Postgraduate Degree in Compliance and Cybersecurity
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- Type of programme
- Postgraduate degrees
- Campus
- Campus Barcelona
- Duration
- between 03-11-2025 and 31-07-2026
- Credits
- 15 ECTS
- Schedule
- Mondays and Thursdays, 6.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m.
- Language
- Spanish
- Places
- 30
- Modality
- On site
Reasons to take this postgraduate
- Hands-on training with real impact
Learn how to implement a Crime Prevention Model (MPD) through workshops, case studies, and collaboration with Molins, a leading criminal defense law firm
- Expert faculty with industry experience
A teaching team formed by criminal lawyers and compliance specialists with solid professional backgrounds.
- High employability in today’s market
Become one of the most sought-after profiles: the compliance officer, essential across all industries.
- Personalized and close learning experience
Small groups that ensure individual attention and an effective learning environment.
- Networking with top professionals
Build connections with experts in compliance, criminal law, and cybersecurity.
- Specialization in compliance and cybersecurity
Master corporate regulation and digital transformation challenges with an applied technical-legal approach.
Postgraduate awarded jointly with
Other similar studies
- Postgraduate Degree in Tax Consultancy (PAF)
- Postgrau en Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions
- Master of Laws (LL. M.) a St. John's University
- Master's Degree in Laws in Taxation (MAF)
- University Master's Degree in Law and Legal Practice (MUAP) + Master Law Taxation (MAF)
- University Master's Degree in Law and Legal Practice (MUAP) + Postgraduate Degree in Tax Consultancy (PAF)
Presentation
Design, implementation and management of corporate compliance programmes and preventive defence strategies faced with penal and technological risks
Since the criminal responsibility of legal persons was set out in 2010 until now, successive reforms of the Spanish Criminal Code have defined the tax budgets covering this responsibility and compliance programmes as the only way to be exempt from it. The doctrinal and jurisprudential trajectory of this material has established an unprecedented synergy between criminal and business law, thus generating an educational need in a field that is still new.
Faced with this scenario, and after offering a Specialisation Course in Compliance and Cybercrime for four years running, UIC Barcelona and Molins Abogados – Defensa Penal are now offering a broader postgraduate degree programme, with the main purpose of providing the necessary technical and legal training to compliance officers who are at the start of their professional career. This course is also open to people who work in legal advisory services and professionals who hold positions involving a certain degree of responsibility in companies and institutions in both the public and private sectors.
Our Postgraduate Degree in Compliance and Cybersecurity takes an eminently practical approach and is taught by prestigious members of our teaching staff. The main aim of this postgraduate degree is to teach students about designing and implementing a CPM (crime prevention model) while taking into consideration the challenges of the digital transformation of companies and emerging problems in the field of cybersecurity, all oriented towards avoiding criminal responsibility for legal persons.
Objectives
This programme offers a profound view of the profile of compliance officers and provides technical and legal tools to tackle technological risks in companies during each of the three stages of the implementation of a CPM (crime prevention model).
- Crime prevention
Risk analysis, protocol design, training and awareness-raising for employees and management. - Crime detection
Inspections, internal investigations, forensic IT, audits, whistleblowing hotline. - Reaction to detection of crime and/or irregular behaviour
Disciplinary measures, review and improvement of CP, criminal defence strategies.
Module I: Criminal Responsibility of Legal Persons and Criminal Compliance (5 ECTS)
- Practical issues of compliance
- Corporate criminal liability
- Crime prevention models or compliance programmes
- The compliance office
- Criminal compliance I: Crime prevention in companies
- Criminal compliance II: Crime detection in companies
- Criminal compliance III: Reaction to crimes in companies
Module II: Technology, Cybersecurity and Compliance (5 ECTS)
- Basic cybersecurity
- Compliance, corporate governance and cybersecurity
- Digital transformation of companies and management of cybersecurity in corporate environments.
