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11 Setember 2012
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1 November 2012
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8 December 2012
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In addition to the above, the calendar for each school will also include any local holidays in the town where it is located.
Periods without classes
no classes or examinations will be held, except for bachelor's thesis panels
From 27 December 2012 to 5 January 2013 (Christmas)
From 25 March to 1 April 2013 (Easter)
From 1 July to 31 August 2013 (summer)
Bachelor Degree courses
Enrolment periods
New students enrolling through the general pre-enrolment process:
People assigned to their first choice: from 16 to 20 July 2012
Complaints and definitive assignation: 20 de July 2012
Second assignation: from 27 to 31 July 2012
Complains second assignation: 7 Setember 2012
Firts re-assignation of June: 17 Setember 2012
Second re-assignation of June: 21 September 2012
People assigned to the September pre-enrolment period: from 1 to 3 October 2012
Errors and complaints related to the September pre-enrolment period: 3 October 2012
People assigned free registration period: 19 October 2012
Requalifications courses registration
People assigned to requalification courses pre-enrolment: from 8 to 9 October 2012
New students enrolling through the February pre-enrolment process
People assigned to the february period: From 13 to 15 february 2013
Enrolment of current students:
Autumn semester: from 11 to 31 July and from 3 to 7 September 2012
Spring semester: from 4 to 15 February 2013
Deadlines for transfers to/from other universities and/or official university
courses
Enrolment in the autumn semester
Publication of available places: second half of June 2012
Submission of applications: from 2 to 13 July 2012
Decision of the host school: by 4 September 2012
Enrolment in the spring semester
Publication of available places: second half of December 2012
Submission of applications: from 7 to 18 January 2013
Decision of the host school: by 31 January 2013
Deadlines for applications to recognise/validate foreign studies
For courses with semester-based enrolment:
Autumn semester: Throughout July and from 3 to 7 September 2012
Spring semester: Throughout December 2012 and the first fortnight of January 2013
For courses with annual enrolment:
Throughout the months of June, July and September 2012
Deadlines for requesting continuance on a course
Students who fail to meet the minimum academic progress requirements for the first academic year or the initial
stage in the 2012-2013
Autumn semester: 5 February 2013
Spring semester: 22 July 2012
The deadlines for students who fail to meet the requirements in the spring semester will also apply to students of courses with
annual curricula and enrolment.
First and second cycle courses
Pre-enrolment and enrolment periods
New second cycle students
Autumn semester
Pre-enrolment: deadline 13 July 2012
Submission of documents: deadline 24 July 2012
Publication of the list of successful applicants: before 4 September 2012
Enrolment: from 5 to 7 September 2012
Spring semester
Pre-enrolment: deadline 31 January 2013
Submission of documents: deadline 6 February 2013
Publication of the list of successful applicants: before 11 February 2013
Enrolment: from 12 to 15 February 2013
Enrolment for students who have already enrolled in previous academic years
Autumn semester: from 11 to 31 July and from 3 to 7 September 2012
Spring semester: from 4 to 15 February 2013
Periods for applications for admission of transferred students
Commencing autumn semester:
Publication of number of places: last two weeks in June 2012
Submission of applications: from 2 to 13 July 2012
Decision of the school: before 4 September 2012
Commencing spring semester:
Publication of number of places: last two weeks in December 2012
Submission of applications: from 7 to 18 January 2013
Decision of the school: before 31 January 2013
Periods for the submission of applications for validation
For courses with semestral enrolment
Autumn semester: July 2012 and from 3 to 7 September 2012
Spring semester: December 2012 and the first two weeks in January 2013
For courses with yearly enrolment
June, July and September 2012
Periods for applications from continuing students
Students who have not fulfilled met the minimum academic progress requirements in the first academic year. 2012/13
Autumn-semester: up to 5 February 2013
Spring-semester: up to 22 July 2013
The deadlines for spring-semester students who failed to fulfil meet the minimum academic progress requirements also apply to
students on courses with yearly enrolment.
Master's Degree courses
Pre-enrolment and enrolment periods
Autumn semester
Pre-enrolment: from 1 March to 12 June 2012
Publication of the lists of admitted students: By 31 July 2012
Enrolment: from 3 to 7 September 2012
Spring semester
Pre-enrolment: from 15 October to 21 December 2012
Publication of the lists of admitted students: By 25 January 2013
Enrolment: from 4 to 15 February 2013
September pre-enrolment period
Pre-enrolment: from 10 to 17 September 2012
Publication of the lists of admitted students: By 25 September 2012
Enrolment: from 26 to 28 September 2012
New students from the master's degree in Secondary and Upper Secondary Education
Pre-enrolment (OOAU): from 12 to 14 September 2012
Enrolment: from 28 September to 1 October 2012
Enrolment of current students:
Autumn semester: from 16 to 31 July and from 3 to 7 September 2012
Spring semester: from 4 to 15 February 2013
Pre-enrolment periods for the autumn semester of the 2013-2014 academic year
From 14 January to 12 July 2013.
The academic committee for the master's degree may set its own pre-enrolment and enrolment periods during this period. The
condition for this is that admission and enrolment for the previous period must have ended.
Deadlines for applications to recognise/validate foreign courses
For courses with semester-based enrolment
Autumn semester: Throughout the months of July and September 2012
Spring semester: Throughout December 2012 and the first fortnight of January 2013
For courses with annual enrolment
Throughout the months of June, July and September 2012
Periods for applications from continuing students
Students who have not fulfilled met the minimum academic progress requirements in the first academic year in the 2012-13
Autumn-semester: up to 5 February 2013
Spring-semester: up to 22 July 2013
The deadlines for spring-semester students who failed to fulfil meet the minimum academic progress requirements also apply to
students on courses with yearly enrolment.
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How is assessment performed within the new European Higher Education Area (EHEA) framework?
What are the curricula like?
What levels of assessment are carried out at the UPC?
What rights do I have with regard to assessment?
What rights do I have with regard to the review of assessment results?
What is curricular assessment? Who carries it out and when?
Where is the result of the curricular assessment recorded?
How is the area comprising the initial stage assessed?
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What happens if I fail the performance assessment with a numerical mark of 4 or higher?
Can I withdraw from the curricular assessment?
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Can I be enrolled at the UPC for as many years as I like?
How will I know whether or not I've met the minimum academic progress requirements?
Do all credits count for the purposes of calculating the academic performance parameter and the 12 credits that must be
passed in the first year of a course?
What happens if I do not pass 12 credits in the first year?
What if I do not meet the minimum academic progress requirements for the initial stage?
What if I would like to re-enrol in the same course or enrol in another one?
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What is a bachelor's degree course?
It is a course offering general training geared towards preparing students to exercise specific professions and leading to the title of
graduate. It consists of 240 credits: 60 per year for 4 years.
What are graduates called under the new system?
Graduate in (X) from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.
What core training is provided in the engineering programmes?
The common part of these programmes is completed at the start of the course and will consist of at least 60 credits, of which at
least 36 will be related to the specific branch of knowledge of the degree. However, according to the UPC framework for bachelor's
degree courses, the first and second years (120 ECTS credits) of courses belonging to the same branch of knowledge (e.g.
industrial engineering) will be the same.
