The 12 compulsory ECTS credits are taken by all the degree’s students and are composed of three introduction to research subjects of 4 credits each, each taught from one of the three universities.

The 32 elective ECTS provide students with training on methodological and instrumental contents of specialisation. Students will choose the elective subjects that are of interest to them from the teaching offer taught at the three universities. However, although there are no mentions in the degree by specialisation, the offer of elective subjects has been designed so that students who take all the elective subjects of a single university are trained in one of the following profiles or orientations:

• The University of Cordoba, focuses its specialisation on the Design of Agricultural Industries. Students at the University of Cordoba must take the core subjects established by the Institute for Postgraduate Studies of the University of Cordoba, which will be included within the elective subjects.
• The University of Malaga, to the Training and Innovation of Design, Territory and Architecture.
• At the University of Almeria, the specialization is oriented to Engineering Design.

Finally, the 16 ECTS of the Master’s Thesis will complete the student's training in the degree. Each student shall comply with the particular regulations, deadlines and procedures applied to the Master’s Thesis at the university in which he or she is enrolled.

The master's curriculum is oriented towards research and methodological specialization in the field of design. With the intention that the master's degree can give access to doctoral studies, the curriculum guarantees a minimum of 32 ECTS of methodological and research subjects, since the 12 ECTS of compulsory training have a research character and the entire offer of elective subjects is composed of specialisation methodological and instrumental subjects. Furthermore, the 16 ECTS Master’s Thesis has a research work format in all cases.