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Cost, payment/non-payment, discounts/grants/awards

4.1. How are registration fees calculated? What do registration fees include?
4.2. Who determines the cost of the tuition fees and administrative charges?
4.3. How can I pay my registration fees?
4.4. What is the deadline for paying my registration fees?
4.5. Can I pay in instalments? Will I have to pay a surcharge for this?
4.6. What should I do if I change bank accounts?
4.7. What will happen if I do not pay my registration fees within the deadline?
4.8. Are there any registration fee discounts?
4.9. What grants are available?
4.10. How can I register as a grant applicant?
4.11. Which credits do the general grants from the Ministry cover?
4.12. Does the general grant from the Ministry cover credits from which I have withdrawn?
4.13. If I apply for the Ministry grant, do I have to pay anything?
4.14. Why can’t I check the box to identify as a grant applicant during the online registration?
4.15. Why is the box to indicate I am a grant applicant already checked in the online registration?
4.16. How do I obtain discounts for my distinctions?

COST

4.1. How are registration fees calculated? What do registration fees include?

Your registration fees are determined by the number of subjects that you have registered for. The price of credit varies depending on whether the master's degree provides students with the access to regulated professional activities. For master's degrees that do not qualify for a regulated profession, the price per credit varies according to the student's nationality or residence. You can consult the registration fees for master's degrees here.

To calculate the full amount you must multiply the number of credits for each subject by the cost per credit of your course.

You should be aware that if you register for a subject for a second, third or fourth time, the cost of the credit increases.

Registration fees include tuition fees for the credits that you have registered for, the administrative charges, insurances and voluntary services if you have included any.

Students with foreign degrees obtained outside the European Union will also be charged the academic career fee.

4.2. Who determines the cost of the tuition fees and administrative charges?

The cost is set by the Decree on public prices, which is published in the Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya.
 


PAYMENT/NON-PAYMENT

4.3. How can I pay my registration fees?

Check the registration payment type and methods here.

4.4. What is the deadline for paying my registration fees?

The payment deadline/s are shown on your registration confirmation. These are the specified periods in which you must pay your registration fees.

4.5. Can I pay in instalments? Will I have to pay a surcharge for this?

4.5.1. 

One of the payment methods available when you register is payment in instalments. This allows you to divide your registration fees into four payments without any additional cost. You can find more information here.

You can select payment in instalments only when the total amount is greater than €300.

4.5.2.

Another payment method for your registration fees is with a loan from AGAUR (the University and Research Grants Management Service, FINAN programme). 

AGAUR gives you the option to divide the registration fees into monthly payments, in accordance with the terms and conditions established at each university.

You can read AGAUR's financing terms and conditions here.

4.6. What should I do if I change bank accounts?

If it is during the registration period, you can enter your new bank account details.

If you have already completed registration, go to Administrative procedures  to find out how to request a change of bank details. You will have to present an application form addressed to the head of the Secretary's Office

4.7. What will happen if I do not pay my registration fees within the deadline?

If you do not pay your registration payment/s, you will be temporarily suspended. You will also have to pay the following surcharges on any pending payments.

Non-payment of registration fees will have the following consequences:

  • Up to 30 June:
    • The University will not issue you with any certificates, academic transcripts, or your degree certificate.
    • You will have access to the URV's digital services, through which you will be informed of your non-payment of fees.
    • You will appear on the teachers' lists.
    • You will appear on the exam record and may be given a grade.
    • Your grades will not have no official validity.
  • After the start of the registration period for the following academic year:
    • If you have any outstanding registration payments at the start of the registration period for the following academic year, you will not be permitted to register for the following academic year until you have made these outstanding payments.
    • Once you have made the outstanding payments, your grades will become officially valid.

If you miss an exam session, you do not have the right to repeat this exam session at a later date.


DISCOUNTS/GRANTS/AWARDS

4.8. Are there any registration fee discounts?

Discounts on registration fees are available. To obtain one, you must provide supporting documents to demonstrate your eligibility.

