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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
UAB Barcelona Summer School

Admissions and Requirements

Structure

UAB Barcelona Summer School comprises a training offer of undergraduate subjects in a range of fields, and takes place from late June to the beginning of August once the ordinary academic year is over. The courses are mostly taught in English, as intensive programmes over two 3-week periods.

Classes take place in-person in the mornings (9 a.m.–12:30 p.m.) in two diferent terms which aims to give the opportunity to students to do up to two courses, one of each term. An online course will be offered in the first period. Students are recommended to spend between two and three hours per day on self-guided study.

  • First period: from 23 June to 11 July 2025. Courses will be from Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
  • Second period: from 14 July to 1 August, 2025. Courses will be from Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 

Fee: € 930 Course Fee (6 ECTS) / € 220 for UAB students.

Requirements

The UAB Barcelona Summer School is open to undergraduate and postgraduate students, both local and international. All undergraduates must already have taken at least half of their first-year courses. They should also have a good knowledge of the working language. 

Courses generally have little or no prerequisite knowledge required for a given topic, however if students face any doubts, we recommend they contact course professors to clarify.

The enrolment period for both the first and second term starts between the end of January and the beginning of February. The deadline to enroll is May 31, 2025.

To enroll in a course, the student must present three documents:

  • A copy of the passport or Identity Card (ID)
  • A passport photograph
  • The transcripts of records of their current academic year.

UAB undergraduate students can enrol on a total of 12 ECTS credits: the equivalent of two courses - one for each period- which can then be recognised as optional credits on their degree. They cannot take courses that are on the study programme of their degree. Check the table of incompatibilities. Postgraduate students can take any course but cannot include it on their transcript. If you have any queries about enrolment, please write to summer@uab.cat. There is a 20% discount on the enrolment fee for students from ECIU Consortium.

Tuition payments for international and national students (NON-UAB) made before May 15 will receive a 20% discount.

Students of the programme will have to attend at least the 80% of the classes in order to get the transcript of records, otherwise they will not get any transcript from the UAB.

Credit transfer

Courses are worth 6 ECTS credits (European Credit Transfer System).

In the case of international students, your home university can transfer these credits to your transcript (depending on its regulations), especially if it has a mobility programme in place with the UAB. Students of the programme will have to attend at least the 80% of the classes in order to get the transcript of records, otherwise they will not get any transcript from the UAB. UAB undergraduates should take the certificates for courses they have passed to the Gestió Acadèmica (Academic Management Office) of their faculty so that they can be recorded on their transcript as optional subjects. However, UAB undergraduate students will not be able to enrol on any course which is part of their study programme. The courses selected cannot be part of their study programme and they will be included in their academic record once passed with the qualification PASSED, that is, without numerical grade. At the UAB this qualification does not affect the average grade of the student’s academic record. The fee for these students is the percentage of the price of the official credit established in the Decree of prices of academic services. UAB undergraduates can take up to 36 ECTS credits for their degree, if it has a total of 240 credits, or 45 ECTS credits, if it has a total of 300 credits, at the UAB Summer School.

Students enrolled in the UAB Barcelona Summer School will get their academic record to the email address provided from 1 - 20 September. The issue of further copies will be subject to the payment of the corresponding fee.