FAQs

In 1993, the University of Barcelona began offering "lifelong learning studies". Since then, we have accumulated over 30 years of experience in providing people with continuing studies to help them achieve their goals and develop both professionally and personally.

During these more than 30 years, over 63,000 students have studied with us, putting their trust in us to further their professional career. 

We are a team of over 100 people dedicated exclusively to being there for our students to ensure they reach personal and professional fulfilment. In addition, we have 1400 active teachers and collaborators from all professional sectors.

We are located in the centre of Barcelona in the 22@ district, the most important urban transformation project the city has seen in recent years. An innovative space that is home to the most technologically advanced companies, universities, research and lifelong learning centres, not to mention housing, facilities and green areas.

IL3-UB alumni can enjoy all the services and advantages of Alumni UB. Alumni UB is a University of Barcelona service for alumni and friends of the University that serves to connect them permanently as members of the UB community. Taking advantage of the professional and social network, this enhances both their potential and that of the University well beyond the standard work environment.

Our university-certified master's and postgraduate courses cover a wide range of knowledge areas: health and social health, pharmacy, nutrition and food, management, human resources, marketing, communication, economics and finance, law, engineering and environment, information technology, education and culture. We offer lifelong learning master's degrees, specialisation diplomas, expert diplomas and advanced university courses with UB- or IL3-UB-certified degrees, with more than 300 training programmes.

In order to ensure the greatest possible flexibility and to account for the professional demands and personal lives of our students, we offer training in face-to-face, blended or online formats to best fit in with daily life – theirs, and yours.

The IL3-UB uses its own methodology, one that goes beyond traditional training. You will be at the helm of challenges and transformative learning experiences that will allow you to acquire the skills you need for your personal and professional development. Interested? Find out more here.

The Virtual Campus is a digital environment where you can interact with teachers, students, alumni and experts. You can do it from anywhere and at any time. You will also be able to take advantage of all the resources and services that add value to your training, as well as create a solid network of personal and professional contacts.

The Virtual Classroom is a space designed for learning where you will find everything you need to pass the course: course plan, content, materials, case simulations, audiovisuals, interactive applications, links to external resources or downloadable articles, activities, academic calendar and communication spaces. The classroom is set up so that you can quickly and easily contact the teaching staff and your group of classmates.

The Talent HUB is a comprehensive and personalised service whose mission is to boost our students' talent and employability. It offers individual and group counselling services, job placement, internships, speed networking, open days and activities for the development of key competencies. See here for more information.

Yes. The IL3-UB's Talent HUB service gives you access to extracurricular internships in leading companies in their sectors on a voluntary basis. From the first day of training, you will have the opportunity to develop skills that complement the knowledge acquired and that will prepare you to work in your chosen profession.

The curricular internships, for their part, give you the opportunity to immerse yourself in the professional world and to apply and consolidate the skills and learning acquired throughout the training programme. In this case, the internships are academic activities of a fixed duration included in the study programme. And all the while, you will be able to count on comprehensive, personalised support from the IL3-UB Talent HUB, whose number-one goal is to promote and foster your professional growth.

Keep in mind that, for external academic work placements, you must have a Social Security affiliation number, which you can obtain from this link: Solicitar el Número de la Seguridad Social.

If you are a non-EU student, you must have a student visa to enter the Schengen area. Under current Spanish legislation, for a student to be included in the General Social Security Scheme, they must submit the necessary documentation.

The university or official master's degrees are endorsed by the university that awards them and are recognised by the state quality assurance agencies, and are a requirement to work in the civil service, as well as to go on to doctoral studies.

Lifelong learning master's degrees are high-level programmes aimed at professional specialisation and the acquisition of key competencies to respond to the needs of companies. In general, companies do not take into account whether a degree is official or university-certified when hiring a professional. They are more concerned with the prestige of the programme and the fact that it provides students with the knowledge and skills required for the profile they wish to fill.

The IL3-UB's lifelong learning master's degrees are approved by the Postgraduate Agency Executive Council by delegation of the Governing Council of the University of Barcelona, following the quality standards verification process laid out in the Internal Quality Assurance System (IQAS). They are also governed by the Regulations on lifelong learning approved by the Governing Council of the University of Barcelona on 1 March 2023. We take all the necessary steps to ensure training of the highest quality.

To enrol in the IL3-UB, you must fill in the information request form in the file of the programme you wish to study. We advise you to let our admissions team advise you throughout the process in order to send all the necessary documentation and to formalise payment of the enrolment fees. For more information, please go to "How to enrol in the IL3-UB".

We have two enrolment periods throughout the year. You can choose to enrol for courses starting in October or those starting in February. It is very important that you check when the programme you want to do starts!

Admission requirements vary according to the course you want to take, so we recommend that you consult the specific admission requirements, which you will find in the file of the programme you want to study.

There are no age requirements to study at the IL3-UB, you only need to meet the admission requirements for the programme you wish to study.

To make accessing further education easier, there are discount options available at the time of enrolment. Discounts may vary according to the type of studies or qualification you are interested in, as well as the number of credits of the programme in which you wish to enrol, the group, and the community to which you can accredit your status as a beneficiary. We also have discounts for companies and for the use of the IL3-UB's own spaces. We also offer payment plans so that the economic factor is not an obstacle to your professional growth. Your admissions advisor will explain all the possibilities available to you in the personal interview.

More information can be found here.