Made up of more than 550,000 samples of monographs and more than 15,300 collections of printed publications, as well as around 6,000 periodical subscriptions, the UPF library remains open 360 days a year from 8 to 2 a.m.

Due to the collaboration between IBEI and the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, IBEI students can browse all books available at this library and also take advantage of all the electronic resources of the university. During the welcome day, there will be a meeting for all IBEI students at the UPF library in order to inform them how to access the electronic resources online.

The UPF offers interlibrary loan service to IBEI students through the Catálogo Colectivo de las Universidades de Catalunya (CCUC) and the Red de Bibliotecas Universitarias Españolas (REBIUN). IBEI students can request books on loan and copies of articles and other documents that are not available at the UPF but are available at any other Spanish university at no cost. IBEI assumes the interlibrary loan rates at the Spanish level. If the interlibrary loan is carried out through European libraries or the rest of the world, the student must assume its cost, complying with the rates established by the library services of the UPF.

• UPF Library Catalogue: https://www.upf.edu/web/biblioteca-informatica
• Collective Catalogue of the Universities of Catalonia: https://ccuc.csuc.cat/
• Collective catalogue of the Network of Spanish University Libraries: https://www.rebiun.org/

How to access the UPF e-resources from home

The library of the International Catalan Institute for Peace (ICIP) is an institution specialized in culture of peace, security and conflicts. Its purpose is to allow and encourage research in these areas, becoming a reference centre in its field in Catalonia. The library’s collection covers the following topics: Peace and non-violence, armed conflicts, conflict transformation and resolution, international law and legislation, political science, international relations, security, disarmament, terrorism, development cooperation, social movements and environmental policies.

This library is located in C / Tapineria 10, 1st floor, in the Gothic Quarter of Barcelona and is open to the public in the mornings from 9:30 am to 2:00 pm, Monday to Friday.

ICIP makes available to its users the entire package of scientific journals in the fields of Social Sciences and Humanities of the British publisher Taylor & Francis. This collection of online access publications includes more than 1,500 journals of high impact and visibility in the areas of interest and study of IBEI Master’s degrees.

The library of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona consists of more than 1 million publications and almost 20,000 periodical subscriptions, 9,000 electronic newspapers, approximately 6,000 electronic books and some other sources of information.

Open throughout the whole year, the Universitat de Barcelona library has more than 1,5 million of volumes, as well as more than 6,000 e-books. The number of magazines, both printed and electronic, is over 21,000 samples. In the Law Faculty, you will find the United Nations depositary library, a research reference centre.

IBEI students will receive the discount from the collective of linked University Community: a 15% discount for courses at the UAB Campus and discounts of up to €50 (depending on the language) for courses in Barcelona. They must complete the registration in person, and present the IBEI registration certificate.

For more information: UAB Languages

For Catalan and Spanish courses, IBEI students are entitled to the UB student fee. For this, they need to have the UB student identification number, NIUB, which they must request from IBEI Academic Office and Teaching Quality Assurance. Once they have the NIUB they should address the Linguistic Office of each language to make the registration:

• Catalan: UB Linguistic Services
• Spanish: Hispanic Studies

For any other languages, IBEI students have the right to apply for the reduced fees of the UB-Postgraduate UB Collective Students. If the resigistration is done presentially, they must show the IBEI enrolment certificate. If the registration is done online, they must register as students of the UB-Postgraduate UB Collective, (in this case, the IBEI enrolment certificate may be requested once the online registration has been completed).

For more information about these languages: Instituto de Formación Continua, Escola d’Idiomes Moderns (EIM) (*all the languages except Catalan and Spanish).

In this case, IBEI students are considerated to be students of the UPF Group: they can enroll in the offered courses but that does not include any discount. To enroll the courses, first they have to register at the virtual secretary of the UPF language courses.

The price of the Catalan and Spanish courses is € 260 (lasting one trimester) and the tuition must be done in person. For the rest of the languages ​​(English, French or German, among others), the course has a single price of € 833 for the entire academic year and if the enrollment takes place before September 24th, there's a 10% discount.

For more information: Idiomes UPF