International students at the UB

Temporary study Information for students wishing to complete temporary periods of study with the Erasmus program or another exchange program.
Studies at the UB Information about Admission with foreign qualifications to the different types of courses offered by the UB.

Language learning at the UB – Language resources for non-Catalan speaking students – Catalan language courses – Spanish language courses
Procedure for obtaining a student residence card Non-EU students and researchers have to undertake Procedures for obtaining a student residence card

International mobility at the UB – Teaching staff mobility – International networks – Regulations for UB students (pdf)
Contacts – Contact International Mobility and Programs (OMPI) – Managers of UB faculties and schools and UB-affiliated centres

Useful addresses A list of Useful addresses and additional information.

Temporary periods of study

Every academic year, the University of Barcelona welcomes a large number of students from other universities in Spain and abroad who wish to study for a part of their degree at the University.

These students may remain at the UB for one or a maximum of two semesters in an academic year. Their temporary study is organized either through a Spanish exchange program (SICUE, DRAC and Cajal), through an international exchange program (ERASMUS, bilateral agreements or others) or through an individual application.

How you apply to study temporarily at the UB The steps to studying for a short period at the UB.
Application procedure
Application forms and information on the procedure.

Before you get here
Information on accommodation, insurance and visas, which may be required in some cases.
Deadlines Key dates in the process.

On your arrival Procedures to carry out on arrival and to obtain a temporary visiting student card.
Services
Specific services for temporary students that facilitate their period at the UB.

Useful addresses Relevant information that students may need.

How you apply to study temporarily at the UB

Student entering the university

To be accepted as a temporary visiting student at the UB you need to follow the steps described below:

Find out if your home University has a student exchange agreement with the University of Barcelona.
- International students: Erasmus, Erasmus Mundus, Bilateral Agreements, Especific Agreements with EUA Colleges, Coïmbra Group, EMSPS Programme, etc.
If your home university has no formal exchange agreement with the UB, you may submit an individual application.
Obtain authorization from your home university to participate on an exchange programme at the UB.
Complete and send the application form to the UB via Internet. (Students of the spanish SICUE programm don’t have to fill this form)
Once fill up, post your application form and any supporting documents to the Head of International Exchanges in the faculty or school in which you wish to study. (Students of the Specific Agreements with US Colleges don’t have to send any document).
Once accepted, you need to make the necessary arrangements for accommodation and to take out medical insurance to cover all your stay in Barcelona.
On arrival in Barcelona, you first need to visit the faculty or school in which you will study to register at the UB.
A few weeks into the semester, you must register for those subjects that you have decided to study. Registration should be completed at the secretariat of your UB faculty or school.

Application procedure

Once you have been selected or authorized by your home university to study temporarily at the UB, you should complete the corresponding application form and send it by internet to the UB. You should also make a sufficient number of copies of your application to complete the subsequent procedures.

Preliminary comments

Completion of this form does not mean you are automatically accepted as a temporary visiting student at the UB. You must also complete the admission procedure corresponding to your particular exchange program.
Please use CAPITAL LETTERS to fill in the application form.
Changes in personal data : If you see a mistake after saving your data, and you want to enter changes and reprint your application form, e-mail the exchange programs manager at the centre for which you have made the request (see contact details at Managers of UB faculties and schools and UB-affiliated centres ). Your exchange programs manager will reply as soon as possible, informing you that your application form is modified or cancelled, as you have requested. If the application is cancelled you will be informed that you can re-record your data.
If you need to print a new copy of your application form, once you have saved and confirmed your data, you can do it by going to the first screen and entering the application code.

APPLICATION FORM FOR ADMISSION 2019-2020

(Application compatible with Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x, Internet Explorer 7.x)

Deadlines

The online application form will be updated as of 1 March for the next academic year.

For students planning to study abroad during either the first semester or full time of the academic year, the required documents should be sent to the Head of International Exchanges at the chosen faculty or school no later than 15 June.

Classes start during the second week of September (the exact day will depend on the school or faculty).
The examination period begins in January.
Christmas holidays are from 23 December to 7 January.

For students planning to study abroad during only the second semester of the academic year, the required documents should be sent to the Head of International Exchanges at the chosen faculty or school no later than 15 November.

Classes start during the second week of February (the exact day will depend on the school or faculty).
The examination period begins in June.

Admission with foreign qualifications

Admission to EHEA bachelor’s degree courses

Students who have foreign qualifications may be admitted to EHEA bachelor’s degree courses at the UB. The admission procedure depends on the student’s educational status, which is divided into three categories:

The student has not begun university studies

The student has begun, but not completed, university studies

The student has completed university studies

University entrance for students who have begun higher education studies outside Spain

Information of the Generalitat of Catalonia webpage

Students who have begun higher education studies outside Spain and who wish to enrol in EHEA bachelor’s degree courses in the UB may apply for the validation of their study qualifications (note that those students already holding a university degree qualification from a university outside Spain and wishing to begin further studies should consult the page (University entrance for students who have completed bachelor’s degree studies or equivalent first-cycle studies outside Spain and who wish to pursue a Spanish EHEA bachelor’s degree course).

