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FIRST STEPS TO APLLY FOR AN ETSIT-UPV EXCHANGESPANISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS
APPLICATION DEADLINES
REQUIREMENTS ACADEMIC CALENDAR: DATA, DEADLINES AND HOLIDAYS
MENTOR/ BUDDY PROGRAM
ACCOMODATION IN VALENCIA
HOW TO ARRIVE TO UPV
COURSES
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION - COURSES LECTURED IN ENGLISH
BEFORE REGISTERING COURSES: TIMETABLE MARKER & DIRECTIONS
ETSIT'S STUDY GUIDE AND COURSE SYLLABUS
FOREIGN STUDENTS LEAVING UPV: How to get the Academic and Attendence Certificates
CHANGES TO CURRENT ENROLLMENT/ ENROLLING COURSES IN OTHER SCHOOLS
DEGREE THESIS AND PROJECT WORKS
ECTS GRADING SYSTEMS
VALENCIA'S OFFICIAL MUNICIPAL RESOURCE GUIDE
MORE INFO ABOUT VALENCIA
MORE INFO ABOUT VLC
CONTACT
FIRST STEPS TO APLLY FOR AN ETSIT-UPV EXCHANGE
The first steps you MUST do to apply for an exchange with ETSIT-UPV are:
1 - Be sure ETSIT is your School of choice.
2 - Ask your home International Coordinator to check if you have an exchange agreement with us. If not, your school should sign one before sending students.
3- Check our courses, schedules and calendars.
4- Pre-enrolling electronically at our Central International Office Website
http://www.opii.upv.es/default.asp?web=8
After visiting all the other links, please select "On-line application procedure".
Please read carefully the directions before doing anything else!!
You will be given a login and a password to access your UPV enrolment profile. In this profile, you can check the progress of your exchange procedure with UPV as well as some notices.
5- After your pre-enrolling, your home International Coordinator has to officially appoint you as Exchange Student to our School. THIS STEP IS ESSENTIAL. No student will be accepted without his/her home coordinator's approval.
6- Then you can send us your application form and other papers. Electronic forms are welcome.
7- You can check if you are accepted or not visiting your UPV profile.
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SPANISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS
All incoming exchange students coming to ETSIT MUST give proof of their sufficient knowledge of the Spanish Language in one of the following ways:
-A certificate of having achieved level A1 (CEFR) of Spanish (http://www.coe.int/T/DG4/Portfolio/?M=/main_pages/levels.html)
-A certificate stating that they have taken at least 100 hours of Spanish language classes
If the student s actual language abilities do not correspond to the ones mentioned above, he/she will not be accepted in the Spanish language regular courses offered by the university, and could be refused enrolment upon arrival at UPV.
Although the minimum required level is A1, most Schools/Faculties at UPV may have stricter requirements, and applicants are strongly encouraged to reach at least a B1 level before arriving at UPV in order to follow the university courses taught in Spanish. The Spanish intensive course offered in our campus in Gandia can help the student reach the required level, but it is not enough by itself, as it only provides 50 hours of teaching.
Exceptions can be considered if the applicant intends to do ONLY project work (bachelor or master thesis, etc.) supervised in English or another language. A letter or email explaining this circumstance should be enclosed with the application material. These students cannot participate in the Spanish language regular courses, which begin at A2 level of CEFR.
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APPLICATION DEADLINES
Please notice that not meeting these deadlines can result in a rejection of your application.
Coming from EU:
Semester A / Fall semester: From 01/04/2011 until
31/05/2011
Semester B / Spring semester: From 01/04/2011 to 31/10/2011
Full academic year: From 01/04/2011 until 31/05/2011
Estudiantes espaÑoles
Semestre A: Del 01/04/2011 hasta el 15/07/2011
Semestre B: Del 01/10/2011 al 31/10/2011
Curso completo: Del 01/04/2011 hasta el 15/07/2011
Resto del mundo/ Coming from the rest of the world:
Semester A / Fall semester: From 01/04/2011 until 15/07/2011
Semester B / Spring semester: From 01/04/2011 to 31/10/2011
Full academic year: From 01/04/2011 until 15/07/2011 /
Please respect our deadlines! We cannot accept applications out of these dates.
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REQUIREMENTS ACADEMIC CALENDAR: DATA, DEADLINES AND HOLIDAYS
FIRST SEMESTER/FULL ACADEMIC YEAR
Our first semester (also called Semester 'A' or odd-numbered) goes from 3rd week of September to 31st January.
First, you have to register your arrival. Some days later you will have to register your courses.
You can attend lectures before your administrative registration.
Administrative registration of courses begins on 24th September 2011. Please bring in a list with course code, name and Theory and Practice Groups.
