Bachelor's degree in International Relations

It can be done via the Application for admission button on the page for each degree, or directly from here, and requires:

1. Registering in the single registration system and creating a user account (if not done previously).
2. Making a payment of €50 (non-refundable) for admission rights and procedures. This can be done with a credit or debit card through a secure and confidential process with BBVA bank.
3. Uploading the documentation to the document repository before the deadline for the place application process.

• Identification document (DNI, NIE, Passport)
• Certification of university entrance qualifications (PAU (University Entrance Exams), CFGS (Higher-Level Vocational Training), International Baccalaureate Diploma, etc.) if available at the time of applying for a place.

It can be done at the School itself, by going to the Student Information and Guidance Service (SIOE), and the following must be submitted:

1. Photocopy of the identification document (DNI, NIE, Passport)
2. Photocopy of the certification of university entrance qualifications (PAU (University Entrance Exams), CFGS, International Baccalaureate Diploma, etc.) if available at the time of applying for a place.
3. Payment of €50 (non-refundable) for admission rights and procedures. This can be made in cash or with a credit or debit card.

Studies can be paid upfront and/or in interest-free installments. If payment by installment is selected, upon enrollment the student will have two business days to pay 50% of the total cost of the enrolled credits, using their chosen form of payment; this payment will not be taken by direct debit. The remaining 50% will be divided into nine monthly payments from October to June via bank direct debit from the account provided at the time of enrollment. Prices for each academic year are updated annually.

Once payment is made, the corresponding receipt of enrollment can be viewed in the student's Document Repository and via the student's portal.

Students must apply to the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED) to obtain the credential certifying that they meet the requirements to access university studies within the state education system (UNED Credential). Therefore, they do not need to take the PAU (University Entrance Exams), but without the mentioned credential, they cannot enroll in our degrees.

The education systems that can be accessed through this pathway are: Germany, Andorra, Austria, European Schools (European baccalaureate), International Baccalaureate, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Slovakia, Slovenia, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, China and Cyprus.

These students may access our degrees by submitting the homologation of the High School diploma from the Spanish Ministry of Education or from the autonomous communities with transferred competence, such as the Generalitat de Catalunya. Proof of application for convalidation will be sufficient for students to enroll and begin taking a bachelor's degree course, however full enrollment is conditional on convalidation being confirmed. Bear in mind that convalidating studies can take more than three months to complete, so this process should be done in parallel with the admissions process to our bachelor's degrees. If the convalidation resolution is not obtained in the terms requested by the interested party, the results of any exams taken, or the enrollment made as a result thereof, are rendered null and void.

The thesis is linked to a methodological seminar, the design and content of which includes the systematization of a set of specific skills and knowledge to be applied to the project. At the same time, each thesis has an associated undergraduate professor who will act as an advisor and whose role will be to support the student in the correct development of the project.

GRIN students will have to choose one of these two thesis methods: research project and professional or applied project, both on a topic within one of the areas of knowledge of international relations. The first will have to be done individually, while the second modality can be done in a team (of 2 people maximum) or individually. In the case of teamwork, the relevance and suitability of doing it in pairs must be reasonably justified, the prior acceptance of which by the GRIN coordination will be necessary to carry out the proposal.

The project must be written in English .

Students will prepare a proposal covering the following areas: project type (research/professional or practical application), project title, justification for the chosen topic, and a brief explanatory summary of the topic to be developed, clearly specifying the general and specific objectives of the work proposal. Once the proposal has been submitted, the bachelor's degree coordination team will assign an advisor to each thesis, whose role is to guide and support the student throughout the development of the project.

The thesis will be written according to the chosen project method. In both cases, this phase is structured based on a series of assessable activities that the student will have to submit within the established deadlines. These submission dates are scheduled for the second semester of the fourth year, which is when the project will be formally developed.

Once the final report has been submitted, the student will have to defend the thesis before an ad hoc panel comprising two people, all of them GRIN professors, not including the advisor. One of the members of the panel will act as chairperson, responsible for presenting and moderating the proceedings, as well as signing the assessment report. In exceptional circumstances, the coordination team may invite external persons, experts in the field of study of the thesis in question, to participate as members of the panel, in place of the professors.

The final grade for the thesis comprises two main parts: the result of the activities carried out in the development phase and that of the oral defense phase.

• The advisor will evaluate and grade the four activities that make up the development phase of the thesis (70% of the overall grade).
• The panel will evaluate and grade both the oral defense and the final document of the thesis (30% of the overall grade).

