Pre-enrolment FAQs for new students enrolment

Please read the FAQs on how places are awarded on Catalan Government website.

Once you have been awarded a definitive place at ESCI-UPF, you will receive a welcome email (at the email address you gave on the University Access Portal) with the day and time you have been assigned. You can also check your enrolment day and time here. 

Check on the search engine and come on the day and time you have been assigned.

Your username is the passport or ID card number you used when you registered with the Pre-enrolment Office (Spanish ID number including any letters, passport number, NIE or other ID card). The default password is your birthday in ddmmyyyy format.

If you can’t find your data using the search engine, remember that you will only be called to enrol once your place is definitive. Check the enrolment timetable.

You should enrol in person at ESCI-UPF on the assigned day.

You will lose your place. If this happens, you should call Academic Management urgently on 93 295 47 10.

Read the Regulations on the admission of students who have started university studies. Remember that if you have passed more subjects that you want recognised, you will need to bring along a new academic transcript and the corresponding documentation required for recognition.

You will find full information on how the system of allocating and reallocating places works and how you should enrol on the Catalan Government’s University Channel.

Read the information provided on PAU Scores and Remarks.

You can authorise someone else to come as your representative. The authorised person should bring their valid ID (original and photocopy) and all the necessary enrolment documentation and information. You can download the authorisation and review the required documents for the enrolment process.

Only students who have come to enrol will be allowed into the enrolment area. If you bring someone along with you, this person (and no more than one person) will have to wait in a designated waiting area.

Read the full list of required documents on the Enrolment for New Students webpage.

If you have a large-family card, you should bring the original (which must be valid on the date of the start of term) and a photocopy with you when you enrol. If you bring a personal copy, you will have to state how many brothers and sisters are included on the large-family card. If the card has expired, you will have to present a slip from the Catalan Ministry of Wellbeing and Family, or an equivalent body, as proof that you have applied to renew it and, before 31 December, you will have to submit the renewed card stating that it was valid on the date of the start of term, in accordance with current regulations.

If you are entitled to any other discount on the government-regulated component of tuition fees, you should submit the corresponding documentation as proof of your status (original and photocopy).

Important: remember that you will only be able to claim the discount in question if you submit the required documentation for the situation in question.

Your academic transcript and European Diploma Supplement should state that you have acquired at least level B2 of a third language (English, German, French or Italian) within the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).

It serves to certify your proficiency in this foreign language on your academic transcript and European Diploma Supplement. 

Reference links:

• Authorised certificates and diplomas for certifying level B2 in English, German, French or Italian. (Catalan version)
• List of language schools and centres from other countries authorised by the Catalan Ministry of Education, given that students can acquire level B2 by completing a course at one of these authorised centres. (Catalan version)

The Language Proficiency Certifying Exam is designed and organised by the UPF language programme. Candidates may certify their English proficiency at level B2 or higher in different skills in different sections of the exam: grammar and vocabulary, written comprehension, listening comprehension, written expression and oral expression.

This exam is mandatory for all new students, unless they can certify that they have level C1 or higher in English.

It will be held on 19 and 20 September for students taking the Bachelor’s Degree in International Business and Marketing, and on 21 and 23 September for students taking the Bachelor’s Degree in Bioinformatics.

ESCI-UPF covers the cost of this exam taken before the start of term.

To certify your current level of proficiency in English and, if you so request, to certify English as a third language.

When you enrol, you must choose one of the following languages: German, Arabic, French, Japanese, Russian or Chinese.

The language courses start from level A1, so if you don't have prior knowledge, you will start from scratch. However, you may wish to study French and already have some prior knowledge. In that case, you will need to take a placement test, and the course will be adapted to the majority level, approximately between levels A2 and B1.

The introductory week runs from 6 to 15 September. Attendance is mandatory.

The mandatory PCCL exam (obligatory for all students unless you already have level C1 or higher in English) will be held on 19 and 20 September for students taking the Bachelor’s Degree in International Business and Marketing and on 21 and 23 September for students taking the Bachelor’s Degree in Bioinformatics.

Regular classes start on 18 September.

You will find more details on the full calendar and timetable.

Please email Academic Management or call 932.954.710