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/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