Schedule 2025-2026

Universitat de Barcelona
Academic calendar information

Beware: Each university has its own calendar, check the "start/end" dates of each course. Specially the UPF which works with trimestres September-December; January-March; March-June. 

Important: students who have to take additional training to access the master's degree (background courses) must consult the calendar of degrees in Philosophy, Psychology and Linguistics of the different centers (UB, UAB, UPF, UdG, URV) to adapt to their start dates.

Provisional dates
  • Background courses start 15th September 2025 [you can start attending background courses without being registered yet]
  • Welcome meeting: To be announced
  • MA courses start 22th September 2025
  • Annual conference: To be announced
  • MA thesis defense: July 2026 or September 2026

Schedule

Fall semester

  • Teaching: 22 September 2025 - 22 January 2026
  • Resits: 30 January 2026 - 10 february 2026

Christmas break: 23 December 2025 - 7 January 2026

Spring semester

  • Teaching: 11 February 2026 (UPF: starts 7th January) - 18 June 2026
  • Resits:1-5 July

Easter break: March 30th to April 10th 2026

MA thesis defence:

  • July: 8-12 July
  • September: 1-11 September

1st Semester: 11th September (Diada, Catalunya), 24th September (Mercé, Barcelona), 12th October (Hispanic Heritage Day), 1st November (All Saints), 6th December (Spanish Constitution), 8th December (Immaculate Conception). 

  • Christmas holidays: 23th December to 7th January (public holidays -shops closed- 25th December, 26th December, 1st January, 6th January)

2nd Semester: 1st May (Worker's day), 9th June (Pasqua Granada), 24th June (Sant Joan).

  • Easter break: March 30th to April 10th 2026
First semester
Create your schedule 2025-26

Download the Excel below to have an editable schedule with your courses.

Remember you have 4 general compulsory courses (3+final project), 3 compulsory courses of your branch and 3 optionals (that you need to choose yourself with the help of your tutor).

Second semester
Syllabi

You can see the syllabus of each course by clicking in its title. The official ones, that include the Ministry Memoir competence are available in the link below. In those links, the general interface of schedules and syllabi is only available in Catalan click "Pla docent" in order to see the syllabus in English (when English is the teaching language) and "Tardor" [Fall] or "Primavera" [Spring] in order to see the schedule.

