Arqus criss-cross mobility catalogue

Period: Autumn semester

Deadline for application: October 2025

Credits: 9 ECTS

Adaptation for criss-cross students: none

Syllabus: The first part of the course will give an introduction about the uses of comparative law and a general overview of civil law and common law traditions. The second part (micro-comparison) will focus on the most important principles of the law of contracts.

Macro-comparison: Methods and Functions of Comparative Law, English Legal System, U.S. Legal System.

Micro-comparison (Contract Law): Sources of Contract Law, Promise and Contract, Formation of Contracts, Pre-contractual negotiations, Interpretation, Mistake, Breach of Contract, Supervening Events.

More info: https://en.didattica.unipd.it/off/2024/LT/EP/SP1841/000ZZ/EPQ1096098/N0

Period: Autumn and Spring semester

Deadline for application: october 2025

Credits: 3 ECTS

Adaptation for criss-cross students: none

Syllabus: Students are presented with audiovisual learning materials that are accessible on a weekly basis. This curriculum focuses on materials about inequality and power in the context of the climate crisis, as well as different approaches to responding to the climate crisis, from inclusive climate action to global politics and policy.

The resources also provide insights on the media landscape related to climate change, ways climate stories are communicated, and how this translates into action.

More info: https://www.unipd.it/en/clivex   https://didattica.unipd.it/off/2025/LM/EP/EP2901/001PD/EPQ4105520/N0

Period: Spring semester

Deadline for application: March 2026

Credits: 3 ECTS

Adaptation for criss-cross students: none, but they cannot attend in-presence activities

Syllabus: 7 educational modules aimed at developing soft skills, namely entrepreneurial, intercultural, and interpersonal skills, ability to cooperate, teamworking skills, and a problem-solving approach.

In order to promote the students’ professional growth and entry into the labour market, participants will work both on an individual basis and in interdisciplinary and multicultural teams to solve a “Global Challenge”  together with colleagues from the other universities involved in the programme.

More info: https://www.unipd.it/en/nice

Period: Autumn semester

Deadline for application: VER

Number of places: 5

Credits: 6 ECTS

Adaptation for criss-cross students: none

Syllabus: Public law affects several parts of our day-to-day lives; this includes, for example, immigration, health, the environment, and education. In its most basic terms, the role of public law is to regulate the relationship between the state and individuals.

In addition, public law refers to the state’s special powers to run the country, meaning its power to enforce, apply, implement, make, repeal, and amend the law.

This area of law is also often referred to as constitutional (the law which founds the state’s key institutions and provides its framework) and administrative (the law which provides individual public authorities and bodies with their legal duties and power) law.

For our purposes here, ‘public law’ includes the principles, rules, and institutions that deal with collective and public interests and are, thus, more or less distinct from those governing the conduct of individuals and private bodies.

Starting from some general premises concerning the separation of powers within and beyond the State, this course focuses on some issues that are particularly relevant for economics, including monetary policy, public finances, the building of infrastructures, and the regulation of public utilities.

More info: https://en.didattica.unipd.it/off/2023/LT/EP/SP1841/000ZZ/EPP8083625/N0

Period: Spring semester

Deadline for application: 09/02/2026 (start date of the course)

Number of places: Unlimited

Credits: 3 ECTS

Adaptation for criss-cross students: none

Syllabus: A team of national and international lecturers and researchers has designed this course to provide a deeper understanding of the key concepts and essential interpretative approaches to the author’s work.

With specially produced audiovisual materials, complementary teaching resources, and direct online support, we aim to make the work of Federico García Lorca accessible to all those interested in it.

We will make use of audiovisual materials, complementary teaching resources, and direct online support.

More info: https://abierta.ugr.es/course/view.php?id=85

Period: Spring semester

Deadline for application: 26/01/2026 (start date of the course)

Number of places: Unlimited

Credits: 3 ECTS

Adaptation for criss-cross students: none

Syllabus: This educational project aims to deepen knowledge of Sierra Nevada. The course will examine its history, historic infrastructures and economic exploitation, its physical and biological environment, and its landscapes. Exploring  Sierra Nevada as a protected area, as well as enjoying it through sport.

