Master in Human Resources & Talent Development
Master's Degree in Human Resources and Talent Development + Program in Digital Transformation in HR
- Full Time
- 60 ECTS
- Oct. 2025 - 10 months
- English
Presentation of this Master in Human Resources & Talent Development
This master's degree is taught in ENGLISH
The Master in Human Resources and Talent Development de EAE Business School Madrid equips you to design business strategies focused on people as the key to the success of the company.
The people who make up that the company are the heart of the organization’s strategy and management and, therefore, the driving force behind its competitive advantage. To develop and retain the brightest talent, it is essential that the workplace in underpinned by an ecosystem of professional wellbeing, achievement and development. This requires a shift from the traditional model of HR management.
The Master in Human Resources and Talent Development enables you to lead decision-making, the incorporation and management of new technologies, talent development, team-building strategies, coaching and employer branding.
Gain a 360º overview of Human Resources Management at a business school that will boost your career and pave the way towards your future.
OFFICIAL MASTER'S DEGREE
On successful completion of your program, you will receive a double qualification: the Master in Human Resources and Talent Development from EAE Business School and the Master in Human Resources and Talent Development from Universidad Internacional de la Empresa (UNIE).
*Official degree recognized by the Ministry of Education of Colombia and SUNEDU.
Stand out from other professional profiles by specializing in Digital Transformation in HR
Master's Degree in Human Resources and Talent Development + Program in Digital Transformation in HR (3 ECTS)
You will be able to specialize your studies by taking the Program in Digital Transformation in HR completely free of charge.
You will expand your knowledge of how digital transformation affects people management, you will be able to apply the latest trends to improve efficiency in processes and redefine how we manage and develop our talent.
This training will give you the knowledge and skills that will allow you to improve your professional profile.
- The Essence of Digitalization and the Challenges it Poses to Businesses
- Challenges Facing Professionals in 202x and Strategies for Addressing Them through Human Resources
- Processes Susceptible to Digitalization in HR
- Digitalizing with RPA (Robotic Process Automation)
- Visualizing and Analyzing Data with Power BI
Enroll now and start enjoying your career boosting plan.*
From the moment of your enrollment we will start working together in the materialization of your professional project through a personalized development plan. Are you going to miss it? Request information and we will explain it to you.
*This service applies only to on-site programs.
Reasons to take this master
- Employability: 84.03% of companies are looking for Human Resources executives (5th Adecco Professional Report). Get ready to open up lots of professional doorways.
- Quality accreditations: EAE Business School is a member of the Spanish Association of People Management and Development (AEDIPE) and the Association of Human Resources Directors (AEDRH).
- International Talent Program: If you are striving for international professional development, you will achieve maximum visibility among the multinational that work with EAE, thanks to Employment Workshops and interviews headhunters and international recruitment consultants.
- HRCI Professional Certification: The syllabus and teaching materials are designed to enable you, if you wish, you can sit and pass the certification examinations of the Human Resources Certification Institute. Dare to take on this challenge and gain a valuable international accreditation.
- International Residential Program in Mysore, India: At the end of the tuition period, you have the option to take part in a two-week Residential Program (at an additional cost) at the SDM Institute for Management Development.
- True Potential Experience: Enjoy an experience that combines the Master in Human Resource & Talent Development with a Personalized Professional Development Plan, guided by a True Potential Advisor, who will help you find, focus and develop your true potential.
Student profile
Syllabus
- Principles of human resource management - 3 ECTS
- The function of Human Resources.
- Human Resources Management and Direction.
- Strategic human resource management - 3 ECTS
- Competitive strategy.
- Organizational structure.
- Professional ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility - 3 ECTS
- Foundations of business ethics.
- Social responsibility as a business action.
- Ethics in organizations: building trust.
- Generating value through social responsibility.
- Company governance.
- Key metrics for CSR management.
- Equality in HR Management.
- Decision-making in HR: financial decisions - 3 ECTS
- Financial and economic information in HR.
- Value, price and opportunity cost in decision-making.
- Supply and demand in the labour market.
- Optimal outsourcing based on comparative advantages.
- Multi-factor productivity and workforces in different countries.
- Valuation of intangibles related to HR.