What is an ECTS credit?
It is the measurement unit used to design qualifications within the framework of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). It
is calculated based on the work required of the student (class and practical hours, studying, preparation and sitting of
examinations, etc.). At the UPC, one ECTS credit is equivalent to 25 hours, or, exceptionally, up to 30 hours for external work
placement and the bachelor's thesis.
What is the learning method like?
The system is student-centred. Courses are designed based on the skills to be acquired by the student. Consequently, in
addition to class hours, they take student effort into account. The goal is for students to acquire the skills they need to continue
to learn independently, think creatively and engage in interdisciplinary problem-solving once they graduate.
Under the new model, teaching is structured around the student's learning process. The curricula are based on the skills and
abilities to be acquired by the student, which is why student effort, in addition to class hours, is taken into account.
What is meant by competencies?
The set of skills, abilities and attitudes that constitute the desired learning outcome of a given course. In other words, it refers
to everything that a student will know or be able to demonstrate upon completion of the educational process.
What are generic or transversals competencies?
Transversals competencies are those things that the graduate will be able to understand or do upon completion of the learning
process, regardless of the specific course. The transversals competencies established by the UPC are: capacity for innovation
and entrepreneurship, sustainability and social commitment, effective oral and written communication, knowledge of a foreign
language (preferably English), teamwork, independent learning and proper use of information resources.
What are specific competencies?
Specific competencies are those skills that a graduate will have acquired upon completion of a given course, and they are
specifically defined for each qualification. They can be broken down into discipline-specific, academic and professional
competencies.
Is knowledge of a foreign language required?
According to the UPC framework for bachelor's degree courses, students must demonstrate proficiency in a foreign language,
preferably English, in order to graduate. The curriculum for each course will specify the mechanisms to be used to achieve this
skill.
Enrolment
Once I've being admitted to a course at the UPC, can I enrol in whatever I want?
NO. If you are enrolling for the first time in the first year of a bachelor's degree course as a full-time student, you must
enrol in 30 credits if the enrolment is semester-based or 60 credits if it is annual. However, the section on minimum academic
progress requirements of the Academic Regulations for Bachelor's Degree Courses at the UPC provides that part-time students
may enrol in a maximum of 36 ECTS credits per academic year (18 per semester). No justification is required to enrol as a parttime student. You must simply indicate this choice on the enrolment application form when processing your first enrolment. All
subsequent enrolments will also be considered part-time, unless you request a change and your request is approved.
If you are enrolling in a course for the first time and are not enrolling in the first year thereof, you must enrol in at least 12
credits your first academic year.
If you are still completing the initial stage (the 60 ECTS credits of the first academic year of the course), remember that, as a
general rule, you may not enrol for compulsory or optional courses from other curricular areas until you have passed the minimum
number of initial-stage credits established by the school for minimum academic progress (see Section 5.5 of the Academic
Regulations for Bachelor's Degree Courses at the UPC ).
Can I change my enrolment if I realise I've chosen the wrong subjects?
Your enrolmen may only be changed if the school makes changes to the examination times or dates after you have
processed it and these changes prevent you from attending class or being assessed on a given subject.
Your school will set a deadline for each teaching period for enrolment modification requests, which will be decided by the director
or dean.
Can I cancel my enrolment?
As a general rule, no. However, if you are a new first-year student, you may, in duly justified cases and a single time, ask the
director or dean of the school for permission to cancel your full enrolment, providing you do so within two months of the start of
the teaching activities, regardless of the date on which you processed the enrolment itself.
If you cancel the enrolment and do not request that your place be reserved, you will need to pre-enrol again, pursuant to the
current rules for admission to the course in question, should you later decide to re-enrol.
Cancellation of the enrolment will only entitle you to a refund of the public fee paid in those cases recognised under the UPC
budget (see Section 2.10 of the Academic Regulations for Bachelor's Degree Courses at the UPC ).
What can I do if I have been admitted to the UPC but cannot begin the course?
When you have been assigned a place and, for an exceptional reason, are unable to begin the course, you may ask your school to
reserve your place within the established enrolment period.
If your request is approved, your enrolment will be processed for the purposes of opening a record, and you will be considered a
UPC student for all intents and purposes.
Places may be reserved for a maximum of two semesters or one academic year. Only in cases of justified serious illness or
accident may this period be extended.
If your request is denied, or if you fail to submit it in time, you will lose the assigned place and will have to be re-admitted
through the pre-enrolment process, pursuant to the current rules for admission to the course in question, in order to re-enrol.
If your request is denied, or if you fail to submit it in time, you will lose the assigned place and will have to be re-admitted
through the pre-enrolment process, pursuant to the current rules for admission to the course in question, in order to re-enrol.
Who decides how much a course costs?
Each year, the Department of the Presidency of the Government of Catalonia publishes a decree in the Official Gazette of the
Catalan Government establishing the fees for the provision of academic services at public universities with regard to homologated
qualifications. These fees vary depending on how experimental the qualification is. This decree also establishes the fees for
other university services, such as the issue of transcripts, enrolment and academic record charges, or the issue of degrees. These
fees cover about 15% of the real cost of the qualification, as they apply to homologated and, thus, subsidised, courses. You can
view the full text of the Decree on Public Fees at: http://www.upc.edu/sga/matricula/pagament-de-la-matricula/decret-de-preus(in Catalan and Spanish).
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Do I qualify for any reductions or discounts on the enrolment fee?
You may do. Discounts are given on the enrolment fee for certain personal circumstances. These circumstances must be duly
accredited, pursuant to the applicable regulations, when processing the enrolment at your school secretary's office:
Large family (valid certificate required).
Students who meet the academic and financial conditions to apply for general or mobility grants from the Spanish Ministry of
Education and Science (MEC from the Spanish) and who apply for such grants when processing their enrolment.
Students who have earned a mark of Outstanding in upper secondary school (batxillerat) or won a special upper secondary
school award.
Students who have earned a mark of Outstanding at the University. The enrolment fee will be waived for the same number of
subjects/credits as for which the mark of Outstanding was awarded.
Students who have won a UPC-recognised Knowledge Olympiad.
Disabled students with a degree of disability of 33%. These students are exempt from the public fees.
Victims of terrorism and the spouses and children thereof. These students are exempt from the public fees.
Students who have won a UPC Prize for Research by Upper Secondary School (Batxillerat) Students. The fees will be waived for
all credits in which they enrol for the first time in their first academic year.
Victims of domestic violence and their children. These students are exempt from the public fees.
Exchange students from other universities enrolled in bachelor's degree, first-cycle or first- and second-cycle courses, provided
that under the exchange programme they must process their enrolment at their school of origin.
Assessment
How is assessment performed within the new European Higher Education Area (EHEA)
framework?
Integration in the EHEA entails significant changes in the teaching structure and methods, learning process and assessment
system. Under the European credit system, student work is used to gauge academic activity, and curricular objectives must
be precisely defined, as must how each subject contributes towards achieving them.
What are the curricula like?
