Master's Degree in Cultural Heritage. Culture,
Identity, Innovation.
On-site and virtual
What is the Master in Cultural Heritage. Culture, Identity, Innovation?
This is a new and unexplored concept in the educational offer of Spanish universities, which refers to the enhancement of the value of tangible and intangible heritage and its relationship with nature. The differentiating character of our proposal lies in the incorporation into university teaching of the evolution in the concept of cultural heritage, which is replaced by that of integral heritage, which introduces the valuation of the natural environment and spirituality within culture and heritage identity, providing an innovative perspective.
This notion must be embraced through a multidisciplinary vision that links the humanities (history, literature, art, music, architecture, cultural anthropology, etc.) with other disciplines and tools (marketing, telematic engineering, computing, management, legislation, etc.), facilitating the consideration of integral heritage as an economically sustainable asset in the 21st century and a source of innovation. In this interdisciplinary conception, it is necessary to bear in mind the importance of communication and digital technology in the correct dissemination of knowledge and valuation of heritage.
- CentersCiencias Humanas y Sociales (Comillas CIHS)
- LanguagesSpanish
- CertificationComillas master's degrees
- ModalityIn persona and Online
- Duration1 year (60 ECTS)
- Starts On01/10/2025
- Seats40
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Syllabus
El programa se propone dentro del marco de la actual realidad mixta de materialidad y virtualidad digital del siglo XXI. El máster procura al alumno tres grandes aportaciones, referidas a conocimientos, competencias y habilidades, que se ven reflejadas en los distintos bloques de asignaturas:
El primer bloque dota al alumno de una serie de competencias de gestión del patrimonio relacionadas de manera específica con el Derecho del patrimonio y de la propiedad intelectual, así como los aspectos que afectan a los temas económicos y de gestión del patrimonio. Así mismo, se deben adquirir conocimientos sobre conceptos novedosos relacionados con la visión de la ecología, la relación con la naturaleza y el patrimonio integral, pero sin perder el sentido práctico de este bloque, puesto que el alumno adquiere habilidades en comunicación y marketing cultural.
El segundo bloque integra una visión multidisciplinar de la cultura de un periodo (pensamiento, historia, literatura, música, arte, espiritualidad), y, como hemos referido, una mirada al entorno natural.
El tercer bloque agrupa a las asignaturas que abordan los temas relacionados con la gestión documental patrimonial (bases de datos, edición de textos, gestión documental…), los rudimentos de la edición y la ingeniería vinculada al desarrollo cultural (Big data, realidad aumentada, algoritmos sociales, etc.). El alumno adquirirá los conocimientos necesarios para poder utilizar dichas herramientas, imprescindibles en el ámbito del desarrollo de proyectos culturales.
What sets us apart?
Teachers who combine teaching with professional practice
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Professional projection
The acquisition of new knowledge, competences and skills in new technologies is essential for the integration of graduates in the labour market, as well as for those who want to update their knowledge in teaching, journalism, publishing, heritage management, public administration sectors (local or community), architecture offices, law firms, etc., who want to initiate or promote activities related to integral heritage.
Evidently, the previous training and the student's command of different languages will favour his or her labour insertion in this field. Some of the professional development scenarios for graduates are:
Tourist guides
Creators of digital content on platforms
Designers of cultural experiences
Video game makers
Book publishers
Designers and publishers of educational materials
Teachers
Museum technical staff
Exhibition curators
Publishers of cultural content
A program that brings together the humanities and the latest technological advances in the field of integral ecology.
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Objectives
The main objective of the master's degree is to promote the connection between the on-site industry of tourism, leisure, education, publishing, exhibitions, etc., and the growing virtual industry in the cultural field (augmented reality applications, AI, etc.). It is also attractive to practising professionals (secondary school teachers, textbook publishers, specialists in communication and journalism, etc.) who want to increase their cultural knowledge of integrated heritage, as well as update their professional work with new trends and methodologies.
The master's degree is intended to be professionalising for graduates who want to work in a sector that is booming and in which there has been an exponential change with the contribution of new technological resources.
It is the will of this programme to have professionals who collaborate in the teaching, so that the practical orientation of the academic contents can be emphasised and favour the updating of knowledge or its orientation to the working environment.
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CIHS Comillas
Cantoblanco Campus
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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 Comillas education system is especially oriented towards the relationship with the reality of companies, institutions, organisations and professional practice. The Careers, Internships and Employment Guidance Service (OPE) is responsible for providing students with internships related to their studies in order to enrich their training. In the 2022-23 academic year, 7,101 student internships in companies were managed.
The Professional Careers, Internships and Employment Guidance Service (OPE) is the University's service dedicated to informing, guiding and collaborating in the insertion of recent graduates in the labour market or in the projection of the professional careers of Comillas graduates, for which it has an online tool that directly connects candidates with 8,302 companies with which Comillas maintains a relationship. During the 2022-23 academic year, 1,542 job offers were managed. Of the total number of graduates from the 2021 graduating class, 92% are employed, either working or furthering their studies, within six months of completing their studies.
Contact us if you need help
Prospective Students Office
Faculty of Human and Social Sciences
C/ Universidad Comillas, 3 - 28049 Madrid (Cantoblanco Campus) Tel.: 34 91 542 28 00, ext. 2825 futurosalumnos@comillas.edu
Director of the Master's Degree
Henar Pizarro Llorente
hpizarro@comillas.edu
