Idiomes UPF runs Catalan and Spanish courses for foreign students. These courses are partially subsidized, open to exchange students but with limited places. To obtain further information or enrol, please contact [email protected].
A certificate with the grade and the amount of credits will be issued at the end of the course.
The maximum recommended course load per trimester (as a guide) is of 20 ECTS credits.
The number of credits of each module can be checked in the syllabus.
Bear in mind that the course enrolment will be completely online.
The OMA office will be sending the enrolment instructions via email, so make sure to check your email inbox regularly.
Enrolment dates:
Students arriving the 1st term: July
Add & drop days: September
Students arriving the 2nd or 3rd term: November
Add & drop days 2nd term: January
Add & drop days 3rd term: April
During the add&drop period you may change your preliminary course selection.
School of Engineering
(Degrees in Audiovisual Systems Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Telecommunications Network Engineering and Mathematical Engineering in Data Science)
You must design your own timetable.
You can check the courses schedules at the Faculty’s website: course offer link under the timetable section.
Customised timetables timetables can be also checked at this link
You can check the syllabus of each course at the Syllabus query system > Select the academic year and the Center (Faculty) in which you will be studying at UPF.
Note that some syllabi are currently being updated and you may find out that there are no syllabi. In such cases you must check the syllabus of the preceding year.
Exams:
There is one ordinary examination call and one resit call per academic year.
Examination dates are published on Aula Global around the fifth week of classes.
Ordinary call: End of the term in which the subject has been taught
Resit call: Can take place at the beginning of the following term or in the month of July
Retakes:
To resit an exam you must have participated during the term and failed the course. Moreover, resit exams must be taken at UPF.
Grades:
UPF grading system is based on a scale from 0 to 10, where 5 is the minimum passing mark:
UPF grading system
ECTS grading system (approx. equivalence)
Excellent *(Excel·lent / Sobresaliente)
9 -10
A
Good (Notable / Notable)
7 -8.99
B
Pass (Aprovat / Aprobado)
5 -6.99
C, D and E
Fail (Suspens / Suspendido)
0-4.99
FX and F
*The top 5% of the class can get a Honours mark (Matrícula d'Honor / Matrícula de Honor)
There are two different ways for checking your grades:
Via Campus Global -> Aula Global and teaching > My transcript academic record
Via Campus Global > Academic Secretariat > Your academic transcript
At the end of your stay we will send the official academic transcript to your home university.
If you took a language course:
Note that the marks and credits of the language courses cannot be included in the academic transcript of records.
At the end of each term you can choose between collecting your language certificate at the Idiomes UPF office or waiting until OMA sends the certificate along with the academic transcript.