Validation procedure for subjects completed i degree courses outside Spain

1. Application to validate studies

In order to obtain an application form to validate previously completed studies, the applicant should consult the particular UB faculty or school or UB-affiliated centre responsible for the bachelor’s degree that he or she wishes to study.

2. Papers you should present with the application

either an official document accrediting the applicant’s nationality, issued by the authorities in the applicant’s country, or an attested photocopy of the applicant’s passport or Spanish residence permit; in the case of Spanish nationals, an attested photocopy of the applicant’s national identification card;
the applicant’s academic transcript, carrying details of all the subjects that have been studied, the academic years in which they were studied and the grades awarded;
an official document issued and stamped by the department, faculty or university school in which the applicant studied the different subjects in their degree, detailing subject syllabuses and providing such information as the competences and related knowledge gained, the number of credits carried and the hours or weeks per semester assigned to the completion of each subject;
an official document providing information on the grading system used by the university that has issued the transcript and document described above;
the syllabus of the degree begun by the applicant, listing the subjects of which it is comprised and stating the duration of the course in academic years, and bearing the foreign University’s stamp.
any further papers that have been deemed necessary to support the above.

All papers submitted should be issued by the official body or bodies so authorized, and should duly stamped and attested (more information). If papers were not issued in Catalan, Spanish or English must be submitted together with official translations into Catalan or Spanish (Official translations accepted)

Applicants must present the original documents with their photocopies, but shall be returned the originals once the copies have been attested. (more information about Certified copies accepted ).

3. Result of the application

Once the application for validation has been made, the UB faculty or school or UB-affiliated centre shall determine whether

this is to be granted or refused in compliance with the current legislation.

Finally, the UB faculty or school or UB-affiliated centre will be responsible for informing the applicant about whether the application has been accepted or not. The result of the application for validation does not automatically entitle the applicant to university entrance.

The UB will only accept validations of subjects made as part of a previous application to study in another university when

these subjects have been ratified in the validation certificate.

Application for a place on a course

The application procedure varies according to the number of credits validate:

For de applicant holding 30 or more than 30 validated credits

Applicants must apply directly to the UB faculty or school or UB-affiliated centre offering the course of study.

The result of the application for validation does not automatically entitle the applicant to university entrance.

The application for a place on a course should be addressed to the dean of faculty or director at the particular UB faculty or school or UB-affiliated centre responsible for the bachelor’s degree that the applicant wishes to study.

Applicants should consult the faculty, school or centre in question for information about the deadline for applications and the particular papers that will be required.

Finally, the centre will be responsible for informing the applicant about whether the application has been accepted or not.

Finally, and in order to start their studies in the UB, all accepted applicants must formalize their enrolment at the Secretary’s Office for Students and Teaching Staff at the particular UB faculty or school or UB-affiliated centre offering the course they plan to study.

For de applicant holding fewer than 30 validated credits

Such students must make their application at the Catalan government’s Oficina d’Orientació per a l’Accés.

For more detailed information:

Oficina d’Orientació per a l’Accés a la Universitat
Via Laietana,2, planta baixa
08003 Barcelona
Tel. (+34) 932 230 323 – 932 232 591
Fax. (+34) 935 527 120
accesnet.sur@gencat.cat

For de applicant who has no validated credits

Such students should consult the page University entrance for students who have completed secondary education studies outside Spain and whose studies can be made legally equivalent to the Spanish Baccalaureate study qualification

University entrance for students who have completed bachelor’s degree studies or equivalent first-cycle studies outside Spain and who wish to pursue a Spanish EHEA bachelor’s degree course

Information of the Generalitat of Catalonia webpage

Such applicants have two options:

the applicant may ask for the homologation of a completed degree so that the degree qualification can be made equivalent to the level of an existing official Spanish university degree qualification;
the applicant may ask for the validation of their studies to Spanish studies at a partially completed stage

APPLICANTS SHOULD NOTE THAT THEY MAY NOT PURSUE BOTH THESE PROCEDURES SIMULTANEOUSLY. However, if an application for the homologation of completed degree has been refused, the applicant may still apply for the validation of his or her studies to Spanish studies at a partially completed stage when and where that first application was not been refused for any of the following reasons:

the official Spanish university degree is either no longer officially taught in the Spanish national plan of studies or has not yet been fully implemented in that plan of studies;
the student’s degree certificate corresponds to international studies either partially completed or completed in Spain, when and where centres lack the official authority to deliver courses in this degree subject;
the degree certificate has already been homologated in Spain or the application for its partial validation has already been made.

