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 (Consult frequently asked questions about the call)
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.
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.
- 100% coverage of administrative fees and school insurance.
- An economic amount of €2.390 per beneficiary per year.
- Free Spanish courses in the case of non-Spanish-speaking students.
- In justified cases, other necessary expenses may be covered during the stay at the University of Jaén. These cases refer to
situations that prevent the normal academic activities of the scholarship holder from being carried out. For example:- Exceptional displacements between University campuses.
- Coverage of complementary credits.
- The Atracción del Talento scholarship committee will be in charge of authorising these exceptional expenses.
- 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.
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.
- 100% coverage of administrative fees and school insurance.
- 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 required academic results for this call.
General and Academic Requirements of the applicants
Students who wish to participate in this scholarship must:
- Have completed high school or equivalent before July 31st of 2025.
- Have a minimum score of 8 on a 10-point scale in the studies in the previous section.
- Be at least 18 years of age by 31st December 2025.
- Renewal: those who have obtained a grant and wish to renew it to continue their studies at UJA must have passed 90% of the credits enrolled in the previous academic year, and non-Spanish-speaking students must present proof of having successfully completed the Spanish courses or Proof of Level.
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 1st, 2025 at 23:59 (Spanish time) through the computer application available on this website.
Along with the application form, the following documentation must be sent in electronic format (pdf):
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Copy of passport or identity document depicting a valid birthdate.
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Transcript of records showing the GPA/average mark obtained in your home country (to be requested at the home institution). If the GPA/average mark does not appear, the application will not be accepted.
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Where applicable, certification of knowledge of the Spanish language. It will be submitted by applicants of any degree that do not come from Spanish-speaking countries, with the exception of the Degree in Business Administration and Management (English group).
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Where applicable, certificate of English language proficiency. 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.
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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:
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Average grade of the teaching that allows access to undergraduate studies, on a scale of 1 to 10.
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"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).
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The following places will be reserved:
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10 places in modality A for students selected by the Education Attaché's Office of the Spanish Embassy in Moscow.
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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.
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3 place in modality A for students from agreement centres attached to the Ministry of Education of the Spanish Embassy in Argentina.
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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.
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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.
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10 places in modality A for students of the Bilingual Sections Program of Spanish or intensive teaching of the Spanish language in Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia and Ukraine, selected by the Education Department of the Embassy of Spain in Poland.
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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.
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2 places in modality A for students from Morocco selected by the Ministry of Education of the Spanish Embassy in Morocco or, failing that, for students from Spanish schools and institutes.
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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.
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2 places in modality A for students who have passed the National High School Examination (ENEM) in Brazil.
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Granting of scholarships
The present call and its resolutions (provisional and definitive lists of beneficiaries) will be published on the UJA electronic notice board https://sede.ujaen.es/publico/tablon.
The provisional decision will be published by resolution of the Vice-rectorate for Internationalisation of the University of Jaén.
The beneficiaries of the scholarship will receive an individual communication at the e-mail address indicated in the application form.
In addition to the scholarship holders selected, a list of substitutes will be drawn up to cover possible vacancies or resignations that may occur during the course of the procedure. The ranking of alternates will be carried out according to the same selection criteria. If there is no list of vacancies in any of the embassies/countries with reserved places, these will be added to the general quota.
From the last enrolment period of the academic year 2025/26, possible vacancies may be assigned according to the order of the list of substitutes, provided that the student is enrolled at the University of Jaén in the academic year 2025/26.
Those who do not agree with the assessment given may submit a complaint within 10 working days of publication, by filling in the following form (https://forms.gle/Jh8BRuWXbfr28uuP9) .
Once the period for lodging a complaint has elapsed and any possible claims have been resolved, the definitive list of scholarship awards, substitutes and those excluded will be published.
Any possible claims will be resolved and notified with the publication of the final list.
In the event that the degree selected by the applicant does not take place, enrolment in another degree will be facilitated.
In the case of vacant scholarships, these may be used for international students enrolled in Phase 1 of the SAD. The beneficiaries must meet the requirements indicated in section 4 of this call, in addition to having applied for the Talent Attraction grant within the corresponding deadline.
Obligations of the beneficiaries
- Having an adequate level of knowledge of Spanish to be able to follow the courses in this language.
- Send to the University of Jaén a signed letter stating the acceptance of the grant and declaring the fulfilment of the requirements and conditions established by the University of Jaén. With this acceptance, the beneficiary becomes aware that he/she will have to proceed to the reimbursement of the amounts received, with the legally established interest for late payment, if applicable, in the following cases:
- Obtaining the subsidy without fulfilling the conditions required for it, regardless of the time at which it was received.
- Candidate does not meet the required conditions.
- Failure to comply with the purpose for which the grant was awarded.
- 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.
- Register in person at the International Relations Office (Campus las Lagunillas Jaén or Campus Científico-Tecnológico de Linares), with a deadline of 11 October 2025. Failure to register before 31st October 2025 will be considered as a rejection of the scholarship.
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Take out health insurance with the following coverage (A copy should be sent to talento [arroba] ujaen [punto] es):
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Medical assistance. (Accident and serious illness insurance including temporary or permanent disability).
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Death Insurance, including repatriation and/or medical transport of injured, sick and/or deceased insured persons.
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Displacement of a family member in the event of hospitalisation or death.
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Civil Liability (minimum 40.000 euros).
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Except in justified cases, exceed 90% of the credits registered annually.
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Non-Spanish-speaking students must present proof of having successfully completed the Spanish courses or Level Accreditation in order to renew their scholarship.
- 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
Once the enrolment and registration at the University of Jaén has been completed, as well as verification of the insurance policy with the coverage required in this call for applications, the following payment will be made as follows:
- First payment, amounting to 60% of the grant (1,434 euros).
- Second payment, 40% of the aid (956 euros) will be paid from February 2026, once the student's attendance at the exams of the call for applications has been verified of the student to the exams of the ordinary call I.
In addition to the above, the beneficiaries of the scholarship will be exempt from the payment of the public prices for academic and administrative services for the credits in first enrolment (60 credits per course). If someone wishes to enrol for more credits per year, the additional cost will have to be paid by the person concerned.
Visa
The University of Jaén will provide the necessary support for the VISA process.
Reimbursement
The amounts received will be reimbursed, with the legally established interest for late payment, if applicable, in the following cases:
- Obtaining the grant without meeting the conditions required for it, regardless of the moment at which it is detected that the candidate does not meet the required conditions.
- Failure to comply with the purpose for which the grant was awarded.
- Failure to comply with the obligation to provide justification.
- Failure to comply with the obligations established in this call for applications.
Amounts awarded but not applied shall be returned to the budget of the University of Jaén.