Required documentation for the academic year 2019-2020:
1. Before you leave
2. Once you arrive to the host university
3. Once you get back to Valencia
4. Other documents
5. NEW 11/05/2020. Exceptional situation: Covid-19
1.- Accept the grant through an online form ENTREU, choosing the procedure entitled Acceptació Beca Programa Internacional 2019-2020
Deadline to accept the grant:
- Students with a place awarded to universities in North America, Asia, Australia and Russia: until February 26, 2019.
Students with a place awarded to universities in Latin America: until March 29, 2019.
During the acceptance procedure you shall indicate, among other things, an account number for Banco Santander or OpenBank, of which you must be the owner.
* You shall take into account that if the deadline to present the request at the host university is prior to that established by the UV, you shall accept the grant attending to the deadline stablished by the host university.
Not accepting the grant before the deadline means the withdrawal to the assigned place.
Once you accept the grant, you will obtain an official nomination letter, which can be downloaded in PDF by referring to ENTREU.
2.- Apply to the host university: The bestowal of an International Programme grant does not imply an automatic acceptance by the host university. You shall present, within the stablished deadlines and conditions, the application form along with all the requested documentation.
3.-Confirm your Study Contract (Learning Agreement) with the Academic Mobility coordinator of the degree. You can check the attention hours for student in the Department’s site. You must fill in the initial Learning Agreement through the Portal Serveis Estudiant so that you can enrol in international credits. You have to complete the Learning Agreement (preferably in June) and your academic coordinator must sign it. On the contrary, you won’t be able to make use of the Self-Enrolment.
Tutorial on the learning agreement
4.- Make the self-enrolment in international credits. Before you leave, you have to confirm your enrolment in the Universitat de València, just as in any other academic year. Once the learning agreement has been set and signed by the academic coordinator, your Self-Enrolment will show the international credits, which represents the subjects included within the Learning Agreement. Additionally, you can also enrol in other subjects to be taken at the UV during the same year you carry out your mobility stay but always respecting the maximum number of credits specified at the enrolment regulations.
5.- Get a health insurance As your destination is not within the European Union, you will need an international insurance. Some foreign universities may require for you to abide by the offered policies; in other cases, you may do it on the company of your preference as long as it covers the following things:
- Medical and sanitary care both in case of accident or in case of illness (required). Some foreign universities need a minimum fee for the coverage. Check their Website.
- Repatriation or sanitary transportation for harmed or sick people (required).
- Repatriation or transportation in case of death (required).
- Family transportation in case of illness or death (recommended).
- Legal liability (required).
The Universtat de València is one of the Spanish universities adhered to OnCampus, a company specialised on insurances for the university community. If you want to see the Oncampus coverages, click here
By referring to this link you can get your insurance online- which covers all the required aspects established by the Universitat de València in its International Programme.
More information on the health insurance
An insurance is a must among the needed documents for the payment of the grant’s first instalment. Hence, you must process it before you leave and send us a copy once you arrive to your destination, always following the guideline stablished at the “once you arrive to the host university” section.
6.- Process an entry visa for the country of destination: most countries request an entry visa which you must process at the country’s embassy or consulate. The Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairsholds a great data base on the necessary procedures in each country. It is a good start but you need to request information and process it at the country of destination’s embassy or consulate. You will need a letter of acceptance by the host university.
When travelling to a foreign country it is important to take into account that it is not enough to buy a plane ticket and pack clothes, it is necessary to take into account other aspects which are necessary for you wellbeing and tranquillity. At the site of Ministry of Foreign Affairs you can find travelling recommendations; paying special attention to questions related to safety.
7.- Vaccinations They may be mandatory (you will be requested at the time of issuing the visa) or advisable. Plan vaccines with time, as some of them are given in several doses with resting periods in between them. Here you have a list of vaccinating centres in Valencia Check the recommendations given by the Ministry of Health for international trips.
8.- Register in the Traveller’s Register and in the Spanish closest Embassy or Consulate to where you are carrying out your stay. This regristation is mandatory. Read the information published in the following link to know the advantages of doing this procedure: http://www.exteriores.gob.es/Portal/es/ServiciosAlCiudadano/SiViajasAlExtranjero/Paginas/QueDeboHacerAntesDeViajarAlExtranjero.aspx
Once you arrive to the host university:
You shall include within the ENTREU procedure the so-called “Expedient Programa Internacional 2019-2020- Destinació ” with the following documents:
- Certification of arrival signed and stamped at the host university’s office of International Relations.
- Copy of the health insurance with the coverage it includes and where the insurance’s deadline must also be included, also your name as insured.
Important: in order to get the first payment of the grant (70% of the total amount) you must have presented all the documentation specified above. Hence, the grant’s first payment won’t take place unless all the documentation has been sent to the office of international relations.
Once you get back to Valencia:
You shall include within the ENTREU procedure “Beca Programa Internacional-2019-2020-Final” the following documents:
- Certificate of attendance signed and stamped at the host university. The start and finish dates must be included in the document. The document cannot be signed more than 5 days before your departure.
Important: we cannot deposit the grant’s second payment (30% of the total amount) if some of the above mentioned documentation is missing.
On the other hand, the students shall pass at least 50% of the credits they have enrolled in at the Universitat de València. The aim of the mobility programme is obtaining an academic progress of the stay and that is why the grantes are bestowed. On the contrary, the student shall reintegrate the total amount of money received as the grant.
- Withdrawal form It shall be handed at the General Registry of Entry of the Universitat de València or send an email from the student mail (... @ alumni.uv.es) to the address programa.internacional@uv.es
- Extension request: only those extension requests received before 31 December 2019 will be accepted. The extension means turning a stay of one semester into a year-long stay. The extension request will be send along with the modification of the learning agreement. IMPORTANT: The applications for extension of the study period will not have in any case economic effects. You can extend the period of stay for a full course, provided that the extension does not affect the places available at the university of destination for the following academic year and the requirements of point 5 of the call are met.
Exceptional situation. Covid-19:
NEW (11/05/2020): Indications for students of the University of Valencia that participate in the International Program of the course 2019-20 (this information can change according to the circumstances)
Date of update: 11/05/2020
