Intercultural Communication and Public Service Interpreting and Translation

• Specialisation in Arabic-Spanish (M195)
• Specialisation in Chinese-Spanish (M196)
• Specialisation in French-Spanish (M197)
• Specialisation in English-Spanish (M198)
• Specialisation in Russian-Spanish (M199)

Possibility of Double Degree with l`Université de Pau et des Pays de l`Adour (Francia).

Master's Website

Filología, estudios clásicos, traducción y lingüística

Department of Modern Pholology.

Faculty of Philosophy and Arts
- Colegio San José de Caracciolos.
- Colegio de Málaga.
- Colegio de los Trinitarios.

2006-2007 (RD 56/2005)

2009-2010 (RD 1393/2007)

2021-22 (RD 1393/2007) Modified version

One academic year, full-time

Two academic years, part-time

Blended learning: face-to-face and online learning

Spanish and the language of the chosen specialisation

Level 3 leading to the title of Master's Degree. Level 3 (Master's) of the Spanish Qualifications Framework for Higher Education (MECES) corresponds to level 7 of the European Qualifications Framework (EQF), in accordance with the provisions of the Royal Decree 22/2015, of 23rd January (BOE 07/02/2015).

This is not a degree title qualifying with ministerial approval for the exercise of regulated professional activities.

Professional/Research

Dra. M. Carmen Pena Díaz
carmen.pena@uah.es

Academic Coordination

Bianca Vitalaru (Árabe) 

Bianca Vitalaru (Chino)

Alfredo Álvarez Álvarez (Francés)

Carmen Pena Díaz y Carmen Valero Garcés (Inglés)

Mª Jesús Fernández Gil  (Ruso)

Quality Coordination

Bianca Vitalaru

See the composition of the Quality Committee in the Quality Guarantee section.

Internships Coordination

Bianca Vitalaru 

Dra. Carmen Pena Díaz (Director) 

Dra. Bianca Vitalaru (PDI Representative)

Dra. Carmen Valero Garcés (PDI Representative)

Dra. Mª Jesús Fernández Gil (PDI Representative)

Dr. Alfredo Álvarez Álvarez (PDI Representative)

Minutes of the academic Committee

Direction of the Translation and Interpreting Programme
carmen.pena@uah.es

Secretary of the Translation and Interpreting Programme:

traduccion.online@uah.es

Tlf. 91 885 53 09 (Monday to Thursday from 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.)

Administrative issues:
master.universitario@uah.es

The goals of this Master's degree are in line with the stipulates of the Spanish Framework for Higher Education Qualifications (MECES) and ensure the achievement of the basic competencies required to obtain a master's degree, following article 3.3, Appendix I of R.D. 1393/2007.

Fulfilment of the goals means students have achieved competencies that must be consistent with the fundamental rights of equality between men and women, with the principles of equal opportunities and universal accessibility for the disabled, and with the values proper to a democratic and peace-loving culture.

The main objective of the master's degree in Intercultural Communication, Translation and Interpretation in Public Services is to prepare translators and interpreters to develop their professional work in the field of public services that assist foreign populations. Given that these organizations are very diverse, such as police stations, courts and health centers, and the assistance of a translator and/or interpreter may be required in all of these institutions, in this master's degree students will specialize to develop their work in the health field, legal and administrative. Therefore, students will be trained in both translation and interpretation and interlinguistic and intercultural mediation for public services.

This specialization will be carried out in the language combination that the student chooses, including: Chinese-Spanish, Arabic-Spanish, English-Spanish, French-Spanish and Russian-Spanish.

The master's degree has a professional but also research perspective for those students who want to pursue doctoral studies.

This Master's offers any student the possibility to study a selection of subjects compounding a Micro-Master's Degree, which will enable the student, if requested at the end of the course, to obtain an Own Studies Degree title from the University of Alcalá.

After finishing the subjects the student could apply, paying the corresponding fees, for a Certificate of the Micro-Master's Degree. Besides, if the student wants to complete the Master's in the future, the subjects finished in the Micro-Master's Degree will automatically be incorporated into the student's academic record at no cost.

Pre-registration and matriculation for these Micro-Master's Degrees will follow the usual procedure of pre-registration and matriculation.

The Micro-Master's Degrees included in the Master's are:

• Access to Pre-registration

• Specialisation in Arabic-Spanish: 20 places
• Specialisation in Chinese-Spanish: 30 places
• Specialsation in French-Spanish: 20 places
• Specialisation in English-Spanish: 30 places per group (2 groupes)
• Specialisation in Russian-Spanish: 20 places

• Required documentation

• Specialisation in Arabic-Spanish (M195)
• Specialisation in Chinese-Spanish (M196)
• Specialisation in French-Spanish (M197)
• Specialisation in English-Spanish (M198)
• Specialisation in Russian-Spanish (M199)

Fees: 1st matriculation: nationals and residents: 2.736 € ; non-EU non-residents: 5.079 (approximate information).

Academic year 2024-25

The different modules of the Master's degree integrate face-to-face teaching with online or distance learning, according to the following calendar:

• Module 1 on Interlinguistic and Intercultural Communication (3 subjects): 1-31 October.
• Module 2 on Health T&I (2 face-to-face subjects*): 4 November to 19 of December. 
• Module 3 on legal-administrative T&I (2 face-to-face subjects*): 8 January to 7  March.
• Module 4. Internships: March-end of May/September (modality: depending on the institution). Internships timetable: to be agreed upon with the institution's internship tutor assigned by the University. More information: specific document on the students' virtual platform.
• Module 5. Master's Dissertation: (Under the supervision of the professor in charge) Submission: first week of June/ first week of September; Oral Defence: end of June or early July/September.

Academic year 2025-26

Start of classes: October 1, 2025

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Face-to-face classes: Monday to Thursday from 16:00 to 20:00. Complementary sessions will be held in the morning, including Fridays, to complement the training modules.

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Faculty of Philosophy and Arts

• Colegio de Málaga
  C/ Colegios 2
  28801. Alcalá de Henares
• Edificio San José de Caracciolos
  C/ Trinidad 3-5
  28801. Alcalá de Henares.
• Colegio de los Trinitarios
  C/ Trinidad 1
  28801. Alcalá de Henares.
• Aulario María de Guzmán.
  C/ San Cirilo s/n
  28801. Alcalá de Henares

Installations, services and plans

(Computer rooms, bibliographic resources, libraries, study rooms...):

• Faculty of Philosophy and Arts

• Dra. Carmen Pena Díaz (Master Director and PDI)
• Dra. Bianca Vitalaru (Quality Coordinator and PDI)
• Dra. Mª Mar Sánchez Ramos (PDI Representative)
• Isabel San Vicente (PAS Responsible)
• Laura Monguilod Navarro  (Students Representative) 

Minutes of the Quality Commission