What is Dual training?

Shared training project 

Dual training is a common training project that is developed jointly in the university centre and in a collaborating entity, which may be a company, a social or trade union organisation, an institution or an administration, under the supervision and training leadership of the university centre, and whose objective is to achieve the appropriate training of students in order to improve their comprehensive training and improve their employability.

To achieve these results, any dual programme should be characterised by:

 

Characteristics of Dual University education 

Dual university training is a learning modality that takes place in official university Barchelor's and Master's degree, as well as in Lifelong Learning degrees. Royal Decree 822/2021 establishes the basic regulatory framework for dual university training in Spain Through the Dual Mention in official university Barchelor's and Master's degree course.

The main differentiating criterion of dual training is the greater responsibility of the external collaborating entity in the training of students. However, other characteristics that differentiate dual training from external academic placements are mentioned below: 

• There is an alternation of training periods in the collaborating entity.
• There is greater integration of the training period at the collaborating entity in the training curriculum.
• There is closer coordination between the university and the collaborating entity.
• There is a more integrated tutoring of the academic part and of the collaborating entity. 
• There is an integration of the Bachelor's or Master's final project (TFG/TFM)

 

What does dual training provide?