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Which courses can I choose from as an Erasmus / exchange student?
I'd like to study at UPV! (exchange students) Academic information (Erasmus and exchange students) Which courses can I choose from as an Erasmus / exchange student? ...
Important Context: the teaching and Assessment System at UPV, and the Enrollment Capacity of the courses
At the UPV, you won't find auditorium-style classrooms or an academic system in which students decide whether to attend class or not. Classes are not usually recorded, and in-person attendance is generally mandatory.
Final exams can only represent a small percentage of the final grade, and students earn points toward their final grade through various assessment activities during class time: classroom exercises, presentations or group work, laboratory exercises, etc.
For all these reasons, all UPV courses have limited capacity (available places). The courses you can take during the UPV application phase will only be a preliminary list.
Since class attendance is so important at the UPV, after the schedules are published (June-July) and a few weeks before the start of the semester, you should reconfirm your choice of courses, looking for a combination of schedules without overlapping schedules. You can make adjustments to the final list of courses if necessary.
The registration process is completed at the beginning of the semester. The International Office staff at your admissions school or faculty will do their best to enroll you in each of your chosen courses, but sometimes some courses receive more applications than available places, and it may be impossible to confirm enrollment in some of them.
Which courses can I apply for?
We do not offer specific courses for exchange students. Exchange students enroll in the same courses as our UPV students, which are taught mostly in Spanish.
You can also explore the website of your UPV School or Faculty for admission and search for their programs.
You must take the majority of your credits at the UPV School or Faculty for which you have been selected by your home university. This depends on the bilateral agreement signed. Consult with your host institution.
Once you know which UPV School or Faculty you can be nominated to, choose the study program you are interested in and view the courses in the section "Curriculum > Courses" (left menu).
We recommend using the "View courses by modules and subjects" button. It allows you to sort the courses by area of study. This view will give you very useful information about the semester in which courses are offered, as well as the active and inactive courses each academic year.
Courses with classes between September and January appear as "Semester A." "Semester B" courses are taught between February and June. Some courses are annual (starting in September and ending in June) and appear as "Semester T."
Active courses each academic year appear with a green mark √ under the "Ofe" column.
Between February and June, the structure of each study program offers a drop-down menu with the current academic year and the next one (which begins in September).
Clicking on a course name will show a detailed description (Teaching Guide, Syllabus), which is generally published for the following academic year in June.
Before June-July, if you need to see the detailed description of any course, you must use the academic course drop-down menu and search for the same course in the previous academic year.
Useful tools for searching for courses
Please note that the Course Search engine shows you the entire UPV academic offering. Some courses or programs may have restrictions or special requirements.
This tool allows you to create a simulation of a possible schedule (timetable) at UPV by combining courses from different UPV programs, even from different Schools/Faculties. Please note that the class schedules for the new each academic year are published in this tool on July 1st, as our academic year starts in early September and ends in late June or early July
The list of courses in English for the next academic year is not updated until May. Students applying to come in September should base their application on the course list from the previous academic year, which is usually very similar. Places are limited.
Important
- Make sure the courses you choose are offered in the right semester corresponding to your mobility at UPV (A or B).
- UPV Schools/Faculties recommend (and sometimes require) a minimum academic load of 20 ECTS per semester.
- You can select courses from a School/Faculty other than your admission School at the UPV, but there are limits: the limit is 12 ECTS for a 30 ECTS enrollment (semester) or 24 ECTS for a 60 ECTS enrollment (full year). If you enroll for fewer credits, the credit limit at other Schools will be reduced proportionally.
- If you study at the Alcoy campus, you cannot take courses from other campuses.
- If you study at the Gandía campus, you can request some credits from the Valencia campus, but please keep in mind that the journey between Valencia and Gandía by public transport takes approximately 90 minutes.
- Some schools may have prerequisites for certain subjects, language requirements, or restrictions on their programs, as well as prior knowledge requirements. Consult academic restrictions at this link.
- Check the language of teaching the courses you select and make sure you meet the requirements. Read the information on language requirements carefully.
- You must reconfirm or modify your selection courses and schedule at the beginning of the semester. You will receive instructions and information about the course registration process.
- Consider alternative options in case your course selection changes (due to schedule overlaps, lack of spots, etc.). We have a wide range of subjects. Don't panic !