• The bachelor's degree ensures that each student will be able to do an internship within a company in positions related to their sector.
• Each student will have a bachelor's degree advisor who will ensure they comply with the internship's objectives and make the most of the experience.
• In addition to the compulsory or curricular internships, students will be able to do whichever voluntary internship they want from their third year onwards.

• The core goal of the internship program is to guarantee the development of curricular internships in a public or private, national or international institution in the area of international relations.
• The internship period will enable students to apply the training received in order to the correctly undertake the profession in the international relations sector and to acquire a global understanding of the professional activity in this area, the different professional profiles and the dynamics of work in various industries of international relations.
• They have to provide the student with an overview of international relations and of the dynamics of how the entities connected to this professional sector work, including a governmental entity, a non-governmental organization, an international organization, a think tank, a consultancy or a company.
• Start creating a network of professional contacts that can help them enter the workplace smoothly in the future.

There are two types of external internships: curricular and extracurricular.

Curricular internships are those that form part of our curriculum: they are taken in parallel to seminar VII during the first semester of the fourth year. The seminar VII professor is the advisor who will supervise the evolution of the student in their internships and guide them throughout the process. In the company, students will also have an advisor appointed by the center who will supervise their learning.

Extracurricular internships are all others that the student can do electively outside the curriculum, although they also have an exclusively training and teaching purpose and will therefore be included in the European Diploma Supplement (EDS). In all cases, the internship must be compatible with the student's class hours. Internships may or may not be remunerated, depending on the company or institution.

In the following link you will find the program of the curricular internships.

On the Bachelor's Degree in International Relations, students also have the option of doing their curricular internship abroad through various agreements with companies, organizations and institutions.

The curricular and extracurricular internships are regulated by point 17 of the school's academic regulations.

The student's advisor in the school will provide students with the criteria to follow to successfully pass the internship course and the parameters for drawing up the internship report. Here is the guide to writing the report.

This must be done by contacting the School Internship Service.

• 2021 Final report
• Bachelor's degree in International Relations
• 2012 Verified report Old plan
• 2020 Verified report
• AQU assessment of Bachelor's Degree in International Relations
• Verification notification of Bachelor's Degree in International Relations
• Accreditation notification of Bachelor's Degree in International Relations
• Assessment of accreditation request of Bachelor's Degree in International Relations

Degree follow-up reports

• 2012-2013 Degree follow-up report - Bachelor's Degree in International Relations

Center follow-up report

• 2013-2014 Follow-up report
• Center follow-up report 2014-2015
• Center follow-up report 2015-2016
• Center follow-up report 2016-2017
• Center follow-up report 2017-2018
• Center follow-up report 2018-2019
• Center follow-up report 2019-2020
• Center follow-up report 2020-2021

• Proposed modification

• Satisfaction indicators (students) for the 2020-2021 academic year
• Degree indicator table
• 2014-2018 Occupational integration studies
• Bachelor degree employment rate studies 2017
• Bachelor degree employment rate studies 2018
• Bachelor degree employment rate studies 2019

Student surveys

• Survey of student satisfaction with online education
• Report result of the student form on online academic activity and COVID-19
• Blanquerna School of Communication and International Relations bachelor's and master's degrees student participation and satisfaction
• Survey of student satisfaction with School services 2019
• AQU preliminary report on graduate satisfaction 2019
• 2015 first-year student URL satisfaction
• 2015 fourth-year student URL satisfaction

Faculty surveys (research and teaching staff)

• Teaching and research staff satisfaction survey results tables 2019
• Teaching and research staff qualifications satisfaction survey results tables 2019
• Teaching and research staff survey participation results 2019
• Teaching and research staff satisfaction 2015
• Teaching and research staff satisfaction 2013

Administrative and service staff surveys

• Service staff survey (comparison of URL and Blanquerna results) 2015
• Administrative and service staff satisfaction survey summary tables 2019
• Administrative and service staff satisfaction 2015
• Administrative and service staff satisfaction 2013

Evidence relating to employer satisfaction

• 2019–2020 FCRIB Report on internship employer satisfaction
• 2017–2018 FCRIB Report on internship employer satisfaction

Job bank and careers

• Bachelor degree employment rate studies 2019
• Official master degree employment rate studies 2019
• Bachelor degree employment rate studies 2018
• Official master degree employment rate studies 2018
• Official master degree employment rate studies 2017
• Bachelor degree employment rate studies 2017
• 2014-2018 Occupational integration studies

URL Student mobility

• URL Erasmus Final Report

• Center self-report 2016/2017
• Center self-report 2018/2019
• Center self-report 2020/2021
• External assessment report 2017
• External assessment report 2019
• External assessment report 2021