- Calculating profitability of HR investments.
- HR costs and budgets.
- Finance and remuneration policies.
- Budgetary control, cost drivers vs. revenue drivers.
- Financial forecasts, investment control and risks.
- Strategy, balanced scorecard and KPIs.
- Decision-making in HR: Data-based decisions - 3 ECTS
- Data organization.
- Decisions in Human Resources.
- Big Data and Business Intelligence.
- Management of the emplotment cycle of human capital - 3 ECTS
- Human Resources social security management.
- Recruitment and selection.
- Onboarding.
- Development.
- Termination.
- People development and talent management - 3 ECTS
- Talent management: Talent + management.
- Prior analysis: Strategic vision of the company.
- Competency-based management as the basis of the talent management program.
- Talent identification and its tools.
- Talent management programs: Personal development plans, career plans and succession plans (components and characteristics of each).
- Personal development tools.
- Definitive program design, information analysis and decision-making.
- Compensation systems - 3 ECTS
- The function of the company’s remuneration and compensation system.
- Fixed remuneration. The fairness of the remuneration system. The balance between internal fairness and external competitiveness. Salary review and adjustment process.
- Corporate benefits and in-kind compensation. Benefits and granting system. Tax and employment implications.
- Employer branding - 3 ECTS
- Employer branding.
- Brand construction.
- Attracting talent.
- Socioeconomic Impact of the Labour Market on the Organization - 3 ECTS
- The labour market
- The new labour market
- Trends in the labour market
- Legal Labour Framework – 3 ECTS
- Employment law
- Employment law in the new environments
- Companies and the legal employment framework
- Employment law and Human Resources
- Global Management of Human Capital – 3 ECTS
- Globalization in Human Resources management
- Corporate management
- Human Resources in global settings
- Leadership, team building & coaching - 6 ECTS
- The executive competency profile.
- Leadership.
- Teambuilding.
- Coaching.
- Change management - 3 ECTS
- Organization and change.
- Resistance to change.
- Change planning.
- Organizational development.
- Labour welfare and healthy organizations - 3 ECTS
- Quality in work.
- Personnel problems.
- Organizational health.
- External Acedimic Intenships - 6 ECTS
- Master’s Thesis – 6 ECTS
Minors
Minors are elective courses that enable you to personalize your Master and build a study program tht has the scope for new disciplines aligned with your profesional interest and goals. They act as real communication links that enable you to explore other areas of knowledge and connect them to yours. Minors multiply your opportunities for networking and expand your professional horizons. The range of Minors on offer varies depending on the intake and campus.
Choose between:
- Application of AI in Business
- Stategy and Data Analytics
- Fintech: Technology for Finance
- Marketing automation and marketing intelligence
- Neuromarketing
- Digital Marketing
- Sales management Innovation
- Sustainability: Strategies and Opportunities
- Scalling Up: Strategies for business growth management
- Project management techniques
- Corporate Wellbeing: Leading Wellbeing Strategies
- Business Agility
- Leadership: Team development techniques
Explore new areas of knowledge and boost your employability by acquiring the competencies in the highest demand.
3 Territories to conquer
1. Planning
Design a strategy aligned with the company’s goals to anticipate future movements in the area of HR
2. People Management
Develop the talent, executive skills and competences required to lead and drive the changes needed in an organization.
3. Strategic Management
Lead the different HR functions, including recruitment and selection, talent management, workforce planning, labour relations and staff administration
Professional prospects and entry profile
What you study here and now will have an impact on your career tomorrow. Start imagining your future and take a look at some of the professional prospects that await you.
- Human Resources Director
- Motivation and Engagement Programme Manager
- Head of Employer Branding
- Head of Learning and Development
- Headhunter
- Leadership Director
The Master in Human Resources and Talent Management is open to students with a very diverse range of access profiles, including graduates with a Bachelor Degree in the field of social sciences, technical qualifications, or humanities with a broad selection of specializations.
However, the Master is primarily designed for university graduates with the following qualifications, which constitute the recommended entry profile:
- Bachelor Degree in Economic and Business Sciences
- University Diploma in Business Sciences.
- Bachelor Degree in Business Administration and Management.
- Bachelor Degree in Economics.
