Contemporary History is a well-established field in university education and research. Beyond the limits of Humanities, it is also increasingly recognised and has a noted interest among scientists and professionals in the scientific-social macro-area. This is so due to its capacity to explain the recent times and, consequently, provide this deposit of essential experiences to be able to understand the present and face decision-making. It is out of doubt, then, the transcendence of Contemporary History in the articulation of current societies, and, particularly, the Spanish and the Valencian ones. It involves, also, training able professionals in different work lines. Doctors in Contemporary History trained in this programme may be able to integrate, among other socio-professional sectors, in the university teaching, in public and private research centres, in cultural industry companies, in public companies or organisms responsible for the management of the cultural heritage, in companies or institutions of social analysis and of perspective or in media. Students will be skilled, at least, to carry out tasks to the highest level in all these sectors.