Courses are generally divided into theoretical groups (larger groups) and seminar groups (smaller groups):

Theoretical lectures

• Beginning the first day of classes
• Normally two lecture sessions per week
• 1.5 hours each
• Attendance is compulsory

Seminar sessions:

• Beginning the 2nd or 3rd  week of the term.
• Normally one seminar session per week
• 1.5 hours each
• Attendance is compulsory

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.

• Academic calendar 2022/23
• Academic calendar 2023/24

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.

Click on your study area to the check the course offer:

• Faculty of Communication 
  (Degrees: Advertising and Public Relations, Audiovisual Communication & Journalism)
• Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences 
  (Degrees: Business Management & Adm., Business Sciences, Economics, and Int. Business Economics)
• Faculty of Health and Life Sciences 
  (Degrees in Human Biology and Medicine)
• Faculty of Humanities  
  (Degrees in Humanities and Global Studies)
• Faculty of Law 
  (Degrees in Criminology and Public Prevention Policies, Labour Relations and Law) 
• Faculty of Political and Social Sciences 
  (Degree in Political and Administration Sciences) 
• Faculty of Translation and Interpretation  
  (Degrees in Applied Languages and Translation and Interpretation)
• 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:

There are two different ways for checking your grades:

• Via Secretaria Virtual  > Click on "Expedients"
• 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.

For any academic questions, you can contact the academic coordinator of your faculty:

Faculty of Communication

Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences

Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

Faculty of Humanities

Faculty of Law

Faculty of Political and Social Sciences

School of Engineering

Faculty of Translation and Interpretation