Admission based on completion of the university entrance exam (PAU) or an advanced vocational training programme (CFGS or FP2)

UPF programmes you can apply to

You will be eligible to apply to any UPF undergraduate programme if you have successfully completed:

  • Upper secondary school studies + the university entrance exam (PAU) or a pre-university orientation course (COU) + the PAU, regardless of the course type/secondary school option you chose.
  • An advanced vocational training cycle (CFGS) or level-two vocational training (FP2). Students who have completed vocational training may sit the specific part of the PAU to improve the admissions mark they earned in their vocational training.

Spanish citizens who have completed studies or earned the necessary credential to enrol at university in a foreign education system must have their diploma officially recognized. For more information on this process, see the ‘Study in Catalonia: official recognition of secondary education diplomas” webpage run by the Departament d’Ensenyament (Catalan Ministry of Education).

The following websites offer all the necessary information on the university entrance exam (PAU) and the pre-enrolment process that you will need to complete in order to be assigned a place in an undergraduate programme at a Catalan university:

 

University Access Office
Address: Via Laietana, 2, ground floor, 08003 Barcelona
Telf: (34) 93 223 03 23  / (34) 93 223 25 91 de 9.00 a 14.00 hours 
Contact mailbox
Públic opening hours: all year, from Monday to Friday from 9 to 14 hours.

 

If you need more information:

Please bear in mind that some programmes require applicants to take a specific aptitude test (PAP) as part of the admission process. The following UPF programmes require students to sit a PAP: 

Once you have been accepted at the university, you will need to familiarize yourself with the UPF registration process (in Catalan and Spanish).

If you want to recognition of advanced vocational training cycle (CFGS) credits for undergraduate programme.