Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

Lifelong Learning Master's Degree in Biomedical Business Management

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Type of programme
Lifelong Learning Master's Degree
Duration
2 semesters
Credits
60 ECTS
Schedule
External work placements in company in the mornings and theoretical classes in the afternoons.
Language
Spanish with sessions in English
Places
20
Modality
On site
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Reasons why

Reasons to study this master’s degree

  1. Paid work experience

    The programme includes paid work placements that will allow you to gain the necessary experience to enter the job market, as well as recover all or part of your investment in the programme.

    93% of our students get a job in the same company as their work placement.
     

  2. Internationality outlook

    Spanish, with some sessions in English. Work placements in internationally renowned companies. International networking.

  3. Onsite

    Onsite theoretical classes in the afternoon and some online lectures by renowned professionals in the biomedical field.

  4. Synergies with other health field-related master's degrees.

    Synergies with other university master's such as the University Master's Degree in Health Management or the University Master's Degree Biomedical Research in joint sessions and exercises.

  5. High employability

    More than 96% of our master’s students are currently working in the sector.

  6. Internships with a future

    Over 76% of our students secure a job at the same company where they completed their internship.

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Màster en Gestió d’Empresa Biomèdica

6/7
mesos de pràctiques
100 %
d'inserció laboral en empreses del sector
93 %
d'inserció en el mateix lloc de les pràctiques
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Ells t'ho expliquen

Luis Ruiz Ávila
Luis Ruiz Ávila
Director del Màster
Aquest màster et permetrà conèixer el sector biomèdic a Catalunya de primera mà, adquirir experiència i crear relacions amb persones destacades de l’àmbit. El nostre objectiu és que adquireixis el coneixement necessari i les aptituds adequades per a una reeixida incorporació al món laboral.
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We train you with a large number of work placement hours

The Master’s Degree in Biomedical Business Management includes theoretical training in the afternoon and work placement in the mornings. This will allow you to have direct contact with biomedical, biotechnological or pharmaceutical businesses during the programme, as well receive reimbursement of part of the programme tuition (minimum 50% of guaranteed credits).

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The Master’s Degree in Biomedical Business Management includes theoretical training in the afternoon and paid internships, in the mornings. This will allow you to have direct contact with biomedical, biotechnological or pharmaceutical businesses during the programme, as well receive reimbursement of part of the programme tuition (minimum 50% of guaranteed credits).

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Paid work experience

The programme includes paid work placements that will allow you to gain the necessary experience to enter the job market, as well as recover all or part of your investment in the programme.

93% of our students get a job in the same company as their work placement.

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Objectives

  • Provide the theoretical framework necessary to understand the rise of the new hybrid biomedical business model.
  • Provide the necessary practical knowledge to execute the different development plans of a company in each of its departments.
  • Introduce students to the latest advances in clinical trials, their regulation, management and conduct.
  • Understand the marketing process of a drug, medical device or digital device from creation to the first sale.
  • Able to do basic economic planning of the cost of developing these technologies.
  • Know the required language of the industry in terms of development, value chain, markets, costs and institutional relationships.
  • Know the development plans on management, protection, finance, market, registration, and sales for marketing healthcare technology.
  • Develop negotiation skills to reach agreements internally in a company (relationships between departments) and externally (between companies).
  • Develop project management skills 
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Who is this course aimed at? Profile

Recent graduates or young professionals who wish to focus their career on the pharmaceutical and biomedical industries. 

Disciplines (original certification):

  • Ciencias Biomédicas
  • Biología
  • Biotecnología
  • Ingeniería Biomédica
  • Farmacia
  • Bioquímica
  • Bioingeniería
  • Nutrición
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Competences

Basic skills:

  • Have and understand knowledge in an area of study that is based on education in biomedical sciences and that involve knowledge from finance and business administration.
  • Apply knowledge to work or vocation in a professional manner and have skills that are usually demonstrated through the creation and defence of arguments and problem solving within their field of study.
  • Gather and interpret relevant data to express judgements that include a reflection on relevant issues of a social, scientific and ethical nature.
  • Convey information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  • Develop the necessary learning skills to undertake positions with a high degree of autonomy.

