Universitat de Barcelona (UB)

To travel check out ryanair.com, easyjet.com, basiqair.com, you´ll find REALLY cheap flights. If it is possible, go a few days before to Barcelona, stay at a hostel and find the apartment to rent, it will be more cheaper than if you get it over the internet. Try interacting more with local people, international students have to put a little more effort, but it can be possible. If you have an oportunity to go study abroad, or travel. DO IT!!! It´s the BEST learning experience in ALL ASPECTS EVER!!!

Make the effort to step outside of your comfort zone while in Barcelona. If your focus is to improve your Spanish or Catalan skills, take any opportunity to practice these languages. Talk to your classmates. Sign up for a language exchange. Take advantage of your time in Barcelona, you won't regret any of it!

Travel as much as possible, to as many places as possible, and pack very lightly. Definitely study abroad because it is a life-changing experience and you grow up a lot. Be prepared to have culture shocks and expect periods during which you will be unhappy and frustrated with your host city. Be open and adaptable. Make every effort to meet spanish people because that is a large point of the experience.

Even if you are going there on your own, the first few days can be very daunting. But once at university, you will be making lots & lots of friends. However, as a British student in a foreign country, it is very easy to form social groups with other British students. I would reccomend against this; obviously make some friends of the same nationality, so that there is always people there that you can talk to easily, if you are feeling down for whatever reason. But I would encourage mixing with other foreign students and obviously spanish students, to get the most out of the experience. There are a couple of travel/erazmus/student bars and cafes, find out where they are & hang out there to meet people. Finally, be extra careful of yourself and your belongings compared to England, there is a very high crime rate, and quite a few friends of mine got mugged; so be careful!