Procedures to be carried out by the selected students.

https://www.ujaen.es/servicios/serinco/en/procedures-and-services/talent-attraction-program-regular-international-students

Introduction

Within the framework of the Strategic Planning of the Vice-Rectorate for Internationalization, and in collaboration with the Vice-Rectorate for Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Permanent Training, it has been decided to announce 75 Scholarships for international students of excellence who wish to study undergraduate studies at the University of Jaén. Of these scholarships, 56 are co-financed by the Linares City Council.

Goals

• To promote the internationalization of the students of the University of Jaén Bachelor's Degrees.

• Facilitate the access of international students to degree studies adapted to the European Higher Education Area (EHEA).

• Promote the attraction of students of excellence to undergraduate studies at the University of Jaén.

Recipients

Students with nationality in countries listed in ANNEX I from non-Spanish Education Centers, who meet the requirements indicated in this call. All communications will be made through the email address that appears in the request.

Description

Full scholarship for undergraduate studies

75 Undergraduate scholarships are announced.

The scholarship will consist of:

TYPE A (50 scholarships)

• Coverage of 100% of the tuition fees for the credits required to pass the chosen programme (240 ECTS for undergraduate studies). The tuition fees for a full academic year (60 ECTS credits)* will be paid annually. If someone wishes to enrol for more credits per year, the additional cost will have to be paid by the interested party. Enrolments of less than 60 ECTS per year will not be accepted.
• Coverage of 100% of the costs of credit recognition for those students who request it.
• Health insurance coverage (illness/hospitalisation), repatriation, accidents and civil liability of up to €190 for the duration of the scholarship. Beneficiaries must take out the insurance personally.
• An economic amount of €2,200 per beneficiary per year.
• Free Spanish courses in the case of non-Spanish-speaking students as well as the costs of travel between campuses necessary to attend them, if applicable.
• In justified cases, other necessary expenses may be covered during the stay at the University of Jaén.
• It is recommended, if you want to apply for the additional grants from the Bank of Santander, to register on the bank's platform. The registration form for the scholarship will contain the link to register on the Banco Santander website.
• The Atracción del Talento scholarship committee will be in charge of authorising these exceptional expenses.

ANNEX II shows the list of degrees offered in this call and the number of scholarships in each of them.

TYPE B (25 scholarships)

• Coverage of 100% of the tuition fees for the credits required to pass the chosen programme (240 ECTS for undergraduate studies). The tuition fees for a full academic year (60 ECTS credits)* will be paid annually. If someone wishes to enrol for more credits per year, the additional cost will have to be paid by the interested party. Enrolments of less than 60 ECTS per year will not be accepted.
• 100% coverage of the cost of credit recognition for those students who request it.
• Cost of Spanish courses in the case of non-Spanish-speaking students, as well as the cost of travel between campuses necessary to attend them, if applicable.
• If you wish to apply for additional grants from Banco Santander, it is recommended that you register on the bank's platform. The registration form for the scholarship will contain the link to register on the Banco Santander website.

ANNEX II shows the list of degrees offered in this call and the number of scholarships in each of them.

Annex II: Degrees offered. (4 years– 240 ECTS)

Degree						Type A		Type B
Arts and Humanities
Degree in Hispanic Philology ( 4 years - 240 ECTS)						3		1
Degree in Art History ( 4 years – 240 ECTS)						3		1
Degree in Geography and History ( 4 years – 240 ECTS)						2		1
Degree in Archaeology ( 4 years – 240 ECTS)						2		1
Experimental Sciences
Degree in Environmental Sciences ( 4 years – 240 ECTS)						3		1
Social Sciences
Degree in Business Administration and Management (English group) ( 4 years – 240 ECTS)						2		1
Degree in Statistics and Business ( 4 years – 240 ECTS)						3		1
Degree in Tourism ( 4 years – 240 ECTS)						3		1
Degree in Management and Public Administration ( 4 years – 240 ECTS)						3		1
Degree in Labour Relations and Human Resources ( 4 years – 240 ECTS)						2		1
Engineering
Degree in Geomatics and Topographical Engineering (Jaén Campus) ( 4 years – 240 ECTS)						3		2
Degree in Civil Engineering (Linares Campus) ( 4 years – 240 ECTS)						3		2
Degree in Mechanical Engineering (Linares Campus) ( 4 years – 240 ECTS)						3		2
Degree in Electrical Engineering (Jaén Campus) ( 4 years– 240 ECTS)						2		1
Degree in Electrical Engineering (Linares Campus) ( 4 years– 240 ECTS)						2		1
Degree in Industrial Chemical Engineering (Linares Campus) ( 4 years – 240 ECTS)						3		2
Degree in Mining Technologies Engineering (Linares Campus) ( 4 years – 240 ECTS)						3		2
Degree in Energy Resources Engineering (Linares Campus) ( 4 years – 240 ECTS)						3		2
Degree in Telematic Engineering (Linares Campus) ( 4 years – 240 ECTS)						2		1

* The renewal of the scholarship for the total of 4 years of undergraduate studies will be subject to obtaining satisfactory academic results.

General and Academic Requirements of the applicants

Students who wish to participate in this scholarship must:

• Have completed high school or equivalent.
• Have a minimum score of 8 on a 10-point scale in the studies in the previous section.

Students who have obtained a scholarship and wish to renew it to continue their studies at the UJA must have passed 90% of the credits enrolled in the previous year.

A new undergraduate talent attraction scholarship may not be awarded to a student who has already been a beneficiary of the undergraduate talent attraction scholarship in a previous call.

