Program Overview

Program Overview

The Curs de Salut Mental (Mental Health Course) is a free online course offered by the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, aimed at promoting and preventing mental health issues among university students. The course is designed to develop protective factors, improve self-esteem, reduce mental health problems, and facilitate early detection.

Objectives

• Potenciar la promoció i prevenció de la salut mental entre els estudiants universitaris de la Universitat Pompeu Fabra
• Develop protective factors
• Improve self-esteem
• Reduce mental health problems
• Facilitate early detection

Course Structure

• The course is conducted online and is free of charge
• The course structure includes:
  • Completion of 3 online questionnaires to assess emotional state
  • Viewing of 10 video capsules, each 20 minutes long, covering course content
  • Completion of questionnaires related to each video capsule
  • A final retest and feedback on test results

Important Notes

• To pass the course, all activities must be completed correctly: viewing video capsules, completing initial and final questionnaires, and completing questionnaires related to each video capsule
• The course is asynchronous, allowing students to organize and complete it at their own pace, but it is organized to complete two video capsules per week
• Students who have already completed the course in previous editions cannot repeat it

Novelty

• This edition offers 5 optional webinars, which are participatory, synchronous, and require camera use (they will not be recorded), where the contents of the video capsules will be worked on in a practical way
• The webinars will be held on Wednesday afternoons

Schedule

• Course start date: October 13, 2025
• Completion of emotional well-being questionnaires: October 13-19, 2025
• Start of video capsule viewing: October 13, 2025 (access to the virtual classroom will be enabled the day after responding to the emotional well-being questionnaire)
• Last day to view video capsules and complete exercises: November 28, 2025 (from November 29, 2025, access to evaluation activities in the virtual classroom will no longer be possible)
• Retest phase: November 17, 2025
• Course completion: November 28, 2025
• Return of test results: November 28-December 7, 2025

Registration

• Registration is open
• Places are limited

More Information and Credits

• The course is free (funded by the Generalitat de Catalunya and the Ajuntament de Barcelona)
• Completing this course allows students to earn 2 ECTS credits