Common mandatory courses
Course Credits Code Teacher Start End Schedule Location Sem
Foundations and Structure of Language 5 570503 Sergio Balari Ravera Evelina Leivada 02/10/2025 22/01/2026 Thursdays, 9:00-11:00h UAB Filosofia i Lletres. Classroom: 207 1st
Mental architecture and basic processes 5 570501 Javier Rodríguez Ferreiro Itxaso Barberia Fernández Àngels Colomé González Mireia Hernández Prado Cristina Baus Márquez 30/09/2025 16/12/2025 Tuesdays, 10:30-13:30h UB Mundet. Room 2206 1st
Philosophy of language and cognition 5 570502 Josefa (Pepa) Toribio Mateas Víctor M. Verdejo 6/10/2025 15/12/2025 Mondays, 11:00-14:00h UB Raval. Classroom: 412 1st
Master courses: Philosophy
Course Credits Code Teacher Start End Schedule Location Sem
Philosophy and cognitive sciences 5 571055 Thomas Sturm 12/02/2026 23/04/2026 Thursdays, 10:30-13:30h UAB Filosofia i Lletres. Classroom: 207 2nd
Advanced Subjects in Philosophy and Cognitive Science 5 570504 Sven Rosenkranz 26/01/2026 06/02/2026 Monday to Friday, 10:00-13:00h UB Raval. Classroom: 409 [APhil Name: Debates in Theoretical Philosophy] 2nd
The nature of language 5 570632 Manuel Jesús (Manolo) Martínez 01/10/2025 10/12/2025 Wednesdays, 11:00-14:00h UB Raval. Classroom: 401 1st
Master courses: Linguistics
Course Credits Code Teacher Start End Schedule Location Sem
Interdisciplinary Applications of Linguistic Concepts 5 570515 Cedric Boeckx 29/09/2025 19/01/2026 Mondays, 15:00-18:00h UB Universitat (Josep Carner building). Classroom: 0.3 1st
Contrastive linguistics 5 570505 Josep Quer 13/01/2026 10/03/2026 Tuesdays, 17:30-20:30h UPF Poblenou. Classroom: TBD (UPF name: Qüest. Actuals Lingüística Formal) 2nd
Advanced Issues in Cognitive Science and Linguistics 5 570514 Cristina Real Puigdollers 13/02/2026 20/03/2026 Fridays, 10:00-13:00h UAB Filosofia i Lletres. Classroom: 207 and sala d’actes de l’edifici B7 for the intensive course 2nd
Master courses: Psychology
Course Credits Code Teacher Start End Schedule Location Sem
Development of Speech, Language and Cognition 5 570518 Ferran Pons Gimeno Gaye Soley Laura Bosch 14/10/2025 16/12/2025 Tuesdays, 15:00-18:00h UB Mundet. Classroom: Seminar Room, Dept. Cognition, Development and Educational Psychology (Edifici Ponent), 5th floor. 1st
Advanced Subjects in Psychology and Cognitive Science 5 570517 Juan Manuel Toro 09/01/2026 06/03/2026 Fridays, 10:00-13:00h UPF Ciutadella (Edifici Merce Rodoreda). Classroom: 24.019 2nd
Psychology, Language and Cognition 5 570516 Ruth De Diego-Balaguer Lluís Fuentemilla 12/01/2026 16/03/2026 Mondays, 15:00-18:00h UB Mundet. Classroom: Seminar Room (edifici ponent, vagó 3, planta 5) 2nd
Optional Philosophy courses
Course Credits Code Teacher Start End Schedule Location Sem
Topics in philosophy of mind 5 570636 David Pineda 11/02/2026 29/04/2026 Wednesdays, 15:30-18:30h UB Raval. Classroom: 409 2nd
Topics in semantics and pragmatics 5 570640 Martina Rosola Federico Cella 25/09/2025 18/12/2025 Thursdays, 16:30-19:30h UB Raval. Classroom: 409 1st
Topics in Ontology 5 570641 Marta Campdelacreu Arqués 22/09/2025 19/01/2026 Mondays, 15.00-17.30h UB Raval. Classroom: 412 1st
Topics in epistemology 5 570638 Dario Mortini 09/02/2026 23/05/2026 Fridays, 11:00-14:00h UB Raval. Classroom: 402 2nd
Foundations of Philosophy of Science 5 570637 Carl Hoefer 11/02/2026 29/04/2026 Tuesdays, 10:30-13:00h UB Raval. Classroom: 409 2nd
Philosophical logic 5 570639 Sergi Oms Tamer Nawar 30/09/2025 18/12/2025 Tu. 16:00-17:30 & Th. 15:00-16:30h UB Raval. Classroom: 409 1st
Optional Linguistics courses
Course Credits Code Teacher Start End Schedule Location Sem
Natural Language Processing 5 570524 Mireia Farrús 01/10/2025 03/12/2025 Wednesdays, 10-13h UB Universitat. Josep Carner. Classroom: 4.4 1st
Linguistic Variation 5 570522 Elena Pagliarini Gemma Repiso Puigdelliura 02/10/2025 22/01/2026 Thursdays, 11:30-13:30h UAB Filosofia i Lletres. Classroom: 207 1st
Computational morphosyntax 5 570519 Thomas Brochhagen 13/01/2026 10/03/2026 Tuesdays, 14:30-17:30h UPF Poblenou. Classroom: 52.119 (UPF name: Natural Language Processing) 2nd
Empirical Linguistics 5 570521 Dan Dediu 03/10/2025 19/12/2025 Fridays, 15:00-18:00h UB Universitat (Josep Carner building). Classroom: 2.6 1st
Grammar and its interfaces 5 570523 Francesc Josep (Xico) Torres Tamarit Javier Fernández Sánchez 13/02/2026 05/06/2026 Fridays, 13.00-15.00h UAB Filosofia i Lletres. Classroom: 207 2nd
Cuestiones de Semántica Léxica 5 570520 Natàlia Català Torres 02/03/2025 08/06/2025 Mondays, 16:00-19:00h UB Universitat. Historical Building. Sala de Juntes de Filologia, first floor and through the wooden staircase 2nd
Optional Psychology courses
Course Credits Code Teacher Start End Schedule Location Sem
Perception, Action and Awareness 5 570527 Cristina De La Malla Elisabet Tubau Sala 15/10/2025 17/12/2025 Wednesdays, 15:00-18:00h UB Mundet. Classroom: Cognitive Processes seminary room (Ponent building, 5th floor) 1st
Modelos Cognitivos del Procesamiento Sintáctico 5 570526 Josep Demestre 10/10/2025 19/12/2025 Viernes, 11:00-14:00h UB Universitat (Carner). Classroom: 1.5 1st
Language processing in bilinguals 5 570528 María Pilar Ferré Romeu 5/03/2026 14/05/2026 Thursdays, 11:00-14:00h UB Universitat (Carner). Classroom: 1.5 2nd
Statistical Methods and Techniques for Researchers 5 570525 Rumen Manolov 08/10/2025 21/01/2026 Wednesdays, 10.00 to 13.00 UB Mundet. Classroom "Biblioteca" (3417) and classroom 1308 (computer sessions) 1st
Master thesis
Course Credits Code Teacher Start End Schedule Location Sem
Master's final dissertation or MA thesis (TFM) 15 570532 Manuel Jesús (Manolo) Martínez 05/02/2026 14/09/2026 First general meeting in February. After that individual tutorships with advisors. TBA 2nd
Background courses: Psychology
Course Credits Code Teacher Start End Schedule Location Sem
Perception and attention (codi grau:361071) 6 570560 Matthias Keil Jordi Navarra 15/09/2025 22/12/2025 Mondays & Wednesdays, 13.00-15.00 UB Mundet. Room: 1202 1st
Research design 6 570562 Rumen Manolov 15/09/2025 22/12/2025 Tuesdays and Thursdays 11.30-13.00 & Fridays 11.30-12.30 UB, Mundet. Classroom: 1205 2nd
Background courses: Linguistics
Course Credits Code Teacher Start End Schedule Location Sem
Grammatical structures (codi UAB 100228: Introduction to linguistics) 6 570548 Sergio Balari Ravera 10/09/2025 30/01/2026 Mondays & Wednesdays, 11:30-13:00 UAB Filosofia i Lletres. Classroom 108. 1st
Lingüística computacional (codi grau: 361749) 6 570550 Mireia Farrús 15/09/2025 22/12/2025 Tuesdays and Thursdays 16:00-17:30 UB Universitat. Josep Carner building. Classroom: 4.4 1st
Background courses: Philosophy
Course Credits Code Teacher Start End Schedule Location Sem
Filosofia del llenguatge I (codi UB:360964) 6 570540 Carlota Serrahima 15/09/2025 22/12/2025 Tuesdays 17.00-19.00h & Wednesdays 17.00-18.00h. Group B1. UB Raval. Classroom: 404 1st
Introducció a la lògica (codi UB:360906) 6 570542 José (Pepe) Martínez Fernández 15/09/2025 22/12/2025 Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays, 10-11h UB Raval. Classroom: 403 1st