Services for temporary visiting students at the UB

Your temporary student card will give you access to many of the services offered to the UB's students, as well as a number of specific services provided solely for temporary visiting students.
Computer rooms
Library
Shopping: books and stationery
E-mail and academic file
Catalan courses
Spanish courses
University dining halls
Sports service
Welcome sessions in the UB faculties and schools

Computer rooms

You can use the computer facilities in the UB faculty or school in which you are registered on presentation of your temporary student card.

Library

You have access to the services of the Library of the University of Barcelona (BUB).

Shopping: books and stationery

You can shop at any of the University Bookshops on the UB campuses.

• Campus de Bellvitge
  Feixa Llarga, s/n - 08907 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
  Tel.: 93 263 24 33
• Campus Mundet
  Passeig de la Vall d'Hebrón, 171 - 08035 Barcelona
  Tel.: 93 427 40 06 - 93 402 19 14
• Campus Plaça Universitat
  Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 585 - 08007 Barcelona
  Tel.: 93 317 84 42
• Facultat de Biologia
  Avda. Diagonal, 645 - 08028 Barcelona
  Tel.: 93 402 15 80
• Facultat de Ciències Econòmiques i Empresarials
  Avda. Diagonal, 684 - 08034 Barcelona
  Tel.: 93 280 34 64
• Facultat de Dret
  Avda. Diagonal, 684 - 08034 Barcelona
  Tel.: 93 280 34 64
• Facultat de Farmàcia
  Avda. Diagonal, 643 - 08028 Barcelona
  Tel.: 93 402 12 80 - 93 402 18 95
• Facultat de Geografia i Història
  C/. Baldiri Reixac, s/n - 08028 Barcelona
  Tel.: 93 333 34 66

E-mail and academic file

After the inscription of the subjects (academic inscription) the students making a temporary stay at the UB have a personal web space, in which besides having an account of electronic mail, it will be able also to accede to the academic file.
Acces: www.ub.edu/monub/
To access you will need the identifier that you can find in your academic inscription and the password that you have created.

Catalan courses

At the start of each semester, the UB's Catalan Language Service (Serveis Lingüísitics) offers to temporary visiting students a free Catalan course for beginners. You will find information about Catalan courses visiting the following web site:

If you want to start a Catalan course on-line today, visit the following web site: http://www.intercat.cat/en/index.jsp

You should also visit the website Information for participants on Exchange Programmes to obtain information about Catalan at the University of Barcelona and opportunities to learn catalan: language courses and the range of language learning materials and resources available for self-study on the internet.

• EILC
• OAPEE

Spanish courses

Estudios Hispánicos on the Plaça Universitat Campus, organises Spanish courses for Erasmus and Bilateral Agreement exchange students.

The courses for Erasmus and Bilateral Agreement exchange students during the 2008-2009 academic year are scheduled as follows:

• PART-TIME SPANISH COURSE (elementary and intermediate levels)
  ECTS: 5
  Level test: 02-09-2011 at 10:00.
  Publication of groups and schedules: 05-09-2011 at 12:00.
  Course dates: 05-09-2011 to 15-09-2011, from sundays to thrusdays, from 15:30 to 20:30.
  Registration period: 05-09-2011 to 07-09-2011 from 9:00 to 14:00.



• REGULAR SPANISH COURSE (intermediate level)
  ECTS: 5
  Level test: 14-10-2011 at 10:00.
  Publication of groups and schedules: 21-10-2011 at 15:00.
  Course dates: 24-10-2011 to 16-12-2011.
  Registration period: 14-10-2010 to 19-10-2011 from 9:00 to 14:00.



• REGULAR SPANISH COURSE (elementary and intermediate levels)
  ECTS: 5
  For 2nd semester exchange students
  Level test: 03-02-2012 at 10:00.
  Publication of groups and schedules: 10-02-2012 at 15:00.
  Course dates: 13-02-2011 to 30-03-2011.
  Registration period: 03-02-2012 to 08-02-2012 from 9:00 to 14:00.

To enrol in these courses, students must:
a) have been admitted to the UB as a Socrates-Erasmus or Bilateral Agreement student
b) take the level test on the dates given above (students do not have to enrol in order to take the level test)

For further information, please visit the Estudios Hispánicos web site.

University dining halls

Most of the faculties and university schools have restaurants and cafeterias. There is also a main university dining hall on the Pedralbes Campus, near the Faculty of Fine Arts (Facultat de Belles Arts), which offers a fixed price menu and a self-service restaurant.

Sports

Esports UB, the UB's Sports Service on the Diagonal Campus, is a large sports complex that offers members of the University of Barcelona the opportunity to participate in a wide range of sporting activities.
Temporary visiting students can use the facilities on payment of a membership fee calculated on the basis of the length of your stay in the University of Barcelona.

Welcome sessions in the UB faculties and schools

Most of the faculties and schools at the University of Barcelona organize welcome sessions for students on international exchange programmes at the beginning of each semester. Usually you receive details in your letter of acceptance.