FACT SHEET 2024-2025
INSTITUTIONAL DETAILS
Name

Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF)

City, Country

Barcelona, Spain

Websitehttps://www.upf.edu

About the university(2016-2017 data)

UPF is a modern, high-quality public university that was founded in 1990.
It focuses on the knowledge areas of the social sciences and humanities,
communication and information technologies, and health and life
sciences. It has 12,500 enrolled students in 30 undergraduate studies, 33Masters (EHEA) and 9 PhD programmes. UPF welcomes more than 1,800
international mobility students per year, and 38% of their undergraduate
students have done an exchange abroad.
UPF ranks in the Times Higher Education ranking 2022 as the 1st Spanish
university (156th worldwide and 69th in Europe).

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS SERVICE
Websitehttp://www.upf.edu/web/international/

Institutional
Coordinator

Sara López

Erasmus interinstitutional renewal
agreements

Fatou N’Gum
fatou.ngum@upf.edu; cc: uri@upf.edu

Incoming andoutgoing students

Meritxell Camaoma.incoming@upf.edu (Exchange students at UPF)

Mobility andReception Offices(OMA)oma.outgoing@upf.edu (UPF students selected for exchange)
Ciutadella Campus (Jaume I building)Ramon Trias Fargas, 25-27. 08005 Barcelona
Phones: +34 93 542 24 11|22 03|25 04.
This office assists students attending: Faculty of Economic and Business Faculty of Humanities
 Faculty of Law
 Faculty of Political and Social Sciences
 Faculty of Health and Life Sciences (located at Mar Campus)

Poblenou Campus (Roc Boronat building)Roc Boronat, 138. 08018 Barcelona | Phone: +34 93 542 12 64
This office assists students attending: Faculty of Communication
 Faculty of Translation and Language Sciences Engineering School

Office hours:
Mondays to Fridays: 10.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m.
Mondays to Thursdays: 4.00 p.m. – 5.00 p.m.

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ACADEMIC INFORMATION AND APPLICATION PROCESS
Academic calendar

It is divided in three terms:
September – December | January – March | April – June
Each term consists of 10 weeks of classes and 2 weeks for the exams.
Orientation days are planned to welcome exchange students at the beginning of eachterm. Attendance to these sessions is compulsory.

Academicinformation
Course offer

https://www.upf.edu/web/incoming/exchange-students-academicinformation
Faculty of Communication(Degrees: Advertising and Public Relations, Audiovisual
Communication & Journalism)Faculty of Economic and Business(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 Language Sciences(Degrees in Applied Languages and Translation and Interpretation)

Engineering School(Degrees in Audiovisual Systems Engineering, Biomedical
Engineering, Computer Science and Telematics Engineering)

Credit system

ECTS

Usual work load

60 ECTS per year - 20 ECTS per term

Grading system

The Spanish grading system is based on a scale from 0 to 10, where 5 isthe minimum passing mark.

UPF grading system

ECTS grading system(approx. equivalence)Excellent *(Excel·lent / Sobresaliente)

Good

9 -10

A

7 -8.99

B5 -6.99

C, D and E

0-4.99FX and F(Notable / Notable)

Pass(Aprovat / Aprobado)

Fail(Suspens / Suspendido)*The top 5% of the class can get a Honours mark(Matrícula d’Honor / Matrícula de Honor)

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Deadlines fornomination

Students coming to UPF for:First term: 30th April
Second and/or third term: 30th September*Submit the nominations through the online form sent by email
to partners
Application

After students are nominated by their home university, UPF will contact
them directly with further information about the on-line registration andthe necessary documents.

Deadlines forregistration

Students coming to UPF for:First term: 20th May
Second and/or third term: 20th October

Enrolment

Students are requested to enrol on-line prior to arrival, on a first-comefirst-served basis. UPF recommends a maximum of 20 ECTS per term.
Courses from other faculties are restricted and upon availability.

Language of teaching

Courses are taught in English, Spanish or Catalan. The University
recommends exchange students to have at least a MCER B1 level ofSpanish or a B2 level of English.

Language learning

Exchange students can enrol in Spanish and Catalan courses at theLanguages UPF programme (www.upf.edu/pei/). There are specificcourses targeting UPF exchange students at a reduced price.

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PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Visa

Health coverStudents from the EU do not need to apply for a visa. Students from outside theEU will have to apply for a student visa. Please note that a tourist visa is notenough to stay in Spain for over three months. More information can be foundat https://www.upf.edu/barcelona (legal formalities for foreigners)
Students from a Member State of the European Union, the European Economic
Area (EEA) or Switzerland and entitled to coverage under the social security
system of their country, then they can apply for the European Health Insurance
Card (EHIC). While the EHIC card gives EU citizens access to medically necessary,state-provided healthcare during a temporary stay in Spain, it is NOT analternative to travel insurance. It does cover NEITHER accidents NOR any private
healthcare or costs such as a return flight home country or lost/stolen property.
Students which are citizens of a country outside the EEA or Switzerland, thenthey must find out whether there exists a mutual health provision agreement
between the Social Security system of their country and Spain (this is the caseof a number of Latin American countries). If such an agreement exists, they canobtain a document from the relevant authorities in their country entitling themto free medical coverage in Spain.
All international students, including Erasmus, are required to have full coverageof eventual risks during their stay in Spain and UPF will check that at least an
additional insurance has been contracted to complement the EHIC. Moreinformation at https://www.upf.edu/barcelona (Health Coverage).

Housing

The Mobility and Reception Office does not provide any accommodation service
directly. However, UPF is a member of the BCU, a public service that assists
international students coming to Barcelona. It manages the BCU Housing Service
with a wide range of flats and rooms to rent and information about student
residence halls. UPF has direct agreements with some residence halls.
More information: https://www.upf.edu/barcelona (Housing)

Cost of living

Students should plan the following monthly expenses (approximate):
Item

Room in a shared flat

Room in a student residence hall

Housing

350-500 €500-800 €FoodTransport

200 €50 €200 €50 €Other expenses

200 €

200 €

Total

800-950 €950-1,250 €Students withdisabilities

Information about facilities to welcome students with disabilities available onindividual request depending on special needs. Please contact
oma.incoming@upf.edu during the nomination process detailing which
disabilities and needs should be covered. Final acceptance will be done on a caseby case basis.

Integration
activities

The Language Volunteering at UPF organizes leisure and cultural activities forexchange students and offers a language tandem programme, so aninternational student can meet a local student and an exchange conversation ineach other’s language.