Just Arrived. Catalan course for mobility students (A1)

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Having your first contact with the Catalan language. Learning basic expressions: saying hello, introducing yourself or asking for information. Preparing to follow classes in Catalan. Being able to understand basic communication in your environment and interact in simple terms in Catalan.

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Aim and intended audience	Cultural and language reception of Erasmus students and students on other mobility programmes who have just arrived at the UPC.
Duration and delivery	25-hour blended courses: 15 hours of face-to-face group sessions with a tutor. 10 hours of independent virtual learning. 2 weeks, 6 face-to-face sessions lasting 2 hours and 30 minutes each.
Credits	1 ECTS credit. Credit recognition depends on the sending university.
Level	The course covers content at Level A.1 in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
Certificates	A PASS mark is awarded if 80% of attendance is achieved and compulsory assignments are completed. In these cases the Language and Terminology Service issues a course certificate.
Fee	The course is subsidised and free.
Timetable and groups	Check the timetable and groups by center.
Enrol	Application form.
SALSA'M programme	This course is part of the activities in SALSA'M programme, the cultural and language reception mentoring programme.
Organisation	Just Arrived is organised by the Language and Terminology Service of the UPC, in collaboration with the International Relations Bureau and in accordance with the objectives of the 2022-2025 UPC Language Plan y el Plan to strengthen the Catalan language in the university and research system of Catalonia.

Timetable and groups Just Arrived. Catalan A1 course for mobility students 2026-2027

Campus	Aimed at	Group	Session dates	Horari	School and room	Lecturer
CAMPUS NORD	FIB, ETSETB and ETSECCPB students	Group 32-26/27	4, 7 and 8 September	From 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.	A3201(46)	Marta Girabal
CAMPUS TERRASSA	ESEIAAT and FOOT students	Group 33-26/27	2, 3 and 4 September	From 10 a.m. 3 p.m.	ESEIAAT Aula 01, TR5	Oriol Lladó
CAMPUS NORD	FIB, ETSETB and ETSECCPB students	Group 34-26/27	14, 16, 21, 23, 28 and 30 September	From 3 to 5.30 p.m.	A4206(40)	Oriol Lladó
CAMPUS SUD	ETSEIB, FME, ETSAB and EPSEB students	Group 35-26/27	7, 9, 10, 14, 16 and 17 September	From 9 to 11.30 p.m.	ETSEIB, Sala de Conferències 28.8	Oriol Lladó
CAMPUS DIAGONAL-BESÒS	EEBE students	Group 36-26/27	7, 14, 21 and 28 October and 4 and 11 November	From 12 to 2:30 p.m.	TBA	Oriol Lladó
CAMPUS NORD	Open to all UPC schools students Also open to UNITE!, PHD and master's students	Group 37-26/27	6, 8, 13, 15, 20 and 22 October	From 3 to 5.30 p.m.	A4205(40)	Marta Lecumberri