Exchange students
Second semester classes can start from 27 January 2025 (see academic calendar), please check the calendar of each degree programme as there may be changes (see the calendars of each centre).
Information
Exchange students from partner universities have the possibility to carry out a study exchange period at the ULPGC, meanwhile bilateral agreements between both institutions is signed.
Do you want a local student to help you during your stay?
Dear incoming student,
With the aim of making your stay more pleasant, the student association ESN Las Palmas along with the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria offers you the opportunity to participate in the Buddy Program ULPGC, a mentoring program designed to help incoming students at the beginning of their international mobility destination. In this way, a local student can help you to get to know the campus, to look for accommodation, to get to know the university services, to complete bank and administrative procedures and to carry out other necessary tasks to begin this new life stage. You can also get the ESN card with various discounts that help you in your Erasmus experience.
If you want a buddy, you have until the 30th June to fill in this form
ESN España will provide you with groups and social media, where you can have a look at the activities that this student association offers to you, start to meet new friends, search a flat (if needed) and know relevant info about the island and the University. The program will be managed by ESN Las Palmas since its members include volunteer students who have participated in international mobility programs and they count on ESN Europe support and experience through its more than 200 local branches.
Join the whatsapp exchange students group.
Join the exchange students Facebook group.
- Erasmus Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
- Search a Flat/Room
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- The course has got 6 ECTS credits;
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It is not a subject, so you cannot add it to your Learning Agreement;
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The basic level will be A2 and the highest one C1;
- At the end of the course and after passing a final exam we will issue a certificate with the number of credits and the final mark so that your University can validate it as a course/subject and recognize the credits;
- The final exam of the course will be on the last day of the course.
- You can attend more than 1 level but you cannot choose the same level at different times (e.g. You can attend a B1 and B2 level; but you cannot attend the B1 level in the morning and the B1 level in the afternoon).
- You will receive the syllabus and all the details of the course you have chosen (room, place, etc.), one week before the course starts.
The deadlines for uploading documentation on the platform are as follows:
First Semester and Annual: 31 July 2025.
Second Semester: 30 January 2026.
To view all the documentation to be uploaded, you must enter into the ULPGC mobility application and go to the documents tab as you can see in the following image. By placing the cursor on the icon in the shape of a letter (i) you will be able to see more information about the document you are being asked for.
Once your home university has nominated you on our platform, you will receive an email with information and the access credentials to be able to continue with the nomination process.
To access the computerised mobility platform, please click on the following link:
Access to the mobility platform
You will have to upload all the required documentation and fill in your personal details in order to obtain the letter of acceptance. Once your documents have been verified, you will receive an email notifying you that you can now download the letter of acceptance from the computer platform.
However, your final acceptance will be subject to the acceptance of the academic agreement by the home and host universities. Likewise, all documents must be uploaded before your arrival.
In case you have any incidence with the management or handling of the mobility platform, please contact us through the following link and select the recipient “Mobility – IT Support”.
For the elaboration of the academic agreement, consult your possible subjects in the following link:
Once your proposal has been made, it must be sent and validated by the coordinator.
Important note:
Erasmus students from European institutions must complete the academic agreement through the OLA platform (see guide below).
You can only create a single OLA, any additional OLAs will be deleted without review.
If you need to make changes to the OLA already signed by you you have to send an email to the corresponding coordinator or to movilidad@ulpgc.es to reject the OLA. Once it is done, it could be edited.
You can find the contact details of the academic coordinators of the ULPGC centres at the following link:
To find out until what date you can upload your students’ academic agreements, please check the following link:
Deadlines for uploading the academic agreement correctly
Learning Agreement Models
- Erasmus+ KA103 (From European institutions)
- Erasmus+ KA107 (From third countries)
- MUNDUS
- SICUE
In order to participate in any Mobility Programme with the ULPGC, except for the SICUE mobility programme (between Spanish universities), the incoming Exchange student must demonstrate that he/she has taken out private medical insurance that covers at least the following guarantees during his/her stay at the ULPGC:
- Medical and accident insurance
- Transfer/repatriation coverage in case of illness or death
VERY IMPORTANT: This Private Health Insurance is not the European Health Insurance Card. However, you need both for your exchange.
Incoming students can take out an insurance of their choice (with at least the two guarantees mentioned above) or they can also take out the insurances offered by our University called “Oncampus Estudia” or the Universitas Mundi insurance on a trip. You will find in the documentation the information about the coverages that Universitas Mundi has ( THIS SERVICE IS ONLY VALID FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT IN SPANISH UNIVERSITIES ).
If you are interested in contracting it or obtaining more information about the OnCampus insurance you can visit www.oncampus.es
The price of the insurance according to the origin of the student
The incoming student MUST take out a private medical insurance for the whole period of the exchange at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC)
Once the prívate insurance certificate is uploaded with the minimum conditions required by the ULPGC, the document will be validated and thus the acceptance letter will be prepared and signed. This document could be downloaded through the MiULPGC platform. We also remind you that the acceptance letter is only valid if the learning agreement is duly completed and signed by both home and host Universities before coming at the ULPGC.
Your transcript of records (ToR) will be automatically generated and you will be able to download it signed from the ‘My Mobility’ platform.
To download it you will have to click next to the name of the document (TOR), directly on the down arrow.
We will try to generate all the ToR before July, unless there are any incidences.
Correspondence between local and ECTS grades:
| Spanish mark | Spanish calification | ECTS grades – English equivalent |
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| 9-10 | MH or SB |
A – Excellent
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| 8-8.9 | NT |
B – Very Good
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| 7-7.9 | NT |
C – Good
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| 6-6.9 | AP |
D – Satisfactory
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| 5-5.9 | AP |
E – Pass
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| 3-4.9 | SS |
FX – Fail
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| 0-2.9 | SS |
F – Fail
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| NP | No presentado |
U – Unclassified
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