Official Master's Degree in International Migration
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What is the Master?
The Master's Degree in International Migration is taught at the IUEM and has been an official degree of Comillas Pontifical University since the 2008-2009 academic year. During this time, the IUEM has prepared highly qualified professionals to develop their professional careers in the field of international migration.
The master's degree uses the blended learning methodology, which consists of combining the online system (virtual classroom plus online tutoring tools, such as face-to-face tutorials, forums, video tutorials, etc.) with a week of face-to-face classes in February, during which classes are given on research methodology and face-to-face tutorials are held.
The student's comprehensive training is completed with guaranteed professional internships in national and international organisations and the possibility of accessing the PhD in International Migration and Development Cooperation. In addition, the IUEM offers study grants to students on the master's degree.
- CentersMigraciones
- LanguagesEnglish, Spanish
- CertificationOfficial master's degrees
- ModalityOnline
- Duration1 year (60 (ECTS) or 2 years (30 ECTS each year) ECTS)
- Starts On23/10/2026
- Seats40
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Official Master's Degree in International Migration / MMIC 20 RD2007
Prepare to develop your professional career in the field of international migration.
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What our students say
Many people like you are already making the most of their master's degree. Find out about their experience.
Instituto Universitario de Estudios sobre Migraciones
Aitor Oribe Basarrate
Máster Universitario en Migraciones Internacionales
The Master's Degree in International Migrations has given me a great deal of academic knowledge, which I was able to combine with my work experience in the field of accompanying migrants in their processes of inclusion and integration in our country. The great team of teachers and students, as well as the innovative methodology used by Comillas, has given me the opportunity to acquire the necessary tools to understand in depth the complexity of migration.
Instituto Universitario de Estudios sobre Migraciones
Md Tamzid Hayder Tawrat Sikder
I entered the Master's thinking that I understood this field, but it made me discover its true depth. It transformed my perspective: migration is not a crisis, but part of a shared future. It made me more aware of the gap between policies and people's lived reality, and also more responsible in my professional role. It is not just a degree; it is a new understanding of movement and belonging.
Migraciones
Veronika Jung Salcedo
I owe a deep gratitude to the Master in International Migration. It allowed me to learn, improve and grow in a comprehensive way. I would like to highlight the high quality of the teaching staff, the soundness of the training materials and the richness of the critical debates on highly topical issues. But, above all, I value its human approach to the migration phenomenon. For this reason, I decided to continue my studies in the Program for a Doctorate in International Migration and Development Cooperation.
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Professional and academic opportunities
The Master's Degree in International Migration responds to the need for professional experts in the different areas related to migration, a phenomenon that involves very different areas and requires specific and complex preparation.
Career and Academic Opportunities
The Master’s Degree in International Migration responds to the growing demand for professionals specialized in a complex, cross-cutting, and constantly evolving phenomenon. Migration affects areas such as public policy, human rights, the labor market, and social cohesion, requiring solid, critical, and multidisciplinary training. This program prepares students to address these challenges from a global perspective and with rigorous analytical tools, opening up both professional and academic opportunities in a field with strong future prospects.
Graduate Profile
The master’s program provides students with the skills needed to analyze in depth the different processes and dimensions of contemporary migration. Students acquire specialized training that enables them to interpret, compare, and evaluate complex migration realities. Thanks to this preparation, graduates will be able to work in non-governmental organizations, public administrations, and private entities, participating in intervention programs, advisory services, research, analysis, or project management related to human mobility. Ultimately, the program develops a versatile profile capable of combining critical thinking with practical action in diverse contexts.
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Since its foundation, the Faculties of Human and Social Sciences, Theology and Canon Law at Comillas Pontifical University have had the vocation to promote humanism and plurality.
It is defined by its desire to train people capable of taking thought and ideas to the highest levels, and to give them the necessary skills to be useful and improve life in the complex world in which we live.
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Because Comillas studies are in high demand and places are limited, the best candidates have to be selected through admission tests.
Each class has its own tutor, whose function is to integrate the student into the group and to pay attention to their academic performance. Furthermore, at Comillas, the teaching system is distinguished, among other characteristics, by the personalised attention and the fluid and permanent relationship between teachers and students.
The teaching system at Comillas is especially oriented towards the relationship with the reality of companies, institutions, organisations and professional practice. The Internship and Employment Office is responsible for providing students with internships related to their studies in order to enrich their training. In the 2017-18 academic year, 6,296 student internships were managed in companies.
In addition to these internships managed by the Internship and Employment Office, all degree courses have a significant number of compulsory external internships as part of their curriculums.The Internship and Employment Office informs, guides and collaborates in the insertion in the labour market of recent graduates or in the projection of the professional career of Comillas graduates, for which it has an online tool that puts candidates in direct contact with 5,078 companies with which Comillas maintains a relationship. During the 2017-18 academic year, 1,838 job offers were managed. Of the total number of graduates from the 2018 graduating class, 93.22% are employed, either working or furthering their studies, within six months of completing their studies.
Contact
University Institute for Migration Studies
Comillas Pontifical University
C/ Alberto Aguilera, 23 - 28015 Madrid
Tel. (+34) 91 542 28 00 Ext. 4215
Director of the Master's Degree:
Nuria Ferré Trad
Master's Coordinator:
Tomás Castillo Crasto
