For the sixth consecutive year, UPF is organizing the Barcelona International Summer School (BISS), which will offer students from UPF and other universities around the world the opportunity to take new subjects that are not found on their annual syllabus and will allow them to participate in advanced training based on the academic strengths of the University. The programme will be held from 3 to 28 July.

BISS was born in 2018 with the aim of becoming the benchmark summer programme for students of UPF and from universities around the world. This year a total of 21 courses will be run, designed as an invitation to think and learn beyond the traditional disciplines. The subjects cover topics ranging from the circular economics, global justice and sustainable development to the humanities. Structured into modules of different duration and intensity, the courses can be combined flexibly over periods of between one and four weeks.

This year a total of 21 courses will be run, designed as an invitation to think and learn beyond the traditional disciplines.

The self-enrolment period in the BISS 2023 courses for UPF students is 8 and 9 March and from 17 April to 15 June, and from now until 15 June 2023 for students from universities around the world.

UPF students will be able to take subjects from other disciplines and faculties to expand their training beyond the scope of their degrees. Also, of their own discipline, but with a more practical and applied approach, in small groups and alongside students from across the globe. The courses are eligible for ECTS credit recognition
and can be enrolled on as cross-disciplinary training subjects.

Lecturers from the various faculties will share their current research lines with the participants from a  theoretical, methodological and practical perspective. Also, the teaching staff may oversee independent research projects.