The Office of International Relations

The faculty of Philosophy’s Office of International Relations (ORI) is responsible for promoting and managing the international mobility of the philosophy students, informing students about the diverse possibilities available and most importantly facilitating and managing the study abroad relations of the Socrates-Erasmus program.

The objective of the exchange programs is to improve the university experience through international cooperation, enhance the knowledge of European countries and the rest of the world, and to promote the knowledge of foreign languages.

The office hours are:

Office Head
Professor	Dr. José Antonio Díez Calzada
Hours available	Wednesday 2-3 pm (lower level, office num. 45) and Friday 1-2 pm (fourth level, office num. 4010)
Telephone	934 037 740
Fax	934 037 726
E-mail	jose.diez@ub.edu

Office Intern
Name	Maria Souza
Hours available	Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 5.30-7pm and Wednesday 10am-2pm
Office	Lower level,  office num. 28
Telephone	934 037 996
Fax	934 037 997
E-mail	orifilosofia@ub.edu

There are two types of agreements through which our students can make a stay at a foreign university: ERASMUS agreements, and University of Barcelona general agreements.
It is always recommended that when a student decides to study abroad, that they do so under one of the three existing agreements available among the institutions. However, there is also the possibility of studying abroad outside any agreement. This option requires the student to make an individual request.

a) Erasmus
Basic characteristics for the Erasmus scholarship:

• Students are limited to studying in the European area
• Academic recognition of credits earned at the host university
• Stay at the host university for one semester or an entire school year
• A monthly grant of about 160 € and the possibility of attaining other grants and additional aid
• The registration is done at the home university without paying tuition to the host university.

b) University of Barcelona General Agreements:

The UB has signed general agreements with universities in the following regions: Europe, Asia, America and Oceania, where exchange students will study under similar characteristics of the ERASMUS European program on most cases. For more information, you can go to the OMPI website or follow the link below.

http://www.ub.edu/uri/estudiantsUB/convenis_generals.htm

Useful information for UB students:

• General information for all students in the UB mobility

http://www.ub.edu/uri/estudiantsUB/estUB.htm

Useful information for exchange students:

http://www.ub.edu/uri/estudiantsNOUB/estnoUB_en.htm

 

Important: New Curriculum from academic year 2010-2011!

Foreign students who wish to matriculate in the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Barcelona for next academic year of 2011-2012 should note that the University begin to implement a new Curriculum under the guidelines of the European Higher Education Area (Bologna Convention). More information about the new Curriculum is available by accessing the following links:

Courses to be taught during 2011-2012
The new Philosophy curriculum

Office of Mobility and International Programs:

http://www.ub.edu/uri/welcome_en.htm