Erasmus+ : Incoming Students 2024/25

In order to be enrolled at UPM as an Erasmus+ student, there must be an Interinstitutional Agreement between your home university and UPM, otherwise you cannot be accepted under the Erasmus+ Programme.

Being an Erasmus+ student implies three things:

  • First: You must have been nominated as an Erasmus+ student by your home university through an email to the corresponding UPM School
  • Second: You have to complete and send the Application Package to the UPM before the deadline. (Please, send it to the UPM School through the International Office at your home institution).
  • Third: You have to be accepted as an Erasmus+ student by the UPM (The  departmental coordinator at the corresponding UPM School will inform you about your acceptance).

Deadlines

The general UPM deadlines are following

    • June 1st: for full academic year or for the first semester (September until February).
    • December 1st: for the second semester (February until June)

IMPORTANT: Please, contact the international office at your home institution for the specific deadlines that may be different depending on the UPM School your are applying for.

 

Course Catalogue, UPM Schools and contact information

You can see the UPM Schools’, links to their international office and courses/programmes offered by clicking the link below (this page is in under construction and permanent updating)

School/Faculty Directory Icono PDF

You can also have a look at the programmes and courses taught in english (latest information can be found in the links of the different Schools).

 

Credits & Grading System

Here you have an excerpt of the "Guide for International Students" with the information abou the UPM grading system.

 

Application Package

Selected students must be nominated by the International Office of their home University to the corresponding UPM School included in the Interinstitutional Agreement.

Every UPM School has its own admission procedure. Generally this implies sending the Application Package to the International Office at the corresponding UPM School before the deadline.

Please, contact you international office for the required documents.

Once enrolled, the student will receive the UPM Student Card (giving free access to services like the library) and an UPM e-mail account

Please click the link below to know how to obtaini the UPM Student Card:

The v-TUI: virtual UPM Student Card


Language requirements

The language of study is mainly Spanish but please have a look at the different study programmes. When signing the student’s learning agreement, the home Institution guarantees that the student has sufficient knowledge of the Spanish language to follow courses and to pass exams. Generally, it is advisable to have a Spanish language level equivalent to, at least, A2/B1 (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages).

 

Spanish language course

UPM offers “Spanish language courses applied to science and technology” to all incoming students, through its Programme of Languages for Internationalization (PROLINTER).
Starting early September, UPM offers Spanish intensive language courses, that may be complemented with a course during the first or second semester.
You may find information about these courses at the UPM Language Center

 

Students guide

In this Guide for International Students  you can find interesting information if you are willing to spend a study period at any of the Schools of UPM.

 

Forms: 

With the progressive adaptation to the Erasmus Withot Paper (EWP) initiative, many of the documents are no longer used. Please, ask your international office for the procedure to apply and the specific forms required by the specific School you have been nominated to.

 

International mobility students’ insurance

According to the Erasmus+ Programme Rules, students coming from parter universities are exempt from paying all costs related to enrollment, administrative charges and student insurance.

However, as stated in the Erasmus Grant Agreement, the student shall have adequate insurance coverage. As a consequence students coming to UPM should receive assistance related to obtaining adequate European Health insurance Card  and medical, accident and travel insurance from their home institution. If it is not the case UPM offers a private insurance called ONCAMPUS.

Information about the ONCAMPUS insurances:

 

Students with special needs

The "Accessibility and Disability Care Unit" at UPM can help you and give you information about any needs you may have before or after arriving at our university.

Feel free to contact them to gather any information you need.

 

Accomodation 

UPM has no student residences, but here you can find a list of accommodation possibilities in Madrid:

Shared apartments/flats:

Student residences:

 

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