 

General skills:

  • Recognise the different areas and dynamics of the biomedical company in which students can practice.
  • Integrate basic concepts related to the biomedical industry both at the theoretical and work level.
  • Use tools that add to the foundational training of the master’s degree that will facilitate the student job placement.
  • Recognise the essential elements of the biomedical business including proper communication, interdisciplinary and team work.
  • Design, write and execute projects related to the area of the biomedical company.
  • Recognise basic concepts from different areas as they relate to the biomedical company.
  • Acquire flexibility in the job positions of a biomedical company.

 

Specific skills:

  • Able to constantly learn and adapt work to eventualities.
  • Use databases to search for proven information and analyse it critically.
  • Interpret the data obtained to solve the problems that arise.
  • Able to take the lead of a project and colleagues when needed to meet deadlines.
  • Acquire basic knowledge in preparing budgets for developing biomedical products (drugs, medical devices, diagnostic devices).
  • Integrate a global and strategic business vision.
  • Integrate the vocabulary required for the necessary institutional relationships within a biomedical company.
  • Able to clearly communicate a work plan.
  • Prepare a plan for developing health technology (drug, medical device or digital device), the hypothetical design of a clinical trial and prepare a plan covering the different phases of the process.
  • Able to conduct a hypothetical negotiation to come to an agreement with a potential supplier, customer or industrial partner.

Curriculum

Study programme and subjects 2026-2027

Subjects in course 1 Type Term ECTS
Acceso al Mercado, Finanzas y Marketing Type: OB Term: Annual ECTS: 4
Capacidades Transversales: Gestión de Proyectos, Negociación y Comunicación Type: OB Term: Annual ECTS: 4
Desarrollo de Moléculas y Dispositivos Médicos Type: OB Term: Annual ECTS: 6
Estrategia y Operaciones Type: OB Term: Annual ECTS: 3
Introducción a la Industria Biomédica Type: OB Term: Annual ECTS: 4
Propiedad Intelectual, Transferencia de Tecnología y Aspectos Regulatorios Type: OB Term: Annual ECTS: 3
Trabajo Fin de Máster Type: TF Term: Annual ECTS: 6
Prácticas Externas Type: PR Term: Annual ECTS: 30
  • ECTS: European Credit Transfer System
  • Term: calendar period
  • (a): subjects which are taught in English

Internship

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To be carried out in businesses, both national and international, in the biomedical industry:

  • Alta Life Sciences
  • Asabys
  • Asphalion
  • Biocat
  • Capital Cell
  • Catalonia Bio
  • Ferrer
  • Fundació Bosch Gimpera
  • Fundació Pasqual Maragall 
  • Fundació Sant Joan de Déu
  • Genesis Biotech
  • Hospital Clínic - Innovación
  • Inveniam
  • Inveready
  • IS Global
  • Isdin
  • iVascular
  • Kymos
  • Novartis
  • Sanofi
  • Veristat
  • VHIR/VHIO
  • ZBM Patents
  • ZeClinics

Information sessions

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Attend the next Informative Session

The University is organising open days for future university students who would like to know more about our institution and the programmes we offer.

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Date03/02/2026
Schedule5:00 p.m. (Spain)
LocationOnline

Admission process

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Admission process for master's and postgraduate programmes

  • Request information

  • Application for admission

    • Delivery of documentation
    • Validation of documentation
  • Assessment of candidate

  • Result of admission process

    • Admission
    • On hold
    • No admission
  • Deposit paid

  • Enrolment

    Between July and September

    • Tuition paid
  • Welcome!

    You are now part of UIC Barcelona

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The direct access route for the enrolment in the master’s degree is to have a university degree in any of the bachelor’s degrees in Biomedical Sciences, Biology, Biotechnology, Biomedical Engineering, Pharmacy, Biochemistry, Bioengineering or Nutrition.

In the event of more applications submitted than places offered, the academic and professional curriculum of each candidate will be studied in order to establish criteria that adjust in the most objective way possible and that serve to determine which candidates will be admitted to this master’s programme. Moreover, personal interviews will be conducted to ensure that the training expectations that the future student is looking for are in line with the teaching programme. These interviews may be carried out both in person and telematically and will allow to us to learn aspects of the candidate such as those listed below:

  • Future student’s interest in employment
  • What the student finds interesting about this programme
  • Reason why the student wants to choose this training programme
  • Learning expectations
  • Future expectations
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Admission process

If you have decided to study this master’s programme, follow the steps below to complete the admission process. We advise you not to delay as places are limited.

