🎓 Expert Diploma in Economic Criminal Law

The course in Economic Criminal Law from the Abat Oliba CEU University is a complete and practical programme taught by expert law professionals.

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Expert Diploma in Economic Criminal Law
Denomination

Expert Diploma in Economic Criminal Law

Academic Area

Law and Political Science

Length

8 months

Credits

15 ECTS

modality

Blended learning

Language

Spanish

Student profile

Practising lawyers, law graduates, law honours degree holders, those working in business consultancy, other honours degree holders or graduates interested in Economic Criminal Law, as well as professionals with responsibilities in the business environment.

Admission and Enrolment

Enrolment application via website, sending of the documents and formalisation of admission at the University.

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Calendar and timetables

From October to May. Friday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Academic calendar

Complete and practical programme taught by expert legal practitioners

Why study at the UAO CEU?

1. Employability

94.6% of our students find employment at the end of their studies (AQU 2023 labour market insertion survey).

2. Specialisation, differentiation and professional projection

Economic Criminal Law is studied at a national and international level as a specialisation of Criminal Law, which is not restricted to the development and study of crimes considered to be economic crimes. It extends to other areas including: the extension of economic criminal law, its conceptual basis, technical and theoretical development on aspects of general economic criminal law, to the extent that criminal sanctions apply to conduct which implies the infringement of essential rules in economics, and the responsibility of the company in particular when it comes to the market and the administration, and the responsibility they have to loyalty with regard to the interests of the company.

In order to give response to the training requirements in this area, the Universitat Abat Oliba CEU has created this comprehensive and practical programme taught by expert legal operators in this area (judges, magistrates, tax lawyers, lawyers and university professors).

3. Faculty

Our faculty is composed by well-known professionals with a wide teaching and professional experience.

4. Professional development

The student will master the evidentiary obligations and defence and accusation strategies for economic crime.

5. Information resources

The Library Service is conceived as a support unit for study and research. Its most important objective is to meet the educative and scientific demands. It has convenient opening hours, including weekends, with the best computer equipment. In addition, the UAO CEU offers to all the University community a vast digital storage, with free access to its publications from its docent, research or institutional activities carried out by teachers, students or former students from the University.

 

 

Study Plan

Faculty

FACULTY

  • Dr. Carlos Pérez del Valle. Rector at the Universitat Abat Oliba CEU. PhD in Law.
  • Pedro Ariche. Prosecutor in the Financial Crimes unit in the Catalan High Court of Justice.
  • Francisco Bañeres Santos. Assistant prosecutor of the Prosecutor’s Office in the Catalan High Court of Justice.
  • Jesús Barrientos Pacho. Magistrate, President of Section 8 in the Provincial Court in Barcelona.
  • Miguel Capuz Soler. Lawyer, Partner of the Criminal Department at Piqué Abogados Asociados SL.
  • Dr. Sergi Cardenal Montraveta. Professor of Criminal Law at the UB, Substitute Magistrate at the Provincial Court in Barcelona. PhD in Law.
  • Raquel Carrillo Carmona. Prosecutor in the Environmental Crime Unit in the Prosecutor’s Office in the Catalan High Court of Justice.
  • Dr. David Felip. Criminal Law Professor at the UPF. PhD in Law.
  • Dra. Rosa Fernández Palma. Magistrate, PhD in Law.
  • Dr. Ramón García Albero. Chaired Criminal Law Professor at the Universitat de Lleida.
  • Dr. Juan Carlos Hortal. Professor of Criminal Law at the UB, Substitute Magistrate at the Provincial Court in Barcelona.
  • Dr. Javier Marca Matute. Magistrate at the Provinical Court of Girona.
  • Cristóbal Martell Pérez-Alcalde. Lawyer, founding partner of the Martell lawyers' office.
  • Luis Fernando Martínez Zapater. Magistrate at Section 7 of the Provincial Court in Barcelona.
  • Dr. Oscar Morales García. Lawyer in Uría lawyers' office. PhD in Law.
  • Dr. Fermín Morales Prats. Chaired Criminal Law Professor at the UAB, founding partner of the Morales Prats Abogados lawyers' office.
  • Dr. Enrique Rovira del Canto. Magistrate of the Section 5 in the Provincial Court in Barcelona. Coordinator of the course. PhD in Law.
  • Ricardo Sanz-Gadea Góncer. Anti-corruption prosecutor in the High Court of Justice of Catalonia.
  • Dr. Jesús Silva Sánchez. Chaired Criminal Law Professor at UPF, founding partner of the Molins-Silva lawyers' office.
  • Dra. Blanca Torrubia Chalmenta. Doctor in Law specialized in civil. Lecturer at UOC.
  • Olga Tubau. Lawyer. Founding partner of the Tubau-Lajara lawyers' office.

DETAILED CV OF THE FACULTY

Prices and scholarships

TOTAL PRICE

€ 3,115*

*Price for the 2025-26 academic year

The academic fees correspond solely and exclusively to the provision of the teaching service of the degree enrolled on, this being the only service relating to the payment of these fees. By registering, the student consents and accepts that the teaching, tutorials, internships and evaluation tests may be face-to-face or remote (when the competent authorities so require, either directly or indirectly).

The obligation to pay the aforementioned fees in full will still apply even in the event that, for reasons beyond the University’s control, some of the training activities included in the degree cannot be carried out according to the teaching schedule established at the beginning of the academic year. Should this occur, the University will guarantee the student that said activity will be rescheduled whenever possible, taking into account the interest of the students and the other academic criteria that may apply.

PAYMENT METHOD

Once you have formalised reservation of your place, the remaining amount can be paid in the following ways:

One-time payment

A one-off payment entitles you to a discount of 3% on tuition fees.

Payment by instalments

3 instalments per year.

Monthly payments

10 instalments with special 0% interest financing with CaixaBank. This also entitles students to a discount of 3% on tuition fees.

Other financing agreements

With Banco Santander, CaixaBank, BBVA and Banc Sabadell. This also entitles students to a discount of 3% on tuition fees.
 

CANCEL YOUR PLACE AFTER RESERVATION

Students have until 30 June to cancel their reserved place. This way, you can book your place now and be free to cancel if your circumstances change*
*Deadline for cancelling subject to changes in the official enrolment calendar

MORE INFORMATION

Postgraduate and University Extension
Bellesguard, 30. 08022 Barcelona
Tel. +34 93 253 72 03
[email protected]

Quality and regulations

ADMISSION PROFILE

Students wishing to apply for the official master’s degree in Economic Criminal Law must have a Spanish degree or advanced course (general degree, degree or honours degree) or a foreign degree (equivalent to a Bachelor’s Degree in the Anglo-Saxon system).

 

This profile includes:

Practising lawyers, law graduates, law honours degree holders, those working in business consultancy, other honours degree holders or graduates interested in Economic Criminal Law, as well as professionals with responsibilities in the business environment.

OBJECTIVES

  • Identifying issues in the general and specialised areas of economic criminal law.
  • Analysing the relationships between criminal law and procedural law in the prosecution of economic crimes.
  • Mastering the evidentiary obligations and defence and accusation strategies for economic crime.
  • Adapting the knowledge of criminal law to the organisational structure of the company and being able to analyse crime risks when doing business.