- Prevention and reaction in cyber environments
- Management of incidents and business continuity
- Evaluation and auditing of cybersecurity
- Technological and corporate trends in the area of cybersecurity
- Public-private cooperation business-State security forces
- Concrete framework for the application of corporate cybersecurity: The prevention of money laundering, data protection, online reputation and compliance, crimes committed using ICT
Module III: Corporate Defence (2 ETCS)
- Legal framework of criminal responsibility for fiscal individuals
- Corporate defence strategies in companies
- Casa analysis. Jurisprudential contributions
Module IV: Work placement (3 ETCS)
- Option 1: External professional work placement (or recognition of previous work experience) subject to meeting the requirements and successfully passing the selection process (subject to availability and selection).
- Option 2: Final Degree Project (FDP)
Curriculum
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Admission process
Admission process for master's and postgraduate programmes
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Request information
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Application for admission
- Delivery of documentation
- Validation of documentation
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Assessment of candidate
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Result of admission process
- Admission
- On hold
- No admission
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Deposit paid
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Enrolment
Between July and September
- Tuition paid
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Welcome!
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Intended for
Graduates of law; although it is also of special interest to any professionals wishing to acquire specific knowledge on the subject of Compliance and to equip themselves with the technical knowledge to underpin this objective. It is also expected that participants may be company lawyers, economists, internal and external auditors, consultants and other professionals who wish to receive training in Compliance.
Access requirements
Your qualifications for access, a copy of your CV and a letter of motivation. You need to send the CV and letter of motivation to msubinas@uic.es, specifying the qualifications which will provide access to your chosen study programme.
Online mode
Online postgraduate
With a view to adapting to current needs and trends, UIC Barcelona and Molins Criminal Defence Lawyers also offer students the option to study remotely for the Postgraduate in Compliance and Cybersecurity for compliance officers and legal advisors in companies.
The Online Specialisation Postgraduate in Compliance and Cybersecurity will broadcast live each of the on-site sessions, which may also be viewed via deferred transmission on UIC Barcelona’s Virtual Campus.
The teaching staff’s experience and prestige, the postgraduate's hands-on approach and the facilities afforded by the virtual environment make this distance learning postgraduate a top-rate educational tool that is accessible to everyone.
Methodology
The virtual version of the Postgraduate Degree in Compliance and Cybersecurity guarantees virtual attendance to all the on-site course classes for participants, whether by attending streaming sessions on the days the classes are taught (Tuesdays and Thursdays) from 6.30 to 8.30 p.m. (Barcelona time) or by accessing the virtual platform where they can be viewed afterwards.
The monitoring and evaluation of each participant will be undertaken individually, with attendance or subsequent viewing of each of the sessions being an essential requisite of the postgraduate degree in order to obtain accreditation.
Why choose distance learning?
- Individual attention
- Access to postgradute materials via our virtual campus.
- The opportunity to attend the postgraduate classes virtually and take part in debates and questions
- The opportunity to watch pre-recorded classes
Prices, grants and financial aid
Price
Grants
UIC Barcelona offers various fellowships supported by both public institutes (MEC or AGUAR), as well as private UIC Barcelona funds.
For further information, please check with our admissions department:
Grants offered by UIC Barcelona for master's degrees and postgraduate programmes
Other grants
Those pursuing master's degrees or postgraduate programmes studies at UIC Barcelona are also eligible for other scholarships.
Financing
In order to make tuition fee payments easier for students, UIC Barcelona offers various financing options through its partner banks.
Alumni Ambassador
The Alumni Ambassadors are volunteer alumni who will explain their experience at UIC Barcelona to you. With them you will be able to resolve any doubts that may arise about the chosen program, the University and your experience as a student.
What questions can you ask an Alumni Ambassador?
- What do you value most about this program?
- What profile of students studied it?
- What do you think about teachers?
- What professional practices did you do?
- What are the advantages of studying in Barcelona?
- If he/she already has a job and if he had a hard time finding one.
Don't miss this magnificent opportunity to learn first-hand what it means to do a program at UIC Barcelona and the value it brings you in the development of your career. If you have any specific questions about the admission process, scholarships, visas or financial aid, you can contact directly admisiones@uic.es.