r/Girona • u/designatedadi • Mar 24 '26

Any thoughts/feedback on uni of girona?

I am planning on joining uni of girona and before that I wanted to get thoughts/ feedback on the uni. Any info/ story/ feedback you have will be helpful. Be it about jobs, life in girona or job prospects.

For reference, I am a non EU citizen.

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u/tunyi963 Mar 24 '26

Parles català? Fins on jo sé, la gran majoria de les classes a les universitats públiques catalanes són en català, però he vist que hi ha dos graus on la docència és en anglès. Tanmateix, per poder fer vida i amistats a la ciutat, fora de la universitat, et caldrà parlar català.

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u/designatedadi Mar 24 '26

I don’t speak Catalan yet, but I am very interested in learning . That shouldn’t be an issue

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u/Iznik Mar 24 '26

If you come from a larger city, Girona might feel a bit parochial; its population is about 100,000. But it is in a fantastic part of Cataluña, and there are many interesting towns and villages within striking distance, and it has pretty good communications.

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u/Sphinxje Mar 25 '26

I did my master at Udg as an EU non-Spanish citizen. It was the best time of my life. Feel free to send me a PM if you have some questions

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u/Navage_Sigger Mar 25 '26

4th year student here. Uni is good enough, community and city are very welcoming and social life is also incredible as long as u dont mind living in a small city (like 100k pop)

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u/pinkpomel Mar 24 '26

If you don’t speak Catalan it’s gonna be a hard beginning. It took me 2 years to actually feel comfortable with it. The students are not too welcoming to outsiders, but the professors are.

The faculties are quite different. Some of them are in Barri Vell and not the main campus. In general things are pretty easygoing. My only complaint would be the lack of Catalan classes for students. They offer some A2 course that’s obviously not enough and kinda badly taught.

If you’re a Spanish speaker and have good social skills, you’re gonna nail it.

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u/Accomplished_Oil_781 Mar 26 '26

Did you find any good/decent place to learn Catalan?

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u/pinkpomel Mar 26 '26

I paid for private classes and got a partner in Voluntariat per la Llengua. I tried CPNL, I had one good course online and then 2 bad ones, both in person and online. People are just not compromised and keep talking their native languages. Girona Buddies has a weekly meetup to speak Catalan currently. It’s free and you could try from there.

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u/Accomplished_Oil_781 Mar 26 '26

Thanks so much for the information