Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona - Exchange

City: Cerdanyola del Valles near Barcelona Country: Spain

Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona Website

Overview

What Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB) has to offer:

The UAB campus includes 351 research groups, 57 departments and 68 research institutes and centres.
Research activities are also carried out in the five UAB-affiliated hospitals, three of which have been awarded the Carlos III Health Institute's seal of excellence. Other areas of strength include optics, biosciences, medicine and technology transfer.
The UAB is located just 25 minutes by public transport from the center of Barcelona near the Mediterranean coast.
Innovation, employability and entrepreneurship are strongly promoted by UAB.
The city of Barcelona is among the world's best cities in classifications of quality of life, safety and fairness.

When Can I Go?

Terms Offered: Fall, Winter, Full Year

Term Dates:

Fall term equivalent: September - February

Winter term equivalent: February - July

Eligibility Requirements

Open to: All Faculties

Level: Undergraduate, Graduate

See Eligibility.

Course Information

Language of Instruction: English, Spanish, Catalan

A minimum of B2 in Spanish is required if the courses are taken in Spanish. Students wanting to take courses in UAB's Faculty of Political Sciences and Technology must provide B2 language certificates or the equivalent in the language of instruction of the courses they wish to take but students wishing to take Catalan-taught courses will need to provide a Spanish language certificate instead. Native English speakers needing to demonstrate English proficiency can obtain letters from UAlberta's Go Abroad team that will satisfy this requirement by contacting goabroad@ualberta.ca

Field of Study: This exchange is best for students wanting to study in Arts and/or Science subject areas.

Exchange students cannot take classes in any faculty of communication or medicine.

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Course Information

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Specific academic and/or course questions can be directed to the exchange offices of the relevant faculty.