The Final Degree Project involves each student doing an individual, original project, report or study with the guidance of one or more supervisors. This process should use and put into practice the academic content, skills, competencies and abilities they have acquired during the degree course.



The project must be assessable and show that the degree candidate has the minimum key skills and knowledge necessary for their future professional development. It must take the form of a piece of professional/academic research that requires the student to put their knowledge, creative skills and originality to use, in a test of maturity before embarking on their career.



To enrol for the Final Degree Project, students must be enrolled on all the subject courses required to complete the curriculum.

These are the main competences for which this degree will qualify you:



- Applying the principles of economic analysis to the diagnosis and resolution of problems and use analytical tools in decision-making, thus contributing to the search for optimal answers to questions of efficiency, equity, administration and management of available resources.

- Understanding the main instruments of public intervention and relate policy recommendations to the debate between positive and normative economics.

- Understanding the basic principles of a tax system, the different types of Public Sector Revenues, the structure of the different taxes, analyzing their economic effects and interpreting their contribution to the General Budgets of the State and Territorial Administrations.

- Demonstrating understanding of knowledge in the area of Public Administration and Taxation that, starting from the basis of general secondary education, is supported by advanced textbooks and includes knowledge from the forefront of the study of Public Administration and Taxation.

- Preparing reports and transmiting ideas on any subject of Public Economics, with clarity and coherence, to both specialized and non-specialized audiences, making use of the language skills required in each case.

- Understanding the influence of the Public Sectors on economic activity and social welfare at different territorial levels, from local institutions to international organizations.

- Understanding the functions of economic agents and the role of institutions in economic and social activity at different territorial levels (from local institutions to international organizations), being able to identify and analyze the historical, social and institutional factors that condition economic processes.

- Understanding the principles of economic analysis to contribute to the efficient allocation of resources, both in the private and public spheres, at the local, national or international level.

- Managing quantitative techniques in the interpretation of economic data and their quantification, as well as understanding the relationship between verbal, graphic, mathematical and econometric analysis in the study of economics.

- Being able to transmit information, ideas, problems and solutions in the field of Public Administration and Taxation to both specialized and non-specialized audiences.

- Knowing how to search, identify, analyze and synthesize information from different sources with critical, self-critical and autonomous learning skills, in order to give reasoned opinions and useful decisions, even under conditions of uncertainty on relevant economic, business, social or scientific issues.

- Knowing how to integrate in multidisciplinary work groups, developing the skills required for each situation: teamwork, leadership, initiative, creativity, or decision making.

- Being able to abstract the basic aspects of the economic reality through mathematical models, identifying the relevant factors in their design.

- The ability to gather and interpret relevant data, within the area of Public Administration and Taxation to make judgments that include a reflection on relevant social, scientific or ethical issues.

- Using the knowledge and techniques acquired for decision making in an economic, social and political context subject to continuous changes, derived among others from globalization, technological innovation and environmental problems.





The learning results associated with this module are the following:



- Finding and organising documentation.

- Synthesis and abstraction of the basic ideas in the documentation used.

- Application of economic theory and reasoning to a specific area.

- Writing a report including the approach, execution and main conclusions of the project.

- Presenting work in a manner appropriate to the audience.

Students will do a piece of work that will show their achievements in terms of studying and assimilating knowledge, solving problems and tasks in the field of the skills associated with the degree, and they will be responsible for their own learning process.



The Final Degree Project must be oriented towards application of the general competencies associated with the degree, to practising finding, managing, organising and interpreting relevant data, normally within their field of study, to give opinions that include reflection on relevant issues of a social, academic, technological or ethical nature, and helping to develop critical, logical and creative thought and judgement. The project can be of an empirical, theoretical or practical nature in professional terms.



Likewise, based on article 4, section 3, of the Regulations on the preparation and defense of the final degree project at the UPV/EHU, approved by the Governing Council on 14 December 2023 and published in the BOPV of 10/4/2024 (https://www.euskadi.eus/web01-bopv/es/p43aBOPVWebWar/VerParalelo.do?cd2024001702), all final degree projects will include a reflection on the work carried out in the light of democratic principles and values and the Sustainable Development Goals. This reflection will analyze the degree of connection of the dissertation with these values and the framework that constitute the SDGs, and/or raise a critical view of them.



The reflection will consist of at least 200 words incorporated as a specific section within the text of the work. Along with the normative references cited in RD 822/2021, the EHUagenda 2030 may be used as a specific reference framework for our university.



In addition, the student will provide the SDGs of reference of the work through the systems articulated by the university or the center.

The methodology of this module is based on autonomous work by students, under the guidance of their tutor. Students must attend a seminar giving guidance on how to approach the Final Degree Project. The supervisor will be in charge of facilitating the student's learning process by guiding them in the execution of the project, its writing and its oral presentation, by means of different teaching and tutorial activities. In summary, the methodology is centred on the student as the key part of the teaching system, with the lecturer/tutor supervising and facilitating the learning process.



In any case, preparing the Final Degree Project requires the student to: a) identify relevant issues of interest to progress in knowledge of a specific area of the Degree; b) take decisions about the type of project to submit to answer the questions raised; c) collect information, analyse it and interpret it critically; d) write the report with academic rigour and e) defend it orally.

• Final Assessment System
• Tools and qualification percentages:
  • Oral defense (%): 30
  • Individual works (%): 70

The final degree project is to be produced and handed in in writing and must be presented and defended orally in the language in which it was written. The pertinent committee will assess the work on the basis of the written report, the tutor's prior report and the public exposition and defence of the said work. Assessment criteria will be: academic quality, clarity of exposition (written and oral) and capacity for argument.



To withdraw from the ordinary session it is sufficient not to attend the defence of the paper.

The final degree project is to be produced and handed in writing and must be presented and defended orally in the language in which it was written. The pertinent committee will assess the work on the basis of the written report, the tutor's prior report and the public exposition and defence of the said work. Assessment criteria will be: academic quality, clarity of exposition (written and oral) and capacity for argument.



To withdraw from the extraordinary session it is sufficient not to attend the defence of the paper.

Basic bibliography

Documentation specific to the Final Degree Project posted on the centre's website.