated on the web page. It is necessary to submit the registration form and the additional documentation required personally to the University General Registrar´s Office before the end of June.
Admission exams:
February, 24; April, 28; May, 26; June,16; July,14 2021.
Classes start in early September.
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Applicant Profile/Requirements and Documentation
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Requirements and Documentation
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Information on Financial Aid, Grants and Scholarships
Course fees: € 1,109.80 plus nine monthly installments of € 441.96 each.
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Contact Information
Future Students Office
C/ Alberto Aguilera, 21 - 28015 Madrid
Tel.: +34 91 540 61 32
Fax: +34 91 559 65 69
email: nuevosalumnos@comillas.edu
Office hours: From Monday to Friday from 9:00 to 13:30 h
Monday to Thursday from 15:30 to 17:30
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Subjects of the Diploma in Personal, Communicative, and Professional Skills
International
International mobility and exchange programs allow students to study for a period of time at a foreign university, either in the European Union, through the Erasmus+ Program, or at universities in other countries with which Comillas has signed Bilateral Agreements.
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The main academic regulations that govern the Bachelor's Degree in Primary School Education, with EFL (English as a Foreign Language) Concentration are:
Academic Standards applicable to Bachelor's Degree Programs in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Admission Regulations
Permanency Regulations
Recognition and Transfer of Credits Regulations
Other regulations
Order ECI/3857/2007 establishing the requirements for the verification of official university titles for the profession of Primary Education Teacher.
GENERAL SKILLS
Instrumental
CGI1 - Ability to Analyze and synthesize.
GI2 - Problem solving.
GI3 - Ability to organize and plan.
GI4 - Ability to manage information from several sources.
GI5 - General basic knowledge of the area of study.
GI6 - Oral and written communication skills in the native language.
Personal
CGP7 - Interpersonal skills.
GP8 - Team work.
GP10 - Critical and self-critical skills.
GP11 - Ethical commitment.
Systematic
CGS11 - Ability to learn.
GS12 - Ability to adapt to new situations.
GS13 - Ability to work autonomously.
GS14 - Interest in quality.
GS15 - Understanding the cultures and traditions of other countries.
GS16 - Understanding religion and Christian values.
SPECIFIC SKILLS
Shared
CEC1 - Ability to understand the complexity of educational processes in general and of the teaching-learning processes in particular.
EC2 - A solid scientific-cultural grounding.
EC3 - Ability to organize teaching making integrated use of the disciplinary, cross-disciplinary, and multidisciplinary knowledge appropriate to the educational level in question.
EC4 - Ability to use and adequately incorporate information and communication technologies in teaching-learning activities.
EC5 - Ability to promote the quality in the situations (classroom and center) where the educational process takes place, in order to guarantee the well-being of pupils.
EC6 - Ability to use evaluation as a regulatory and promotional element for improving learning and teaching.
EC7 - Ability to perform educational duties in the framework of inclusive education.
EC8 - Capacity to carry out the role of tutor, guiding students and parents, and coordinating the educational activities relating to the group of students.
EC9 - Ability to cooperate with different sectors of the educational community and the wider community.
EC10 - Capable of having a realistic self-image and of self-regulation.
EC11 - Ability to accept the need for continuous professional development, through self-evaluation of your own practice.
EC12 - Capable of creating positive expectations regarding the learning and overall progress of the child.
EC13 - Capable of accepting the Christian dimension of life and acting in accordance with it.
EC14 - Basic knowledge of the teaching profession.
EC15 - Able to use a second language in the context of the classroom (English-Level B2).
EC16 - Able to generate new ideas (creativity) while performing educational duties.
Specific to Primary Education
CEP1 - Understand educational and learning processes in the 6-12 period, in the family, social, and school contexts.
EP2 - Know the characteristics of these students, as well as the characteristics of their motivational and social contexts.
EP3 - Command the necessary knowledge to understand the development of the personality of these students and identify dysfunctions.
EP4 - Identify learning difficulties, report them, and cooperate in treating them.
EP5 - Know current proposals and developments based on skills learning.
EP6 - Identify and plan the resolution of educational situations that affect students with different skills and different learning rhythms.
