The Master’s Degree in Occupational Risk Prevention trains students to understand and apply the foundations, regulations and processes involved in managing occupational risk prevention at companies. The goals can be summarised as follows:

• Expanding knowledge and the ability to interpret, apply and find regulations applicable to specific occupational circumstances
• Attaining a wide ability to interpret different and varied occupational circumstances from a preventive viewpoint, and being skilled in identifying and assessing risks, and proposing specific preventive measures.

The learning goals for the programme specialisations align with the structure for the three areas governed by Royal Decree 39/1997 of 17th January that approves the Prevention Service Regulation: Safety at Work, Industrial Hygiene, and Ergonomics and Applied Psychosociology.

Each specialisation is designed for students to cover specific content in-depth in order to develop the assessment and planning skills inherent to each specialisation subject area, and ensure the programme complies with the aforementioned Royal Decree which includes the training content for different prevention levels and specialisations.

The goals for each specialisation can be summarised as follows:

• A solid ability to develop specific risk assessments in each area (occupational safety, industrial hygiene, and ergonomics and applied psychosociology)
• A capacity to select and apply in each specific scenario measurement and sampling systems, the appropriate techniques, relevant regulations, and interpretation and application criteria for specific measurement results and/or studies.

Graduates from the Master’s Degree in Occupational Risk Prevention will be qualified senior prevention technicians in accordance with Royal Decree 39/1997 of 17th January that approves Prevention Service Regulation. Graduates with this professional profile possess solid knowledge on scientific and technical regulations and foundations linked to occupational health protection. In this sense, graduates will be able to intervene at a global and more specific level in the entire prevention management process, undertaking concrete occupational risk assessments and providing prevention training at any level, as well as holding managerial responsibilities for prevention at companies.

• General and UIB-specific regulations for master's programmes and rules of procedure
• Conditions for remaining at the university
• Mobility and exchange programmes (International Relations Office)
• Students with functional diversity (Support for People with Special Needs Office)
• High-quality official study