- Bachelor Degree in Work Sciences and Human Resources
- Bachelor Degree in Psychology, Teaching or Sociology.
- Bachelor Degree in Labour Relations and Human Resources.
- Postgraduate students who have completed official Master programs that include the fundamental aspects of these qualifications.
Specific admission criteria
Students who have any of the qualifications that constitute the recommended entry profile will have direct access to this Master, without needing to complete any supplementary training courses.
Students who wish to access the Master who have a qualification other than those specified above or who have not completed an official Master program that includes the fundamental knowledge covered by these qualification programs must complete supplementary training courses to develop their knowledge bases to the required level with respect to the basic areas of Human Resources and Talent Management. These supplementary training courses are compulsory and will be run before the start of the first semester of the Master, specifically, between the last week of August and the mid-October.
In the case of students who have proven experience in the field of Business Management or Human Resources Management, it will be examined whether this experience justifies exemption from the supplementary training courses based on the position held and the duration of this professional experience.
Professional experience must be accredited by a document issued, signed and stamped by the organization for which the student wants to accredit this experience. This document must specify the management duties performed in middle and senior management positions, as indicated above.
Faculty
The professors of the Master in Human Resources & Talent Development at EAE Madrid combine a high-level professional background, occupying relevant positions within organizations, with academic excellence by having doctorates.
Cristina Pérez Pérez
PhD in Business Organization in the Social and Legal Sciences Doctoral School of the Rey Juan Carlos University. Teacher specialized in Strategic Management HR and Business Games.
Andrea Pérez Pérez
Degree in advertisign and public relations and expert in protocol. Entrepreneur in the textile sector with extensive experience in start-ups and social networks.
Antonio Montero Navarro
Doctor in Business Organization in the Social and Legal Sciences Doctoral Program of the International Doctoral School of the Rey Juan Carlos University. Professor specialized in Strategic Management.
Rafael Nebreda
Graduated in Business Administration and management from the UAM and Foresty Engineer from the UPM. With more than 15 years of experience, he has developed his professional career in the environmental and retail sector.
Ángel Andreu Escario
CEO at A2A Solutions. + 30 years in management positions in different public companies (general deputy director of the National Institute of Industry). PhD in Industral Engineering, with MIB postgraduate degrees from EOI and INSEAD.
Esther González
Professional with more than 20 years of experience in Human Resources management positions.
Rocío Gallego Losada
PhD in Economics and Business Sciences from the Complutense University of Madrid. Extensive teaching and research experience carrying out various stays as a visiting professor in Nevada (USA), Nanchang (China), Krems (Austria), Nice (France), Coimbra (Portugal), Osnabrük (Germany), Helsinki (Finland) and Clermont (France).
Miguel Blanco Callejo
Doctor in Business Organization in the Social and Legal Sciences Doctoral Program of the International Doctoral School of the Rey Juan Carlos University. Business consultant and teacher of Strategic Management.
Miguel Ángel García
Assets and financial markets professional: variable income, valuation and analysis of companies, fixed income, investment funds, ETFs, currencier, currently director of analysis of Researchfy (stock markets analysis company), financial consultant to raise capital and subsequent IPO of a construction company and teacher at business schools.
Rafael Valentín
Graduated in Law and Politics, lawyer and teacher of Professional Deontology and Equality.
Alexia de la Morena
CEO Neuromarketing Expert in Neuromarketing and Digital Behavior, Strategic, Sensory and Experential Marketing. Degree in Psychology (UNED) and in Journalism (Complutense University of Madrid), EXMBA master from the Instituto de Empresa.
Bethlem Boronath
Graduate and PhD in Journalism, Specialized in the design of customized creative work methodologies and creativity training aimed especially at innovation, communication and marketing sectors.
True Potential Experience
At EAE Business School Madrid, we know that are all born with something that, if you discover and nurture it in time, can make all the difference in your professional career.
With this in mind, EAE Madrid offers you the True Potential Experience: an experience that combines our Master in Human Resource & Talent Development with a Personalized Professional Development Plan.
With True Potential Experience, we want to give you more than just a top-quality education. We want to give you the opportunity to discover your true potential and make it a reality.
Employment report
Where do our students work?