EP7 - Analyze and understand educational processes inside and outside the classroom relating to the 6-12 period.
EP8 - Know the basics of primary education.
EP9 - Analyze teaching practice and the institutional conditions that shape it.
EP10 - Know the historical development of the educational system in our country and the political and legislative factors that shape educational activity.
EP11 - Know about interaction and communication processes in the classroom.
EP12 - Address and resolve disciplinary problems.
EP13 - Promote cooperative work and individual work and effort.
EP14 - Promote value educational actions aimed at preparation for an active and democratic citizenship.
EP15 - Know and address school situations in multicultural contexts.
EP16 - Design, plan, and evaluate the teaching activity and learning in the classroom.
EP17 - Know and apply innovative experiences in primary education.
EP18 - Participate in defining the educational project and in the center's general activity in accordance with quality management criteria.
EP19 - Know and apply basic educational research methodologies and techniques and be able to design innovation projects identifying evaluation indicators.
EP20 - Display social skills in order to understand families and make yourself understood by them.
EP21 - Know and be able to exercise the functions of tutor and mentor in relation with family education in the 6-12 age-group.
EP22 - Relate education with its context, and cooperate with families and the community.
EP23 - Critically analyze and incorporate the most relevant questions from current society that affect family and school education in the early childhood education stage: social and educational impact of audiovisual languages and screens; changes in gender and intergenerational relations; multiculturalism and interculturality; discrimination and social inclusion; and
EP24 - Know about the historical evolution of the family, different types of families, and life styles, and education in the context of the family.
EP25 - Understand the basic principles and fundamental laws of the experimental sciences (physics, chemistry, biology, and geology).
EP26 - Know the school curriculum for these sciences.
EP27 - Present and resolve problems associated with the sciences and daily life.
EP28 - Value sciences as a cultural phenomenon.
EP29 - Recognize the mutual influence between science, society, and technological development, as well as the appropriate citizen behavior, in order to ensure a sustainable future.
EP30 - Develop and evaluate curriculum content through appropriate didactic resources, and promote the acquisition of basic skills by students.
EP31 - Understand the basic principles of the social sciences.
EP32 - Know the school curriculum for the social sciences.
EP33 - Integrate historical and geographic study from an educational and cultural orientation.
EP34 - Promote democratic civic education, and the practice of critical social thought.
EP35 - Value the relevance of public and private institutions for peaceful coexistence between peoples.
EP36 - Know about religion throughout history, and its relationship with culture.
EP30 - Develop and evaluate curriculum content through appropriate didactic resources, and promote the acquisition of basic skills by students.
EP38 - Acquire basic mathematical skills (number, calculus, geometry, spatial representations, estimating and measuring, organization and interpretation of information, etc).
EP26 - Know the school curriculum for mathematics.
EP40 - Analyze, think through, and communicate mathematical mathematical proposals.
EP27 - Present and resolve problems associated with daily life.
EP42 - Value the relationship between mathematics and science as one of the pillars of scientific thought.
EP30 - Develop and evaluate curriculum content through appropriate didactic resources, and promote the acquisition of basic skills by students.
EP44 - Understand the basic principles of the sciences of language and communication.
EP45 - Acquire literary training and knowledge of children's literature.
EP46 - Know the school curriculum for languages and literature.
EP47 - Speak, read, and write correctly and appropriately in the languages of the Autonomous Community in question.
EP48 - Know the process of learning of written language and how to teach it.
EP49 - Promote reading and encourage writing.
EP50 - Know the difficulties for learning official languages for students with other languages.
EP51 - Handle language learning situations in multilingual contexts.
EP52 - Express yourself orally and in writing in a foreign language.
EP30 - Develop and evaluate curriculum content through appropriate didactic resources, and promote the acquisition of basic skills by students.
EP54 - Understand the principles that contribute to cultural, personal, and social training from the arts.
EP55 - Know the school curriculum for the plastic, audiovisual, and musical aspects of artistic education.
EP56 - Acquire resources to encourage lifelong participation in musical and plastic activities inside and outside school.
EP30 - Develop and evaluate curriculum content through appropriate didactic resources, and promote the acquisition of basic skills by students.
EP54 - Understand the principles that contribute to cultural, personal, and social training from the arts.