The primary objective of the curricula is the acquisition of skills. Therefore, the subjects are defined based on the skills that
students are expected to have mastered by the time they complete their studies. These skills must be assessable and are reflected
in the student's marks.
Generic skills are those skills that are not oriented towards the practice of a specific professional function or task, but rather are
useful in most professions and can be applied to a variety of situations (communication, problem-solving, reasoning, leadership
ability, creativity, motivation, teamwork and, especially, the capacity to learn). Specific skills are skills that a university graduate
can be expected to have mastered and are deployed on three levels: core instrumental skills, which are of an essentially scientific
nature and are shared by all areas of knowledge; skills related to the cross-disciplinary scientific and technological foundations of a
given field; and the applied technical skills pertaining to the specific qualification.
What levels of assessment are carried out at the UPC?
Assessment is performed at different levels:
Assessment of the individual compulsory and optional subjects included in a curriculum.
Assessment of the curricular areas. Curricular areas consist of a set of subjects with the same learning objectives that are
assessed as a whole through a procedure known as curricular assessment. The specific school offering the course is responsible
for the curricular assessment. The curricula for all UPC bachelor's degree courses must define at least two curricular areas: an
initial stage, consisting of the 60 ECTS credits that make up the first year of the curriculum; and the rest of the subjects in the
curriculum, which may include the bachelor's thesis. The bachelor's thesis is a compulsory subject that must be worth at least 12
and at most 30 ECTS credits. For degrees linked to regulated professions, the bachelor's thesis must be worth at least 24 ECTS
credits.
Assessment of any additional academic activities that may be recognised for credit.
What rights do I have with regard to assessment?
You are entitled to be assessed on any subject in which you enrol; however, if you choose subjects with conflicting schedules, you
are not entitled to be assessed on any date other than the one originally stipulated. If, for an exceptional and duly justified
reason, you are unable to attend an examination, the school will review the specific circumstances of your case and, where
applicable, take the necessary steps to allow you to sit the examination during the teaching period.
If you do not participate in any of the assessment activities for a subject, or do not participate in a sufficient number of them in
the opinion of the responsible lecturer, you will receive the mark of ;Absent;.
You are entitled to know, at the start of the year, the assessment criteria and marking method approved by the school for each
subject, neither of which may be modified in any way during the academic year.
What rights do I have with regard to the review of assessment results?
You are entitled to request a review of the results of any official assessment within the period previously established for this
purpose by your school. You are likewise entitled to request a review of the recognition of credits within a maximum period of
seven days from the date the original decision is published.
You are further entitled to receive a decision on any appeal you might file against the decisions of the lecturer for a disputed
subject within a maximum period of fifteen days of the filing date. Under no circumstances may a review result in a lower mark
than that originally obtained.
If you appeal a decision and the appeal is decided in your favour, you will be entitled to enrol after the decision is handed
down, even when this means enrolling past the official deadline.
In addition to the review process, and for the purpose of academic guidance, you are also entitled to receive from the lecturer for
a given subject both an assessment of your work on any activity subject to assessment and an explanation of the mark awarded.
You may contest the decisions of the director or dean by filing an appeal with the rector within a maximum period of one month
from receipt of the decision in question.
What is a curricular assessment? Who carries it out and when?
Curricular assessment offers an overall assessment of your performance in all of the subjects included in a given curricular
area. Please see the course guide to determine which curricular areas are included in your course.
Each school establishes the mechanisms to be used for curricular assessment, and these mechanisms must be published. The
assessment is conducted by a specific assessment committee, which, for the assessment of the initial stage, will include, at least,
both lecturers and students who have already successfully completed the stage in question.
You will be assessed on each curricular area once you have been assessed on each of the component subjects thereof. In the initial
stage, when the minimum academic performance established by the school is the 60 ECTS credits that comprise the stage, you will
also be subject to a curricular assessment once the deadline for the successful completion of those credits has passed, whether or
not you have already been assessed on each individual subject. The curricular assessment of the initial stage is separate from any
marks you may earn for subjects belonging to curricular areas other than those in which you have been authorised to enrol.
Where is the result of the curricular assessment recorded?
On the official curricular assessment results. These results are prepared and communicated to all students subject to
curricular assessment. For students who successfully pass the curricular assessment, provided they have earned a numerical mark
of 5.0 or higher in each of the subjects, the results will include the final numerical and descriptive mark for each subject and the
numerical mark for the curricular area as a whole, which will be the average mark for all the subjects weighted by the number of
credits. Students who fail the curricular assessment will receive a mark of Pending and no numerical mark will be given.
How is the area comprising the initial stage assessed?
If you pass the initial stage, the official curricular assessment results will include all the information mentioned in the
previous section.
If you do not pass it but have not yet exceeded the deadline for doing so, you will receive a mark of Pending and no numerical
mark will be given. This means that you will need to be re-assessed in the area comprising the initial stage at the end of the
next teaching period.
If you do not pass it and have reached the deadline for doing so, the report will list the individual subjects passed and you will
receive a mark of ;Fail; for the initial stage.
For more information about your options for continuing your studies in these circumstances, see the section on minimum
academic progress requirements of the Academic Regulations for Bachelor's Degree Courses at the UPC .
How is each individual subject assessed?
If you pass the subject, the assessment report will include the final descriptive and numerical marks obtained
(Outstanding/Very Good: 9.0–10; Good: 7.0–8.9, Satisfactory: 5.0–6.9. If you do not pass it, you will receive a mark of
Unsatisfactory (0–4.9).
If you do not participate in any of the assessment activities for the subject, or do not participate in a sufficient number of them in
the opinion of the responsible lecturer, you will receive the mark of ;Absent;.
What happens if I fail a subject with a numerical mark of 4 or higher?
You can choose whether or not to re-enrol in subjects that you fail with a numerical mark of 4.0 or higher, as they will be
included in the curricular assessment process. Under that process, the mark may be changed to Satisfactory or maintained as
Unsatisfactory.
If you decide to re-enrol in a subject for which you were already assessed in a previous academic period and for which you
received a mark of Unsatisfactory with a numerical mark of 4.0 or higher (provided it was on the last assessment of the subject),
that mark will continue to be listed on future official results unless you earn a higher one, in which case, the higher mark
will be used.
Can I withdraw from the curricular assessment?
If you do not want the curricular assessment criteria to be applied to you, whether in a given period or for a specific curricular
area, you may request a withdrawal at the school where you are taking the course within the established period. In both cases,
you will have to re-enrol in any subject you have failed.
For more information on the assessment process at the UPC, see Section 4 of the Academic Regulations for Bachelor's Degree
Courses at the UPC .
Minimum academic progress requirements
Can I be enrolled at the UPC for as many years as I like?
It depends on your academic performance. In order to ensure the best use of resources, the UPC has established, in the
section on minimum academic progress requirements of the Academic Regulations for Bachelor's Degree Courses at the UPC ,
three assessment-based mechanisms for monitoring academic performance: the minimum number of credits to be passed the
first academic year of a course; the minimum number of credits to be passed in the initial stage (i.e. the 60 ECTS credits of the
first academic year of a course), which is established by each school; and the minimum academic progress requirements following
completion of the minimum number of initial-stage credits, which is determined using the academic performance parameter.
