Application

To be a visiting student at UPF means to be a student taking a number of subjects, as part of a Bachelor Degree or a Master Program without forming part of an official exchange program in which UPF is taking part. There is not a minimum number of credits required.

Undergraduate studies

If you are applying for admission to a UPF's bachelor degree as a visiting student you must already be registered at your university of origin at the same level of studies as the courses you wish to follow at Universitat Pompeu Fabra.

Postgraduate studies

Not all UPF Master Programs are open to postgraduate visiting students.

IMPORTANT: You cannot request admission as a visiting student if you are taking an exchange at UPF during the same academic year.

Undergraduate studies

Check here the UPF’s Bachelor degree list (Course Offering).

Postgraduate studies

Find below the UPF Master Programs open to visiting students:

Communication

• Social Communication - MA
• Contemporary Film and Audiovisual Studies - MA 
• MA in International Studies on Media, Power and Difference

Health and Life Sciences

• Bioinformatics for Health Sciences - MSc
• Pharmaceutical Industry and Biotechnology - MSc
• Biomedical Research - MSc
• Clinical Analysis Laboratory - MSc 
• Public Health - MSc
• Master of Multidisciplinary Research in Experimental Sciences

Humanities

• Comparative Studies in Literature, Art and Tought - MA
• World History - MA

Interdisciplinary programmes

• Political Philosophy
• Chinese Studies MA

Law

• Legal Sciences- LLM
• Criminology and Criminal Justice System - MA
• Master in European and Global Law

Political and Social Science

• Current Democracies: Nationalism, Federalism and Multiculturality
• Research in Sociology and Demography
• Research in Political Sciences

Translation and Language Sciences

• Discourse Studies: Communication, Society and Learning
• Theoretical and Applied Linguistics - MA
• Translation Studies - MA

- Requested documents for undergraduate admissions

• Letter explaining the reasons for wanting to attend UPF, indicating the Faculty/Faculties and the term (1st, 2nd or 3rd term) in which you want to be admitted.
• An Official Transcript outlining the studies completed to date at the university of origin.
• Detailed curriculum vitae.
• Letter of reference from one of your lecturers at the university of origin.
• Document certifying your level of Catalan or Spanish (Optional)

- Requested documents for postgraduate admissions

• Documents required for the admission as a regular student (check the webpage of each Master or PhD program).
• Detailed curriculum vitae.
• Document certifying your level of Catalan or Spanish, as appropriate.
• A list of the courses you wish to be registered in

- How to proceed with your application?

-Applications to undergraduate o postgraduate degree programs:

Complete applications must be sent in a single PDF to the following address: [email protected]. 

Send us as many student application packages as studies you want to be accepted in.

To be a visiting student at UPF means to be a student taking a number of subjects, as part of a Bachelor Degree, or a Master Program without forming part of an official exchange program in which UPF is taking part. There is not a minimum number of credits required.

IMPORTANT: You cannot request admission as a visiting student if you are taking an exchange at UPF during the same academic year.

Undergraduate studies:

1st term: From January to 15th of May
2nd & 3rd terms: From September to 15th of October.

Postgraduate studies:

1st term: From January to 15th of June
2nd & 3rd terms: From September to 15th of October.

The decision shall be notified via email 15 days after the closing deadline.