Before arriving at the UB

Accommodation and living in Barcelona

Medical insurance

Visa

Accommodation and living in Barcelona

Once you have been selected by your home university, please contact the Barcelona Housing Service for Students, the reservation centre of the Barcelona University Centre (BCU), as soon as possible, in order to arrange accommodation for your stay in Barcelona. On the Barcelona Housing Service for Students website, you will find information about the different types of housing that are available and how to go about renting accommodation.

The Barcelona University Centre (BCU) provides the information you need to know to live and to study in Barcelona: how to get to Barcelona, cost of living, climate, moving about the city or services for the university community. Please visit the BCU website:

Medical Insurance

All foreign students should take out medical insurance for the duration of their stay in our University.

• Students from members of the European Economic Area (European Union countries, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) and who are entitled to Social Security in their own country, should present the European health insurance card. This form is issued by your country's public health authorities and entitles you to medical care in Spain.
  

• Students from countries outside the European Economic Area should find out if there is a medical agreement between the social security in their country and that in Spain (this is the case for some Latin American countries).  If there is an agreement, you should request the relevant document from the health authorities in your country. This document will entitle you to medical care in Spain.

• All other students must take out private medical insurance for the duration of their stay at the University of Barcelona. You should obtain a document from your insurance company, in Spanish, Catalan, English or French if possible, stating that you are covered while studying in Spain.

When registering at the UB on your arrival, you will be requested to show a copy of your medical insurance.

Visa

Students from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Finland, France, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands and United Kingdom do not need to obtain visa of studies nor residence licence, independently of the duration of their stay.

Students from other countries need to obtain a student visa before leaving their country. Visas can be obtained from your nearest Spanish embassy or consulate.

For further information: www.ub.edu/uri/estudiantsNOUB/nie_en.htm