How will I know whether or not I've met the minimum academic progress requirements?
The school will tell you before the next enrolment period whether or not you have met the requirement to pass at least 12
credits the first academic year (;a mark of Fail for the first academic year;) or the minimum academic progress
requirements for the initial stage. Each school establishes the minimum number of credits to be passed, which ranges from 42
to 60 ECTS credits from the initial stage. You must pass these credits within a maximum period of two academic years if you are
enrolled as a full-time student or four academic years if you are enrolled as a part-time student.
Once you have met the minimum academic progress requirements for the initial stage, the school will tell you whether you have
achieved an academic performance parameter of less than 0.5 for a maximum of two consecutive teaching periods (that is,
whether you failed to pass 50% of the credits for which you were enrolled in the teaching period), as well as the measures to be
taken, if any, as a result during the next enrolment period (e.g. limiting the total number of credits for which you may enrol). Any
student with an academic performance parameter of less than 0.3 for three consecutive teaching periods (when the periods are
semesters) or two consecutive teaching periods (when they are annual) may be automatically dismissed from the course.
For more information, see Section 5.8 on minimum academic progress requirements in the Academic Regulations for Bachelor's
Degree Courses at the UPC.Normativa Académica de los estudios de grado de la UPC
.
Do all credits count for the purposes of calculating the academic performance parameter and
the 12 credits that must be passed the first year of a course?
No. Validated and recognised credits are not included in the calculation.
What happens if I do not pass 12 credits the first year?
The assessment committee will assign you a mark of ;Fail; for the first academic year. You will have a period to appeal this
decision and, if the appeal is decided in your favour, that is, if it is determined that you have passed more than 12 credits, you will
be able to continue with your studies normally.
If the fail mark is upheld and you believe that your case qualifies for the exception provided for in Section 5.7 on minimum
academic progress requirements in the Academic Regulations for Bachelor's Degree Courses at the UPC
, you may file an appeal
with the director or dean of your school, attaching any documentary evidence, by the deadline established in the general calendar.
What if I do not meet the minimum academic progress requirements for the initial stage?
The assessment committee will assign you the mark of ;Fail;. As in the previous case, you will have a period to appeal the
decision and, if the appeal is decided in your favour, that is, if it is determined that you have met the minimum academic
progress requirements for the initial stage, you will be able to continue with your studies normally.
If the fail mark is upheld and you believe that your case qualifies for the exception provided for in Section 5.7 on minimum
academic progress requirements in the Academic Regulations for Bachelor's Degree Courses at the UPC
, you may file an appeal
with the director or dean of your school, attaching any documentary evidence, by the deadline established in the general calendar.
What if I would like to re-enrol in the same course or enrol in another one?
If you fail to meet the minimum academic progress requirements for the initial stage or to pass at least 12 credits the first
academic year, you will not be allowed to continue on the course at the same school. You may re-enrol in the course
at another UPC school or enrol in any other UPC course that does not have the same initial stage as the course from
which you have been dismissed.
Important: To enrol in the new course, you must be assigned a place in the pre-enrolment process through the Catalan University
Admissions Advisory Office or according to the admission rules in force for the course in question. To re-enrol in a course from
which you have been dismissed or enrol in a different course with the same initial stage, you must wait two years from the time of
your expulsion. You must moreover obtain prior authorisation from the rector and be assigned a place by the Catalan University
Admissions Advisory Office in accordance with the admission rules in force for the course in question.
What if I do not agree?
If you disagree with the way that the Academic Regulations for Bachelor's Degree Courses at the UPC
have been applied in your
case, or if you believe that you have not been given a fair hearing, you may contact the University Ombudsman at:
Til·lers Building, C. Jordi Girona, 31, 08034 Barcelona.
Tel. 93 401 63 36
E-mail: sindic.greuges@upc.edu
Additional academic information
All UPC schools offer the following services:
A secretary's office that you can contact for information or to handle any matter related to your academic record.
A director of studies who can provide any clarifications you may need regarding the academic regulations of the school itself or
of the University in general.
A mobility coordinator and a university-business liaison officer who can provide information on the possibility of
completing part of your studies outside the classroom, as well as on the UPC's regulations and offers to this end.
The University also has an Academic Management Service, which organises and coordinates the school's academic
management support processes. Tel. 93 401 61 96 / 93 401 61 97
Course guide
All UPC schools publish a course guide at the start of the year, in paper or electronic format, with all the necessary information
regarding the general structure of the courses and how the school works. Most of the guides also contain the basic reading list for
each subject, class schedules, etc.
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It is a course providing advanced training geared towards academic or professional specialisation and introducing students to
research. Upon completion of the course, students are awarded a master's degree qualification.
Master's degree courses consist of between 60 and 120 credits and lasts between 1 and 2 years.
What are graduates called under the new system?
Master in (X) from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.
What is the difference between a master's degree and a professional master's degree?
Master's degree
Focus
Advanced specialised or multidisciplinary training designed
Career-oriented. Aimed at professional development.
to hone students' research and professional skills and
qualifying them to pursue doctoral studies.
Under current Spanish law (Royal Decree 1393/2007 of 29
October) candidates meeting any of the following
requirements may apply for admission to a master's
degree course:
1. Candidates who hold an official Spanish university
degree or any other official university degree issued by a
higher education institution in the European Higher
Education Area (EHEA) that qualifies the holder to pursue
master's-level training in the issuing country.
Continuing education master's degree
Candidates who hold a bachelor's degree from another
EHEA-member country.
University graduates from countries that do not belong to
the EHEA through the legalisation of their degree.
Professionals who do not hold a university qualification but
meet the specific admission requirements for the course in
2. University graduates of systems other than those of the
question. In such cases, a certificate of overcoming the
Admission EHEA may be admitted without the need to homologate
program will be issued.
their qualifications subject to verification by the University
that said qualifications offer a level of training equivalent
to the corresponding official Spanish university degree and
qualify the holder to pursue master's-level training in the
issuing country. Admission by this means shall not, under
any circumstances, entail the homologation of the
qualification of the interested party or its recognition for
any purpose other than to enrol in the master's degree
course.
Structure
Compulsory subjects, optional subjects, master's thesis
Modular: The system allows students to take the different
parts of master's degree course separately so that they
can accommodate their specific needs and schedules.
Type of
credits
ECTS: One academic year (two semesters) is equivalent to
60 ECTS credits.
1 ECTS credit = 25–30 hours of work
1 credit = 25 class hours of work
Duration
60–120 ECTS credits (one or two academic years)
One year (two years in exceptional cases)
Workload
Full-time
Part-time (compatible with professional life)
Delivery
Face-to-face
Face-to-face, blended or distance learning
Faculty
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya teaching and research
staff
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya teaching and research
staff and working professionals
Fees
Public fees. The cost is subsidised.
Students pay the full cost.
What is an ECTS credit?
ECTS stands for European Credit Transfer System, the standard adopted by all universities in the European Higher Education
Area (EHEA) to ensure the homogeneity and quality of the courses they offer.
Under the current model, a credit is equal to 10 class hours, whereas an ECTS credit takes into account, in addition to actual
class time, all the other activities carried out during a student's learning process (studying, assignments, practical work, etc.).
