General Competences (CG)

• CG1 : Capacity to find the information needed for advanced research.
• CG2 : Capacity to analyse complex information using quantitative methods.
• CG3 : Apply scientific criteria to analysing problems, based on using the most advanced technical instruments.
• CG4 : Ethical commitment and social responsibility at work, respecting the environment, being aware of and understanding the importance of respecting Fundamental Rights, Equal Opportunities for Men and Women, Universal Accessibility for the Disabled and respect for the Values of Peaceful Culture and Democratic Values.
• CG5 : Analyse problems using critical reasoning, without prejudices, precisely and rigorously.
• CG6 : Acquire the knowledge, skills and abilities needed for specialised academic research.
• CG7 : Capacity to present research results to a university board or academic meeting, scientific congress or specialist journal.

Specific Competences (CE)

• CE1 : Capacity to find, revise, select and use academic bibliography and specialised databases dealing with a particular topic.
• CE10 : Be able to use complex analysis methods for the analysis, diagnosis and solution of economic questions and problems that cannot be analysed using simpler techniques.
• CE11 : Be able to defend an idea in public by presenting one's arguments to one's opponents.
• CE12 : Ability to present the results of the analysis and exercises carried out using computer techniques, as part of the process of discussing the work carried out.
• CE2 : Capacity to select, design and justify a research project and carry it out using the appropriate scientific methodology.
• CE3 : Use rationality for specialised economic analysis and describing complex aspects of economic reality, paying attention to historical inertia.
• CE4 : Evaluate the consequences of different courses of action and select the best on the basis of the objectives.
• CE5 : Prepare academic works that satisfy the demands of highly-respected international scientific journals.
• CE7 : Identify sources of economic information that is difficult for less specialised researchers to understand and know how to analyse its content.
• CE8 : Capacity to apply the knowledge and skills acquired to solving theoretical and applied economic problems.
• CE9 : Analytical skills to develop theoretical frameworks that simplify the study of the more complex aspects of the real economy, and the capacity to set the appropriate levels of abstraction for studying the most complex economic questions.