Admission via the homologation of studies completed outside spain

Such applications should be made to the Spanish Ministry of Education at the following address:

Ministerio de Educación
Subdirección General de Títulos y Reconocimiento de Calificaciones
P. del Prado, 28
28014 Madrid
Tel. 34 902 218 500
Fax 34 917 018 600

For further information on the administrative procedure for applications, consult the Ministry of Education webpage

If the application for the homologation of a completed degree is successful, the applicant will be entitled to enrol in EHEA bachelor’s degree courses as these are delivered in universities and technical colleges in Catalonia and must complete the University pre-enrolment procedure (‘Preinscripció Universitària’) as this is defined by each particular centre or institution.
Detailed information on this procedure is available at:

Oficina d’Orientació per a l’Accés a la Universitat
Via Laietana,2, planta baixa
08003 Barcelona
Tel. (+34) 932 230 323 – 932 232 591
Fax. (+34) 935 527 120
accesnet.sur@gencat.cat

If the application for the homologation of a completed degree is not successful, the applicant may still apply for the validation of his or her studies to Spanish studies at a partially completed stage when and where that first application was not been refused for any of the reasons listed further above.

Admission via the validation of subjects

Applicants should consult the centre where the bachelor’s degree is taught and will need to adopt the admission pathway that corresponds to the particular number of credits that have been convalidated in each separate case. For information on the validation of studies to Spanish studies at a partially completed stage and on the application form required for a place on a course, see the page University admission for students who have begun higher education studies outside Spain.

Admission to university master’s degree courses

Holders of foreign qualifications may be admitted to university master’s degree courses in the following cases:

Their degree was issued by a higher education institution within the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) and authorizes the holder to access university master’s degree studies in the issuing country.
Their degree was issued outside the framework of the EHEA and has been officially recognized as equivalent to a qualifying Spanish degree, if that is the case, or includes a statement of equivalence to an official Spanish university qualification of comparable academic level.
Their degree was issued outside the framework of the EHEA and has not been officially recognized. In this last case, the UB shall verify that the qualification corresponds to an educational level equivalent to an official Spanish university degree and that it enables the student to access university master’s degree courses in the issuing country. Admission to the university master’s degree does not in any case mean that the student’s qualification has been officially recognized as equivalent to a Spanish university degree or recognized for any other purpose except that of taking the university master’s degree in question. The documents that are required to access the master’s degree course without previous official recognition are as follows:
- Completed application for authorization.
- Legally validated copy of the bachelor’s degree or equivalent (authenticated and officially translated by the appropriate diplomatic channel).
- Legally validated copy of the certificate listing the course units completed (authenticated and officially translated by the appropriate diplomatic channel). In all cases, the master’s degree coordination committee shall be responsible for the appropriate procedures.

In addition, students must pre-enrol as part of the selection process.

The admission procedure for each master’s degree is established by the UB (*). This procedure includes specific criteria, criteria of merit and, in certain cases, specific previous education.

The admission criteria are described under the section ‘Course offerings’ in the pages grouped at University master’s degree courses and on the webpage for each course.

In all cases, successful admission depends on the evaluation criteria established by the university and by the directors of the master’s degree course.

Pre-enrolment

Students must complete pre-enrolment as part of the selection process for their chosen university master’s degree course. This is done by filling in a form. Each master’s degree course has a specific form, which can be found in the section ‘Course offerings’ in the pages grouped at University master’s degree courses. Forms are available during pre-enrolment periods and contain information on pre-enrolment selection and evaluation criteria, pre-enrolment and enrolment deadlines and the name of the coordinator, his/her email and contact telephone number.

* In accordance with the provisions established in Article 17 of Royal Decree 1393/29 October 2007, students may be admitted to a university master’s degree course if they meet the specific requirements and evaluation criteria. The university shall determine the admission requirements, which may include previous education requirements, depending on the subject area of the master’s degree course.

Admission to UB-specific master’s degrees and postgraduate courses

Holders of foreign qualifications may be admitted to UB-specific master’s degree courses and postgraduate diplomas in the following cases:

Their degree was issued by a higher education institution in the EHEA and authorizes the student to access postgraduate courses in the issuing country.
Their degree was issued outside the EHEA framework and has been officially recognized as equivalent to an official Spanish university degree.
Their degree was issued outside the EHEA framework and has not been officially recognized.

Further information on specific admission conditions for holders of non-EHEA qualifications who wish to study UB-specific master’s degree courses and postgraduate diplomas.

In addition, students should consult the individual course profiles. Specific admission requirements can be consulted in the section ‘Course offerings’ in the pages grouped at UB-specific master’s degree courses and postgraduate diplomas. Applicants are also advised to contact the course director to find out about certain requirements.

International networks and associations to which the UB belongs

LERU

League of European Research Universities (LERU)

The UB is the first Spanish university to have been chosen to join the League of European Research Universities, an international network of research-intensive institutions offering quality in higher education.