What is meant by competencies?
The set of skills, abilities and attitudes that constitute the desired learning outcome of a given course. In other words, it refers
to everything that a student will know or be able to demonstrate upon completion of the educational process.
What transverals competencies?
Transverals competencies are those things that the graduate will be able to understand or do upon completion of the learning
process, regardless of the specific course. The tranversals competencies established by the UPC are: capacity for innovation
and entrepreneurship, sustainability and social commitment, knowledge of a foreign language (preferably English), teamwork and
proper use of information resources.
What are specific competencies?
Specific competencies are those skills that a graduate will have acquired upon completion of a given course, and they are
specifically defined for each qualification. They can be broken down into discipline-specific, academic and professional
competencies.
How long does a master's degree course last?
One academic year (two semesters spanning the period from September to July) is equivalent to 60 ECTS credits, which is the
maximum number of credits a full-time student can complete per year.
A master's degree course has a study load of between 60 and 120 ECTS credits. Therefore, a full-time student will need
between one and two academic years to complete the course, depending on the specific course and his or her academic
background.
How much does a master's degree course cost?
The fee for a master's degree course, like any other official university course, is determined by the Government of Catalonia,
subject to certain limits set for all Spain. The fee per ECTS credit for the 2012–2013 academic year .. For non-resident
students who are not EU nationals, the fee per credit is 1,5 the amount .
What financial aid is available for master's degree students?
Training grants for research staff
Training grants for university faculty
Training grants for researchers
Alban scholarships
Student mobility grants within the framework of a master's degree programme
Grants from the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID from the Spanish)
More information about grants and scholarships can be found on the Academic Management Service's website
.
How can I have my previous studies recognised?
The body responsible for the master's degree will process, on behalf of the rector, all applications for recognition.
You must submit the application form (model form) to the unit responsible for the course, along with the following
documentation:
- Personal transcript (original or certified photocopy) listing the courses to be recognised (only for courses taken at institutions
other than the UPC).
- The curriculum for the completed course, including detailed information about the content of each subject, as published by
the corresponding school (only for courses taken at institutions other than the UPC).
- Proof of payment of the recognition fee.
What is an Erasmus Mundus master's degree?
Erasmus Mundus is a European Union programme launched in 2003 to improve the quality of European higher education and
cooperation with other regions with a view to attracting highly qualified students from third countries to courses offered jointly
by European universities so as to strengthen the ties between these universities and similar institutions around the world.
Erasmus Mundus programme
What is the minimum number of students required for a master's degree course to be taught?
According to the criteria set forth by the Interuniversity Council of Catalonia, at least 20 students must have enrolled by the
end of the enrolment period for a master's degree course to be taught. If this number is not reached, there is no guarantee
that the course will be offered. If a master's degree course is cancelled for this reason, the enrolment fee will be refunded
and the affected students will be offered places in other master's degree courses.
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Based on the established in the Catalan government's Degree on Fees
, the UPC has set following fees for its master's degrees.
Master's degrees that qualify graduates to practise a regulated profession, such as Agronomic Engineering, Civil
Engineering (professional track), Geological and Mining Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mining Engineering,
Telecommunications Engineering and Secondary and Upper Secondary Education, Vocational Training and Foreign Language
Teaching: €40 per credit. Access and admission
Master's degrees that, because of their curricular organisation, allow graduates to acquire skills comparable to those
needed for a regulated profession, such as the master's degree in Informatics Engineering and the master's degree in
Chemical Engineering: €44.8 per credit. Academic regulations
Master's degree in Nuclear Engineering: €64 per crèdit.
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Other master's degrees: €50 per credit. Other courses
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Master's degree students may not apply for Equitat grants, but they may apply for grants from the Spanish Ministry
of Education, Culture and Sports (MECD) and student loans.
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Grants and financial aid
E1: conditional enrolment as a grant holder, if you are eligible for an MECD grant.
If you are eligible for a general MECD grant, you may request conditional enrolment as a grant holder. This means that you will
not have to pay for credits the first time you enrol for them. You must pay for compulsory fees, which cannot be paid in
instalments
a) If you were awarded a grant last year and you meet the academic requirements, you are entitled to free conditional enrolment.
b)If you were not awarded a grant last year, you will need to submit a certificate stating that you meet the financial requirements.
This certificate is issued by the Agency for the Management of University and Research Grants (AGAUR). The AGAUR is obliged to
issue the certificate within 10 days from the day on which you applied for it. Further information is available at the Virtual Citizen
Care Office
You will then need to apply for the grant via the e-secretaria E2: other students
If you are not eligible for a grant and the enrolment fee is more than €500, you can pay it in two instalments. You must provide
details of a Spanish bank account. The instalments are divided as follows.
- Semestral enrolment: an initial payment of 60% of the amount for the credits enrolled and 100% of the compulsory fees. The
remaining 40% must be paid in a second instalment before the end of December 2012.
- Yearly enrolment: an initial payment of 50% of the amount for the credits enrolled and 100% of the compulsory fees. The
remaining 50% must be paid in a second instalment before the end of December 2012.
Consult the forms of payment here.
E3 : students who do not reside in Spain and who are not nationals of the European Union (EU)
If you do not live in Spain and are not a national of an EU member state, a coefficient of 1.5 will be applied to the per-credit
fee for the master's degree, in accordance with the nationality stated when you pre-enrolled and on any identification documents
you have provided.
If you feel you should be exempt from the surcharge, you will need to submit the original and a photocopy of your foreigner
identification number (NIE) document at your school. You will be exempt from the surcharge if you are:
A citizen of the UE.
A relative of a citizen of the UE.
A permanent resident of Spain.
Reunited with your family in Spain.
You can pay for the enrolment fee in instalments. Consult the forms of payment here.
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Admission from a CFGS + validations
Holders of a CFGS qualification may apply to any bachelor's degree course . However, for the purposes of admission,
preference will be given to holders of CFGS qualifications in the same or equivalent fields to the bachelor's degree course in
question. The UPC validates subjects and credits for some bachelor's degree courses for graduates of certain CFGSs. See the
section on credit validation to see which CFGS subjects qualify for validation. Holders of a CFGS qualification may voluntarily
sit the specific part of the PAU if they would like to improve their university entrance mark. Additional information is available
in the weighting table .
Admission for students over 25, 40 and over 45
Admission for students over 25
Admission for students over 40. Royal Decree 1892/2008, of 14 November, regulating the conditions for admission to official
bachelor's degree courses, establishes a special means of admission to these courses for candidates over the age of 40. For
more information, see the section on university admission on the website of the Catalan Ministry of Economy and Knowledge.
The results of the admissions process for these candidates are published on the Catalan version of the UPC website.
Admission for students over 45
Admission of students from EU countries and countries with reciprocity agreements
Students from the education systems of EU member states or any other country that has signed a reciprocity agreement with
Spain may apply for admission directly, without the need to sit the PAU, provided they meet the academic requirements in
force in their own education systems to attend university. These students must have adequate knowledge of the language in
which the courses will be taught. The Spanish National Distance Education University (UNED) is responsible for verifying these
admission requirements. Candidates must submit their applications and related documentation at: www.uned.es/accesoUE .