PLEASE NOTICE THAT STUDENTS FOR 'A' SEMESTER OR FULL ACADEMIC YEAR MUST REGISTER IN OUR OFFICE BEFORE 30TH SEPTEMBER. STUDENTS BEHIND THAT DAY COULD BE REJECTED DESPITE THEIR PREVIOUS ACCEPTANCE.
SECOND SEMESTER
Our second semester (also called Semester 'B' or even-numbered) goes from 1st February to June-July depending on the exams you had to sit.
First, you have to register your arrival. Some days later you will have to register your courses.
You can attend lectures before your administrative registration.
Administrative registration of courses begins on 24th February 2012. Please bring in a list with course code, name and Theory and Practice Groups.
PLEASE NOTICE THAT STUDENTS FOR 'B' SEMESTER MUST REGISTER IN OUR OFFICE BEFORE 30TH JANUARY 2012. STUDENTS BEHIND THAT DAY COULD BE REJECTED DESPITE THEIR PREVIOUS ACCEPTANCE.
NOTICE FOR STUDENTS REQUESTING COURSES AT OTHER SCHOOLS/FACULTIES
Every School has its own deadlines and availability and we cannot accept any responsibility for not meeting the deadlines mentioned above. You should CAREFULLY check such deadlines with the corresponding School. Not doing this can result in the cancellation of the mobility even if the student is already accepted or present in Valencia.
Exam dates (please notice some days-courses could change or move)
- Semester 'A':
1st call: 8th-31st January.
2nd call: 21st - 24th April (some courses only) and 1st June-11th July
- Semester 'B':
1st call: 1st June-11th July
2nd call: 1st-11th September
Remarks:
-Since Spanish courses are very demanded, and finding a suitable accommodation takes one or two days, we strongly recommend you to arrive in Valencia one week before lectures start.
-Please check whether your courses here require laboratory or practical work. Attending to all practices or laboratories is compulsory, so you MUST be here from the very first day lectures start: Professors could reject your request if you arrived later.
- We recommend you to announce your arrival by e-mail to and to your mentor student (in case you have one assigned).
Holidays:
9th-12nd October
1st November
6th-8th December
23rd December-6th January Christmas holidays
15th-22th March Fallas (Valencia Festival)
9th- 20th April Easter holidays
1st May
International Office closes on Thursday, 15th July 2012. Please take this into account in order to plan your departure.
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MENTOR/ BUDDY PROGRAM
We have a mentor/buddy program which provides you a student of our School to help you in everything you could need before and during your arrival in Valencia. To ask for one, you only need to make a request in our on-line registration application.
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ACCOMODATION IN VALENCIA
Accommodation in Valencia is mainly based on the "Shared flat with students" formula.
Valencia has a huge offer of flats for students: They use to have 3 to 4 private rooms and shared common facilities: kitchen, 1-2 bathrooms, sitting room, etc. Equipment and condition largely vary. Typical prices go from 175 EUR to 275 EUR a room/month. Thus if you are thinking of hiring a room in one of these flats, we recommend you to pass 2-3 days in a hostal or hall of residence upon your arrival while you look for the most suitable flat for you. Please continue reading below if you want to find a short-time accommodation.
NOTICE: You need not to buy any list of flats. Such lists are offered by some real-estate agencies which take advantage of your inexperience. You might feel dissapointed when you finally realize you did not need to buy any list. Remember our help is FREE.
Finding one is very easy. Some hints:
- Our Mentor Welcome Programme student will help you to find one.
- Notice boards are full of flat offers.
- There are several web sites:
ETSIT's is: http://www.apit.upv.es/marcos/apit.php?indice=/alojamiento/indice.htm&principal=/alojamiento/principal.php&titulo=/alojamiento/titulo.htm
UPV's are:
http://apiwebs.rec.upv.es/pisos/pisos.asp (choose "TIPO: Compartir con estudiantes"). In this web you can also look for family flats.
Other way is hiring a room in a Hall of Residence. In Valencia such residences are private companies. Some of them offer superb facilities and equipments, other good courses, sports or activities. Prices vary considerably. The link is:
www.upv.es/ainfo/contenidos/alojamientos2c.html
And finally, you have the chance of true Spanish family life if you hire a room in a Family flat. Offer is not so ample, but you can check some in this link: http://apiwebs.rec.upv.es/pisos/pisos.asp" (choose "TIPO: Compartir con familia").
For a short-time accommodation upon arrival:
Before your arrival in Valencia, we suggest you to book a room at a hostel or hall of residence, so that you have a place to stay during the first nights meanwhile you find a permanent housing.