EP59 - Know the school curriculum for physical education.
EP56 - Acquire resources to encourage lifelong participation in music and plastic activities inside and outside school.
EP30 - Develop and evaluate curriculum content through appropriate didactic resources, and promote the acquisition of basic skills by students.
EP62 - Acquire a practical knowledge of the classroom and its management.
EIN60 - Know and apply interaction and communication processes in the Early Childhood classroom, as well as command of the necessary social skills and abilities to encourage a climate that facilitates learning and coexistence.
EP64 - Monitor and follow up the educational process and in particular the teaching-learning process through command of the necessary techniques and strategies.
EP65 - Relate theory and practice with the reality of the classroom and educational center.
EP66 - Participate in the teaching activity and acquire know-how by acting and reflecting from practice.
EP67 - Participate in improvement plans in the different action areas that can be established in a center.
EP68 - Regulate the interaction and communication processes in groups of pupils aged from 6-12 years.
EP69 - Know forms of cooperation with the different sectors of the educational community and social surroundings.
Students of the Primary Education from Comillas are prepared to practice in Spain and the European Union as:
Primary tutor teacher.
Bilingual primary teacher (with corresponding accreditation).
Primary English teacher.
Primary Catholic Religion teacher, if they have completed the Ecclesiastic Declaration of Academic Skills (DECA).
Publishers who produce educational content
Entrepreneurship activities in the educational, socio-recreational and sports area
Professor for special short courses and programs (short courses at hospitals, courses to “liaise” for transferring from one field of studies to another, “PCPI Programs (IPQP Programs)”, for youth from the ages of 16 to 21, known as Initial Professional Qualification Programs…).
By fulfilling the requirements for each call for applications, you will be able to access the Educational Inspection Corps (“Cuerpo de Inspección Educativa” in Spanish).
Management of educational centres
Teaching in Senior Citizen centers and universities.
The Foreign Language concentration in English along with the advanced scientific and didactic training are advantages when it comes to seeking work and rapid professional insertion.
Graduate profile
The Primary Education graduate can work as a teacher at public (through the oposición public service exams system), charter and private educational centres in Spain and in EU Member States in the Primary Education phase (6-12 years). The qualification entitles them to deliver classes in all subjects except Physical Education and Musical Education. Moreover, they may occupy other related professional positions in education: such as Spanish conversation assistant in schools abroad (managed by the Ministry of Education), education specialist at publishing companies, as teachers in English academies and as teachers in the institutions of NGOs, etc.
Career prospects
Studies in Primary Education ENABLE graduates to practice as primary teachers at Primary Eduction level at public, charter and private schools.
Graduates of Primary Education at Comillas will be particularly prepared to face the problems and challenges arising from multilingual education, the incorporation of Information and Communication Technologies into school life, the inclusive attitude to diversity, the collaborative openness of schools to families and the territorial and social context of efficient learning from basic material instruments.
HIGH LEVEL of English and qualification for teaching English.
This qualification enables practice of the profession of Primary Education Teacher in accordance with the current legislation.
Academic prospects
Official Master's Degree in Teaching Compulsory Secondary and Pre-university Education
TIMETABLES AND EXAMS
General Academic Calendar of the University
Timetables for the First Semester
Timetables for the Second Semester
Exams
Structure of the bachelor's degree
The degree course in Primary Education is based around a cycle of four years with 240 ECTS (60 per year).
The qualification is part of the Social and Legal Sciences branch of knowledge.
On this course, 31 ECTS are delivered entirely in English, this set of credits comprises the 'Teacher in the bilingual classroom' module, specifically intended to ensure that graduates from this Comillas degree have received training to be teachers who are able to lead and support the incorporation of bilingual education in schools and classrooms.
With the Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Education, it is possible to continue with postgraduate studies (official master's and doctorate).
Comillas CIHS
Cantoblanco Campus.
Since their foundation, the Faculties of Humanities and Social Sciences, Theology and Canon Law at the Comillas Pontifical University have had the vocation of promoting Humanism and Diversity. They are defined by their will to educate and train people, capable of taking thought and ideas to the highest levels, giving them the precise skills to be useful individuals and improve the life of the complex world in which we live.
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