They must then apply for a place at the university offering the course in which they wish to enrol via the pre-enrolment
process.
Admission of other foreign students
Students who have completed upper secondary school in a foreign country must contact the Spanish Ministry of Education and
Science or its office in Barcelona to request the homologation (official recognition in Spain) of their qualification. All requisite
documentation must be legalised and, where applicable, translated. Once the qualification has been homologated, the student
must pass the PAU. For more information, see the section on admission universities in the website StudyinCatalonia.
University entrance examinations (PAU)
See the Catalan Ministry of Economy and Knowledge
website for detailed information about the structure of the
examinations, admission marks, subjects tested and weightings.
The subject weightings
were approved by the Interuniversity Council of Catalonia on 10 June 2009. The resolution is
provisional and applies only to the 2010 and 2011 pre-enrolment processes. During this period, the list of subjects for each
batxillerat option associated with each branch of knowledge at the university level will be used to assign a weighting of 0.2 to
those subjects that were previously subject to a mandatory examination. A revised weighting table reflecting the academic
recommendations of the universities will be published for the 2012 pre-enrolment process.
Common admission procedure
A single pre-enrolment process is used for all available places in courses in the field of industrial engineering offered by the
Terrassa School of Engineering (EET), the Vilanova i la Geltrú School of Engineering (EPSEVG) and the Manresa School of
Engineering (EPSEM). The first year of all these courses is the same. Upon completing it, students must apply for admission to
the courses with which they would like to continue, in order of preference. The school will assign the places based on each
student's application and academic record in the subjects taken at the school.
Pre-enrolment
To study at the UPC, candidates must complete the university pre-enrolment process through the Catalan University
Admissions Advisory Office , which is responsible for processing admission to all Catalan public universities. The preenrolment process can be completed online on the established dates in May and September.
Minimum entrance mark
The qualifying mark for admission to a given university course for batxillerat students is calculated using the mark obtained in
the batxillerat curriculum (60%) and the mark obtained in the PAU (40%). This mark must be equal to or greater than the
minimum entrance mark, which is established based on the demand for a course and the number of places offered. There is
thus no direct relationship between the minimum entrance mark and the difficulty of a course. The minimum entrance mark is
determined at the end of the place assignment process. Consequently, only the minimum entrance mark for the previous
academic year is known during the pre-enrolment process, and it is provided solely by way of example. Click here
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the minimum entrance marks from previous years.
Enrolment
If, after completing the pre-enrolment process at the UPC and passing the PAU, you are assigned a place at the University,
you must complete the university enrolment process. At the specified time, you will need to log into the UPC enrolment
website, which is available in July and September. There you will find detailed information about the enrolment process:
description of the process, calendar, required documents, payment methods, information about available grants and financial
aid, links to schools, and the academic regulations FAQs.
Visas
Citizens of the European Union (EU), Iceland, Lichtenstein and Norway do not need visas. They will automatically be issued a
foreigner identification number (NIE) and a residence card. Citizens of non-EU member countries must apply for a visa to study in Spain. These visas are issued by the Spanish embassy
and consulates in the country of origin and are not required for courses with a duration of less than three months.
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These courses are open to candidates who hold an official Spanish university degree or any other official university degree
issued by a university in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) that qualifies the holder to pursue master's-level training
in the issuing country.
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They are likewise open to candidates who hold a degree issued by a university from a country that does not belong to the
EHEA that has been homologated as a Spanish degree that qualifies the holder to pursue master's-level training. If the degree
has not been homologated, the University must first verify that the course provides an equivalent level of training to the
corresponding official Spanish university degree and that it qualifies the holder to pursue master's-level training in the issuing
country. Admission by this means shall not, under any circumstances, entail the homologation of the previous qualification or
its recognition for any purpose other than to enrol in the master's degree course. However, the master's degree awarded to
students who successfully complete the course will be officially valid. In addition to these general admission requirements,
which apply to all master's degree courses, each course may also establish its own specific admission requirements.
Specific requirements and admission criteria
Some official master's degree courses have specific admission requirements and criteria. When you click on the name of a
master's degree course, you will be shown a course description that includes the sections on ;specific requirements; and
;admission criteria;.
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UPC master's degree or interuniversity master's degree coordinated by the UPC
Interuniversity master's degree coordinated by a university other than the UPC
Master's degree in Secondary and Upper Secondary Education, Vocational Training and Foreign Language Teaching
UPC master's degree or interuniversity master's degree coordinated by the UPC
To enrol in a UPC master's degree course or an interuniversity master's degree course coordinated by the UPC, you must use
the pre-enrolment application for master's degree courses:
https://preinscripció.upc.edu/preinscripcio
The pre-enrolment periods for master's degree courses are shown on the UPC's academic calendar.
To register for the application, enter a valid e-mail address as your username.
You will be sent a password to log into the application. Log in and enter your personal and academic details and
upload the required documentation.
Once you have entered the details and uploaded the documents, submit the online application form for
administrative and academic review. You will be able to check the status of your application throughout the
admissions process (see;Application status ; in the FAQs for the pre-enrolment application).
Students must pay a pre-enrolment fee of €30. The price applies to each pre-enrolment for a master's degree
course run by the UPC. Students who pre-enrol for more than one course must pay a €30 pre-enrolment fee for
each course. These fees are non-refundable.
You may make changes to your application until the deadline for pre-enrolment by entering your username (valid
e-mail address) and the assigned password.
If you would like to pre-enrol in more than one master's degree course, you do not need to re-enter the details
you have already provided.
Successful applicants must ACCEPT the place in the pre-enrolment application and pay €600 following the
instructions given in the form they will have received by e-mail. This amount will be deducted from the enrolment
fee when you officially enrol, but if you do not enrol you will not be entitled to a refund unless the master’s degree
is cancelled.
Use the relevant section of the pre-enrolment application form to explain what documents you are providing
(official degree, etc.) as proof of your eligibility to enrol in the master's degree course. You may also upload these
documents as attachments.
On the established decision date, you will receive an e-mail informing you of whether or not you have been
admitted to the master's degree course. You can view the decision in the pre-enrolment application. Final
admission to the programme will be subject to confirmation of the academic details provided.
Students from non-EU member countries can use the letter of admission to begin to apply for the visa they will
need to complete the master's degree course in Spain.
Interuniversity master's degree coordinated by a university other than the UPC
To enrol in an interuniversity master's degree coordinated by a university other than the UPC, you must pre-enrol at the
coordinating university. The address will be given in the programme's course description.
Master's degree in Secondary and Upper Secondary Education, Vocational Training and Foreign Language
Teaching
The pre-enrolment process is handled by the Catalan University Admissions Advisory Office, which processes online admission
to master's degree courses for diploma and degree holders, ensuring the principles of publicity, equality, merit and ability.
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Places will be assigned on the basis of candidates' university entrance mark, i.e. the average mark for their academic record,
regardless of the date on the record for the university course qualifying them to apply.
