Centre for Modern Languages - FAQs

We currently offer all levels from A1 to C1 in English, levels A1 to B2 in French and German, and levels A1 and A2 in Chinese and Japanese. Our intermedi (B2) and suficiència (C1) level Catalan courses provide students with the training they need to obtain the certificates approved by the Government of Catalonia. There is also a basic Catalan course for Spanish speakers and two level A1 courses in Spanish for foreigners.

If you're interested in enrolling, you can do so directly from this site. When you enrol, we'll contact you to help you get started and to make sure that all your doubts and formalities have been cleared up before you start the course.

Yes, the Centre for Modern Languages lets students who have no academic qualifications enrol on its courses. If you're interested, read the description of each course carefully and consider whether it meets your needs. Before enrolling on any of our English, French, German or Catalan courses, you should take the level test (on the same website) to find the best course for you.

For our English, French and German courses, you should take the level test if you already have some knowledge of the language. For Catalan courses, the test will help you choose between the intermedi (B2), suficiència (C1) and superior (C2) levels. If you want to study Japanese or Chinese and you already have some knowledge of the language, please read the details for each specific course.

In UOC's bachelor's degree programmes, language courses (Modern Language I and Modern Language II) are compulsory. These courses are equivalent to B2.1 and B2.2 level courses at the Centre for Modern Languages. Students who have passed them at the Centre for Modern Languages can count them towards UOC's bachelor’s degree programmes.

The synthesis test consists of a short essay that must be done on-site in sixty minutes, answering a question on a general topic. No dictionary or any other resources may be used during the synthesis test.

The intermedi (B2), suficiència (C1) and superior (C2) Catalan courses are aimed at people with a good command of the Catalan language. You do not need to have any academic qualification, but you should take the level test on the website in order to identify the most suitable course for your level.

Unlike our foreign language courses, the main objective is to prepare you for the exams to obtain a Catalan language proficiency certificate approved by the Government of Catalonia. In any case, you will receive a UOC diploma that certifies that you have passed the course. After you have passed the course, you will be able to register for the exams for the official certificate, which are organized by the UOC and take place after the courses. The enrolment fee for the course does not include registration for these exams, which are held on-site. After passing the exam, you will receive the official certificate that includes recognition from the Government of Catalonia. Check out details of the types of exams and when they will be held, and see various sample exam papers.

The basic Catalan course available on the Spanish campus is aimed at people without little or no knowledge of Catalan.

No, only students who pass the course are entitled to obtain a certificate from the UOC.

In all competitive public sector examinations, the organizing institution decides what it accepts and what it does not. These criteria may vary depending on the place on offer, the particular call for applications, and the needs of the government body and the autonomous community concerned. We advise you to consult the terms and conditions of the call, and to check whether they take university language qualifications into account.

Although the courses are adapted to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), this is no guarantee that they will be accepted by any particular public authority.

You need a computer with a broadband internet connection, as well as a webcam and headphones with a microphone. We also recommend that you read the description of each course carefully and make sure that it suits your needs and interests.