One line per theme. Hollow stop: the semester isn't stated. Our classification by module titles.
Year 1Year 2Year 3Year 4
Specialist subjects
General Information SourcesInformation Search and RetrievalIntroduction to Information and Documentation Technologies+1
Descriptive CataloguingBibliography and Literary GenresFundamentals of Archival Science
Early Bibliographic CollectionsPlanning and Design of Information and Documentation UnitsAutomated Cataloguing+2
Digital Conservation and Preservation in Libraries and ArchivesInformation User StudiesStudy of the Archival Document: From the Middle Ages to the Present+3
Data and computing
Theory of Information and CommunicationDatabase Design for Documentary Environments
Advanced Databases for Documentation Environments
Digital Publishing in the Web Environment
Internet MarketingInternet MarketingDigitisation, Libraries and Document Repositories+2
Society, ethics and law
Sociology and Information SocietyInformation and Documentation PoliciesHistory of Written Culture and the Book
Legal Regime of Documentation and InformationDocumentary Sources for the History of SpainHistory of Libraries
Business and management
Library Organization and Management
Market and Economics of Information
Administration and Management of Information and Documentation UnitsArchive Management and Administration
Languages and communication
Documentary Languages I
Documentary Languages IIMarkup Languages, Semantics and Metadata
Research methods
Research Methodology in Documentation
Internship
Internships (Documentation)
Thesis
Final Degree Project (Documentation)
Free electives
7 options
Year 1 · 10 modules
General Information Sources
Information Search and Retrieval
Introduction to Information and Documentation Technologies
INDUSTRIA EDITORIAL
Theory of Information and Communication
Database Design for Documentary Environments
Sociology and Information Society
Information and Documentation Policies
History of Written Culture and the Book
Library Organization and Management
Year 2 · 10 modules
Descriptive Cataloguing
Bibliography and Literary Genres
Fundamentals of Archival Science
Advanced Databases for Documentation Environments
Legal Regime of Documentation and Information
Documentary Sources for the History of Spain
History of Libraries
Market and Economics of Information
Documentary Languages I
Research Methodology in Documentation
Year 3 · 10 modules
Early Bibliographic Collections
Planning and Design of Information and Documentation Units
Automated Cataloguing
Automated Systems in Information Units
Quality and Evaluation of Documentation Services
Digital Publishing in the Web Environment
Administration and Management of Information and Documentation Units
Archive Management and Administration
Documentary Languages II
Markup Languages, Semantics and Metadata
Year 4 · 13 modules · 7 options
Digital Conservation and Preservation in Libraries and Archives
Information User Studies
Study of the Archival Document: From the Middle Ages to the Present
Archival Sources of Public and Private Institutions
Specialised Information Sources and Technology Watch
Informetrics
Internet Marketing
Internet Marketing
Digitisation, Libraries and Document Repositories
Data and Information for Business
Internet Search and Positioning
Internships (Documentation)
Final Degree Project (Documentation)
7 elective options
How does the focus shift?
From society, ethics and law to data and computing
Share of modules by theme in each year. Our classification by module titles.
Year 1Year 2Year 3Year 4
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Specialist subjects
Data and computing
Business and management
Society, ethics and law
Languages and communication
Research methods
Internship
Thesis
Free electives
What are all the subjects?
All 50 modules
Year 1 · 10 modules · 60 ECTS
Module
Type
ECTS
Required
6
Required
6
Required
6
Basic
6
Basic
6
Basic
6
Basic
6
Basic
6
Required
6
Required
6
Source: ucm.es, checked 31 Oct 2026
Year 2 · 10 modules · 60 ECTS
Module
Type
ECTS
Required
6
Required
6
Basic
6
Basic
6
Basic
6
Basic
6
Required
6
Basic
6
Required
6
Required
6
Source: ucm.es, checked 31 Oct 2026
Year 3 · 10 modules · all required · 60 ECTS
Module
ECTS
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
Source: ucm.es, checked 31 Oct 2026
Year 4 · 20 modules
Module
Type
ECTS
Thesis
6
Required
6
Required
6
Elective
6
Required
6
Required
6
Required
6
Required
6
Required
6
Required
6
Required
6
Required
6
Required
6
Elective
6
Elective
6
Elective
6
Elective
6
Elective
6
Elective
6
Internship
12
Source: ucm.es, checked 31 Oct 2026
The degree in facts
LevelGrado · EQF 6, ISCED 6
QualificationGRADO EN INFORMACIÓN Y DOCUMENTACIÓN (2019)
Credits240 ECTS
Study modeFull time, Part timeInferred
DeliveryOn campus
CampusChamberí-CentroInferred
Internship
Credits12
CurricularYes
Thesis / final project
Credits6
RequiredYes
Places100 places
Codes and faculty
Curriculum year
Text2019-2020
MeaningImplementation
2
How it differs
Against similar programmes
Where this programme leans, compared with the same level and field.
What is there more of here?
More data and computing than 6 of 6 similar
Share of credits by theme. Right: modules counted. Our classification by module titles.
CMThis programmeBachelor's Degree in Information and Documentation 2019 Plan Complutense Madrid
Bachelor's Degree in Information and Documentation 2019 Plan is a bachelor's programme in media and communication at Universidad Complutense de Madrid in Madrid, Spain. It takes 4 years. It carries 240 ECTS credits. Teaching is in Spanish.
The institution publishes 50 modules, of which 7 are optional. By our classification of module titles, the largest themes are data and computing (18%), society, ethics and law (16%) and languages and communication (10%).
It includes an internship and a final thesis.
How much does Bachelor's Degree in Information and Documentation 2019 Plan cost?
Every value with its source, and every field we looked for but could not find.
Admission · 1 with values
Language requirementCEFR: B2 · Scope: University rule · Language: Spanish · Applies to: applicants from foreign education systems whose mother tongue is not Spanish
Programme · 15 with values
CampusChamberí-CentroInferred
QualificationGRADO EN INFORMACIÓN Y DOCUMENTACIÓN (2019)
Start ruleNote: Inferred from the institution-wide academic calendar; the programme page does not state its own start, and an individual programme may start on another date. · Rule: Bachelor classes start 2 September 2026; second semester 18 January 2027 · Scope: Institution calendar · Applies to: Grado · Start date: 2 Sep 2026 · 2026/27 · Second term start: 18 Jan 2027Inferred
StructureFacultad de Ciencias de la Documentación · Type: Managing centreCredit distribution · Basic: 60 · Total: 240 · Thesis: 6 · Elective: 12 · Required: 120 · Internship: 12