Sierra Nevada is the third highest mountain system in Europe. After the Caucasus, which rises above five thousand metres, and the Alps, which exceed four thousand, the Mulhacén — the highest peak in Sierra Nevada and on the Iberian Peninsula — reaches almost three thousand five hundred metres. Like them, it is around eight million years old, but being much further south, it displays very different geographical, biological, scenic, human, and economic characteristics from the rest of Europe’s mountains. This has earned it recognition as a National Park, representative of high mountain systems.

The six modules into which the course is divided are designed to offer a comprehensive understanding of Sierra Nevada, unfolding over six weeks.

With specially prepared audiovisual materials, complementary teaching resources, and direct online support, we aim to bring Sierra Nevada closer to everyone interested in it.

More info: https://abierta.ugr.es/course/view.php?id=80

Period: Autumn semester.

Deadline for application: 20/10/2025 (start date of the course).

Number of places: Unlimited.

Credits: 3 ECTS.

Adaptation for criss-cross students: none

Syllabus: This educational project aims to deepen understanding of the Alhambra and Andalusi Granada through an analysis of its history, construction processes, aesthetic values, and the everyday life of that period.

The six modules into which it is divided will bring us closer to the palatial construction of the last state of Al-Andalus. the programme will study its history, the building processes, its aesthetic values, and the reasons for its conservation.

The main goal of this course is to provide a learning experience that is quick and accessible, yet with all the academic rigour of a university-level programme. To this end, we count on a wide range of specialists in each of the subjects covered, all of whom are deeply committed to this teaching project.

We will make use of audiovisual materials, complementary teaching resources and direct online support.

We want to make the Alhambra and Andalusi Granada freely accessible to everyone interested in our culture.

More info: https://abierta.ugr.es/course/view.php?id=92

Period: Spring semester

Deadline for application: 06/04/2026 (start date of the course)

Number of places: Unlimited

Credits: 4 ECTS

Adaptation for criss-cross students: none

Syllabus: Bioinformatics is an interdisciplinary field that uses information technology and computer science to study, analyse and extract useful knowledge from data collected across different areas of the life and health sciences. This and much more will be covered throughout the MOOC.

The digital revolution of recent years has made it possible to gather a vast amount of information from across the biosciences and health sciences. This has led bioinformatics to become one of the most rapidly emerging fields for studying, analysing, and extracting knowledge from such information by applying computational techniques. For example, these techniques open up new frontiers in biomedical engineering by enhancing our understanding of complex diseases such as cancer or neurodegenerative, and psychiatric disorders.

These advances may lead to the development of tools capable of automated diagnosis, enabling the delivery of personalised medical treatments that take into account each patient’s individual variability, lifestyle, and environment.

At the same time, they can accelerate and improve the development of new drugs and more effective vaccines. However, the sheer volume of information has grown so large that it is increasingly difficult to analyse with traditional technologies. This has fuelled the rise of AI and Machine Learning techniques, thanks to their ability to automatically extract useful knowledge, make predictions and support decision-making. In fact, the amount of information — commonly referred to as Big Data — is now so vast that special techniques are required to handle it.

This MOOC offers a practical and applied perspective on tasks related to Machine Learning and its main techniques.

The course is divided into eight modules and will feature contributions from more than ten lecturers, researchers, and specialists in different areas, aiming to provide easy and accessible learning, while maintaining full scientific rigour, on bioinformatics and Machine Learning, without requiring advanced programming knowledge (in Python).

The course will be delivered through the University of Granada’s AbiertaUGR platform, with direct links to Google Colaboratory, which will allow students’ activity to be tracked for subsequent assessment and recognition through badges.

To this end, the course will use audiovisual materials, interactive notebooks, complementary teaching resources, testimonies from leading experts, activities, and quizzes.

Direct support will also be available via the platform.

Through this MOOC, AbiertaUGR offers you the opportunity to explore one of the most promising and impactful fields of our time.

More info: https://abierta.ugr.es/course/view.php?id=97