The aim of this paper is to contrast the perception of students graduated in economics and business studies (business administration, marketing and economics) on the level of compliance acquired in the transversal professionalizing competences after their undergraduate studies. For this purpose, the focus group technique is used. This is a qualitative research technique. A focus group consists of a group interview led by a moderator through a script of topics or an interview with the area to be studied in depth. Interaction among participants is sought as a method to obtain information. In this case, the focus group is made up of a limited number of people representative of the undergraduate degrees of the Faculty of Economics and Business that will be active in the labour market in the coming years. The focus group was made up of 10 students from the following degrees: i) business administration; ii) double degree in Law and Business Administration, iii) degree in Marketing and iv) degree in Economics.

In relation to gender equity for each degree, 50% has been reached. For the sake of representativeness, the participants of the focus groups have studied the aforementioned degrees and belong to official master's degrees taught at the faculty. The transversal professionalizing competences acquired by the graduates and contrasted among the students are: anticipation, strategic and systemic thinking, normative competence, critical thinking competence and knowledge transmission and collaboration competence. These competencies have been considered the most developed during the degrees under analysis by the faculty teaching staff. Therefore, we sought to know the point of view of the graduates on the degree of achievement of these competencies and their suitability for their professional development. From the conclusions drawn from the focus group we will obtain the necessary information to identify the level of compliance acquired in each of the transversal competencies worked on, the level of achievement obtained and, if necessary, help to design the actions to be implemented in the classroom. The objective is none other than the improvement of the acquisition of transversal competencies throughout the degrees of the Faculty of Economics and Business.

Keywords: Professional competencies, citizenship education, higher education, focus group.