Application

Applications will be submitted until march 27, 2023 at 23:59 through the computer application available on this website.

Along with the application form, the following documentation must be sent in electronic format (pdf):

• Copy of passport or identity document.

• Certification of your academic transcript with grades showing the GPA/average mark obtained. If the GPA/average mark does not appear, the application will not be accepted.

• Certification of knowledge of the Spanish language (recommended). It will be presented by applicants of any degree, with the exception of the Degree in Business Administration and Management (English group), who do not come from countries where Spanish is the official language or from Latin American countries.

• Certificate of English language proficiency (recommended). This will be required of all applicants for the Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and Management (English group) who do not come from countries where English is the official language.

• Copy of the academic qualification or document accrediting the completion of studies (optional).

Selection process

The selection will be made by the University of Jaén with the support, where appropriate, of the corresponding government agencies of the country of origin, based on the following criteria:

• Average grade of the teaching that allows access to undergraduate studies, on a scale of 1 to 10.

• "Students who prove their knowledge of Spanish for degrees taught in this language will have preference, and students who prove their knowledge of English for applicants of the Degree in Business Administration (group in English).

• The following places will be reserved:

  • 10 places in modality A for students selected by the Education Attaché's Office of the Spanish Embassy in Moscow.

  • 9 places in modality A and 6 places in modality B for students from Spanish language centres attached to the Education Attaché's Office of the Spanish Embassy in Brazil.

  • 1 place in modality A for students from agreement centres attached to the Ministry of Education of the Spanish Embassy in Argentina.

  • 2 places in modality A and 2 places in modality B for students from agreement centres and attached to the Ministry of Education of the Spanish Embassy in Mexico.

  • 3 places in modality A for the three winning schools in the category of Secondary Education of the "School of the Year in Spanish 2021" Contest, organised by the Ministry of Education of the Embassy of Spain in Brazil and the Miguel de Cervantes School in São Paulo.

  • 4 places in modality A for students from Spanish schools in Poland and for students from Slovakia, Czech Republic and Ukraine, selected by the Education Attaché Office of the Spanish Embassy in Slovakia and Czech Republic, respectively.

  • 2 places in modality A for students from Tunisia selected on the basis of the terms of the agreement with the Spanish Ministry of Education and the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tunisia.

  • 3 places in modality A for students selected by the Consejería de Educación of the Spanish Embassy in Bulgaria directly and through the Education Attaché Offices in Hungary and Romania.

  • 2 places for students who have passed the National High School Examination (ENEM) in Brazil.

Granting of scholarships

The provisional resolution for granting the aid will be published by resolution of the Vice President for Internationalization of the University of Jaén, with a deadline of May 12, 2023. The final resolution will be published with a deadline of June 8, 2023.

Scholarship recipients will receive an individual communication at the email address indicated in the application. Likewise, the list of selected people will be published on the website of the University of Jaén.

In addition to the selected scholarship holders, a list of alternates will be drawn up to fill any vacancies or resignations that may arise throughout the procedure. The ordering of substitutes will be carried out according to the same selection criteria.

Applicants who do not agree with the assessment given may submit a claim within 10 business days following publication by writing to the physical or electronic registry ((https://forms.gle/Jh8BRuWXbfr28uuP9) of the University of Jaén.

Possible claims will be resolved and notified with the publication of the final list on the notice board of the University of Jaén: https://www.ujaen.es/servicios/servinfo/anuncios.

Once the claim period has elapsed and, once the possible claims have been resolved, the definitive list of scholarship awards, alternates and excluded persons will be published.

In the event that the Degree selected by the applicant is not taught, enrollment in another Degree will be facilitated.

In the event that scholarships remain vacant, they may be used for international students enrolled in Phase 1 of the DUA. The beneficiaries must meet the requirements indicated in section 4 of this call in addition to having applied for the Talent Attraction scholarship within the corresponding period.

Obligations of the beneficiaries

• Except in the case of students from Portuguese and / or Italian speaking countries, have an adequate level of knowledge of Spanish to be able to follow the courses in this language.
• Send the University of Jaén a signed letter stating the acceptance of the scholarship and the conditions established by the University of Jaén.
• For access to undergraduate studies at the University of Jaén, the student must meet the requirements indicated in ANNEX III of this call.
• Carry out the pre-registration of the Degree, in accordance with the regulations of the University of Jaén and the Unique University District of Andalusia. If necessary, the student must homologate the corresponding title that gives access to these studies, as well as prove knowledge of the Spanish language if required for access to the university.
• Formalize, according to the procedure and the established regulatory deadlines, the corresponding enrollment at the University of Jaén.
• Carry out all the necessary procedures to obtain the entry visa to Spain and, where appropriate, the legalization of all the necessary documentation to constitute your academic record.
• Except in justified cases, exceed 90% of the credits registered annually.
• It will be an essential requirement to receive financial aid and to be a beneficiary of the insurance contract to be residing in the cities of Jaén or Linares, except for those students who are beneficiaries of these scholarships who subsequently attend face-to-face mobility stays during any of the academic courses.

Payment of scholarships

Beneficiary applicants will enjoy exemption from paying public prices for academic and administrative services (60 credits per course) and the amount granted for accommodation and / or living expenses will be paid in two payments per academic year, 60% It will be paid once the student's enrollment and their incorporation to the University of Jaén are accredited, and 40% will be paid once the academic results of the first semester are verified.

Visa

The University of Jaén will provide the necessary support for the VISA process.