Skills considered particularly advisable for the study of philosophy include a capacity for understanding and verbal expression and skills of abstraction, analysis and conceptual synthesis.

Skills acquired

• Knowing the theories and arguments of the most relevant philosophers, as well as those of the different areas of philosophy.
• Interpreting and analysing critically texts and philosophical arguments from different periods and philosophical traditions.
• Expressing the formulation of complex and controversial philosophical problems in a precise way, and at the same time understanding the strategies followed to solve them.
• Applying philosophy theories and arguments, and a suitable way of reasoning, to contemporary philosophical debates.
• Constructing texts and philosophical arguments, using appropriate technical terminology.
• Using philosophy argumentative and analytical knowledge and techniques and typical in non-academic contexts. 

Access requirements

Upper secondary school education

Access: university entrance examinations (PAU), general stage. Admission: weighting of the subjects examined in the PAU relating to Arts and Humanities.

Higher level training cycles (CFGS).

Access: all CFGS. Admission: weighting of the subjects examined in the PAU relating to Arts and Humanities.

Over 25 years old

Preferential option in successful entrance exam: arts and humanities.

Over 40 years old

Assessment of professional experience relating to the bachelor's degree that the applicant wishes to be admitted to and sufficient interview outcome.

Over 45 years old

Entrance exam passed and favourable interview outcome.

Others

Special types of access recognised under current regulations .

Another information on access

Pre-enrolment code:

81072

Weightings

Weighting parameters of the subjects in the specific phase of the PAU

• University teaching and research or in higher research centres.
• Work in training, studies, staff, planning, publications departments, etc.
• Media collaboration.
• Public and private management: cultural advisory companies.
• Ethical advice (bioethics committees of hospitals and human resources departments).
• Work in publishing or cultural companies.
• Education in secondary institutes.

University master’s degrees

The UdG offers an extensive master’s-degree programme. Master's degree courses offer advanced, specialised or multidisciplinary training, aimed at providing students with an academic or professional specialism or an introduction to research. These are official courses that enable students to move on to study for a doctoral degree.

Doctorate degree programmes

The doctoral studies are aimed at providing students with advanced training in research techniques and include the preparation and presentation of a doctoral thesis, consisting of original research work. To join a doctoral programme you need to have a minimum of between 60 and 120 ECTS credits at official university master's degree level or equivalent.

Postgraduate courses and specialisation

The University of Girona Foundation: Innovation and Training is the centre that plays host to and organises ongoing educational activities to meet the needs ongoing higher-level education. If offers own masters, postgraduate courses, specialization courses and other postgraduate activities covering all areas of knowledge.

Through the following links you can access the calendars and timetables that correspond to this bachelor's degree.

The academic calendar marks the beginning and end of classes, non-teaching days, holidays, exam periods, and so on. The administrative calendar marks the periods to make the different formalities administrative.

Students have to gain a series of credits, as part of their studies, which correspond to internships in companies or institutions relating to the bachelor’s degree they are studying. The teaching load is determined in accordance with the curriculum.

To obtain the degree, students have to complete a bachelor's thesis (TFG) which serves to assess the general skills they have acquired over the course of the degree programme and offers a summary of the skills and knowledge they have acquired. The teaching load of the thesis depends on the curriculum of the degree.

Students can complete part of their degree programme abroad through the Erasmus programme, which enables them to carry on their studies whilst undertaking an international exchange with academic value in a European university.

They also have access to grants for placements at universities in Spain and on other continents, thanks to bilateral agreements, the SICUE programme and the expansion of the Erasmus+ Programme.

Online enrolment is the University of Girona's electronic enrolment system. It is done through the Internet and is available for the most of the studies.