Christmas

From 24th December to 6th January

Holy Week and Easter

End of March - Beginning of April. Depends on dates (approx. 11 days)

Fallas (local holiday*)

16th-19th March

(*)Local holidays vary for the Alcoy and Gandía campuses.

Specific information and more details about the semester dates, please check our academic calendar

A regular semester's workload consists of 30 ECTS. ECTS is based on the principle that 60 credits measure the workload of a fulltime student during one academic year. The European Credits Transfer System measures the total time that is required to take a subject: theoretical and practical classes, study, projects, etc. In addition, each ECTS credit is equivalent to 10 contact hours and 25 self study hours. Students are advised to take a minimum of 48 credits per year or 24 credits per semester with a maximum of 60 credits per year or 30 credits per semester.

The European Commission has published an ECTS User's Guide.

For an easier search using the searching tool on the course list we have classified the courses in the following areas:

The Spanish system has been adapted to the European Space for Higher Education (ESHE). Graduate, Official Master's and Ph.D. degrees has been gradually replace the former structure.

â—� Bachelor Degree

Bachelor courses are meant to prepare students for professional activity. Study plans for Bachelor degrees include 240 credits, distributed over four years. At the end, a Bachelor's final project is produced and submitted, with a credit load of between 6 and 30 credits.

â—� Postgraduate Programmes

University Master courses are meant to provide advanced professional training aimed at academic and professional specialisation and research.

Study plans for Masters degrees include between 60 and 120 ECTS credits, distributed over one or two years. At the end, a Masters final project is produced and publicly read, with a credit load of between 6 and 30 ECTS credits.

â—� Ph.D. degree

Ph.D. courses are meant to provide advanced training in research techniques.

Their duration is not established in credits. Rather, it is based on a Ph.D. programme, which comprises a training period and a research period (Ph.D. thesis).

Right now UPV is only working through UPV agreements between Universities, Institutions or Associations in order to receive Studying Abroad Students. If as a free mover student you are interested to join the program, please contact with us writing to studyabroad@upv.es

UPV STUDYABROAD APPLICATION DATES

You should check with your home university /institution for application dates but the following dates apply tentatively:

→UPV Fall Semester (September-January): Call for Applications: 1 march-31 may

→ UPV Spring Semester (February-July): Call for Applications: 1 june-31 October

UPV STUDYABROAD APPLICATION FORM

You should check with your home university /institution for application documents that UPV will require.

→ Respect UPV community members: students, professors, administration and service staff or collaborating staff who provide a service at the university.

→ Careful and proper use of UPV equipment and facilities.

→ Participate responsibly in university activities and cooperate in their normal development.

→ Try to keep quiet in the corridors so as not to disturb others.

→ Turn off or silence your mobile.

→ Do not eat in the classroom.

→ Use the classroom bins.

→ Turn off computers at the end of class.

→ No software of any kind will be istalled ON THE COMPUTERS

Absences will only be excused in the following circumstances:

→ Due to illness with a medical note from a doctor on the day you were absent.

→ Due to family emergency with an email from your family.

→ Due to religious observance with previous approval.

→ Excused Absence due to illness: You must provide a medical note from a doctor showing a visit to a clinic on the day that you are ill.

→ To get a medical note to justify absence due to illness , you will now need to do the following: Notify your professors immediately that you will be ill and that you are going to the doctor.

→ Students are completely responsible for justifying their absences in case of illness, they must send an email to their Professors attaching a medical note, with a copy to studyabroad@upv.es, and if they come to the UPV through a Program (FSU, USAC, ISA, AIP or UVA), with an email copy to them. If you do not send us a medical note, the absence will be considered unexcused.

Please remember that attendance is mandatory and any absence that is not excused using the aforementioned steps will not be excused.

You can see additional info on the following link:

General Regulations of Study Abroad UPV