All face-to-face teaching activity at all levels has been suspended in accordance with directives from health authorities and the government. The UPC is maintaining its teaching online and expects to continue to do so until the end of the semester; this includes assessment.
Royal Decree 563/2020, of 14 March, declaring the state of alarm

If the extraordinary measures dictated by the authorities allow face-to-face activities, specific academic activities that are considered a priority by schools may be undertaken during the month of June and, if strictly necessary, in July.
Check with your school to find out specific plans for your degree.
Letter from the Rector of 3 April 2020

Your school will update its course guides by means of addenda. These addenda must be made public by 30 April and will contain at least the assessment method and the weighting of tests and exams, if applicable. Consult the course guide on ATENEA or on your school’s intranet.
Governing Council Decision CG/2020/02/05, of 1 April 2020, which approves the ratification of the Rector’s instructions on measures to guarantee distance teaching

The academic calendar for the 2019-2020 academic year has been modified, and 1, 2 and 3 July have been declared teaching days. Schools may consider additional days in July as teaching days. If the situation allows it, regular teaching activities, laboratories and assessments may be scheduled in June. Check with your school to find out specific plans for your degree.
Resolution no. 533/2020, of 12 March 2020, of the rector of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya on extraordinary measures with regard to the UPC’s on-campus teaching activity given the health emergency declared as a result of COVID-19

Synchronous and asynchronous online teaching activities must respect the set timetables. Whenever possible, and as long as personal data protection is ensured, synchronous classes should be recorded and made available to enrolled students so that they can access them at other times. All activities should guarantee an appropriate relationship between the content and students’ study load, if possible, and corresponding changes should be made in line with the change in the mode of delivery.
Check with your school for information on the measures that apply to different subjects.

Assessment will take place online. However, the possibility of a face-to-face assessment period of second-semester subjects at the end of June and, if strictly necessary, in July has not been ruled out. We are currently working on general guidelines that schools will adapt for each subject. In any case, the assessment requirements will be public and announced in advance. Check with your school to find out specific plans for your degree.
Letter from the Rector of 3 April 2020

Commitment to academic integrity is reflected in a document that contains rules on academic integrity in student performance as regards teaching and assessment. You must subscribe to it and adhere to its principles. The commitment to academic integrity is a widely used tool in major academic institutions worldwide. It does not replace, although it does complement, the academic regulations and any checks that professors carry out on potential cases of academic fraud in accordance with these regulations.

Teaching staff must ensure that students can acquire the competencies outlined in the curricula online. See the corresponding course guide. Work is underway to ensure that practical activities that have been postponed because of the state of alarm, such as bachelor’s and master’s theses and some kinds of internship that are essential for the degree to be awarded, can be carried out in July, September, October and/or November, within the current academic year, without students needing to re-enrol for credits and under flexible conditions for the continuation of the studies in the following academic year. Each school will decide what these activities are and how they implement the conditions within the general framework of the UPC and the Catalan university system.
Letter from the Rector of 3 April 2020

If necessary as a result of the state of alarm, you can change the mode (from B to A), the title and the subject of your bachelor’s thesis/master’s thesis. Please consult your school for the requirements of this option. We are working on an online defence procedure. To participate you must sign up explicitly. If the emergency allows it, face-to-face defences will be maintained during the month of July and, if necessary, periods will also be enabled in early autumn.
Check with your school to find out specific plans for your degree.

Schools should be able to reschedule the presentation of all the bachelor’s and master’s theses that couldn’t be conducted remotely for the period in which health authorities allow face-to-face teaching to be reinstated. Deadlines within the current call may be extended to 30 November at no extra cost for students, who will be given flexibility so that they can continue studying in the coming academic year. Schools will decide which bachelor’s/master’s theses and placements are eligible by 1 June.

Yes. The academic regulations stipulate that UPC students who are pre-enrolled in a master’s degree and who still have to defend their bachelor’s thesis in an extraordinary period may be granted conditional admission. Final admission will be granted if the degree is obtained before the corresponding bachelor’s thesis defence deadline. In this case, schools will establish a specific enrolment period after the bachelor’s degree is awarded.

Placements that can be carried out online are maintained. Otherwise, it is proposed that the term be extended or, if the company or institution deems it necessary, that the agreement be terminated. If this is the case and a minimum number of placement hours have been completed, the school may determine a set of activities that must be carried out to complete the training plan and for it to be assessed. Work is also underway to enable pending placements to take place in early autumn.
Rector’s instructions of 16 March 2020 on external academic placements

Yes, if they are not face-to-face and both the company and your school agree. Otherwise, it is proposed that the term be extended.
Rector’s instructions of 16 March 2020 on external academic placements

Yes. The academic regulations allow students to withdraw their enrolment or drop subjects. Changes of this kind can be requested until 30 April (new deadline) and will only have academic effects. Consult your school.
Rector's instrucctions of 17 April 2020.

No. No. The payment of enrolment fees is compulsory, and the fees are automatically collected on the due dates in application of the Decree on Fees. Enrolment fees can be paid in a single payment or in instalments. In the latter case, the due date is not modified, nor are the due dates of any approved deferrals, without prejudice to the student’s right to submit a reasoned request for deferring outstanding payments, which, in application of Governing Council Agreement CG/2020/31, will be given a new due date between 15 May and 15 June 2020.
2019-2020 Decree on Fees.

