In the first days of your arrival, you should go to the International Relations Office. Students from the Linares Campus must register their arrival at the EPSL Building - Unit SG-202 of the Linares Campus. It is not necessary to make an appointment.
Students who are going to study at the Jaén Campus should request an appointment here:
International website: https://www.ujaen.es/internacional/en
Foreigners
ONLY IF YOU ARE NOT FROM THE EU, SWITZERLAND OR THE COMMON EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA (TURKEY, SERBIA, ETC).
The TIE or Tarjeta de Identidad de Extranjero (Foreigner's Identity Card) is the only and exclusive document that accredits the legal stay in Spain of non-EU foreigners who have a residence permit for more than six months or of all foreigners who have obtained a long-term residence permit. It is also used as an identification document for foreign nationals.
This document is processed at the Government Subdelegation in Jaén. It is necessary to make an appointment by selecting the option ‘POLICIA TOMA DE HUELLAS’ in the following link:
https://sede.administracionespublicas.gob.es/pagina/index/directorio/icpplus/language/en
Bank account
Those who are going to stay in Spain for more than six months and have obtained their Foreigner's Identity Number (N.I.E.) are recommended to open a bank account for residents (and a bank account for non-residents if the duration of stay is shorter).
For more information, click here:
Activate your UJA account
If you have not done so before arriving in Jaén, remember to activate your UJA email account, as you will receive all relevant information about our university.
Click here for more information:
WiFi network connection
Link to instructions: https://www.ujaen.es/servicios/sinformatica/conexion-la-red-wifi
Teaching Platform PLATEA
The teaching platform used at the University of Jaén is called PLATEA. On it, you will find all the necessary materials to follow your classes and activities assigned by the faculty. The following link provides detailed information on how to use it.
Link to instructions: https://www.ujaen.es/servicios/sge/en/preguntas-frecuentes?title=PLATEA…
Obtaining the urban transport card
To move around the city of Jaén, it is convenient to use the bus. To do so, you can apply for your bus pass as a UJA (University of Jaén) student, indicating it in the corresponding box when you register at the university. If you have not done so, you can apply in person by following the instructions on the following page.
Link instructions:
In case of emergency
The University of Jaén, through its Vice-rectorate for Internationalisation and the International Relations and Cooperation Service, has developed action protocols and informative documents to help students and mobility staff to find solutions to exceptional emergency situations.
In the following link you can find the document with recommendations, practical information and contact numbers for health emergencies, accidents, theft, etc., during international mobility at UJA:
Information document:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-bGL0cy3b0BZxjD_lEcepIVHLFVEqIR9/edit
On the other hand, for general emergencies that occur on our campus premises, the following general instructions can be followed:
Link: https://www.ujaen.es/servicios/prevencion/planes-de-emergencias