Before the registration period starts, you should check that your supporting documents are valid (check this on your financial record) and, if necessary, renew them.

The Decree on public prices fixes the discounts and exemptions that can be applied to registration fees. You can check them here.

4.9. What grants are available?

Every year, the Spanish Ministry of Education offers general grants for university studies (GRAL). These grants are for students who register on official university master's or bachelor's degrees. The terms and conditions of the call for applications state the regulations and requirements that you must comply with in order to obtain one of these grants.

Moreover, the Agency for the Management of University and Research Grants (AGAUR) of the Catalan Government also offers Beques d'Equitat (equity grants), which involve applying a discount of up to 25% to the cost of the registration fees (ordinary credits registered for the first time), depending on your income tax bracket and only for master’s degrees that qualify for a regulated profession.

You are recommended to apply for both grants.

4.10. How can I register as a grant applicant?

You can register conditionally as a grant applicant if has proof that you have presented the general grant application for the call 2024-25 within the established period and the application has not been rejected for technical, economic or academic reasons. If you have, this information will be automatically incorporated into your online registration and, if you meet the academic requirements, until a decision on your application is made you will only have to pay the administrative charges, insurance, voluntary services and credits that are not first-time registrations.

If you first applied for a grant to study at a university outside Catalonia and this information is not available when you register, you must present proof that you have applied for the grant at the Campus Secretariat/Secretary's Office of the Faculty/School where the course is taught so that you can be registered as a grant applicant.

4.11. Which credits do the general grants from the Ministry cover?

The general grant from the Ministry only covers the credits for which you are registering for the first time. Please bear in mind that the registration grant does not cover the credits that exceed the minimum number of credits to complete the degree.

4.12. Does the general grant from the Ministry cover credits from which I have withdrawn?

The general grant from the Ministry does not cover withdrawn credits. Therefore, if you withdraw from subjects for which you have registered for the first time, the grant will not cover the corresponding credits.

4.13. If I apply for the Ministry grant, do I have to pay anything?

If you register conditionally as a grant applicant, until a decision on your application is made you will only have to pay the administrative charges, insurance, voluntary services and credits that are not first-time registrations.

You can register conditionally as a grant applicant if the URV has proof that you have presented the general grant application for the call 2024-25 within the established period and the application has not been rejected for technical, economic or academic reasons.

If you first applied for a grant to study at a university outside Catalonia and this information is not available when you register online, you must submit the grant application receipt to the Secretary's Office of your faculty/school or the Campus Secretariat for Academic Management so that you can register conditionally as a grant applicant.

Please bear in mind that the general grant from the Ministry only covers the credits for which you are registering for the first time. Likewise, it does not cover the credits that exceed the minimum number of credits to complete the degree.

4.14. Why can't I check the box to identify as a grant applicant during the online registration?

If you cannot check the grant applicant box in the online registration, the URV has not been able to check that you have applied for a general grant for the 2024-25 call within the specified period or because the application has been rejected for technical, economic or academic reasons.

If you first applied for a grant to study at a university outside Catalonia, you must submit the grant application receipt to the Secretary's Office of your faculty/school or the Campus Secretariat for Academic Management so that you can register conditionally as a grant applicant.

4.15. Why is the box to indicate I am a grant applicant already checked in the online registration? 

Because the URV has checked that you have applied for a general grant for the 2024-2025 call within the specified period and the application has not been rejected for technical or economic reasons. In this step of the process, you can register conditionally as a grant applicant if you meet the academic requirements.

4.16. How do I obtain discounts for my distinctions?

Students can get a price reduction when they have obtained a distinction in subjects

  • from the same degree course
  • from the final year of a bachelor's degree, after which the students will progress to a master's degree course

The reduction will be applied provided that the subjects have been studied at the URV in the immediately preceding academic year. It applies to the number of credits for which they were awarded distinctions.