2021-2022 Courses

Enrolment for summer courses 2022

Intensive A1 and A1 + A2 Catalan courses

The enrolment period opens on 16 May 2022. You can enrol online or in person at the Language Services office. The courses are mainly aimed at university students from outside Catalonia who want to come to study, but they are also open to anyone who wants to start learning Catalan.

Catalan courses: Basic 2 (A2), Elementary (B1), Intermediate (B2) and Advanced (C1)

The enrolment period opens on 16 May 2022. You can enrol online or in person at the Language Services office. Courses are open to UB students and the general public.

Enrolling online

For levels A1 and A1 + A2, you can access the enrolment procedure via the link next to each course.

For levels A2, B1, B2 and C1 you should send an email to inscripciocursos.sl@ub.edu indicating the course in which you wish to enrol. If you do not hold a certificate from the Language Services you will need to provide the certificate attesting to your successful completion of the level that comes before the level you want to do. If you do not have any certification of Catalan language learning, you will need to take an online level test.

Places are limited! You must complete the enrolment process to ensure a place on your chosen course.

Enrolment in person

If you wish to, you can enrol in person at the Language Services office. In this case, you must make an appointment in advance by contacting administracio.sl@ub.edu.

Levels A2, B1, B2, C1 and C2: if you do not hold a certificate issued by the Language Services, you will need to provide the diploma or certificate for the previous level. If you do not have any certification of Catalan language learning you will need to take a level test. To receive the link to your level test, you should send an email to inscripciocursos.sl@ub.edu.

Before the course begins

A few days before the course begins, you will receive an email with the necessary information.

Access tests

If you want to take a particular course and do not have a certificate attesting to your completion of the previous level, you will need to take a level test. Students who enrol online and are required to take a level test will be sent instructions on how to proceed. Level tests are held throughout the enrolment period and consist of a short written composition, a multiple-choice test and an oral test.

Documents required to enrol in person

  • National identity document or passport
  • UB students should present their UB Card or proof of enrolment at the University for the academic year 2021-2022.
  • Exchange students must present their Erasmus card or proof of enrolment in the programme under which they are studying at the UB.
  • Members of the UB Alumni association should present their membership card to claim the corresponding discount.
  • If you wish to enrol in a general language course and have already passed a course at the Language Services or elsewhere, you should submit the diploma or certificate you were awarded.
  • In order to enrol, you must provide a diploma or certificate confirming attainment of the previous level. If you cannot do so, you will be asked to take a level test.

Conditions

  • We reserve the right to cancel a course if the minimum number of students is not reached (only in this case, any fees you have paid will be refunded).
  • Enrolment closes once the maximum number of students has been reached.
  • In order to obtain the total number of credits available for each year, you need to attend 80% of the class hours and pass the official tests.

Course administration

UB-Sants building
Administration, Language Services of the University of Barcelona

Carrer Melcior de Palau, 140
08014 Barcelona

Metro: Sants-Estació (lines L3 and L5)
Tel. +34 934 035 477
formacio.sl@ub.edu

Office hours
  • Mornings: Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
  • Afternoons: Monday and Wednesday, 4 to 6 p.m. (closed from 1 June to 10 September)