Information for the student – Biomedical Engineering

Academic credit recognition:

Students can obtain academic recognition in credits for participation in University culture, sports, student representation, solidarity cooperation, and participation in departmental activities, up to a maximum of 6 credits of the total curriculum. These credits count as elective credits in the curricula.

The recognized credits will appear in the student's transcript, but without a grade and without counting for the average grade of the transcript.

The equivalence in the activities that can be recognized in the degree is 25 hours of activity of the student per ECTS.

The activities are not evaluated according to the current UB evaluation regulations but following the criteria specified in the activity programs.

Students can apply for credit recognition for participation in university institutional activities of a cultural, sports, student representation, solidarity, and cooperation nature.

The activities must have been carried out within the same period in which the course is taught, except in the case of institutional or university activities carried out in the summer immediately preceding the day on which the student accesses the degree of the UB.

 

Institutional activities eligible for academic recognition:

1. Activities organized by central services of the UB and entities of the UB Group.

2. University institutional activities organized by other universities.

3. Activities of student representation in the cases of elected and active members of the department councils, study councils, the Faculty Board, the delegated committees of the Board, the UB Senate, the Governing Council, the delegated committees of the Governing Council, the boards of directors of the colleges, the Student Council and its standing and delegated committees. They are recognized at the rate of 1.5 credits for each term and body/commission, with a minimum participation in 80% of the sessions.

 

Activities organized by the Faculty with potential academic recognition:

1. Active participation in choirs and orchestras of the UB.

2. Research activities and exchanges organized by student associations recognized by the UB.

3. Department activities offered by the Departments of the UB to carry out research tasks.

4. Institutional activities organized by the Faculty.

5. Participation in congresses and conferences.

 

Credit validation:

1. Applications for validation of subjects must be submitted at the center or affiliated center of the University of Barcelona where the student wishes to pursue undergraduate studies (the form to be completed can be obtained at the same center where the studies are taught).

Deadlines:

a. From October 1 to March 30
 

 2. The following documentation must be presented:

a. Document proving the nationality of the applicant issued by the competent authorities of his/her country, which may be replaced by a certified photocopy of the passport or residence permit in Spain, or, in the case of Spanish citizens, by a certified photocopy of the Identity Card.

b. Original personal academic certification stating the training completed, the academic year, and the qualifications.

c. Teaching plan for the subjects passed, including the skills, associated knowledge, and the number of credits, hours or weeks per semester or year, with the seal of the center of origin.

d. Information about the home university's qualification system.

e. Any other documentation that the center deems necessary to process the application.

The documents must be official originals, issued by the competent authorities, and duly legalized and translated.

The original documents may be submitted together with a photocopy and will be returned to the person concerned when the due diligence has been carried out. If the photocopies are already certified and legalized before a notary or by the consular or diplomatic representations of Spain in the country where the documents come from, it is not necessary to present the original simultaneously.

3. The corresponding body of the center will resolve the request for validation, which will comply with the general criteria established by current regulations.

4. The validation decision will be communicated to the interested party.

The subjects validated in another university have no effect in the UB, except in the case that they are ratified in the same file of validation.

 

5. Normativa específica (specific regulations)

 

Sol.licitud de reconeixement de crèdits (application for credit recognition)