Overview

Overview

Topic Integrated STEAM education
Duration 18 months (90 ECTS) divided into 3 semesters, two of teaching with compulsory internships and one for the Final Master Project.
Locations Each student must complete two compulsory mobilities of 30 ECTS in two of the countries where the Consortium partners are located: Spain, Portugal, Brazil.
Languages English, Spanish, Portuguese.
Places 20 students per edition
Degree
  • Multiple diploma, official in the partners’ countries.
  • European Diploma Supplement to help with the recognition of the degree in other countries.
Open to Outstanding students for their academic and professional excellence from all over the world.

MASTED is a joint master’s degree designed by five universities and offered to graduates, regardless of their area of knowledge, who wish to enhance their skills and competences in the field of formal and/or non-formal education through knowledge of new STEAM methodologies and tools.

Building on the strengths of each team member (partners, associates, collaborators and speakers), an excellent integrated STEAM programme has been developed to train teachers, educators and education system managers who will contribute to empowering students to address current and complex issues and future challenges as professionals in the market.

The educational disciplines taught in each institution are:

  • STEAM pedagogies, at UBU
  • Integrated STEAM approaches for sustainability, at UJA.
  • History and philosophy of science, at UFBA.
  • Online pedagogy, at IPLeiria.
  • Applied STEAM, in IPCA

IMPORTANT!

The employability in formal education (requirements, criteria, selection processes…), with distinction between educational levels (elementary, primary, secondary, higher education), will differ by country. To know the vocational training required in each case and the possibility of finding a job in formal education, it is necessary to carefully analyze the national legislation applicable in each country.

MASTED does not qualify for formal education at all educational levels and in all countries, being necessary to hold a bachelor's or master's degree specific for the desired level in some of them.

GOALS

  • Provide teachers, educators and managers with the methodology and didactics needed to enhance students' personal and social capabilities, together with the technical knowledge, so that they acquire the skills required in any workplace by creating better future opportunities.
  • Train teachers, educators and managers to ensure the development of transversal knowledge of the students, where the contents of each subject are not worked in isolation, but in an interdisciplinary way to guarantee a contextualized and meaningful learning.
  • Foster teachers to work effectively and competently in compulsory education as well as in informal learning environments. 
  • Train teachers, educators and managers to implement digital tools in their classes and contribute to the improvement of the transversal competences of their students.
  • Train teachers, educators and managers in the optimal use of ICT and social networks to teach, communicate and share knowledge.
  • Promote multilingual competences in teachers, educators and managers.
  • Train teachers, educators and managers to develop innovative interdisciplinary curricular proposals.
  • Address the sustainability and conservation of heritage, understood in its widest sense, from interdisciplinary approaches.
  • Emphasize certain issues such as gender, social justice and equity in STEAM education, particularly in terms of diversity, injustice, conflict or social justice within a school context.
  • Promote the internationalization and knowledge of the different school systems.
  • Boost employability in Europe 
  • Contribute to the integration and internationalization of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA).

ACADEMIC CALENDAR

FIRST YEAR

FIRST SEMESTER – STEAM THEORY

NOTES: Students who require Spanish or Portuguese for the development of their educational path must achieve a certified B2 level in the respective language by the end of the first semester, meeting the minimum requirements set at level 7 of the EQF. The Consortium provides free on-site and online language courses tailored to students' needs to help them attain the expected language competencies. Partners also offer optional courses to allow students to enhance their existing language skills.

ECTS CREDITS: 30

TYPE OF TEACHING:  FACE-TO-FACE

TOTAL WORKLOAD: 750 hours

START DATE: October 2025

END DATE: February 2026

MILESTONES

  • The first weekend before the beginning of the course 2025/2026 will take place the Welcome Weekend.
  • Final evaluations will take place in February.
  • The mobility includes compulsory internships in one of the entities offered by the host institution. These must comply with the regulations of the master's degree.
  • Holiday periods:
    • Winter – Christmas
    • Any specific period described in the academic calendar of each institution.
SECOND SEMESTER – APPLICATION OF STEAM IN SPECIFIC DISCIPLINES

NOTES: Upon completing the second semester, students will be required to attend the SUMMER SCHOOL held at the European Schoolnet Academy (EUN) facilities with the cooperation of Häme University of Applied Sciences (HAMK). This attendance is a mandatory but non-assessable component for obtaining the degree.

ECTS CREDITS: 30

TYPE OF TEACHING: FACE-TO-FACE

TOTAL WORKLOAD: 750 hours

START DATE: March 2026

END DATE: July 2026

MILESTONES

  • Final evaluations will take place in July.
  • In mid-July it will take place the second of the mandatory joint activities in MASTED, the Summer School at EUN Partnership AISBL (Brussels, Belgium).
  • The mobility includes compulsory internships in one of the entities offered by the host institution. These must comply with the regulations of the master's degree.
  • Holiday periods:
    • Spring – Easter
    • Summer – August and September
    • Any specific period described in the academic calendar of each institution.
THIRD SEMESTER – STEAM RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

NOTES: Each student must select a university from among the partners to carry out their Final Master Project. Student mobility is optional.

ECTS CREDITS: 30

TYPE OF TEACHING:  TOO CHOOSE

TOTAL WORKLOAD: 750 hours

START DATE: October 2026

END DATE: February 2027

MILESTONES

  • The sending and presentation of the Final Master Project must be done during in February and must comply with the regulations of the master's degree.
  • The Graduation Ceremony will take place in May.
  • Holiday periods:
    • Winter – Christmas
    • Any specific period described in the academic calendar of each institution.