- There are many hostels and residences in Valencia, please check this file: http://www.opii.upv.es/web_4/file_20061212143614-Guia_Alumno_2006.pdf
- You can also book a room (even only for the first days) at the Colegio Mayor Galileo Galilei, which is located within our Campus:
Tel: (+34) 96 335 20 00
Fax: (+34) 96 355 12 13 / COLEGIO MAYOR GALILEO GALILEI
Avda. de los Naranjos, s/n
Campus Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
E - 46022 VALENCIA (SPAIN)
http://www.galileogalilei.com
E-mail:
A final remark: Under no circumstances you should worry about accommodation. Valencia has a really huge and very affordable offer. And we are here to help you!
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HOW TO ARRIVE TO UPV
You can find maps and indications on how to arrive to UPV
at the link for UPV Visitor pages: http://www.upv.es/perfiles/estudiante/index-en.html
First visit to ETSIT:
Before coming to the International Office at ETSIT, please follow the directions explained in this document: Arrival procedure for exchange students.
You should arrange your enrolling date on the lists at the Front Desk. This will avoid unnecessary queues.
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COURSES
Incoming students can take any regular course offered in the School, and TWO courses offered by other schools of the University. There are no formal pre-requisites so the student is responsible (with the assistance of the international office and mentor students) of taking courses with a level he or she could manage.
The Spanish credit unit stands for 10 hours of lectures/laboratories. It is equivalent to 0.8 ECTS credits.
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LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION - COURSES LECTURED IN ENGLISH
All courses are lectured in Spanish and Valencian language. Every language has their own group.
You can find a complete list of all courses that will have groups lectured in English during the current school year on the link below. If you want to know which ones belong to our school then select ETSI TELECOMUNICACIóN-ETSIT. You can freely apply for enroling in any course offered in UPV provided there are free places.
Please check the following link:
http://www.opii.upv.es/enlaces_internos/docencia_ingles.asp
BEFORE REGISTERING COURSES: TIMETABLE MARKER & DIRECTIONS
You can find a useful timetable maker at this link:
http://www.etsit.upv.es/horarios/MostraAsigs.php
Course aliases can be found at:
http://www.etsit.upv.es/pdf/AliasAsignaturas06_07.pdf
You can attend lectures before your administrative registration. Administrative registration of courses begins on 24th September 2007.
Please bring in a list with course code, name and Theory and Practice Groups.
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ETSIT'S STUDY GUIDE AND COURSE SYLLABUS
ETSIT's Study Guide in English. (RTF file, 323KB) Download Study Guide.
Syllabus in English of the courses lectured at the ETSI Telecomunicación. (PDF file, 338KB) Download Syllabus.
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FOREIGN STUDENTS LEAVING UPV: How to get the Academic and Attendence Certificates
FOREIGN STUDENTS LEAVING UPV:
Your Home International Office will request you two documents:
The Certificate of Attendance and the Academic Certificate.
1. CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE:
This document officially states the starting and ending dates of your exchange stay at UPV. It issued at our office.
Remarks:
-Some universities have their own formats for the Certificate of Attendance. You usually handed them in at our office when you registered on your arrival at UPV. If you did not bring the documents then, please bring us those documents to be duly signed.
How to get the Certificate of Attendance:
You have two ways:
- By e-mail to (see note at the end),
- Or asking for a date in our office.
Remarks:
- Please carefully take into account the clauses on your exchange contract. It explicitly states the conditions about the dates of signature, dates of issue, allowed finishing dates and other important details concerning your stay and funding. You are responsible for meeting such requirements.
2. ACADEMIC CERTIFICATE WITH MARKS OBTAINED AT UPV
This document officially states the marks and grades you got during your exchange stay at UPV and it is usually sent long after you leave Spain.
It is issued in English and Spanish languages, and gives the credits and marks in the UPV and ECTS formats.
Please remember: 1 ECTS credit = 0,8 UPV credit and 1 UPV credit = 10 teaching hours.
A table of equivalences is printed at the end of the certificate.
Dash ("-") means, "Student did not take the exam". In Spain, it has no negative sense.
Blank spaces in mark columns means, "Marks not yet set". If you had those blank spaces, your certificate is not issued. As marks takes long to be set, and to avoid unnecessary e-mail and phone traffic, please follow the following procedure to request your Academic Certificate:
1st. Access to your UPV intranet at the "Personal Information" section and check whether all your marks have been set.
2nd. When all your marks were set, please send us an e-mail message to
IMPORTANT NOTICE
ALWAYS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WHEN WRITING E-MAILS TO
For the person who has to receive the certificate (yourself, next of kin or your international office coordinator) the following items:
- Full name
- Full address
- Phone number
- Starting date of your stay at ETSIT.
- Finishing date of your stay at ETSIT.
- If it was very urgent, you should provide a fax number to send the certificate.
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CHANGES TO CURRENT ENROLLMENT/ ENROLLING COURSES IN OTHER SCHOOLS
Please remember that you should check the availability and deadlines in every course and every other UPV School you want to register.