  • 1. Online application for admission.
  • 2. Send the following documentation (*)

Students who have official Spanish university degree

  1. An attested photocopy of your degree certificate or the document recognising the degree as equivalent, or an attested photocopy of the receipt for payment of the fees required to issue the degree certificate.
  2. An attested photocopy of your academic transcripts from past university studies.

Students who have official university degree from a foreign university

  1. A legalised original photocopy of your degree certificate.
  2. A legalised original photocopy of your academic transcripts from past university studies.

In all cases:

  1. One passport-sized photo.
  2. One photocopy of your national ID card (DNI) or passport.
  3. An up-to-date CV.
  4. A letter of motivation
     
  • 3. Interview

Interview with the master’s degree coordinator.

Once you have been admitted, you can begin the reservation and registration process.

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Admission Criteria

It is required, according to the provisions of article 16 of RD 861/2010, to be in possession of the official Spanish university degree, bachelor's, diploma, engineer or architect or any other issued by a higher education institution belonging to a Member State of the European Higher Education Area that authorises for the access to a master's degree.

The entrance exams consist of a weighted assessment of the following documents:

Once the admission process has ended, the Information and Admissions Service, responsible for managing the tests, will communicate the result to each candidate.

In addition to the basic degree criteria, specific percentages for the different actions carried out will be established in order to more objectively set the criteria for selecting candidates:

  1. Academic record of the certified programmes that allows for enrolment; this record will be weighted according to the average grade of the university where the degree was obtained (25%).
  2. Personal interview conducted by the programme management (25%).
  3. University academic training complementary to the degree that allows access to the master's degree, with greater valuation when such training is related to the contents of the master's degree (15%).
  4. Work experience in the fields related to the subject matter of the master's degree and certified by the companies where the candidate had or currently is working (15%).
  5. Certified experience in research at a university centre or in any other type of public or private entity, with special relevance for scientific production (10%).
  6. Letters of recommendation (2) issued by academic professionals or professionals duly identified (10%).

Admissions reserves 70% of the places for graduates of Spanish universities. The remaining 30% of places is reserved for foreign students (i.e., students from the European Higher Education Area, EHEA, with a bachelor's degree and also those graduates from educational systems outside the EHEA who do not need recognition of the degree as equivalent after the relevant checks that prove training similar to that carried out in undergraduate studies in Spain and that said degree allows students to carry out postgraduate studies in the country of origin), Exceptionally, once the registration period for the master's degree has ended and always in the event that the offer of places is higher than the demand obtained, admission or not of students who do not meet the minimum requirements for admission set out in this point may be studied, provided that it is conditional on the candidate meeting these requirements by the time the master's degree begins.

Both pre-registration and registration will be carried out virtually. The master’s degree director and coordinator are the body responsible for admission to the degree programme.

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Reservation and enrolment

Candidates who have been accepted into a master's or postgraduate degree programme will receive an acceptance letter that is contingent on payment of the reservation fee.

  1. Place reservation is made effective by payment of the amount specified for the respective programme, within five business days of receipt of the admission acceptance letter.
  2. Once a place has been officially reserved, if a student fails to meet, according to state or autonomous community legislation in force at all times, the requirements for admission to the degree course; does not hold the required qualification required; or students are not enrolled due to insufficient registration, UIC will reimburse the full amount of the reservation fee.
  3. If the student withdraws from the course for any reason, UIC Barcelona will withhold the reservation fee in its entirety with no obligation to reimburse the amount, as compensation for any damages or losses incurred.
  4. It will be understood that non-payment of the reservation fee means the student forfeits their place, and thereby allows UIC Barcelona to cancel and void the application submitted for a place.

Prices, grants and financial aid

Price

€158.00 / ECTS x 60 = €9,480.00 (+ €509.00 Registrations fees). *Prices corresponding to the 2026-2027 academic year.
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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
 

Grants from other institutions
 

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Other grants

Those pursuing master's degrees or postgraduate programmes studies at UIC Barcelona are also eligible for other scholarships.

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Financing

In order to make tuition fee payments easier for students, UIC Barcelona offers various financing options through its partner banks.

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Alumni Ambassador

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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.

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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.
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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.

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Information Sessions
03/02/2026 at 5:00 p.m. (Spain)
At UIC Barcelona, we organise online information sessions about our master’s and postgraduate programmes. The aim of these sessions is to provide you information and guidance and answer any questions you may have about the studies we offer (you will receive the access link via email on the day of the session).