Nuestros alumnos del Máster en Recursos Humanos y Desarrollo del Talento de EAE trabajan en empresas líderes, como:
Financial support
At EAE Business School Madrid, we offer financial support to all the candidates on EAE programs.
EAE Business School grants
Achieving excellence in your studies requires a large dose of energy and perseverance. We like to think that we can offer an extra motivation for students who are working at the highest level. The Academic Excellence grant is awarded to candidates who have displayed extraordinary performance and can accredit an average score on their academic record of over 9.5.
We strive to increase the presence of women in executive positions and promote gender equality in the labour market Over 40% of our students are women, many of whom combine their studies with their professional and personal lives. We want to reward their efforts with this grant, which takes their academic report into consideration, but also their executive potential, leadership capacity and professional background.
Launching an entrepreneurial venture is an exciting journey that requires preparation, the capacity for sacrifice and creativity. We aim to foster entrepreneurial spirit and great business ideas with a grant awarded to directors of SMEs, self-employed professionals and people with their own business project. To be eligible to apply for the grant, the Master candidates must have created a company in the same year.
We are certain that, to achieve a fairer, more participative society, we have to run initiatives designed to foster the talent of people with a disability. With this in mind, we have created a grant for the Master in Marketing and Sales Management that is awarded to the candidate with an accredited disability of at least 33% who has the best academic record.
In the global world in which we now live, it is important to discover new cultures that enable us to enhance our competencies. With this in mind, we offer a grant to students whose program includes an international mobility option on its syllabus (programs that offer students an optional residential program abroad). This grant covers the cost of enrolling at the destination university.
Other ways of financing the master
There are other sources of financial support for studying offered by different institutions and organizations, to which you also have access.
The grants offered by the MAEC (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation) and the AECID (International Cooperation Agency for Development) offer the opportunity to take this Master to young and foreign university students who choose to round off their studies in a Spanish university or educational institution. The grants are aimed at candidates with university qualification (and final-year students in some cases).
Frequently asked questions about the Master's in Human Resources and Talent Development
Although not all training courses follow a set pattern, as a general rule, a Master's degree in Human Resource Management usually covers topics related to:
- Recruitment and selection of talent
- Employer Branding Management
- Employee training, development and loyalty
- Employee compensation and benefits
- HR leadership
- Performance management and employee relations management
- Talent management
More law-related topics such as labour law are also often covered.
A Master in Human Resources and Talent Development offers specialised training in key areas of the HR field. The aim of these programmes is to provide students with the up-to-date skills and knowledge necessary to excel in a dynamic and strategic field. Furthermore, thanks to this master's degree you will obtain the academic training necessary to be able to positively influence the performance and well-being of employees and contribute to the success of organisations.
With a Master's degree in Human Resources and Talent Management, students will be able to access a wide range of HR-related job opportunities. In an increasingly competitive business world, attracting talent and building employee loyalty is becoming more and more important.
With a master's degree of this type you will be able to work in national or international companies in roles such as:
- HR Director, HR Manager or HR Manager
- Talent consultant
- Recruitment manager or technician
- Headhunter
- Training and development manager
- Organisational development specialist
- Compensation and benefits analyst
- Employer Branding Manager
- Legal and labour advisor or manager
It should be noted that these are just a few examples and that the outlets for a Master's in HR and Talent Management are updated according to the needs of the business world.
An HR manager working in Spain usually has various responsibilities that vary according to the company in which he or she works. Typically, their responsibilities include tasks such as:
- Managing the recruitment and selection of personnel.
- Administering labour policies,
- Overseeing talent management and career development processes,
- Managing labour relations and dealing with potential conflicts.
- Ensuring compliance with labour regulations.
Also, in some cases, may be responsible for compensation and benefits management, as well as the design and implementation of wellness and training programmes.
The ideal student to pursue a Master's degree in Human Resource Management is a person with previous related training and a strong interest in talent and, therefore, people management.
In addition, it is recommended that they have skills such as empathy, leadership, critical thinking, conflict resolution, as well as the ability to communicate effectively and to put themselves in the shoes of others.
Last but not least, the world of human resources is a constantly changing industry. It is therefore essential that the student has the ability to adapt to these changes as well as an interest in further training.
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