Governing Council Agreement CG/2020/31, of 1 April, on the modification of fees allows students to apply to withdraw or drop a subject for which they are currently enrolled, but this has no economic effects. Students may apply to withdraw or modify their enrolment until 30 April 2020 under the conditions foreseen in Governing Council Agreement CG/2020/31.Withdrawing enrolment and dropping subjects have no economic effects. Furthermore, first-year students enrolled in the 2019-2020 academic year will not lose their place if they withdraw their enrolment. In accordance with budgetary availability, the University will implement additional student financial aid to support students who have financial difficulties because they have been directly affected by COVID-19. .
Governing Council Decision CG/2020/31, of 1 April 2020, which approves the temporary modification of fees in the UPC’s 2020 budget in response to the COVID-19 health crisis

Enrolment fees are fees for a public service subsidised by about 60 to 85% and, as such, they are governed by a decree of the Government of Catalonia. As a public university, we are obliged to suspend face-to-face education in accordance with Royal Decree 463/2020, which declares the state of alarm (Art. 9.1). However, the Decree also obliges us to continue to provide teaching in a distance and online mode whenever possible (aArt. 9.2), protecting the purpose for which the fees are charged.

In order to provide the service, in accordance with Royal Decree 463/2020, our schools have adopted the necessary academic mechanisms and procedures so that students can complete the 2019-2020 academic year. Additionally, the University has established procedures to solve specific problems and to provide alternative support to students who provide a reasoned statement that they cannot follow distance learning. Although there are exceptional cases eligible for a refund as outlined in the regulations, the changes applied to the mode of delivery and the extraordinary measures taken to adapt to the current situation (academic calendar, assessment, etc.) are enforced by the Royal Decree that declares the state of alarm, and therefore they do not constitute a reason for refunding fees.

As long as the lockdown measures linked to the health emergency are maintained, the temporary suspension of rights because of the non-payment of enrolment fees does not apply. The application of a surcharge is also suspended once the corresponding payments have been reactivated. No claims will be made; these are replaced by information on pending payments.
Governing Council Decision CG/2020/31, of 1 April 2020, which approves the temporary modification of fees in the UPC’s 2020 budget in response to the COVID-19 health crisis

Yes. You can submit a reasoned request to defer payment by submitting a DEMANA ticket to the Academic Management Service. The new due date will be between 15 May and 15 June, depending on the evaluation of the reasons you have given.
Governing Council Decision CG/2020/31, of 1 April 2020, which approves the temporary modification of fees in the UPC’s 2020 budget in response to the COVID-19 health crisis

If you or a first-degree relative suffers from an illness that means that you cannot continue your learning activities as normal, you can ask for a refund of the corresponding fees whenever the situation exceeds the period of one month stipulated in the regulations. You must request the withdrawal or modification of enrolment at your school and, once it has been granted, request that the fees be refunded in the e-services portal. You must provide all relevant medical certificates. The decision will uphold your right to a refund or not based on the reasons given and the documents submitted. Submit a DEMANA ticket to the Academic Management Service explaining your case if you consider it necessary.
Decision CS/2019/07/02, of 23 December 2019, which approves the UPC’s 2020 budget

Students on a grant must find out about the effects of the situation before accepting modifications to their enrolment or withdrawing it. Withdrawing your enrolment may mean that your grant is cancelled and that you will therefore have to pay the enrolment fees for the first semester. As universities we are urging the administrations responsible for grants (Ministry of Education, AGAUR, etc.) not to allow the current circumstances to affect the grants awarded or grant applications next year.
Consult your school’s official communication channels.
Governing Council Decision CG/2020/31, of 1 April 2020, which approves the temporary modification of fees in the UPC’s 2020 budget in response to the COVID-19 health crisis

Consult the effects of COVID-19: how to continue on the programme, exams, academic and economic consequences, health issues, etc.
Further information.

Consult the effects of COVID-19: how to continue on the programme, exams, academic and economic consequences, health issues, legal procedures, etc.
Further information.

Consult the effects of COVID-19: how to continue on the programme, exams, TFG/TFM and doctoral thesis calendars, academic and economic consequences, health issues, legal procedures, etc.
Further information.

If you do not have the material means to follow teaching activities remotely, please submit a reasoned application to your school. We will evaluate these applications and try to find solutions given the resources that are available.
Letter from the Rector of 3 April 2020

If you have a problem related to the UPC’s ICT services, you must contact ATIC’s customer service. Users can contact ATIC in a variety of ways: how to contact ATIC.. You can also contact the ICT services of your school directly or write an e-mail to the address on your school’s website.

Full-text information resources and many other services are available from home. In addition, all loans have automatically been renewed and reservations have been cancelled. Further information.

The UPC offers a counseling service for bachelor’s, master's and doctoral degree students who submit online queries during the state of alarm.

No. The Ministry of Health does not allow it, because the state-of alarm measures are still in place. You will only be able to travel when the "new normality" stage is reached, in which the two provinces in question have passed Stage 3.

Information will be updated as news items are published by government authorities regarding the state of alarm and/or self-isolation. Updates may lead to changes in the calendar, some face-to-face activities taking place in June or July, or activities being delayed until early autumn. Check for updates regularly, particularly before making any decision regarding changes to your rented accommodation or place of residence. Stay up to date at all times by visiting the UPC’s and your school’s website. The most relevant information will also be communicated on the UPC community’s social networks.