The average mark for the academic record will be calculated pursuant to the terms of Royal Decree 1892/2008, of 14
November, which amends Royal Decree 1267/1994, of 10 June, regulating the conditions for entry to official university
bachelor's degree courses and the admissions procedures for Spanish public universities (Art. 55, f), and the Resolution of the
Student Affairs and Admissions Committee of the Interuniversity Council of Catalonia of 15 March 2011.
For master's degree courses in mathematics, the following additional weightings will be used:
degree in mathematics or physics: +4 points
engineering degree or degree in informatics: +3 points
architecture degree or degree in statistics: +2 points
degree in business administration and management, economics or business: +1 point.
Minimum student numbers
In accordance with the criteria established by the Interuniversity Council of Catalonia, for a master's degree course to be taught, a
minimum number of 20 students must have enrolled by the end of the September enrolment period. If this number is not reached,
there is no guarantee that the course will be offered.
If a master's degree course is cancelled for this reason, the amount of the enrolment fee will be refunded and the affected
students will be offered places in other master's degree courses.
What are the fees for master's degrees?
The fees for master’s degrees are public and set by the Catalan government within the limits established by the Spanish
government, as is the case for any official university course of study in Catalonia. The fee per ECTS credit for the 2012–2013
academic year. For non-resident foreign students who are not EU nationals, the fee is 1,5 the amount stated. Advance payment of the admission fee
To officially secure a place and gain admission to a master’s degree, applicants must ACCEPT the place in the pre-enrolment
application and pay €600 following the instructions given in the form they will have received by e-mail. This amount will be
deducted from the enrolment fee when you officially enrol, but if you do not enrol you will not be entitled to a refund unless
the master’s degree is cancelled. Enrolment
The unit responsible for organising each master's degree will notify applicants of the date, place and documents they must
furnish to prove that they meet the admission requirements.
The documents to be furnished will depend on where they earned their degree or completed the course that qualifies them
to enrol in the master's degree course:
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Curriculum vitae
If the applicant holds any additional qualifications in the field of the master's degree other than the one that
qualifies him or her to enrol, he or she must provide documentary evidence thereof (original and a photocopy or a
certified photocopy).
For UPC-affiliated schools or any other public university in Spain, in addition to the above, the following must also be
provided:
Photocopy of the applicant's Spanish ID card (DNI), foreigner ID card (NIE) or passport.
Original and photocopy (or certified photocopy) of the qualification entitling the student to enrol in the master's
degree or proof of payment of the issuing fee for it.
Original and photocopy (or certified photocopy) of an academic certificate listing the subjects completed, the marks
received and the number of credits/hours of each one. This certificate must also show the overall average mark
earned by the applicant.
Any other documents required by the specific master's degree course.
At foreign universities and higher education institutions:
Photocopy of the applicant's Spanish ID card (DNI), foreigner ID card (NIE) or passport.
Original and photocopy (or certified photocopy) of the homologation of the qualification entitling the applicant to
enrol in the master's degree course.
If the qualification is not homologated, the original and a photocopy (or a certified photocopy) of the document
issued by the awarding university or institution or by the competent authority for such matters in the issuing
country. This document must show that the course in question had a duration of, at least, three years and that the
resulting qualification entitles the holder to pursue postgraduate studies (master's degree courses) in the issuing
country. If that is not possible, it must indicate the level of higher education that the qualification entitles its
holder to access.
Original and photocopy (or certified photocopy) of the academic certificate listing the subjects taken, the marks
earned and the number of credits/hours of each one. This certificate must also explain the marking system used.
If the applicant holds any additional qualifications in the field of the master's degree other than the one that
qualifies him or her to enrol, he or she must provide documentary evidence thereof (original and a photocopy or a
certified photocopy).
Important: All documents issued in non-EU countries must be legalised and bear the corresponding apostille.
Legalisation of foreign documents
As soon as the unit responsible for the master's degree course has validated the submitted documentation, the enrolment can be
processed. Once the enrolment fee has been paid at the relevant bank, the applicant will officially be a student of the Universitat
Politècnica de Catalunya master's degree course.
Starting a master's degree course
The start date for the course and classroom locations are given in the Starting and Location sections of the course description,
which you can access by clicking on the course's name.
Other information of interest
Recognition of credits
Students who wish to have credits earned in official courses, university-specific courses or through accredited work experience
recognised must request the recognition, attaching the necessary documentary evidence, by the established deadline.
The body responsible for the master's degree course will determine and publish the mechanisms, calendar and procedure for
processing the recognition and including the relevant credits on the applicant's transcript.
Equivalences to be taken into account to access the civil service
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Pre-enrolment period (June): from 5 June to 3 July 2012.
Catalan University Admissions Advisory Service
First choice: you will need to enrol on the date set by the school, between 16 and 20 July.
Appeals and definitive assignment of places: 20 July.
Second choice: you will need to enrol on the date set by the school, between 27 and 31 July.
Students who do not enrol on the corresponding dates will lose their place. Queries about first- and second-choice
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Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Management
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Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Management
EAE University Centre 31003
Bachelor's degree in Agricultural Engineering
Barcelona School of Agricultural Engineering (ESAB) 31004
Bachelor's degree in Food Engineering
Barcelona School of Agricultural Engineering (ESAB) 31006
Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design and Product Development
Vilanova i la Geltrú School of Engineering (EPSEVG) 31007, 31064
Degree in Architecture
Vallès School of Architecture (ETSAV) 31009
Bachelor's degree in Audiovisual Systems
Barcelona School of Telecommunications Engineering (ETSETB) 31010
Bachelor's degree in Audiovisual Systems
Terrassa School of Engineering (EET) 31011
Bachelor's degree in Biosystems Engineering
Barcelona School of Agricultural Engineering (ESAB) (febrer)
Considerations to bear in mind
Enrolment is the formal relationship between the University and the student; it is a mutual commitment to work together over the course of an entire year. As such, it is
one of the most important academic events.
As a general rule, new students at the UPC complete the ordinary enrolment process using the self-enrolment system, and all other students complete it
online.
Enrolment through the self-enrolment system must be completed at the assigned date and time and, where applicable, may be done by someone else. In such cases,
the offering school may ask the proxy to provide written authorisation from the student.
Should the school offer the option of online enrolment, the calendars and procedures will be published at the school secretary's office or on its website.
Remember, once you have enrolled, you are required to pay the public fees for the requested academic services. Failure to pay the enrolment fee does not entail the
cancellation thereof.
Enrolment on bachelor's degree courses
The bachelor's degree courses offered at the UPC may be taken full- or part-time.
The mode of delivery chosen will be maintained for each subsequent enrolment unless a change in the mode of delivery is requested and granted.
Full-time students enrolling for the first time on the first year of a bachelor's degree course must enrol for 30 credits, if the enrolment is semester-based, or 60
credits, if it is annual. Part-time students do not need to enrol for the full year, but rather for a maximum of 36 credits per academic year (18 ECTS credits per
semester).
This choice will apply to all subsequent enrolment, unless the student requests a change and the request is approved.
Students enrolling in a course for the first time, but not on the first year thereof, must enrol for at least 12 ECTS credits in their first academic year.
