The Welfare State in Spain is fundamentally based on five basic pillars: education, health, family support, pensions, and unemployment benefits. According to the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training, the number of teachers who teach subjects in non-university centers has increased by almost 11% in the last ten years.
UGT points out that, in the specific case of public education, the average salary of teachers is around just over 2,400 euros per month in practically half of the autonomous communities. Being a teacher is, therefore, an attractive professional opportunity for all graduates interested in the world of teaching and in preparing ESO, Bachillerato, FP and language students for the future.
Below, we analyze the opportunities that the Online Teacher Training Master's Degree (CAP) from the International University of Valencia (VIU) offers its students.
A postgraduate course with 13 specializations
In March 2025, the university master's degree in teacher training for non-university education (including languages) taught by the VIU officially begins. After completing this 60 ECTS preparation in online mode, the student will receive an approved qualification, issued by this institution integrated into the CRUE and endorsed by the Ministry of Universities of Spain.
- Main objective of the master's degree
The purpose of the master's degree is to provide the student with the skills they will need when teaching in an educational institution. To access this academic training, they must have a university degree as a minimum.
Depending on the studies previously completed, and/or the entrance exams completed, the master's student will specialize in one of these thirteen areas of human knowledge:
- Spanish language and literature.
- English, as a foreign language.
- Geography and history.
- Music.
- Physical education.
- Mathematics.
- Physics and chemistry.
- Drawing.
- Vocational Training and Guidance (also known as FOL, it is integrated into the curriculum of FP centers).
- Technology and computer science.
- Economics and Business Administration (similar to FOL).
- Biology and Geology.
- Educational guidance (specialty aimed at graduates and graduates in pedagogy and/or psychology).
Internships in real academic environments
Community of Madrid, Catalonia, Andalusia and Valencian Community are the regions of Spain with the most students enrolled in Compulsory Secondary Education. Even so, of the two archipelagos, Canary Islands concentrates about 5,000 more ESO students than the Balearic Islands.
To ensure that the skills have been correctly acquired by those who opt for this Certificate of Pedagogical Aptitude, the specialization master's degree for future teachers includes a total of 200 hours of practice in educational centers.
The master's student will have two tutors, two professionals who will supervise their performance in the real context: a tutor that the International University of Valencia will assign to them, and a tutor from the academic institution itself where they will carry out the internships.
Aspiring to be a teacher in public centers
For those who wish to work as a teacher in public education, this master's degree with 13 specializations also allows the student to know what the examinations to the Body of Secondary Education Teachers consist of.
In a total of 5 classes, they will be informed about the tests, regulations and main dates of each call. This guidance service is provided by VIU teachers with experience in examination tribunals and education inspection.
