-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, which can be found at:

http://ec.europa.eu/education/lifelong-learning-policy/doc/ects/guide_en.pdf

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 Master’s degrees include between 60 and 120 ECTS credits, distributed over one or two years. At the end, a Master’s 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:

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

â—� 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.

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

â—� Careful and proper use of UPV equipment and facilities.

â—�Participate responsibly in university activities and cooperate in their normal development.

â—� Try to keep quiet in the corridors so as not to disturb others.

â—� Turn off or silence your mobile.

â—� Do not eat in the classroom.

â—� Use the classroom bins.

â—� Turn off computers at the end of class.

â—� No software of any kind will be istalled ON THE COMPUTERS

â—� If students have symptoms, they will have to take a COVID test. Students who test positive for COVID should stay home confined for 7 days and before returning to the classroom they will have to spend 3 days without any symptoms

â—� If a student is in close contact with a positive person, they should not quarantine, but should take precautions such as the continued use of a mask and avoiding social relationships for 7 days.

â—� An FFP2 mask must be worn in all the classrooms. Always covering nose and mouth. Students who does not wear the FPP2 mask in the classroom will be expelled from it. Students will have 15 minutes to return to class with an FFP2 mask that they can buy at the campus pharmacy or, exceptionally, request at the OAI identifying themselves as a StudyAbroad student. If they do not return after those 15 minutes, students will have an unjustified absence.

You can see additional info on the following link:

General Regulations of Study Abroad UPV