As a general rule, students must pass at least 12 ECTS credits in their first academic year (this time is calculated regardless of how many enrolments are
processed).
Notwithstanding the terms of the previous paragraph, all UPC courses leading to an official bachelor's degree include an initial stage comprising the 60 ECTS credits of
the first academic year. Students must pass the minimum number of credits from the initial stage established by the offering school for each course. This minimum will
be between 42 and 60 ECTS credits from the initial stage.
Students must pass this minimum number of credits within a maximum period of two academic years, if they are enrolled full-time, or a maximum period of four
academic years, if they are enrolled part-time (with either type of enrolment, the time is calculated regardless of how many enrolments are processed). Should they fail
to do this, they will not be able to continue on the same course at the school where they started it or start any other course given at that school with the same initial
stage as the course from which they were dismissed.
All of these points and others related to the enrolment process are explained in detail in the academic regulations (www.upc.edu/sga/normatives
Spanish) or on the school's website.
in Catalan and
Cost of the course. The Decree establishing the fees for services rendered by public Catalan universities was published in the Official Gazette of the Catalan
Government on 14 July 2011. The full text is available at www.upc.edu/sga
(in Catalan and Spanish).
Documents to be attached
New students who are Spanish must submit the original and a photocopy of their National Identity Document (DNI). Foreigners must submit the original and a
photocopy of their Foreigner Identification Number (NIE) and passport. If you do not yet have a NIE, a photocopy of your application for it must be provided,
and the NIE must be presented within a maximum of three months from the date of enrolment.
To complete the enrolment, you must submit the following general documentation
Means of admission
Documentation
University entrance examinations (PAU).
PAU card (copy for the University).
Students from the education systems of EU
member states or any other country that has
signed an international reciprocity agreement with
Spain.
Credential issued by the Spanish National Distance Education University
(UNED).
Any level of university qualification
Certified photocopy of the qualification or of the proof of payment for the
issue thereof.
Higher training cycle (CFGS), level-two vocational
training (FP2) or equivalent qualification.
Certified photocopy of the qualification (or proof that it is in the process
of being issued) or a certified photocopy of the official certificate of the
final mark awarded for the qualification, issued by the institution.
Holders of a PAU, CFGS, FP2 or equivalent
qualification who have previously started a
university course.
See the offering school's website.
Students over 25.
Proof of having passed the university entrance examination for students
over 25.
Students over 45.
Proof of having passed the university entrance examination for students
over 45.
Specific documentation required by each school
For more information, see the offering school's website, which will list both the general and specific documents to be submitted to process the enrolment.
Circumstances giving rise to enrolment discounts or conditional enrolment
Grant applicants
Application processed through the e-Secretaria
.
Original and photocopy of the current certificate. This document must be
submitted as part of the initial enrolment process. It does not need to be resubmitted unless it expires and must be renewed.
Members of large families
Members of "general category" large families submitting a certificate that does not
state the number of children should also include the certificate issued by the
Catalan Ministry of Social Action and Citizen Affairs certifying the number of
children in the family unit. This certificate is issued free of charge.
Students who have earned a mark of
Outstanding in upper secondary
Certificate issued by the secondary school offering proof of the mark or award.
school (batxillerat) or won a special
upper secondary school award.
Knowledge Olympics prizewinners.
Photocopy of the certificate for the prize.
Disabled students with a degree of
disability equal to or greater than
33%
Certificate from the Catalan Institute of Social Care and Services (ICASS) or
equivalent body from any other region of Spain.
Terrorism victims or the spouses or
children thereof.
Domestic violence victims or the
children thereof.
Photocopy of the official decision certifying this status.
Children and spouses must moreover submit the family record book.
The documents certifying this status, pursuant to the Decree on Public Fees, and,
for the children, the family record book.
Optional services and voluntary donations
The Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya offers its students a wide range of services to which they are entitled simply for having enrolled.
Other services are optional and require registration and payment of a fee. Upon enrolling, students may indicate any optional services they would like to use and pay
the fee by adding it to the cost of the enrolment.
These services include:
Abacus, a cooperative that offers its members discounts on books, office supplies and other products (one-time membership fee of €9).
0.7% campaign
, which consists in donating the equivalent of 0.7% of the enrolment fee to development cooperation projects (donation of €5).
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Currently, only 44% of people over the age of 55 are actively employed. It is an age group whose keen physical and
intellectual abilities leave it well-positioned to take full advantage of comprehensive training. The UPC offers them the chance
to do just that, in keeping with its mission to facilitate lifelong learning in order to enhance the skills and aptitudes of society
at large.
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objectives
The main teaching objectives of the Diploma in Science, Technology and Society are, first, to promote
university education for adults in an increasingly large age group and, second, to make higher education
available to people who have never had the chance to pursue it. Additionally, the course seeks to offer
people wishing to learn more about the subject areas of the Diploma the chance to do so.
What will you
learn?
Students of this course will broaden and deepen their understanding of several areas of knowledge. They
will learn what caused the major historical and social shifts of the modern world and share their experience
and knowledge in dynamic, motivated work groups. They will moreover be given the tools and knowledge
they need to give new cultural and social impetus to their immediate environments.
Upon
completion
Upon completion of the course, diploma holders will have acquired a set of new communication technology
skills and scientific and cultural knowledge that will afford them valuable insight into contemporary
technological society.
Duration of the
Three academic years divided into a total of six semesters.
course
Schedule
First year: Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Second and third years: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, from 9:30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.
Structure of
the course
This University Diploma project was launched by the UPC in conjunction with the Spanish National Distance
Education University (UNED) office in Terrassa. However, it is open to all university schools in the city of
Terrassa. For the first four semesters, all subjects are compulsory. Beginning the fifth semester, both
compulsory and optional subjects will be offered. Attendance is required and throughout the course
students will be given assignments to determine whether or not they have mastered different skills. Upon
successful completion of all the subjects and a tutored thesis, students will be awarded a University
Diploma in Science, Technology and Society, a UPC Foundation-specific qualification.
Face-to-face
Yes
Credits
100 ECTS credits
Cost
€440 per year
€100 per subject
The fee may be paid in instalments
Curriculum
First year
Information and Intellectual Technologies
Introduction to Psychology
Keys to Understanding Today's Economy
Understanding the Internet
Brief History of the 20th Century
Preventing Illness and Promoting Health
Second year
History of Science and Technology
Everyday Mathematics
Visual Health
Financial Systems and Society
Technology and Sustainability
Art of the 20th Century
3rd year
Introduction to Mind and Body Maintenance
Production of Photographic, Film and TV Images
The World of Physics and Chemistry
Introduction to Music
Human Geography
History of Thought
There are no optional subjects and the two optional specialization subjects (generalist and scientifictechnological) are no longer available.
Synthesis project: No credits are allocated for synthesis projects or enrolment because the profile has been
simplified.
Admission
Number of
places
45 How to apply?
The course is open to students over the age of 55 who are not currently employed and are eager to learn.
Contact details
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Campus de Terrassa. Edificio TR10. C. Colom, 2. Planta 1ª.
08222. Terrassa Tel.
937 398 671
E-mail
gentgranterrassa@(ct.upc.edu)
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