• Applicants should have a minimum GPA of 3.0 at their school of origin.
• The program is suitable for both students with a strong command of Spanish and intermediate speakers.
  • Students with a strong command of Spanish may participate in observation activities, as long as their language and other skills enable efficient communication with others in the experiential-learning setting.
  • Students with any level of Spanish may participate in the experiential-learning activities in laboratories.
• Applicants should come from a university or study-abroad provider with a study-abroad agreement with UPF.

ACADEMIC STRUCTURE

Global Health program courses [Included in our EAP offer]  (2nd term)

[Core course] :: 51708 Frontiers in Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine  (6 ECTS Credits)
Over the past years there was an explosion of the biomedical technologies. Among them, the stem cell applications are in the center of the scene. The course aims to provide students from different backgrounds the essential tools to understand the role of stem cells and regeneration on experimental biomedicine. We will give a comprehensive view starting from basic concepts of cellular and molecular biology. These processes are then applied to stem cell biology and regenerating tissues. Finally, they are integrated in a developmental and biomedical approach that helps to understand the relevance of these fields for human health. The teachers, both experimental researchers, will introduce the frontiers of the present stem cell-related technologies, the future perspectives analyzed and open discussions elaborated in the classes. From tissue regeneration, personalized cell replacement therapies, cell reprogramming, 3D organ printing, mini-organ cultures and many others, the students will be exposed to the current state-of-the-art of these fields. 
        
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:: 51661 Spanish for Medical Professions (6 ECTS Credits)
The program includes the option of taking a special course on Spanish for medical professionals, co-taught by a language instructor and a health professional, which will focus on issues related to medical and scientific language in Spanish. The course is designed to facilitate students' communication skills in a professional health environment.

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Program elective (from the HESP) 

 :: Neurosciences for Humanities (6 ECTS Credits)

How reliable is our perception of the world? What is consciousness? Is free will an illusion? Does beauty reside in our brain? Neurosciences study the brain, from genes and cells to behavior and, during the last years, the scientific study of the brain has provided radical new clues about how the brain works. This knowledge has strong implications for many areas of human activity outside the conventional environment of medicine or psychology, and expands to economics, laws, philosophy or art. In recent years, there has been a growing interest in the dialogue between neurosciences and humanities, thereby breaking the classical gap between CP Snows' "Two Cultures". The intersecting topics range from philosophical and ethical issues, such as free will, the grounds of knowledge, or economic behavior, to questions related to art and culture

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UPF Health-related direct-enrollment courses (All terms)

Students may take direct-enrollment courses from various degree programs offered at the UPF Health and Life Sciences School in the fields of biology, biotechnology, bioinformatics, health, and medical science. These are direct enrollment courses taught in English or Spanish:

• Degree in Human Biology
• Degree in Biomedical Engineering

     Check the research groups which are available to consider your proposal.

(!) All the Health-related direct enrollment courses will take place at Ciutadella Campus Mar which is about a ten-minute walk from our Ciutadella Campus. Please, be aware of this when configurating your class schedules.
 

Research and Experiential Learning Component

:: Research Labs (2nd and 3rd terms) (6 ECTS Credits) 

Besides meeting the general Global Health Program admission requirements, students intersted in the Research Labs must be students of Biomedical related majors.

The Research Projects can last for a period of 6 months (January-June/July) or 10 months (September/June).

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Spanish Language Courses (2nd term)

Students may round out their course registration with Spanish language courses, which are offered for all levels, from beginner to proficiency, including courses for native speakers.