UPF

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• UPF bachelor's degree structure https://www.upf.edu/en/web/graus/que-son-els-graus-

  UPF describes the Spanish first-cycle structure: bachelor's degrees generally consist of 240 ECTS and four years, while some degrees may have 300 or 360 ECTS; Medicine is given as a six-year, 360 ECTS example.

  The same page states that bachelor syllabuses contain basic, compulsory and optional subjects, a final project and may include external internships.

  A double degree has direct access from the first year, while simultaneous studies require entering one degree and then asking to pursue the second; this does not prove ordinary main-programme choice inside an already started degree.

• Open bachelor's degree programme https://www.upf.edu/web/graus/grau-obert

  UPF's open bachelor's degree programme has 30 places, 240 ECTS and lets students take courses from different UPF bachelor's degrees during the first year, then choose in the third term the degree in which they will obtain the official qualification.

  This confirms a flexible but limited route with later main-degree choice; it is not treated as the dominant university model because the intake is small and interuniversity, professional and affiliated-centre degrees are excluded.

• UPF cross-disciplinary programmes https://www.upf.edu/web/programes-transversals/

  UPF describes a minor as complementary training in an area different from the core of the student's main studies; minors range from 12 to 30 ECTS and are chosen through scheduled registration or modification periods.

  The cross-disciplinary programmes page identifies minor recognition as a UPF-specific diploma with only part of the training incorporated into the academic record, so minors are treated as boundary evidence rather than support for programChoice 1.

• Entrepreneurship minor example https://www.upf.edu/web/minors/minor-en-emprenedoria

  In the entrepreneurship minor example the student must complete at least 24 ECTS, but only up to 10 ECTS may count in the official UPF degree record as free cross-disciplinary training or recognised activity.

  This strengthens the conservative programme-choice classification: the minor is not shown as a fully embedded component of the normal credit volume of the main degree.

• Free cross-disciplinary training https://www.upf.edu/web/formacio-transversal

  UPF allows bachelor's students, when their study plan includes optional subjects, to take subjects from other UPF bachelor's programmes as free cross-disciplinary training.

  These subjects are recorded in the academic file as optional subjects of the main degree. This is the key evidence for courseChoice 3: choice extends beyond the student's own programme inside the university catalog.

• Bachelor's degree academic regulations https://seuelectronica.upf.edu/normativa-academica-grau

  The 2025-2026 academic regulations confirm that free cross-disciplinary training consists of subjects from official UPF degrees and other university-approved activities, and that enrolled subjects are considered optional subjects of the student's study plan.

  The same regulations treat credits from another university programme, mobility or external study as recognition through a student request and equivalence review. This is not ordinary open registration for individual external courses, so courseChoice is not raised to 4.

• THE profile for UPF https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/pompeu-fabra-university

  The Times Higher Education profile lists Pompeu Fabra University at =187 in the World University Rankings 2026 and identifies Barcelona, Spain.

  Following the supplied source rule and the official THE list, rankings.the2026 is stored as 187 without the equality sign; this source was not used to choose the educational-model coordinates.

• QS profile: Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona) https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/universitat-pompeu-fabra-barcelona

  The QS profile for Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona) reports Total students of 10,861 and UG students of 77.7%. The calculation 10,861 x 0.777 gives 8,439 undergraduate students.

  For the Spanish model, the first university cycle is stored as bachelor enrollment; specialist does not apply. The official UPF in figures page was found only as a secondary search-reference link and was not accessible as a verifiable page with the current level split.